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2025/05/27 16:18:19
Subject: Tiny TV Reviews - Short Reviews For The Small Screen
[DCM]
Chief Deputy Sub Assistant Trainee Squig Handling Intern
Erm….kind of! Ish!
First one is tricked by a lass he really fancies into murdering his love rival, only it turns out she’s a ghost, he lost the duel, and now he’s just as damned as she is.
The harridan.
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First one is tricked by a lass he really fancies into murdering his love rival, only it turns out she’s a ghost, he lost the duel, and now he’s just as damned as she is.
The harridan.
Eh, sounds like a skill issue on the guys end. Shoulda just won the duel
The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.
Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
2025/05/27 18:46:41
Subject: Re:Tiny TV Reviews - Short Reviews For The Small Screen
Ghaz wrote: For those who liked the 2010's The Librarians series...
So that's certainly a thing that happened.
Not terrible, still campy, still over the top. Like the new guy better than Noah Wyle but hope he doesn't get annoying. the time travelling fish-out-of-water trope has been done to death
Nice links to the previous series, hope we get cameos from the rest of the librarians
New crew are interesting and good characters.
Spoiler:
kind of wish they'd recruited the goth girl from the first episode
Recurring villain setup was bad.
Second episode was booooring. Not bad, but jesus it was hard to stay focused
Easy E wrote: Nothing against the original Librarians, but if that is getting a re-boot I hope some of our other old syndicated favorites get a chance too!
I am thinking of stuff like Relic Hunter, Forever Knight, Highlander: The Series, etc.
Yeah, like TekWar and TimeTrax!
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2025/05/28 18:29:44
Subject: Tiny TV Reviews - Short Reviews For The Small Screen
Easy E wrote: Nothing against the original Librarians, but if that is getting a re-boot I hope some of our other old syndicated favorites get a chance too!
I am thinking of stuff like Relic Hunter, Forever Knight, Highlander: The Series, etc.
Yeah, like TekWar and TimeTrax!
Well, the kids have to learn about TekWar sooner or later.
The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.
Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
2025/05/28 19:38:46
Subject: Tiny TV Reviews - Short Reviews For The Small Screen
There is not enough alcohol in the world to make that disjointed incomprehensible mess enjoyable. I've loved the show my entire life, Classic and New, and that episode makes me want to throw in the towel.
I can normally forgive Doctor Who a lot of things, but I was pretty disappointed with that.
Spoiler:
For the second series in a row, a powerful legacy foe is dispatched in short order. Most of the episode was just shouting in rooms with plenty of green screen. The reliance of Poppy as a catalyst for the regeneration (Ncuti leaving too soon) seemed tacked on and barely connected to the rest of the plot, and in fact shortened the time for the adventure proper. I was starting to feel it was too many flashbacks to previous Doctors, but ultimately didn’t mind Thirteen turning up for a real cameo, if only for the gag about Ten/Fourteen (“that other guy’s always turning up”).
It’s still not Space Babies or Fear Her or The Twin Dilemma, so C plus.
2025/05/31 22:22:45
Subject: Tiny TV Reviews - Short Reviews For The Small Screen
[DCM]
Chief Deputy Sub Assistant Trainee Squig Handling Intern
So….im at 33 minutes in, exactly half way as it happens.
It’s good thus far. Not amazing. But good. The remaining run time has me worried though, as the last two episodes ran on and on and on and on, wearing out their welcome.
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Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote: Today? Today is my birthday. 45 years old. First without the parents around.
Will Doctor Who seasons finale make it a happy, or a crappy birthday?
Happy Birthday!
How drunk are you?
The answer is almost certainly "not enough"
Save it for a less important day (if you can avoid spoilers)
Happens I’ve had 6 pints over the course of the evening, so whilst still coherent of thought and voice, I’m considerably beyond driving (do not drink and drive. Ever. Stay entirely sober. It ain’t what you might do to yourself, which is your own stupid fault, but what you might do to others. No, I’ve no personal experience of that. But even so. Enjoy your soft drinks instead).
Overall this was….fine, I guess? Certainly more coherent than the last season finale. But I do wish RTD would stop it with the “last of the Timelords” thing. It’s not needed. For me, it doesn’t bring anything to the table.
I’d also prefer a return to the serialised stories of yesteryear, rather than this season long arc of the reboot. But TV has of course moved on.
Oh, and you can take that finale scene and stuff it right up RTD’s bahookie. Sideways. Wrapped in barbed wire. Seriously. Enough. Enough enough.
