Category Archives: television

Review: Altered Carbon

Posted on 2022 July 6 by mongreldogs

{Ed. note: Another thing languishing in my Drafts for multiple years.  Maybe I thought I’d be expanding it?  Clearly I won’t, so here it is.} I’ve finished all of (season one?) of Altered Carbon, and have reached the conclusion that … Continue reading →

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Agents of SHIELD meets its “End”

Posted on 2018 May 23 by mongreldogs

It took only a week for me to catch the Season 5 finale of Agents of SHIELD, fittingly called “The End”. It was pretty fantastic, actually, even if it barely tied into the Avengers flick. Agents of SHIELD has been … Continue reading →

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Lost Worlds and A Strange Visitor From Another Planet

Posted on 2016 February 16 by mongreldogs

I just re-watched the pilot of Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman (1996).  It is actually pretty good, especially for a late-1990s superhero show.  It’s sly and clever, and does a nice job working around its obviously-inadequate effects budget. … Continue reading →

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Review: The Man in the High Castle (TV)

Posted on 2015 December 28 by mongreldogs

amazon’s The Man in the High Castle (2015) Insta-score: 4 out of 5. Short form: After a slow start, this builds to an excellent show. Spoilers below the fold.

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… and a movie?

Posted on 2015 July 15 by mongreldogs

I finally caught the last episode of the weird Season 6 of Community as streaming on Yahoo! Stream, called “Emotional Consequences of Broadcast Television”.  As could be expected of Community, it was wonderfully meta and self-referential.   As could be expected … Continue reading →

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Review: Doctor Who Season 8 Episode 9: Flatline

Posted on 2014 October 19 by mongreldogs

Oh, heaven above, Steve Moffat is just determined that we all love Clara, and he’s going to keep forcing tripe like this on us until we give and accept she’s the bestest, most wonderful Companion ever, isn;’t he? Spoilers below.

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Review: Doctor Who Season 8 Episode 8: Mummy on the Orient Express

Posted on 2014 October 12 by mongreldogs

Meh. Haven’t we been here before?

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Review: Doctor Who Season 8 Episode 7: “Kill the Moon”

Posted on 2014 October 8 by mongreldogs

Ugh.  This hasn’t been a great season, and this is far from the best. Let’s begin with the very-overused flash forward.  It’s getting kind of old.  Used well, it can be very effective.  But Doctor Who isn’t using it very … Continue reading →

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Review: Doctor Who Season 8 Episode 1 “Deep Breath”

Posted on 2014 August 26 by mongreldogs

I finally got around to watching Season 8 Episode 1 (“Deep Breath”) of the revived Doctor Who.   It’s the first one with Peter Capaldi as the Doctor.  (What do we call him, anyway?  Is he the 12th Doctor, even though … Continue reading →

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All good things may come to an end, but you can sometimes revisit them

Posted on 2014 May 23 by mongreldogs

Today (2014 May 23) is the 20th anniversary of the airing of “All Good Things…”, the final episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation.  It cannot be denied that this series is directly responsible for the resurgence of American sci-fi … Continue reading →

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