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Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency Cancelled.

Posted on January 9, 2018 by Marion

BBC America has cancelled Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency. The wrap-up episode (with an obligatory cliffhanger regarding the characters of Bart and Ken) of the second season is now the final episode of the show. I’m not surprised, and I’m … Continue reading →

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The Final Four: American Gods ReWatch, Season One

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Marion

I finished watching all of Season One, and I find I have more quibbles with the final four episodes on a second viewing. I still enjoy the show; I am eager for Season Two, especially since Fuller and Green tried … Continue reading →

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American Gods, the Rewatch

Posted on December 19, 2017 by Marion

I started re-watching American Gods (Starz). It’s probably too early and I may need to re-watched it again (three-watch it?) because Season Two will probably debut in April, 2018. So far I’m up to Episode 4, “Git Gone”, better known … Continue reading →

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Now I Want to Write Grimm FanFic

Posted on November 21, 2017 by Marion

After re-watching BBC America’s brilliant SF show Orphan Black, my next re-watch was NBC’s urban fantasy police procedural, Grimm. Grimm is good fun and I am enjoying it although it is at nowhere near the level of Orphan Black or … Continue reading →

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Riverdale is off the Rails

Posted on November 7, 2017 by Marion

I thought the first season of the CW’s Riverdale, based on the Archie comics, was promising. The second season’s overarching plot includes a crime lord who has just returned home from jail, a masked serial shooter and fear-driven mobs. The … Continue reading →

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Killjoys; A Pleasure

Posted on October 7, 2017 by Marion

You may have gathered that I like the Syfy show Killjoys. I wrote about hackmods; I wore a Feminist Killjoy T-shirt at HawaiiCon. (A guy said, “It’s nice to see the RAC represented.”) Killjoys is a space opera conceived by … Continue reading →

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Orphan Black; Which Sestra Had the Greatest Growth?

Posted on October 1, 2017 by Marion

Orphan Black completed its run with the Season Five finale. The showrunners and the astonishingly versatile Tatiana Maslany managed to complete the story, wrap up loose ends and bring us out on a note of hope and female autonomy. Along … Continue reading →

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Rachel Duncan: Seduced & Betrayed by Patriarchy

Posted on July 25, 2017 by Marion

I predict that in a few years’ time there will be college courses in media studies devoted to Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale and BBC America’s Orphan Black, studying their critiques of patriarchy. Both shows recognize that patriarchy is a system, … Continue reading →

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The 13th Doctor; The new, New Doctor Who

Posted on July 19, 2017 by Marion

I’m jazzed about the new incarnation – er, regeneration – of the Doctor in BBC’s long running fantasy show Doctor Who. Jodie Whitaker is a great actor and it’ll be nice to have a female Doctor for a while.  I’m … Continue reading →

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Will: Shakespeare in a 1970s-1580s London

Posted on July 14, 2017 by Marion

TNT has a new show on Monday nights at 9:00 pm, called Will. It’s allegedly about young William Shakespeare coming to crazy London in the 1580s to make his way as a playwright. The show conjures up a time shrouded … Continue reading →

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