I, uh, accidentally finished season three of The Magicians. This means I'm stuck waiting for season four, probably for six more months. (
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The Magicians created a compelling in-universe reason for everyone to sing Queen/David Bowie's "Under Pressure" in order to save the day. At least temporarily.
(Video includes some swearing, so maybe don't play it loudly at work.)

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(This all makes sense within the episode, but it's still enjoyable for the voices and the acting, even without context ( Read more... )

We're close to the end of the school year in my town. I'm looking forward to enjoying some free time, although there's traveling to visit family members scattered across the USA, and a couple of days of writing curriculum (I'm getting paid for that so I won't whine... too much), and a couple of days of workshops. Both work-related events are in ( Read more... )

One of the funniest, nerdiest scenes of television that I've ever watched. Spoilers for The Magicians through 3.01, but if you don't think you're going to watch the show--or you don't care about spoilers--you should just give this clip a try. 'Cause it's fun.

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I've made it through two seasons of The Magicians. ( Somewhere in season two things went from grim and dark to grim and dark and funny. )

I might be in a bit of a binge cycle, and The Magicians does include at least two talking animals. They're not very communicative, though; one seems limited to a single word, and the other is incomprehensible as it mutters about torturous death.

SyFy channel likes its feel-bad TV. That's what Battlestar Galactica was, and now this show fills that ( Read more... )

Philip Pullman wrote the His Dark Materials series at least partly in response to The Chronicles of Narnia, with their Christian symbolism. Pullman is an atheist, and his series has a strong anti-religion undertone. Or overtone, really.

Now that I've started watching the SyFy series The Magicians, based on the book series of the same name, I'm ( Read more... )