Good Omens Final Season Was Tiny, But Somehow Felt Right

Maul- Still Awesome After All These Years

The Mandalorian and Grogu was awesome. It had elements from multiple Star Wars sources, but stood just fine on its own. Finally, it seems everyone involved remembered- Star Wars can be enjoyed by everyone but is primarily for kids. It also had a weird narrative structure, therefore I need more time to think about it before fully commenting.

Fortunately, there was additional excellent new Star Wars content out there. it was a bit less for kids, and more for those who were kids during the prequel era, but I had a good time too-

Dardevil Born Again Season 2 Through a Kid's Eyes: Eerily Timely Review

Hello! I know you have all been dying for my Daredevil review. Well… actually you haven’t because I always do it ridiculously late and it only finished this month. But! I knew that I would need to catch up on this for all the MCU business going on and if I didn’t watch it now it would be in 2027 as predicted in my last review. 

 
This is where the problem begins. 

Daredevil, Born Over and Over Again

Starting with the good stuff, Daredevil is my favorite Marvel character, and I'm glad his show is still going. I have enjoyed the ride a great deal. 

Yes, there will be spoilers.

Additional Academy Assessment

I finished watching the first season of Starfleet Academy for the second time. Aside from being angry again that it got cancelled before season two aired, here's some short notes that crossed my mind, during, between episodes and after the run.

So... I Need to Talk About "The Pitt"

Yes, like everyone else, we heard great things about this show on HBO Max. 

However, I normally do not watch hospital shows for three reasons.

Strange New Worlds Season Three

A writers strike happened, therefore this season didn't reach the peaks of season two. However, it was still some excellent Star Trek without a stinker in the bunch.

Starfleet Acadamy- A Real Next Generation

At the very opening of this show I worried it would fall into the Star Treks that I'm not a fan of, because it seemed it was showing the Federation in a bad light, and appearing to ignore the normal hopeful future message that is the core of Star Trek. That worry faded quickly, and my opinion changed to, "This is clearly not targeted at me, but it is truly Star Trek, and fantastic that it's goal is to bring in new, young fans, while still having the awesome teaching staff as an identification point for us old Trekkies."

It is kind of startling how quickly my thoughts while watching shifted to:

"IF ANYONE HURTS MY KIDS THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH ME!!!!"

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Endgame Pt. I: The Downward Spiral

Vehicon production kicks off again. Why can Megatron do than when the Maximals still live inside his Giant Floating Head?  
Megatron (trapped in the tiny drone) doesn’t have time to design a new body, so he’s picking out a template. Always fashionable that Megatron. "Yes, my queen."

Strange New Worlds Season Two

Much like the Original Series, this is where this version of Star Trek really hit it's stride. Season One was good, but these episodes raised the bar. It also had some wild and interesting (if emotionally damaging) shifts back and forth in tone from episode to episode. After the first couple of first season stories I was thinking the show was entertaining, but I likely wouldn't rewatch it much. Part way into this season I found myself hoping for a nice "Complete Series Box Set" when they're done.

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Sparkwar Pt. I: The Strike

The transformations are getting even more abstract and anime like.
Vehicon General Thrust (who has Waspinator's Spark, for those who can't keep up- or don't care enough) takes another loss in a fight. Poor little doofus

Silverbolt (recently recovered from being the other Vehicon General, for those same groups) is still being a jerk. That’s great.

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Darkest Knight

Teen-Bat watched everyone on his planet die and was mostly fine. Now he is freaking out over losing Noble/ Savage the guy/ wolf/ dragon/ thing he knew for three days.

Strange New Worlds Season One

I always seem to find the Star Trek series I really like, late. The Original Series counts in this because I wasn't born in time. I'd blame my parents, but I am too busy thanking them for introducing me to it in the first round of syndication.

The only Trek series I enjoy that I saw "real time" was the Animated Series, in my little Spock pajamas and cardboard ears.

That changed this year when Anabelle got a student rate on Paramount for Starfleet Academy, and we've all been having fun with this show. It is clearly targeted at younger viewers, but with stuff for us old Trekkies too. (More on that when the season ends.) 

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Beast Machines Season Two

All right, lets finish this so I can go watch the good ones again.
The Beast Machines DVDs were all in one set, so Season Two has the same menu as Season One.
 

Peacemaker, Both Seasons Apparently

I went to check what I said about the first season of HBO Max's Peacemaker before writing up the second and quickly learned it was "Nothing."

How about that?

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The Catalyst

We begin with the slime irrigation project and a funeral ceremony for Rhinox. Fun (More hugs for the Nineties’ kids.)

It IS Time To Get Things (Re)Started!!!!

I have been pretty critical of some recent Muppet efforts. 

Happily, it is time to point out that they have turned things around.

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Survivor

Megatron is mad about having his Beast Mode because it is “organic.” 

It is a Shiny (which means Trans Metal) Dragon, I don’t think you can be less organic than that, can you?

Its a Wonder, but I Wonder...

Wonder Man dropped all eight parts on January 27, and because I was desperate to get back to new (and new to me) Star Trek, and Rosa was desperate to find out what happened in The Pitt (and honestly we both were into both) we binged the show in two sessions. 

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Revelations Part I: Discovery

As yes, more running away in the dark. The central theme of this show.