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Media Essays: Pokémon Horizons Rewrite (Part 2)
Part 1 here. For this part, we rewrite Seasons 3 and 4 and see how things will play out in this new version of Pokémon Horizons. Let's dive in! Season 3: Terastal Debut Here we are, my most hated season of the series and DEFINITELY one that's in need of a rewrite! In fact, as you know I already did rewrite it, but now I have to rewrite it all over again so it fits this version of Horizons. Talk about rewrite-ception. XD So yeah, once again, it's time to rewrite Terastal Debut
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5 days ago14 min read


Media Essays: An Alternative Wonder Woman Sequel
Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy was scarfing down some cocktail sausages that he was given while Teddy chuckled away. Teddy: Celebrating? Freddy: Mmmm mmmm! Yup! About time he started talking about something else so this calls for a celebration! Teddy: Heh, I bet you can stuff up to dozens of them in your mouth! Freddy: You bet I can! I bet he could. Teddy, before I begin, here’s some nice fish for you. Teddy happily took the fish sticks from me and munched away on them.
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6 days ago18 min read


Media Essays: Pokémon Horizons Rewrite (Part 1)
Hey, remember that time I did a rewrite of Pokémon Horizons Season 3? Well now this time, I'm going even further by doing a full rewrite of the entire series. Why? Because the show has been such a frustrating roller-coaster of quality where it gives us one good season, then follows up with two bad ones, is choc full of asinine writing decisions and missed opportunities that I feel this thing deserves a full-blown rewrite, not just Season 3 at this point. It's such a shame bec
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Jul 1015 min read


Media Essays: A Princess's Retrospective (Part 2)
Written by TCH2 Continued from Part 1. Character Rerailment: When Ian Flynn became head writer of the Sonic comics, he set upon repairing the damage Penders had wrought. While I do concede that he is not the most spectacular writer out there, and has made mistakes regarding characters and concepts and executions, I still appreciate that he tried to tell good stories. Notably, he had Sally continue to participate in active missions, and, in Issue 173, she confides in Bunnie he
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Jul 913 min read


Media Essay: A Princess's Retrospective (Part 1)
Written by TCH2 Greetings and salutations, friends and readers and fans! I am Thomas Holmes, your friendly Mobian bard! 35 years... 35 years and Sonic the Hedgehog remains as cool as he ever was! And since this is the Blue Blur's Coral Anniversary (yes, that's the official term), I felt I would take the opportunity to talk about my favourite Sonic character... Other than Sonic himself, I mean. That's the one! Yep, Princess Sally Acorn is my favourite Sonic character, besides
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Jul 814 min read


The Media Man Reviews: Toy Story 5
Ever since this was announced, I kept asking myself one important question: WHY DOES THIS NEED TO EXIST?!?! I'm asking a serious question here! Why does a fifth Toy Story movie exist?! Why did it need to exist? And don't you dare tell me "Because the Toy Story movies make a lot of money!" because shut up. Just because they make a lot of money, that's no excuse to make unnecessary sequels we don't need. Outside of the money, name me one single, solid reason why we need a fifth
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Jul 314 min read


The Media Man Reviews: Masters of the Universe
Certainly been a while since we've had a He-Man movie, hasn't it? In fact, I think this is the first He-Man movie we've had since the infamous 1987 film! When you're a media enthusiast like I am, chances are you'll at least be familiar with the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe franchise. Created by Mattel, the same toy company behind Barbie and the current owners of the Thomas the Tank Engine franchise, He-Man is up there with Transformers as one of the biggest toy bran
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Jun 2615 min read


Media Essays: The Doctor's Past
Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy: Oh? Well would you look at that everybody were back with another Doctor Who essay! Teddy: Yeah…okay, last post got up to (looks) nineteen views!? Well that’s amazing! Freddy: Well Ncuti rectified his viewing figures to twelve people, so I guess that’s a win. Teddy: It must be! Well, I wonder if this will garner more viewing figures? Well let’s see if we can, mates! It’s me, the Wandering Fox and yes I’m here to do another essay and this ti
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Jun 249 min read


Media Essays: Transformers: War for Cybertron vs. Transformers: Fall of Cybertron
Transformers is awesome, especially when it comes to video games. When it comes to Transformers media, there's a lot to enjoy about it from the toys to the cartoons to the comics and in this case, video games. For the most part, Transformers has a pretty good track record when it comes to video games with the 2004 Transformers Armada video game and 2015's Transformers: Devastation receiving high praise from fans and critics alike and the games based on the live-action movies
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Jun 1915 min read


Media Essays: Doctor Who On Hiatus
Freddy: Okay, this is gonna get less viewers than Gatwa’s whole run on Doctor Who. Teddy: Yeah but hey let him get his feelings out there. Freddy: Yeah fair enough. He looks happy. Teddy: Well I don’t think I can be angry at him, after seeing what went on with Doctor Who I’d be happy about this as well. Yep I am! You know what this means? More audios to get, more McGann! Come this weekend I’m gonna spoil myself with the food! I’m gonna be dancing at the next place I’ll be goi
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Jun 178 min read


