Author: LT
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Choosing Free Will: SF8 Manxin
In the near future, a fortune-telling artificial intelligence (AI) called Manxin can accurately predict our futures. But should we listen? SF8 continues with Manxin.
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My Brother’s Keeper: SF8 The Prayer
The first story in the science anthology SF8, explores the brutal conflict at the heart of palliative care. The Prayer is uncompromisingly good and bodes well for the rest of the series.
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Distant Lights in a Fog: Forest of Secrets Season 2
At its halfway mark, the second season of Forest of Secrets (Stranger) is living up to the promise of its freshman year
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The 100: a tedious final season
The 100 is halfway through its final season. But with little commitment to the show’s themes and a lot of running around, the show has become tedious.
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Dark: An Allegory of Rebirth
Dark’s final season was as mind-melting as we’d hoped but also truly beautiful.
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Diversity in Dramaland: An addendum to Backstreet Rookie
Saya over at Dramas Over Flowers has written a wonderful piece about Diversity in Dramaland that discusses the issues with race that my rant on Backstreet Rookie tangentially referenced but didn’t go into. It’s a well-researched and informed piece that helps to shed some light on the issues of diversity and the portrayal of Otherness…
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Where Your Eyes Linger
Korea has made an unexpected foray into BL. And it turned out quite good overall…
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Dark and the Bootstrap Paradox
Dark’s universe is a self-contained time loop. Bootstrap Paradoxes abound
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Backstreet Rookie: The Drama That Should Not Exist
Not gonna lie. I made a pact that for the duration of Backstreet Rookie (alt. Convenience Store Saet–byul) I was going to hide until it went away. From its announcement, this drama was such a disgusting waste of time, talent and broadcast space that I’d have preferred to exist in an universe where it was…