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Star Trek: Discovery’s Biggest Problem Is That It’s A Prequel
“Lethe” was a character episode. It was fine. Well, it wasn’t. Every plot beat was fairly predictable and the emotional resonance got about halfway there at best. At least I didn’t loathe it. I just found it tedious. And instead of thinking about Sarek and Burnham’s past and Lorca’s future, I kept wondering why this…
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The Makers Of Black Mirror On Season Four, The Dystopian Present, And Getting Tricked Into Liking Game Of Thrones
Image: Invision / Blair Raughley At this year’s Emmy Awards, Black Mirror won Outstanding TV Movie and Outstanding Writing for “San Junipero,” an outing that everyone described as unusually uplifting for a show which often takes a quite bleak look at the world. When we talked to executive producer Annabel Jones and creator-executive producer-writer Charlie…
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Everyone Congratulate Archie on Now Being As Traumatized As Everyone Else On Riverdale
Ahh, Riverdale. It’s so good to have this show, and its complete devotion to going for it, back. We’ve heard that this season will have “Dark Archie.” Well, if the premiere is any indication, that basically just means Archie’s a dick.
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If Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams Goes On For Years, We Could See The Same Story Adapted Over Again
Image: Anna Paquin in “Real Life” from Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams (Amazon) Amazon already has a Philip K. Dick show in its adaptation of Man in the High Castle, which is headed into its third season. But Stan also has an anthology series based on Dick’s work available now, called Philip K. Dick’s Electric…