Category: television
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Cancelled Childhoods: 21 Jump Street (1987-1991)
There’s been a lot of talk of cancelling childhood at the moment, which made me wonder how I’d respond to watching a beloved show from my childhood: 21 Jump Street.
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Art and the Artist
Am I justified in maintaining my love for Buffy the Vampire Slayer despite the ongoing revelations about Joss Whedon?
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The Unwatchable Watch
The adaptation’s treatment of Cheery is emblematic of the show’s problems Like a lot of lifelong Pratchett fans, I gave myself a good talking to before I sat down to watch BBC America’s new series, The Watch. This series was touted as being ‘inspired by’ (rather than adapted from) the Discworld novels, including Guards! Guards!,…
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The Best Television of 2020
As 2020 ends with a bang and not a whimper. As we ride out this global hell year. As we look back on everything we missed out on, did not do, wished we could do, regretted happened or just made us plain angry. It’s good to remember that 2020 got at least one thing right.…
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Love By Chance 2: More fan fiction than fiction
Love By Chance’s so-called second season is merely fan fiction and its fans deserve better.
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A Fleeting Moment: SF8 Joan’s Galaxy
Joan’s Galaxy is a short piece about finding happiness in a fleeting life. But while it might work as a character study, it fails as a piece of science fiction.
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The Incorruptible Man Wants Nothing
Forest of Secrets (Stranger) is now winding up its second season on Netflix. What does its protagonist’s brain injury tell us about corruption?
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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.