The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power Season Two Review- Middle-earth or Something Else Entirely?
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Why I’m Skeptical About Dragon Age: The Veilguard
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Why Shows Like The Witcher and Rings of Power Failed to Be the Next Game of Thrones
In 2019, still not over the catastrophical disappointment that was the final season of Game of Thrones, I cautiously gave The Witcher a chance to rekindle my hopes for fantasy drama. Its debut season, flawed yet promising, showed potential. But…
Dragons, Duty, and Demise: Analyzing the Dragon Duel in House of the Dragon Season 2, Episode 4
House of the Dragon, the enthralling prequel to Game of Thrones, has finally hit its stride in a second season that’s taken its time setting up its pieces. Season 2, Episode 4, titled "The Red Dragon and the Gold," stands…
The Witcher Season 3: Incoherent Storytelling Leads to an Unsatisfactory Conclusion
Netflix’s adaptation of Andrzej Sapkowski’s fantasy series The Witcher started in a thrilling, if not a bit unpolished way, introducing Geralt of Rivia (Henry Cavill), a mutant who hunts monsters and gets entangled with Princess Ciri (Freya Allan), a powerful…
The Sandman introduces Netflix to Neil Gaiman’s world of Grand Fantasies in its First Season
The Sandman, based on the Neil Gaiman and Sam Keith comic released by DC Comics' now-defunct Vertigo brand, is one of Netflix's most anticipated graphic book adaptations this year. The Sandman world spans seven years and 75 issues, following The…
Why I Am Both Excited and Apprehensive about the Sandman Adaptation
Fantasy and fiction is a magical and enjoyable genre. It offers an escape from the real world and lets us imagine a world filled with endless and logicless possibilities, love and compassion, and even hatred and mystical wars. Be it…
How Fantasy Shows are Vying for Supremacy in a post-Game of Thrones Era
When did fantasy shows start to climb the charts? Was it when Game of Thrones (GoT) shattered the records of TV history? Or was it when Henry Cavill signed to play the lead for The Witcher? Or better when Amazon…
The Wheel of Time is an Ambitious Fantasy Epic that Struggles to Balance its Characters and Plot Threads in its First Season
The Wheel of Time is a preeminent series of books written by the late Robert Jordan and, later, Brandon Sanderson. It stretches over fourteen books, most of them the size of doorstoppers. The sheer volume of source material suggests that…
The Witcher Improves in its Second Season, Despite Deviating from its Source Material
When The Witcher was first announced, many were quick to announce it as the next potential Game of Thrones. Its first season, however, was an uneven, narratively messy story that juggled multiple timelines. Since then, there have been a couple…
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