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My Reactions to the Teaser for Netflix’s Avatar: the Last Airbender Series I was ten years old when I first heard about Avatar: the Last Airbender. It was from a trailer … Continue Reading Netflix Better Do ‘Avatar’ Justice!
When anime fans hear someone wants to make a live-action adaptation of something, they tend to groan. The Dragonball film must not be named, for sure, but the worst offender in recent years has been Netflix. Death Note, Fullmetal Alchemist, Cowboy Bebop, all beloved anime. All of them Netflix butchered and roused the ire of fans. Then, word got out that they were making a live-action version of One Piece, and fans went ballistic. They didn’t want Netflix ruining the best-selling manga in history. But as the series got closer to release, something miraculous happened. The kind of miracle that only Luffy and the Straw Hat Pirates could pull off: the live-action One Piece…was good.
House of the Dragon Episode 10 Review One hundred-seventy year’s into the future, Danaerys Targaryen gave the slave masters of Astapor a chilling reminder: ‘A dragon is not a slave.’ In … Continue Reading A Dragon is Not a Toy, or a Slave, House Targaryen
House of the Dragon Episode 9 Review I swore I wouldn’t take sides in this show. I swore that I would remain neutral in all of this. But Otto Hightower, … Continue Reading You Know Who We Hate? Otto Hightower. Here’s Why!
House of the Dragon Episode 8 Review Well, we all knew this day was coming. It would happen before the first season ended, no less. However, knowing that it was … Continue Reading King Viserys is Dead! Long Live King Viserys!
House of the Dragon Episode 7 Reivew House of the Dragon had no right to go as hard as it just did with its seventh episode. Yet it did, and thank … Continue Reading Aemond Goes Full Gangster With a Dragon
House of the Dragon S1, Ep 6 Review Until tonight, I thought the Lannisters were the most messed up family in Westeros. Emotionally abusive dad, incestuous twins, and alcoholic son. However, … Continue Reading House Targaryen. One Big, Messed Up Family
House of the Dragon Ep 5 Review WHAT. THE HECK. JUST HAPPENED? I knew knives would come out on House of the Dragon, since this is Westeros, but damn. I didn’t … Continue Reading Knives Out as Dragons Start to Turn on Each Other
House of the Dragon S1, Ep 4 Review Have you ever seen an TV show episode that makes you go ‘uggghhh’? Like, every character makes the wrong decisions and digs … Continue Reading Chaos Reigns, Targaryen’s Screw Up. What Else is New?
House of the Dragon S1, Ep 3 Review I know it doesn’t need to be said at this point, but I’m saying it anyway: Westeros sucks. As much as I … Continue Reading All Hail Aegon, He Who Will Ruin Everything!
House of the Dragon S1 Ep 2 Review If you’ve seen Game of Thrones (or read a book on Medieval Europe), you’ll know there’s one constant. That constant being that the elites … Continue Reading King Viserys Makes Biggest Mistake on New HOTD
This past Sunday, House of the Dragon surprised fans with the reveal of its opening credits. It had the opening score from the original Game of Thrones, yet now juxtaposed against a River … Continue Reading I’ve Got Some Problems With ‘HOTD’ Opening
House of the Dragon S1, Ep. 1 Review It’s been three years since the end of Game of Thrones, and I thought that the world had moved on from it. I … Continue Reading ‘House of the Dragon’ Begins End of Targaryen Rule
The teaser trailer for the upcoming mini-series Obi-Wan Kenobi has dropped on YouTube, and I give my thoughts on what is to come.
The Falcon Captain America and the Winter Soldier Episode 6 Review Doggone it, Marvel. You’re hitting us right in the feels with this one. The Falcon and the Winter Soldier … Continue Reading Sam Wilson is the New Captain America
You know, when I first saw Steve Rogers hand the Falcon the shield and wanted him to be his successor, I didn’t think much of it. I thought that Sam or Bucky were the best choices to be Captain America. I didn’t even give the fact that Sam’s African-American a second thought. However, the events of the last few years have reminded America that we are still struggling to deal with our racist past. And it’s something we’ll likely keep struggling with for a long time. However, The Falcon and the Winter Soldier reminded us of something important in its penultimate chapter. That if keep feeling sorry about our past, we’ll never fix anything. And this week, the Falcon and Winter Soldier learn to stop being sorry for themselves.
