Star Wars with occasional sarcasm
As a wise man once said: and now for something completely different. Just two weeks after I complained that the show had gotten repetitive, I hungrily eat my words. As the Senate Spy Episode Guide proudly proclaims, “Not a single blaster is fired in this episode, nor is a lightsaber ignited, nor does anything explode.” Star Wars without ‘spolsions? Isn’t that like Christmas without eggnog? Or, um, Hannukah without fried potato skins? Continue reading “The Clone Wars review: ‘Senate Spy’”
Now that the new video game Star Wars: The Clone Wars – Republic Heroes is out, reviews are starting to come in like Holofeed dispatches from the front, and it is looking more like a casualty report than a string of victories.
And if you’d rather read about the trivia of the game’s development, GameInformer has tons of things you didn’t know about the making of Republic Heroes.
Looking back at last week’s episode of The Clone Wars, ‘Children of the Force’ get graded:
Meanwhile, Pete Vilmur talks to Ian Abercrombie on starwars.com about voicing Palpatine and Darth Sidious.
And check back later today for our own review!
Welcome back to another exciting season of The Cad Bane Show! The self-appointed breakout character is the clear focus of the Season 2 opener, and if Cartoon Network’s promos are any indication, we haven’t seen the last of him. So I hope you like the blue dude with the rude ‘tude, since it looks like he’s the main attraction for the next year or so. Continue reading “The Clone Wars review: ‘Holocron Heist’ & ‘Cargo of Doom’”
There’s only about an hour and change until S2 premieres here on the east coast, and here are a few things to tide you over: What to expect, the ForceCast’s chat with Dave Filoni, and the first review.
Naturally, it’s at Fangoria. Allan Dart shares some details (possible spoilers) and gives the much-hyped book a mixed review. (“…A prosaically imitative zombie tale that doesn’t take enough advantage of the STAR WARS Universe.”) What that means for those of us not knee-deep in horror conventions on a regular basis is anyone’s guess. But it certainly sounds bloody.
Oh, internets. How won’t you endlessly entertain us? He’s also left negative reviews for Bride Wars and Frost/Nixon. Massive cudos to ‘Jar Jar,’ wherever he is. (via)
A few months back the blog Grasping for the Wind started a SF/F/H Reviewer Linkup Meme. I didn’t take part at the time, but since we do have book reviews of a sort now, I figured it wouldn’t hurt to toss us into the second round. My reviews are here, but head under the cut for a true smörgåsbord of genre book review sites, most of which I’m sure can manage more than a paragraph or two per book. Continue reading “The genre book review parade”
Starlog has posted their review of Denning’s Abyss – due out on the 18th. It’s, uhh, not particularly in favor, but reviewer Allan Dart notes that “outside of the original movie trilogy, I don’t really care to visit that galaxy far, far away anymore.” Indeed.
Still, if you’re dying for tidbits, the summary portion is somewhat detailed.
So this week we finally get the release of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince. And it seems like it was only yesterday that we were grumbling about the delay.