Mobile Suit Gundam: Hathaway – The Sorcery of Nymph Circe Review

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The next Hathaway movie adaptation has arrived and to my surprise it’s kept quite close to the novel in that it’s far more character focused than action focused, leading to something of a divide in the Gundam fanbase as to whether or not it’s good, whether there’s “too much talking” or other such stuff. To me, personally? I liked it, but then I knew what I was (most likely) getting from these things given Tomino’s source novels, and all the introspective scenes will really pay off in the finale… whenever that ends up materialising! Anyway, let’s take a look…

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Doctor Who: Rutans vs. Sontarans – Peace at Last Review

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The Rutans vs. Sontarans plot thread comes to a close and thankfully it’s a good one. Not a great one like the opener, but a good one, with some really satisfying twists and scenes at the very end. It also once again reunites Paul McGann’s Doctor with Charley and C’rizz, which still makes me smile that we’re getting new C’rizz stories in the 2020s… Anyway, let’s take a look!

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Doctor Who: Rutans vs. Sontarans – Grave Moon Review

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After a great opener and a pretty good second part Rutans vs. Sontarans comes to a bit of a halt with “Grave Moon”. There are some good bits here and there but mostly it’s just sort of meandering around for a while before a few revelations and then it ends. Honestly it felt more like an Eighth Doctor story too as I can’t really think of anything The Sixth Doctor or Peri really did during the story, whereas at least McGann did some things, a bit. Ah well, let’s take a closer look anyway…

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Tales of Vesperia: Definitive Edition (PS4) Review

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The next “RPG series I’ve never played before but decided to give a go now I’m back into the genre” is the Tales Of series, starting with a lot of people’s favourite entry in Tales of Vesperia. It was interesting looking into which one to start with as the fanbase is actually quite split across a few different titles for a few different reasons, but in the end I went with Vesperia, if nothing else I thought it would make the two Project X Zone games make a little bit more sense when I get to them in the next year or two! After having played through the game I can say I really enjoyed myself, a few niggles here and there, most of which I hear were fixed in later titles, so… yeah. Let’s take a look!

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Doctor Who: Rutans vs. Sontarans – Rendition Review

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The next Rutans vs. Sontarans story is “Rendition”, and it’s technically a Second Doctor adventure, it’s just I normally put stories that feature multiple Doctors in the style of the oldest Doctor present, which in this case is the Eighth Doctor even if he is just a mysterious cameo. “Rendition” is an odd story, featuring the Rutans under a microscope as a bunch of them have found themselves outside of the war and cut off from the host mind. Let’s take a look!

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Doctor Who: Rutans vs. Sontarans – Betrayal at the House of Sontar Review

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The next series I’m catching up on Big Finish-wise is the “Rutans vs. Sontarans” run of four stories, given how much I liked “Sontarans vs. Rutans” previously I was looking forward to diving in, and Part 1 has certainly justified that decision! “Betrayal at the House of Sontar” is a Fugitive Doctor story that actually puts her pre-Hartnell, working for a Gallifrey black ops background to good use and gives us an actual answer to “how did the war between the Rutans and Sontarans actually begin?”, which admittedly isn’t a question I ever felt needed answering, but at least the answer we got was an entertaining one! Let’s take a look…

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Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: Freedom Review

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This one has been a long time coming, and I’m not just talking about the two decades it took to get made, I mean the year or so it’s taken for it to get a legal release here in the UK… The second Hathaway film made it to UK streaming in just a few months! (more on that next time…) Well, anyway, here it is at last, and on 4K Blu-ray no less, so I can finally say… it was alright. Definitely felt like an epilogue rather than a continuation, which is fine as a final movie to cap things off, like Gundam Wing Endless Waltz (technically an OVA but still…) rather than a weird but still enjoyable third act like 00: Awakening of a Trailblazer. So let’s take a look at it and cap off the Cosmic Era timeline, which is an odd thing to say after all this time…

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Daredevil: Born Again – Season 2 Review

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The second season of the revived Daredevil show (so technically the fifth, I guess?) was more focused, I guess because it wasn’t half another show entirely this time, but some of the interesting plot points were dropped entirely without explanation, which was rather annoying. Still though, as I’ve said a few times on this site, seeing Charlie Cox’s Daredevil face off with Vincent D’Onofrio’s Kingpin is aways worth a watch! Let’s take a look.

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Doctor Who: The Second Death of the Daleks Review

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This series (or first half of one series split over two years, apparently) of Twelfth Doctor adventures comes to a close with “The Second Death of the Daleks”, a sort-of retelling of the first story in the set but with added Dalek stuff. After the easy 5/5 the previous story got I have to say this was a bit of a letdown, but it still has some merit and once again ends with a really interesting cliffhanger…

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Doctor Who: Duty of Care Review

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The Twelfth Doctor adventures reaches new heights as “Duty of Care” takes a look at The Doctor’s no killing policy with some really powerful characters and scenes that show how hypocritical it is but also how much he really does try to keep his friends hands clean even if his never will be. The new character Nne was such a fascinating idea and I had no idea where it was going to go until the very end. Amazing stuff, let’s take a closer look…

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