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Steve DeKnight Q&A and Splinter Commentary by yourlibrarian
Fandoms: Smallville, Buffy the Vampire Slayer
19 Dec 2022
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Panels at the James Marsters Con at the Queen Mary in Long Beach.
Originally posted September 14, 2006
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- Part 34 of Convention Write Ups
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My friend was amused when I described Younger as "milk and cookies." It's a show that has a fairly simple setup with a central secret (the lead character Liza is 15 years older than she pretends to be), and an ongoing set of characters with no major dramas in their lives. It has neither particularly good nor particularly bad writing, but set in the NYC publishing industry as it is, I daresay it has very little resemblance to the reality. So while I wasn't all that engaged with it, it was one of those shows that's easy to watch if one is doing other things.
That is until S4 Ep5, "The Gift of the Maggie." In short, this episode was all about appropriation and the view of fans was pretty infuriating.
Originally posted August 25, 2018
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- Part 46 of Meta About Specific Canons
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As Merlin comes to a close, one can look back at the series and see how it did and didn't fulfill its promise. It also makes for an interesting comparison with the first 5 seasons of Supernatural, which also set up a story about destiny.
Originally posted May 18, 2013
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- Part 38 of Meta About Specific Canons
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Originally posted September 18, 2010
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- Part 69 of Reviews
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- Part 52 of Reviews
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Originally posted February 1, 2008.
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- Part 24 of Reviews
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The final episodes of S3, which ended up being the end of the Veronica Mars series, just left more questions.
Originally posted February 21 - March 16, 2007
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- Part 23 of Reviews
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Watching the Gilmore Girls return to TV was a letdown. It's been several years since I saw the series, but since I watched it well after it finished it hasn't been gone that long for me. And strangely, the characters don't seem to have moved on that much, which I grew to believe was intentional.
Originally posted December 12, 2016
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- Part 20 of Reviews
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So the finale came to its inevitable conclusion in much the way the series made its way throughout all its seasons. Some stuff was really enjoyable, a lot was inexplicable, and it was largely underdeveloped.
Originally posted June 3, 2013
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- Part 14 of Reviews
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I had two major issues with it. And both these issues tied into a complete tone-deafness to character development.
Originally posted May 8, 2013
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- Part 13 of Reviews
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All in all, I liked the two-parter finale. It seems there's always some dramatic battle for those. And it was an important season in many ways with Arthur actually becoming king, Guenevere's crowning, Lancelot's death (and return), and the reveal of Excalibur.
Originally posted March 31, 2012
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- Part 12 of Reviews
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I found this to be one of the more enjoyable episodes of the season. Although there are some inexplicable things in it, for the most part it seems well thought through in terms of themes and conflicts.
Originally posted March 10, 2012
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- Part 11 of Reviews
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I was pleasantly surprised by Merlin 4.3. To start with, it would have been easy to make such an anticipated episode underwhelming. But I also have thoughts about how well Merlin and Arthur will ever be able to work together.
Originally posted January 25, 2012
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- Part 10 of Reviews
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Having read over the early SPN Pilot draft, I have some general observations and comments about the differences between the original series concept and the pilot we actually saw.
Originally posted September 2, 2007
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- Part 8 of Reviews
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Character Tracks in iZombie by yourlibrarian
Fandoms: iZombie (TV - 2014), Forever - 2014
13 Dec 2022
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Part meta/part review of the iZombie episodes through 1.10.
Originally posted April 18 and May 25, 2015
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- Part 6 of Reviews
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I decided to do a brief discussion of the episodes I thought were most impressive from a writing standpoint. They're not necessarily the most significant, or my favorite episodes (as there are some more flawed stories I quite enjoyed) but I do think they're the best put-together.
So for S5 my three choices are:
Originally posted September 19, 2010
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- Part 5 of Celebrating Writers
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I decided to do a brief discussion of the episodes I thought were most impressive from a writing standpoint. They're not necessarily the most significant, or my favorite episodes (as there are some more flawed stories I quite enjoyed) but I do think they're the best put-together.
So for S4 my three choices are:
Originally posted October 23, 2009
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- Part 4 of Celebrating Writers
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I decided to do a brief discussion of the episodes I thought were most impressive from a writing standpoint. They're not necessarily the most significant, or my favorite episodes (as there are some more flawed stories I quite enjoyed) but I do think they're the best put-together.
So for S3 my choices are:
Originally posted May 29, 2008
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- Part 3 of Celebrating Writers
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I decided to do a brief discussion of the episodes I thought were most impressive from a writing standpoint. They're not necessarily the most significant, or my favorite episodes (as there are some more flawed stories I quite enjoyed) but I do think they're the best put-together.
For S2 my three choices are:
Nightshifter (Ben Edlund)
In My Time of Dying (Eric Kripke)
Bloodlust (Sera Gamble)Originally posted November 28, 2007
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- Part 2 of Celebrating Writers
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I decided to do a brief discussion of the episodes I thought were most impressive from a writing standpoint. They're not necessarily the most significant, or my favorite episodes (as there are some more flawed stories I quite enjoyed) but I do think they're the best put-together.
So for S1 my three choices are:
Faith (Gamble and Tucker)
Devil's Trap (Eric Kripke)
Nightmare (Gamble and Tucker)Originally posted November 26, 2007
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- Part 1 of Celebrating Writers
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Originally posted: April 30, 2011/May 7, 2011/May 29, 2011
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- Part 75 of Supernatural Reviews
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Originally posted December 11, 2010.
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- Part 74 of Supernatural Reviews
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Originally posted December 4, 2010.
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- Part 73 of Supernatural Reviews
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Originally posted November 20, 2010.
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- Part 72 of Supernatural Reviews
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Originally posted November 13, 2010.
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- Part 71 of Supernatural Reviews
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