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Joey Morgan @jomoblooddonut.bsky.social · 3h

Gambit had a rough three years.

@newt5996.bsky.social and I begin our coverage of Unbreakable #XMen on the latest Fresh-Faced One Shot!

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 23h

Redubbing and a really stilted guest cast holds back this week's #StarTrek from being on the same level of The Measure of a Man. This is The Ensigns of Command:

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Screenshot from Star Trek: The Next Generation "The Ensigns of Command" of Data in the center of several colonists attempting to convince them to relocate.

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 1d

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) - The most John Carpenter film not directed by John Carpenter.

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A ★★★★ review of Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Contender for the most John Carpenter film that Carpenter didn’t direct, though Halloween III: Season of the Witch sports a score by Carpenter and Alan Howarth and was produced by Carpenter and Debra ...

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 1d

Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982) - The most John Carpenter film not directed by John Carpenter.

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A ★★★★ review of Halloween III: Season of the Witch (1982)

Contender for the most John Carpenter film that Carpenter didn’t direct, though Halloween III: Season of the Witch sports a score by Carpenter and Alan Howarth and was produced by Carpenter and Debra ...

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 2d

My #LastFourWatched we don’t need to talk about X-Men: Apocalypse, it’s bad. But the Roger Corman horror kick has been fun and I’m surprised A Nightmare on Elm Street has two sequels that are good.

Letterboxd recent activity featuring posters for A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987), X-Men: Apocalypse (2016), The Premature Burial (1962), and The Pit and the Pendulum (1961) rating them 4.0, 2.0, 3.0, and 4.0 stars respectively.

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 2d

The Price of Snow by: Katharine Armitage: There’s far too much of this story that reads like a Pete McTighe story though often in reverse. The first half is particularly bad with the Doctor basically quoting the “Yet you participate in a society” meme regarding Ace owning a pair of boots. Some of

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 2d

because there is something to be said here but it’s really mediocre as is. Like the claim is we can’t charge a rich man with feeding people to snow aliens. You can actually, it’s murder. This is set after a point where aliens are known to exist.

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 2d

corporation/family owns a monopoly. Playing the Doctor as often neutral here doesn’t work and McCoy’s performance reflects that, he sounds bored in the booth as does Aldred. Give this an extra episode and I think Armitage would be allowed to really get into the themes and work out the conclusion

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 2d

the conclusion also struggles by not examining the system and yet the threat is evil snow that eats people a la The Snowmen but as an explicit idea of capitalism eating people. But then we end the story with the idea that the system is totally fine even though there is the idea that this one

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 2d

The Price of Snow by: Katharine Armitage: There’s far too much of this story that reads like a Pete McTighe story though often in reverse. The first half is particularly bad with the Doctor basically quoting the “Yet you participate in a society” meme regarding Ace owning a pair of boots. Some of

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 2d

Backwards and in Heels by: Alison Winter: I think it took me so long to get around to starting this set is because it’s let’s just fill in the gaps of Ace’s earliest adventures in the TARDIS. It’s not a bad premise but the last Seventh Doctor set felt like an actual move forward for the Doctor and

Cover of Doctor Who: Wicked! of Don Quixote on horseback, Ace, the Doctor, and the TARDIS in the snow.

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 2d

tiny gap and reference where she goes the story just gets held back.

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 2d

early feminism and gender in the 1920s while also having the treasure hunt pairing the Doctor with another time traveler. Sophie Aldred is playing 16 again and she does a good job but going so far back is always going to feel off and compound that with the story being very much a let’s fill in a

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 2d

this is just early on. The opening story is good, Alison Winter writes a treasure hunt in the 1920s and it works. It’s very much trying to be a Season 24 style story and that does work but it doesn’t get quite nearly as deep as Winter clearly wants. She’s got two episodes and wants to explore

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 2d

Backwards and in Heels by: Alison Winter: I think it took me so long to get around to starting this set is because it’s let’s just fill in the gaps of Ace’s earliest adventures in the TARDIS. It’s not a bad premise but the last Seventh Doctor set felt like an actual move forward for the Doctor and

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 3d

Our Massive Marvel block continues as Fresh-Faced Comics and guest cover the lead up to the Dark Phoenix Saga! Get your comments/questions/opinions in now!