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Ah, but how about Gerard Butler trying to sing as the Phantom of the Opera? Which often devolves into him shouting, skip to 1:30 for the beginning of his part, and for references sake, here's this song from the original musical cast recording.
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The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.
Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
2025/06/01 07:42:18
Subject: Tiny TV Reviews - Short Reviews For The Small Screen
So much good TV recently, and I am usually not that much into TV shows.
Paradise - great writing, cool characters and their development, nice twist even just in the first episode (don't read about the show, just watch the first episode!)
Andor - much has been said already, s-f at its best, never expected infantile SW to grow into something like that
new Dearedevil - solid watch, nothing special compared to others but still enjoyable
TLOU2 - a few blunders (a switch of perspective in the middle of the game where you just keep on playing and in the middle of a show where you wait 2 years for continuation are different things) but all in all the atmosphere and the setting and characters work great to build up a compelling, emotional story
Shrinking - an incredible late discovery as the show doesn't get enough appreciation in my bubble. Wonderful, relatable characters who are trying so hard to be good people even when they sometimes just aren't. Derek proudly joins my hall of fame of best TV cahracters of all time, easily. Great dialogue and acting, funny and emotional. Feel good without being preachy. A real gem.
Yellowjackets S3 - just keeps getting better. I like how it dances between thriller, horror and dark comedy without fully committing to any of these, keeping you guessing. I felt like there was more young Yellowjackets stuff this time, which I guess is what everybody wanted
All in all, it's not even half of the year and I have already watched more really good shows than in the entire last year.
2025/06/01 16:02:38
Subject: Re:Tiny TV Reviews - Short Reviews For The Small Screen
I actually didn't mind the Doctor Who season finale.
Spoiler:
Once they revealed that the top half of U.N.I.T Tower could be spun around via a big ships wheel because it only had laser cannons on two sides, I realised we were in for a very stupid episode and just went with the flow.
Plus it still had some good moments, I liked the visual of Poppy's jacket being absentmindedly folded into nothingness, plus Flood Rani exiting on a Two Ronnies gag.
Despite that though, I'm not too keen on the idea of a Billie Piper Doctor. Even though I enjoyed the episodes, bringing back David Tennant for another go felt like extremely lazy fan-bait, and now they're doing it again so soon.
If they're that stuck for ideas, maybe they should just let the show die?
2025/06/01 16:08:44
Subject: Tiny TV Reviews - Short Reviews For The Small Screen
aku-chan wrote: I actually didn't mind the Doctor Who season finale.
Spoiler:
Once they revealed that the top half of U.N.I.T Tower could be spun around via a big ships wheel because it only had laser cannons on two sides, I realised we were in for a very stupid episode and just went with the flow.
Plus it still had some good moments, I liked the visual of Poppy's jacket being absentmindedly folded into nothingness, plus Flood Rani exiting on a Two Ronnies gag.
Despite that though, I'm not too keen on the idea of a Billie Piper Doctor. Even though I enjoyed the episodes, bringing back David Tennant for another go felt like extremely lazy fan-bait, and now they're doing it again so soon.
If they're that stuck for ideas, maybe they should just let the show die?
I don’t think
Spoiler:
Billie is the Doctor, not as such anyway. She wasn’t called out as such in the credits. She didn’t sound like Rose. The Moment, maybe?
I’m a bit disappointed that the Granddaughter hints never went anywhere. Why mention it, why bring Carole Anne Ford back if it wasn’t supposed to be signifiant? Chekhov’s Gun isn’t just about guns.
2025/06/01 16:57:05
Subject: Tiny TV Reviews - Short Reviews For The Small Screen
I think it’s entirely possible that the actor at the end of Doctor Who is playing themselves as themself being aware that they are in the show. I feel that would very much be in keeping with RTD.
Season 4 of Love Death and Robots. Meh. Animation is all very impressive as usual, but none of the stories caught me as much as previous series. Quite a lot of similar themes as previous series, but nothing that really landed for me.
Please excuse any spelling errors. I use a tablet frequently and software keyboards are a pain!
Flinty wrote: Season 4 of Love Death and Robots. Meh. Animation is all very impressive as usual, but none of the stories caught me as much as previous series. Quite a lot of similar themes as previous series, but nothing that really landed for me.
Yeah, I thought it was a bit weak. The Red Hot Chili Peppers music video was a real lowlight.
The Laws of Thermodynamics:
1) You cannot win. 2) You cannot break even. 3) You cannot stop playing the game.
Colonel Flagg wrote:You think you're real smart. But you're not smart; you're dumb. Very dumb. But you've met your match in me.
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