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Jesters_folly (230 KP) rated Star Trek: The Animated Series in TV

Jul 23, 2020  
Star Trek: The Animated Series
Star Trek: The Animated Series
1973 | Adventure, Animation, Sci-Fi
9
6.6 (39 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
Star Trek: the animated series is also known as season 4 of the original series. Kirk, Spock and the rest of the original cast return for one more run of 22 episodes. The are joined by new, alien crew members and tangle with Klingon's, Romulan's, Tribbles and Harry Mudd as well as a whole host of new races and beings.
Being animated means the aliens can look less human and the crew find themselves in more bizarre adventures.
The animated series has the same tone as the original series and the stories, although shorter have a very similar feeling. There are a few stories that seem to have influential later episodes from other series, including the first holo-deck story although here it's just known as the rec room.
  
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David Lowery recommended Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018) in Movies (curated)

 
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018)
2018 | Action, Sci-Fi
7.5 (147 Ratings)
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"I saw this opening night, loved the first thirty minutes, phased in and out for the rest. I really liked Alden Erenreich’s performance, the visual effects were top-notch and of course Bradford Young’s cinematography was a wonder, but otherwise I didn’t really feel strongly about it one way or another. Maybe, like most of the world, I didn’t need more STAR WARS just yet – but several months later, whilst on a long flight, I guess I definitely did because I randomly decided to rewatch the opening scene and before I knew it the credits were rolling. Freed of expectations, scaled down to an 8 inch Lufthansa screen, SOLO was a delight. I’m not too broken up about not getting additional young Han adventures, but I could definitely use more Lady Proxima in my life."

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David McK (3716 KP) rated Dragons of Spring Dawning: Chronicles, Volume Three (Dragonlance Chronicles Book 3) in Books

Oct 16, 2020  
Dragons of Spring Dawning: Chronicles, Volume Three (Dragonlance Chronicles Book 3)
Dragons of Spring Dawning: Chronicles, Volume Three (Dragonlance Chronicles Book 3)
Tracy Hickman, Margaret Weis | 1985 | Science Fiction/Fantasy
5
7.3 (4 Ratings)
Book Rating
Third entry in the Weis/Hickman Dragonlance Chronicles trilogy, which sets the world of Krynn up for new adventures with a new Status Quo, and which finishes the story first began in Dragons of Autumn Twilight.

However, I found this to be lacking the intimacy of that first novel, or even the tragic pathos of Sturm from the second Dragons of Winter Night; too concerned with Tanis's internal struggles and skipping over a large part of just what happened to Raistlin and how he suddenly becomes so powerful (told in other spin-offs, perhaps?).

Also, and as with Dragons of Winter Night, not all characters survive the story, with one character in particular provided with a fitting farewell.

In short, and as a whole: these books are OK, but nothing remarkable.