Well, that's the season finale of yet another show, and as with Whitechapel and Downton Abbey, it managed to be a fairly solid and satisfying conclusion. I wouldn't go so far as to say that final episodes can make or break a show, but I do think that they are crucial when it comes to a viewer's capacity for rewatching the material. Go out with a ( Read more... )

So we're definitely heading towards end-game now, which actually took me by surprise as I (embarrassingly) assumed we were only about halfway through this season. Why I thought that I have no idea, only that when it became apparent there were only four episodes left, it was a bit of a shock. On consideration, maybe it's because this season only ( Read more... )

As always, I watched these two episodes back-to-back, and I'm glad I did. It means delaying my Korra fix for a week, but you end up getting a much juicier story as a result. But I was particularly nervous this time around given the dramatic improvement in the show and my hopes that the quality would remain high. I was nearly about to call it quits ( Read more... )

So, I’m currently having a great run of television shows. I discovered the brilliant Orphan Black and finished up the fourth season of Whitechapel which was equally enjoyable. Sleepy Hollow is great. I’m finding Once Upon a Time in Wonderland to be surprisingly charming (despite other people being ho-hum about it) and I’m even still on board the ( Read more... )

So just when I was about to call it quits on The Legend of Korra, the show churns out a couple of really intriguing episodes. There were a few dodgy bits (don’t worry, I’ll get to those), but what I was starting to enjoy in The Sting was the wide sense of scope and newfound emphasis on the ensemble. I didn’t even realize until the final few minutes ( Read more... )

Yeah, I’m just not feeling this season. And I hate that, because I really, really want to love this show, but there’s just something missing. As such, I only have a small list of observations instead of a proper review…

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As you may have noticed, there hasn’t been a heck of a lot of updates lately. Life happens. So I’ve decided to announce an official semi-hiatus for this LiveJournal, though that doesn’t necessarily mean that my writing output will be less than before.

I’m currently submitting a fortnightly column called Big Worlds, Small Screens to my friend Helen ( Read more... )

I have returned! After what feels like a lifetime (even though it was less than a week) my computer has returned from the shop with its glitches worked out. I wasn't able to access my internet, apparently because Norton Antivirus was squabbling with AVG and terminally slowing things down.

And so I missed the debut of the first Korra trailer. And I ( Read more... )

Close on the heels of each other, we get promotional posters for both The Legend of Korra and Dracula. Take a look...

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