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Picard: A Few Quick Thoughts About The End

Posted On 03/07/202003/07/2020 By David Waywell14 Comments

I prematurely reviewed Picard earlier in the week because I’d enjoyed it so much. There’s not much I can add to that beyond saying: I still enjoyed it. The last two episodes were not without faults, however… I’d left it with the crew about to reach the planet where the synths were made and lived. […]

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Starkers

Posted On 03/07/202003/07/2020 By David Waywell8 Comments

As much as it is measured by affection, success is too often measured by hate. Hate proves a useful metric because it allows writers to test how successful they’ve been, positioning their selves on one side of the political divide. How much the Right or Left hates you often reflects how much the other side […]

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