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Game of Thrones – The Complete First Season

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Game of Thrones - The Complete First Season DVD reviewGoing back and watching a show for the first time well after it’s become popular is always going to give the view a different perspective than those who watched from the beginning. Game of Thrones has become of phenomenon over it’s six seasons (and counting), but examining the beginning of its run it’s hard not to feel somewhat mixed about the results (especially compared to the undying fervor of its fans).

Over ten-episodes we are told repeatedly that Winter is coming. As foreshadowing goes it’s not exactly subtle. By the end of the season Sean Bean has performed his perfunctory role (which fans of his know all too well), we finally get some dragons (pathetic that they might be), and things are just starting to get interesting. Winter, however, still feels far off. If Winter is coming, it’s taking the long road. The lack of a central protagonist also makes it hard at times to invest in events our their outcomes. Who should I be rooting for? The Starks? Jon Snow? The Targaryens? It seems only the Lannisters are hard-set as villains, although at least one of their member breaks that mold.

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Kill la Kill – Junketsu

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  • Title: Kill la Kill – Junketsu
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The third episode of Kill la Kill raises the stakes and sets the stage for the episodes to follow as Satsuki Kiryūin (Ryôka Yuzuki) dons her own Kamui (named Junketsu, giving the episode its title) which will force Ryūko Matoi (Ami Koshimizu) to make a deeper connection to Senketsu in order to unlock her Kamui’s full potential. The fight between the pair dazzles the audience but ends in a stalemate and a challenge. If Ryūko wants a rematch, and answers to her questions, she will have to go through Satsuki’s underlings in the Honnōji Academy and earn that chance (thus setting up the countess battles to come).

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Green Arrow #26

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Green Arrow #26 comic reviewFramed for murder by the Ninth Circle, Oliver Queen hits the road to prove his innocence. This leaves Seattle in the capable hands of Ollie’s friends. Taking its name from Dennis O’Neil and Neal Adams’ famous run (minus the social commentary), part one of “Hard Traveling Hero” catches up to Green Arrow on the road where his investigation crosses paths with another member of the Justice League: the Flash.

Despite the continued use of the awful costume redesign (seriously, this yellow piping has to go), it’s fun to see the Flash here. DC Rebirth keeps to the DCU’s history in that despite both being close friends with Hal Jordan, neither character gets along that well with the other.

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Remington Steele – Tempered Steele

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  • Title: Remington Steele – Tempered Steele
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Remington Steele - Tempered Steele television review

Today’s Throwback Thursday post takes us back to the 80s detective show Remington Steele. The second episode of the series, “Tempered Steele,” will introduce several themes which will become staples over the show’s run. First, Laura Holt (Stephanie Zimbalist) will become increasingly frustrated with the man now posing as Remington Steele (Pierce Brosnan). Steele will also make wrong assumptions about a case, and his interference will at times both hinder and help the investigation.

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The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed #5

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The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed #5 comic reviewThe five-issue mini-series concludes with The Visitor: How and Why He Stayed #5 as the alien visitor struggles with loneliness following his wife’s death. Offered the opportunity to rejoin his people in space, after stopping the latest threat to the Earth, the Visitor chooses a different path. Seizing the opportunity to go out on his own terms, the alien’s final actions will finally lead to the Visitor coming face-to-face with the creature he was initially sent to Earth to kill.

It’s nice to see a brief interaction between Hellboy and the Visitor, although the comic could have come to a close just as easily without ever making Hellboy aware of the alien or his actions. Hellboy fans will likely appreciate the appearances of both Herman Von Klempt and Inger von Klempt as the final threat our alien protagonist faces before meeting Hellboy.

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