The second story in Conflicts of Interest isn’t as frequently downbeat as its predecessor but given its set just before World War II it isn’t the light relief you might be looking for either. It’s also oddly structured in that each part has a very different feel to it, which given Part 1 goes for the “main cast are acting like normal humans living normal lives” plot point, one I never really care for, that at least came as a relief… Let’s take a look!
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Conflicts of Interest was a strange boxset, a very serious tone was present throughout but none more serious than this first story: Friendly Fire. Tackling the subject of racism and prejudice with zero hand-holding should be applauded and in that sense it is a really well written story but I have to admit I don’t normally watch/listen/read Doctor Who stories to feel downbeat afterwards, so I can’t say I liked the story, even if it was undeniably a good story. Confused? Well, let’s take a deeper look…
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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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The next chunk of Destiny episodes sees everything on something of a holding pattern for a bit before getting to the next major battle. That being said it does set up a few things for later and develops Shinn a bit more, again sadly for no reason as it later turns out, but hey-ho. Let’s take a look!
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Antillia The Lost is a strange one to review as it’s more formulaic than the previous story but Margaret was far more… bearable as a companion, even if it was only due to her personality being reset to “generic companion” throughout the story. Still, if you like your pulpy sci-fi clichés, um, pulpy then you’ll have a fun time, so let’s take a look!
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The latest set of Fourth Doctor adventures is here once again comprised of two four-parters thrown in a box to match the other Doctor Who releases, so I won’t be including the box title. It kicks off a “new era” of sorts as Margaret from last year’s “The Ravencliff Witch” is brought on board as a companion alongside Leela and frankly… I just don’t think it works. I said in the review for that story that I found it odd she made a big enough impression to get the permanent gig when she was one of the few potential companions that didn’t stand out to me at all, and, well… sadly my gut feeling was right, at least in my opinion. That’s the problem with recording so many stories in advance I guess! Well, either way, let’s take a deeper look into “Ice Heist!” and see what does work, shall we?
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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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It’s been a little while but it’s time to cover the second half of the Cosmic Era Gundam shows with Destiny, once again the “HD Remaster” version though this time it doesn’t cut out the recap episodes so there seemed to be little point in it really, forced 16:9 aside, but you know… I like consistency! The original SEED anime followed the original Gundam series quite closely for a lot of its run and while not as blatant Destiny does also have several things in common with Zeta Gundam, mostly a new protagonist who a bit of a knob. Let’s take a look at the first 14 episodes!
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When I reviewed SRW T in 2021 I said about the then-soon-to-be-released Super Robot Wars 30 and how I’d wait a year this time, and given its now 2023 you’d think I kept that promise but the truth is I brought this and all its DLC back in August it’s just that the game is so long that I started getting burnout in early October so decided to “rest it”, picking it back up last month and finally completing it last week (after Resi 4 Remake) Is the staggering 139 hours I sank into this tactical RPG worth it? Let’s find out!
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