My review of the first half of Season 4 can be found by clicking HERE.
24’s Fourth Season / Day comes to a close with one of the crazier terrorist plots they’ve ever gone with, and given they had a nuke go off in Season 2 that’s really saying something! Sadly this season still feels like “the one before the really good one”, especially when some of the Season 5 key players arrive, but it does have its moments. Let’s take a look!
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I really enjoyed the original Visions back in 2021, made entirely of anime shorts, so hearing of a second season was exciting enough but hearing it included studios from all over the globe made it really interesting as well, so I’m happy to report that Season 2 lived up to both those expectations and delivered another fun selection of unrestrained-by-canon Star Wars storytelling. Let’s take a deeper look!
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It’s time to look at a new series of the ever-popular Star Wars show The Mandalorian, and once again it was a really fun trip with great action and plenty of lore nods, though I will say there were some moments that felt like the show was going on fast-forward, like it had been cancelled so they had to wrap up as many plot-threads as they could in one season, even though it’s far from cancelled! Still good fun though, so let’s take a look.
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The second season of the Bad Batch follows a very similar formula to the other CG Star Wars cartoons in that there are some amazing standout episodes that fans of any age should go out of their way to watch mixed in with some classic cartoon side-steps aimed younger (though never to the point of at least still being fun for all ages, so long as you don’t take yourself too seriously) The story of how the Clones become phased out and why is really well told here as the series continues to explore that rarely seen “just after Episode III” time period. So let’s take a look already!
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Red Dwarf’s seventh series is an odd one for me, and indeed for the show in general. Rob Grant left the writing team leaving Doug Naylor as the sole writer and his vision of the show was a lot more… cinematic and leaned heavier on the sci-fi than previous series. In terms of Series VII it works more than it doesn’t but I can’t say the same for the next two… Also VII was the first series I watched as it aired rather than through repeats / VHS tapes, so it also holds a special place in my heart for the reason… Overall though it’s a mixed bag, so let’s take a look!
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The fourth season of 24 was pretty much entirely missing from my memory going into this rewatch, as mentioned in the previous review I remember not liking Season 3 that much and loving Season 5 so this sort of got lost in the shuffle. Now having re-watched the first half (roughly) I remembered some things, specifically Jack’s new love interest being introduced and the lead villains being more Middle Eastern terrorists and all that baggage. I know, I know, it was the mid 00s, it was all the rage at the time, but that doesn’t forgive it for some examples of pretty lazy writing. Want to know a bit more? That’s good, as I’ve written a more detailed review down below!
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What a fun year for TV it’s been for me. Star Wars has had hit after hit (for different reasons) throughout 2022 and services like Netflix and Amazon Prime unleashed some big hitters in my field of view as well. Throw in some good Anime seasons and this year has been one of the rare ones where some good series have been left off due to having to do just 10, which is great, so honourable mentions to stuff like Umbrella Academy S3, which was still a lot of fun; She-Hulk which was half genuinely funny but half “not really my cup of tea”; Gundam: Witch From Mercury has had some great set up and character development but yet to really get going; and the final two thirds of JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Stone Ocean, which had an amazing finale but was pretty standard up to the that point… Let’s take a look at which made it!
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The Second “holiday themed” TV special for the MCU and this time it’s a good old fashioned Christmas Special with the Guardians of the Galaxy. Admittedly while “Werewolf by Night” was a good standalone special this feels like a very light bit of humour more in the line of an extra or bonus feature. Still, tis the season to be mildly amused! Let’s take a look… Not that it’ll take long!
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You can catch up with my Season 11 reviews by clicking HERE for Part 1 and HERE for Part 2.
Here we go then, the final ever episodes of The Walking Dead… at least that’s what I should be saying but there are so many spin-offs announced as in the works that it honestly doesn’t feel like a big deal. I guess these are the final episodes loosely based on the comics, and I stress loosely ever since Carl and Rick left the show, which is something. Well either way I am happy to say these episodes were at least really good, far better a note for the show to go out on than it deserves, frankly. Let’s take a look…
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As a big fan of Rogue One I was really excited to see the further adventures of Cassian Andor and was mildly annoyed as large (or at least vocal) parts of the Star Wars fandom who bemoaned the idea of the series. Well, now it’s over I can sit back smugly in my chair as it was fantastic! A more mature view of the Star Wars world, and mature as in well paced and not afraid to tackle more adult themes of politics and the grey area between right and wrong rather than excessive violence or swearing that some (mostly younger) people think adult content is. With several three-episode story arcs to look at, lets not waste any more time!
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