Joey Morgan @jomoblooddonut.bsky.social · 3d

TONIGHT: @newt5996.bsky.social and I, with special guest @andrewdoingart.bsky.social, are recording the next episode of Fresh-Faced Comics, talking about The Uncanny #XMen Volume 4!

Send any questions or comments below and we'll discuss them on the podcast! :)

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Joey Morgan @jomoblooddonut.bsky.social · 3d

TONIGHT: @newt5996.bsky.social and I, with special guest @andrewdoingart.bsky.social, are recording the next episode of Fresh-Faced Comics, talking about The Uncanny #XMen Volume 4!

Send any questions or comments below and we'll discuss them on the podcast! :)

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 3d

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) - Should really be the end of the franchise because it ties up everything these movies do in a nice bow.

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A ★★★★ review of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors feels like the perfect cap to the franchise, about on par with the first film despite not having Wes Craven directing. Craven does cowrite the script and h...

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 3d

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987) - Should really be the end of the franchise because it ties up everything these movies do in a nice bow.

boxd.it/bnSBC5

A ★★★★ review of A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors (1987)

A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors feels like the perfect cap to the franchise, about on par with the first film despite not having Wes Craven directing. Craven does cowrite the script and h...

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 4d

It’s a big old classic tournament arc from Scott Snyder! Except no it isn’t actually, it looks like DC K.O. is actually going to be a beautiful mess of a tournament arc tying together maybe everything DC has been doing in the last few years? Issue 1 is great.

Joey Morgan @jomoblooddonut.bsky.social · 4d

He's survived worse (I think)

@newt5996.bsky.social and I are beginning our coverage of the event DC K.O. on the latest Fresh-Faced One Shot!

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 4d

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) - A film that makes me ask why the hell I watched it because it’s a mess.

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A ★★ review of X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Some scenes of X-Men: Apocalypse are fantastic removed from the context of the rest of the film. The Quicksilver scene is case in point on par with the one in X-Men: Days of Future Past. It’s the be...

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 4d

X-Men: Apocalypse (2016) - A film that makes me ask why the hell I watched it because it’s a mess.

boxd.it/bnkZbT

A ★★ review of X-Men: Apocalypse (2016)

Some scenes of X-Men: Apocalypse are fantastic removed from the context of the rest of the film. The Quicksilver scene is case in point on par with the one in X-Men: Days of Future Past. It’s the be...

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 4d

The Premature Burial (1962) - I’m struggling to resist just watching all of these in rapid succession.

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A ★★★ review of The Premature Burial (1962)

I guess I’m doing more of the Poe-Corman cycle because these are entirely my vibe. The Premature Burial is the one film in the cycle not to feature Vincent Price, instead Ray Milland plays this film’...

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 4d

The Premature Burial (1962) - I’m struggling to resist just watching all of these in rapid succession.

boxd.it/bnfHNZ

A ★★★ review of The Premature Burial (1962)

I guess I’m doing more of the Poe-Corman cycle because these are entirely my vibe. The Premature Burial is the one film in the cycle not to feature Vincent Price, instead Ray Milland plays this film’...

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Jacob Licklider CR: The Bachman Books @newt5996.bsky.social · 5d

The Last Halloween is nearly over, at least we think (it keeps getting delayed) but the penultimate issue is great right up until the twist that feels a bit out of character but then again there’s one issue left.

Joey Morgan @jomoblooddonut.bsky.social · 5d

What a twist!

@newt5996.bsky.social and I continue our coverage of #Batman The Last Halloween on the latest Fresh-Faced One Shot!

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