“The Story and The Engine” is another episode of this Doctor Who series that tells a good story, is well acted and has some positive messages at its heart but once again I find myself longing for something a bit more… Doctor Who-y. I’m happy episodes like this exist but I would prefer not to have so many of them in a row is what I’m saying, throw in a few base under siege / generic alien invasion stories here and there to break things up maybe… Well, anyway, let’s take a look!
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It’s time to wrap up the first story arc in the Z portion of Dragon Ball, although unlike the other story arcs in the series this ends by going straight into the next one, with several plot-threads not resolved until that arc’s ending. Still, the fight between Goku and Vegeta is iconic within anime circles in general let alone Dragon Ball, so let’s have a good look why!
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Doctor Who’s latest series hits a bit of a roadblock with “Lucky Day”. With only eight episodes this year taking an entire episode and using it to impart a good message but really badly and with The Doctor barely featuring in it is a choice, that’s for sure. Anyone looking for fun escapism in their Doctor Who will be sorely disappointed, I know I was, so let’s take a look so I can start to forget about it.
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I’m not sure why it’s taken me a year to get round to writing the review for the second classic Battlefront game, but here we are anyway! Battlefront II was one of those sequels that improved on the original in literally every aspect and then added a whole bunch more besides. Dedicated space battles, playable heroes, the ability to actually run… you name it, they added it or improved it. That being said, what’s it like to play now in the mid 2020s? Well…
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It’s time to stop being quite so weird and do something a bit more traditional now as Doctor Who’s latest series gives us a good old fashioned claustrophobic space horror with a fun, if not a little visually silly, twist. It’s also a sequel to a popular original Russell T. Davies era story, but really you don’t have to be familiar with that one to watch this, it’s actually pretty damn different, but different in a good or bad way? Let’s take a look!
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After a long stay in filler land we return to the actual manga source material for more Dragon Ball Z Saiyan Arc… for the most part. This is DBZ after all, there are still some filler added, but at least we get a majority manga stuff section this time. The Saiyans Nappa and Vegeta arrive on Earth and waste no time tracking down the heroes of Earth, but what’s this? The side characters get the spotlight because Goku can’t make it to the battle? Shocker! Let’s take a look…
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The second episode of this series of Doctor Who gets weird, much like the second episode in the previous series, which ends up not being a coincidence. The big thing in the advertisements going into the episode was the whole “cartoon come to life” and that was handled brilliantly. Sadly they also stepped into the fourth wall breaking, “what if the Doctor came into our world where he’s a TV character!” trope that, as I’ve said a few times on this site, I HATE. Oh well… let’s see how these two aspects balance out, shall we?
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While this is indeed Season 1 of “Daredevil: Born Again” this is also Season 4 of the Daredevil show that started on Netflix, still my favourite superhero TV show of all time, so to say I was happy to hear about this would be an understatement (ignoring the months when it sounded like a reboot with no connection to the prior series, thank goodness they went back on that!) While this season hasn’t reached the peak that was Season 1 of the original series it does fit nicely with the rest of the original show, it’s still “gritty” and violent with a good message at its core and a fantastic cast. So let’s take a look!
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Now I thought Underwater Menace and Galaxy 4 were obscure lost stories to animate, “The Savages” has now taken the lead on that front as while it is a sci-fi story rather than a historical and does involve the (rather crap) exit of long-time companion Steven it’s also on the dull side, especially when watching the recon made from a bunch of stills and a soundtrack. Does the animation breathe new life into the otherwise sleepy story? Yes, having moving characters and false-camera work does hold your attention much more easily. Does it mean the story is good now? Um… well…
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So these two audiobooks appeared as free Audible downloads over the past few months, and while I don’t normally bother with the really young aimed material the fact they didn’t cost anything, were written by High Republic classic George Mann and the knowledge that they deal with the Drengir plot thread while the rest of the Phase III High Republic stories are obviously focused on other things I decided to give them a go. How was it? Well… it was certainly squarely aimed at the younger audience, I’ll say that much, but there was some fun to be found, especially in the second story. Let’s take a deeper look!
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