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Midnight Sun, a Twilight Animated Series, is Coming to Netflix
In early 2023, it was reported that Lionsgate Television was working on a TV show based on Stephanie Meyer’s Midnight Sun, the 2020 retelling of Twilight from Edward’s point of view. In March of 2024, Michael Burns, vice chairman of Lionsgate, announced that it would be an animated series. Reco...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 3, “The Eagle and the Sceptre”
jesslind | Sep 2, 2024 | 1
***DISCLAIMER: CONTAINS SPOILERS*** Firstly, the biggest and only positive of this episode: NO GUYLADRIEL!!! The downsides? Númenoreans that do not in any way resemble true Númenoreans, Don Lemonlas/Discount Legolas, and… that little shit Theo. Episode 3 begins with Elendil the Short attempt...
Read MoreReview: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 2, “Where the Stars are Strange”
jesslind | Aug 31, 2024 | 1
***DISCLAIMER: CONTAINS SPOILERS*** Episode 2 begins with Guyladriel and Elrond, the only character in this show who has sense. The two are arguing, Elrond berating her for being so easily manipulated by Sauron and now doing the same to Gil-galad. Back to the dwarves. Durin IV and Durin III have a...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power – Season 2, Episode 1, “Elven Kings Under the Sky”
jesslind | Aug 30, 2024 | 4
***DISCLAIMER*** THERE WILL BE SPOILERS AND MUCH FURY IMBUED IN THE TEXT THROUGHOUT THE READING OF THIS REVIEW. Season 2 of The Rings of Power begins in Forodwaith during the dawn of the Second Age. In an ice fortress located far north of the Iron Hills is Sauron, standing before a crowd of Orcs, ...
Read MoreThe Acolyte Fallout: Merch Disappears From the Disney Store, High Republic May Be Canceled
On Monday, Disney canceled the Disney+ Star Wars series The Acolyte, which was surprising not because it was popular and had great ratings – it wasn’t, and it didn’t – but because it was a tacit admission to these uncomfortable truths by Disney, especially as it happened so quickly and that...
Read MoreWar of the Rohirrim First Trailer Released
jesslind | Aug 22, 2024 | 1
Warner Bros. released the first trailer of The Lord of the Rings: War of the Rohirrim today, and it was met with mixed reviews. On the one hand, many comments hope that this animated film will be far more tolerable than the abomination that is Rings of Power, whereas others automatically see how cen...
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