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Georgian Book Reviews
S.G. McLean: The Bookseller of Inverness:( Jacobite tropes in search of a main character ) -
September 5 (Film Review)
A taut, intense thriller, which got just Oscar-nominated for best original script. Here's crossing my fingers they win, and not just because the co-scriptwriter, Moritz Binder, is a homeboy (i.e. from Munich). (The director, Tim Fehlbaum, is Swiss. The film while being a German coproduction was shot in English as the original language, though.) It' ( Read more... ) -
Two Film Reviews
Star Trek: Section 31: You could very much tell this started out as a series concept, I thought. Presumably if it had been a series instead of a movie, we'd have gotten more time to get to know the crew team individually, the "who's the mole?" part would have played out over two episodes at least, and ( something too spoilery to describe uncut would have happened ) -
January Meme: Roman Babylon 5 AU?
redfiona99 asked me: how would you feel about a Roman AU for Babylon 5? (I quite like the idea of circa fall of the Republic but ...This got my imagination going, but not to the fall of the Republic; it went to either the Third Century Crisis or later the Attila the Hun era instead, or maybe Justinian. Either way, it's tricky whom to cast the Minbari as, ( Read more... ) -
January Meme: : Give the Julio-Claudians a rest: Josephus-Centric Flavian series to go!
As cahn, who asked me this, guessed, said show would definitely be inspired/partially based on Lion Feuchtwanger's trilogy of novels about the Jewish historian Flavius Josephus/Joseph ben Matthias. But not exclusively, not least because there are aspects of the Flavian era which don't show up (Pompeii, for starters), got downplayed (Vespasian's life ( Read more... ) -
January Meme: How I'd (try to) do a Babylon 5 Reboot
My first instinct is still to say „I wouldn’t, because the original is so great. Not perfect - nothing ever is, and I‘m aware of B5‘s flaws - but it is still one of my all time most beloved tv series, and thus I instinctively dread it getting a second rate makeover ( Read more... ) -
Star Wars: Skeleton Crew 1.07 and 1.08
In which the delightful season ends with much suspense and heartfelt character scenes for everyone, including the droid 33.
( Spoilers have found dangers and good people everywhere ) -
Star Trek: Prodigy - What should a 3rd season be like?
Well, considering one of the delightful things about seasons 1 and 2 was that they kept surprising me in a good way, I feel that I shouldn't really make predictions or requests, because I want the show to keep doing that, if there is a third season. For example, the first season had something of a Farscape vibe (while being utterly Trek), whereas ( Read more... ) -
January Meme: None-20th Century Historic Sites in Berlin to visit
aelle_irene asked : : What are the historical sites you recommend visiting for those who want to avoid 20th Century History?Given Berlin was heavily bombed in WWII and had to be rebuild, it's next to impossible to avoid the 20th century, but there are still sites from previous centuries to visit and enjoy, of course. Bear in mind I myself am talking as a ( Read more... )