Tag: series
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Fallout – Should they have stayed in the vault? – Review
Based on the game series of the same name by Interplay/Bethesda, Fallout sees us plunged 200 years into the future after the Earth was devastated by nuclear war.
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Adaptations in all but name
With the breakout success of Helldivers II, I revisited the movie Starship Troopers. Aside from the main premise, shooting bugs on alien worlds, the two properties share quite a few more similarities, parodying the war economy satirising propaganda and “managed democracy” so much so that aside from the name Helldivers II is a perfect game adaptation of the movie…
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Echo (series) – Review
After the superhero burnout that is the fourth phase of the MCU, it’s understandable if yet another Disney Marvel series pops up, you’d be less than even mildly bothered at all. Enter Echo, the latest addition to an already overflowing raft of Marvel episodic cannon. Don’t get me wrong, it’s an incredible time for quality…
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Welcome to Hazbin Hotel – Review
The doors are finally open and now it’s time for you to make a reservation at the Hazbin Hotel! When this peculiar little show by Vivienne (Vivziepop) Medrano dropped its pilot episode on YouTube around four years ago, a fandom was born that clamoured for more episodes. We were later treated to two seasons of…
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Masters of The Universe: Revolution – Review
Kevin Smith returns as writer in Masters of the Universe: Revolution, the sequel to the 2021 series MOTU: Revelation, now released in full on Netflix. We pick up some time after the prior season with the heroes going to Subternia to rescue the souls sent there by Skeletor during his attack on Eternos. Meanwhile, Skeletor…
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Marvel’s What If…? – Review
Marvel’s What If…? returns to our screens with nine more original tales just a little different than you remember them. Premiered on 22nd December 2023 and running daily over the Christmas holidays the series is available exclusively on Disney+ and is part of phase five of the MCU. As with the previous season, the art style remains…
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Scott Pilgrim: Takes Off – Review
Scott Pilgrim: Takes Off is the newest iteration of Scott Pilgrim media in a brand new show available on Netflix. (Caution – mild spoilers ahead) Taking place in an alternative series of events, Takes Off also tells its own story while amplifying other characters from the universe that you already know of but maybe not…
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Takeshi’s Castle – Review
Hey, do you remember Takeshi’s Castle? I remember it from the mid-2000s. It took footage of a Japanese gameshow and locked it in an audio recording booth with Red Dwarf’s Craig Charles. Contestants would compete in knockout rounds for a chance to take on Takeshi and win… something. Not sure I ever saw anyone win.…
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Good Omens s2 – Review
Neil Gaiman and Terry Pratchett might have only ever released one book for Good Omens but the live-action adaptation now has a second season on Prime Video.