Secrets may not make friends, but they sure do stretch out the episode count.
reviews
Review: The Legend of Korra – Book 4, Episode 11
Sailor Moon Newbie Reviews: Episodes 61-62
Huh. So apparently the “R” stands for “Rage-induced table-flipping.”
These past couple weeks I’ve been merging my reactions with my recaps, and I actually like the way it flows better (it’s also helped me to keep these a little shorter and write them a little faster), so we’re going to try that for a while longer and see how it works out. If you’re not a fan of the new format, let me know and I’ll consider shifting back to the old way, but hopefully this works just fine.
And on that note—to the recaps! The angry, angry recaps.
Review: The Legend of Korra – Book 4, Episodes 9-10
Sailor Moon Newbie Reviews: Episodes 59-60
And so as one Sailor Moon aRc ends, another begins…
And no, we do NOT have time for a retrospective! There was FAR too much happening this week. So I’ll cover my reactions as we go, with my usual blend of exaggeration and irreverence. But don’t let my cheekiness fool you: I quite enjoyed both episodes this week, and I’m looking forward to telling you kids all about it.
Sailor Moon Newbie Reviews: Episodes 57-58
The plots (and tree roots) thicken!
As is so often the case, SM dropped lots of exciting story stuff on me the week I have Far Too Much To Do. Between packing for a trip and actually going on said trip, we’re gonna have to do what we did way back during the Nephrite Finale and Sailor Moon Restrict this post to general recaps and overall impressions.
Review: The Legend of Korra – Book 4, Episode 8
Sailor Moon Newbie Reviews: Episodes 55-56
Aliens are people, too!
These two episodes encapsulate pretty much everything I love about Sailor Moon, using supernatural events to develop characters and provide commentary on love, friendship, and gender roles. And it doesn’t hurt that they were darn amusing, too. This is kind of the show Sailor Moon R should have been from the beginning, really—when you have aliens masquerading as humans, it’s almost a crime NOT to have them constantly interacting with (and being confused by) (and being affected by) human culture and quirks.
Panning the Stream: Fall 2014 Midseason Review
Good sequels and good fantasies keep the stream from drying up this season.
My fall watchlist is considerably smaller than my summer one, partly because of time constraints on my part, but mostly because there just isn’t as much that interests me this season. Not counting sequels (and yes, I count Fate/stay night as a sequel even though it technically isn’t), I’ve only kept up with seven new shows this season. Compare that to summer’s whopping 13 at the midway mark, and it sounds pretty dismal by all accounts.
That said, there is a pleasant ray of hope this fall: Fantasies have made a sudden and welcome comeback, as nearly every new series on this list features some element of magic or “arealism.” Better still, a fair number of them are two-cour, continuing this year’s trend of studios producing longer series (a very nice trend indeed). And hey, I’m also trying to watch half a dozen U.S. shows and a trio of sports, so maybe the shortened list isn’t such a bad thing.
Most everything falls (pun always intended) in “solidly watchable” B-range territory, with a couple standouts and a couple series hovering near the chopping block. What’s shining and what’s dimming? Hit the jump for a midseason check-in.
The Josei Next Door 