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The Tournament of Power Was Peak Dragon Ball

The #TournamentOfPower was #DragonBallSuper at its strongest.

When Dragon Ball Super brought its lengthy Tournament of Power arc to an epic close, Dragon Ball fans have been waiting until December’s movie for more content. But what a note to end on! The Tournament of Power, which saw eight universes fighting for existence in an eighty fighter battle royale, was easily the most fun I’ve had in the whole of Super‘s run. Tournaments have been a staple of…

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Looking Back On Ten Years Of The Life And Times Of Tim

Looking back on ten years of The Life and Times of Tim #hbo @stevedildarian

Between Bojack Horseman, Rick and Morty and the latest, superb seasons of South Park you could effectively argue that we are living in the golden age of adult animation. This is somewhat true, but I think it’s more the age of plenty and for every Archer we still get a dozen Paradise P.Ds. I ask you to forget about the present and cast your mind back to the ancient year of 2008. Netflix was still…

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Dragon Ball - How We Got Goku All Wrong

Did we get #Goku wrong? A look at how the iconic #DragonBall hero has changed over the years.

Some of my most vivid memories growing up are of watching Dragon Ball Z for the first, second, third, however many times. Running over to my Grandma’s house everyday after school because she had Cartoon Network and we didn’t, so I could sit glued to the TV and watch the adventures of Son Goku and his friends. Suffice to say, little…

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What Happened To The Golden Age of Star Wars Games?

What Happened To The Golden Age of Star Wars Games?

There was a specific period of the 00’s where Star Wars was at a peak. The prequels were being released and the books and comics of the Expanded Universe were having a field day with all the new material and with the fact that Star Wars was a powerful brand once more. And to an extent, we’re seeing Star Wars reach a similar level once more. We have new movies, new comics and books, new…

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How Do You Make A "Super" Man Interesting?

How do you make #Superman interesting? Look to #CaptainAmerica for a good example.

When you think of the word “Superhero”, who’s the first to come to mind? There’s a pretty good chance you thought of Superman. Everything about him is iconic, from the majestic red cape to the great big S on his chest. Superman is the superhero, the ultimate good guy with all the superpowers and that’s kind of the problem. As a…

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A brief look at awesome new band Pale Waves, and the combating the criticism they’ve faced for being “copists”. The video also goes into pop culture’s recent obsession with the 1980s.

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Why Star Wars? The Life of a Mega-Franchise

Why #StarWars? How did it become one of cinema's most influential franchises?

I think we can all agree that Star Wars needs no introduction. Not to generalise, but if you’re watching this video, you’ve seen it. Star Wars is such an integral part of pop culture that even someone who’s never seen it knows that Darth Vader is Luke Skywalker’s father. 40 years on and Star Wars is still going strong but few months…

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Give Solo a Shot (First)

Does #Solo deserve to flop? @rosstopham disagrees.

When the Solo movie was first announced, the main thing that grabbed my attention was the presence of Lord and Miller in the Director’s chair(s). When they left, that left my enthusiasm for Solo entirely dampened. With all of Star Wars to choose from, a movie about Han Solo seemed like the least interesting, least exciting choice. And that’s why I have to say that I was basically wrong; Solois…

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iZombie: Breaking Rules of Screenwriting To Cause Maximum Damage

How iZombie broke @RossTopham by twisting some classic scriptwriting conventions.

Anyone who’s ever studied screenwriting probably knows that there are certain rules that writers tend to follow. Inevitably these rules are sometimes broken, either accidentally or deliberately and breaking these rules can lead to some really effective storytelling moments. In last week’s iZombie, “Insane in the Germ Brain”, the show took the Rule of Threes and snapped it in a truly…

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LIVE: Britrock Must Be Destroyed - Digbeth Arena, Birmingham

Live Review: Britrock Must Be Destroyed, Birmingham. @TheWildhearts @terrorvision @reefband

Twenty years is a long time. The amount of time between the dissociation of the Beatles and the release of ‘Smells Like Teen Spirit’; between the popularization of the compact disc and the invention of the iPod. But twenty years ago, Reef, Wildhearts and Terrorvision were household names. They had top 20 singles and prime spots throughout the UK festival landscape. Two decades later and my gig…

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A Quiet Place: Films That Need To Be Seen In A Cinema

#AQuietPlace: Seriously, you need to see this in the cinema, not at home.

We all know that going to the cinema can be a hassle. Tickets can be expensive and snacks even more so, if you’re a parent you need to find a babysitter, you need to find a time that works for you and all the friends you want to go with and even then you still have to watch the film in a room filled with strangers. Usually, it’s noisy too because everyone thinks they’re in Mystery Science…

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Nirvana: How 'Smells Like Teen Spirit' Changed the World

Rock is dead. Or at least that’s what the music press have been spewing out over and over for the last half decade. There’s not been a genre-defining and defying rock act that has gripped the public consciousness in forever. Well at least since maybe Welcome to the Black Parade or Seven Nation Army. Gone is the crunching guitar-based music. Hip-hop, poptimism and synths are in vogue, the ones…

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Fight Club - Who is Tyler and Why is he Zooey Deschannel?

Pop Culture obsession is odd. A lot of strong emotions colliding over the discussion of what is, in essence, merely entertainment. Often fans condemn those who don’t “get” their particular piece of pop culture. It’s their way of reinforcing their ownership of it. Their opinion is that these “others” don’t understand the subtlety or its various layers and that anything other than their way of…

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Celeste - Overcoming the Mountain

You may have heard a few things about hot new indie game, Celeste. For one: Celeste is a bit tricky. Like, classic Nintendo levels of challenge. Pixel perfect jumps, mad puzzles and the like. Due to this and its retro aesthetic, there has been comparisons to top-tier indie platformers like Super Meat Boy as well as golden era classics like Megaman 2 and Mario 3. It is also a truly amazing game.…

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How Taylor Swift Uses Middle Eights

So lowering my punk credibility a bit, I adore Taylor Swift as a musical entity. She produces regularly high quality nuggets of pop fluff. There may not be any greater substance to them, they may not change the world, but you can dance and singalong with reckless abandon. Perfect pop music. It’s fun and nothing more.

Note: This essay is available in video form above.

Despite the idea of…

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The Evolution of Women in Punk

Bono of Worldfamous band U2 recently said in an interview with Rolling Stone that Rock Music in its current form was “girly”. That if young males wanted an angry anti-authority form of musical expression they would have to turn to hip-hop. Over the Christmas, New Year period a lot of media outlets pounced on this controversial opinion. Hot takes everywhere. But then why does this matter? Why…

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Paddington - Baby's First Wes Anderson

Pixar and Disney have spoilt us. Most kids films aren’t great; content, story or cinematically speaking. Poorly made fluff, focusing on lowest common denominator humour, simple plotting, needless Celebrity voiceovers and an over use of meaningless slo-mo. What makes it worse is that a good portion are based on nostalgic IP’s, your Smurfs, Scooby Doos, or Garfields. So not only are they poor…

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