The Media Man Reviews: The Mandalorian and Grogu
And here we are folks, probably one of the most unusual pieces of media I'll be talking about this year. For the first time since The Rise of Skywalker, we now have another Star Wars movie releasing in cinemas...but it's not a brand new saga or anything. Nope, it's another spin-off movie in a similar vein to Rouge One: A Star Wars Story and Solo: A Star Wars Story. And it's a spin-off starring everyone's favourite badass-and-child duo to date: Din Djarin and Grogu. When it co
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Jun 1214 min read


Media Essays: Rewriting The Mecha Sally Arc
ft. The Wandering Fox Whew....that was quite a retrospective. For the past few weeks, I went over Sonic the Hedgehog comics I once read and (used) to enjoy. As you know, I don't look at those comics very favourably anymore. Upon re-evaluation of the issues for said retrospective, I found a myriad of problems I either never noticed or chose to ignore because I was a blind fanboy who didn't know any better. Now looking through the eyes of a critic, the flaws are that much more
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Jun 1021 min read


My Top 10 Favourite Transformers: Studio Series Toys
I noticed my previous posts about Transformers toys seemed to attract a lot of attention. Seriously, both posts got quite a lot of views! So I thought I'd do another post about my TF toys again. This time around, I'm listing my Top 10 Favourite Transformers figures from the Studio Series line. Beginning in 2018, the Studio Series line has become one of Hasbro's most popular and successful lines of Transformers toys. True to its name, the Studio Series line is focused on produ
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Jun 518 min read


Captain EO - A Retrospective From A Long-Time MJ Fan
Written by Jacob Coad I thought I’d bring up an old memory, and it’s related to one of my favorite places in the world, as well as one of my favorite people in the world; and that is a short film that was only shown in the Disney Parks, made by the King of Pop himself, Michael Jackson. The History of Captain EO In the 1980’s Michael Jackson was at the peak of his popularity, especially around this time when he worked up the courage to set out on his own from the Jackson 5, an
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Jun 44 min read


Media Essays: A Way Past Cool Retrospective (Archie Sonic Issues 252-284)
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 and Part 6 here. Here we are ladies and gentlemen, the conclusion of A Way Past Cool Retrospective. After the atrocity that was Mecha Sally, we can only go up from here, right? Sadly...no, no we're not. When it came to the reboot era, I tried to give it a chance, but it just didn't work out for me in the end. The old universe, the one I got into in the first place, was gone and the story I had been invested in was never getting a conclus
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May 2925 min read


Media Essays: The Top Recent Sonic Characters
Written by The Wandering Fox Freddy: At last he’s doing a non Doctor Who essay. Teddy: Maybe he’s gonna get more views on this? Freddy: Well we’ll see once this goes up. That we shall guys. Hello it is me, The Wandering Fox. You can look at the title and assume instantly what I’m talking of but let me give you some extra context. Sonic the Hedgehog has been going for up to thirty five years (well next month) and in those years we’ve had hundreds of characters come along to th
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May 2812 min read


Ruby's New Friend (A Silverlock Sisters Short Story)
This story takes place five years before the first book, Ruby Silverlock: Supernatural Explorer The Silverlock family was in for a big change. This big change came about when one day, Ruby Silverlock and her sisters Emerald and Sapphire came home from school. Annie had been home all day as usual while her husband Michael was at work. He wasn’t due home until about 5 o’clock, about an hour and a half later than when the girls came home from school. Annie had been quietly rea
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May 2612 min read


Media Essays: A Way Past Cool Retrospective (Archie Sonic Issues 230-251)
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 and Part 5 here. Welcome back to A Way Past Cool Retrospective everybody! It's been a wild ride so far, but now we're getting into the most infamous era of the comic. The era that ultimately killed Archie Sonic going forward. What do I mean by that? You'll see as in this part we cover the Mecha Sally saga, the Endangered Species Arc, and the infamous lawsuit that doomed the comic and led to the reboot era. (sighs heavily) This is going to be pa
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May 2222 min read


Media Essays: The Eighth Doctor: A Hopeful Ending
Written by The Wandering Fox Teddy: I think McGann was right. Freddy: About what? Teddy: About Wandering Fox being a zealot! Freddy: Well he was joking. Teddy: I know that’s Paul’s humour, but I think he was right! This guy doesn’t stop banging on about the Eighth Doctor! I’m surprised the Media Man hadn’t stuck a clamp on his mouth! Freddy: Oh come on, if it’s something he loves he should get to say it. Besides, he hasn’t just got the Eighth Doctor to talk about! He’s gonna
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May 2117 min read


Media Essays: A Way Past Cool Retrospective (Archie Sonic Issues 213-229)
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 and Part 4 here. Last time we saw the fall of Dr. Eggman, the rise of Snively, the formation of the Iron Dominion and the fall of said dominion. As of now, things are unsettled in New Mobotropolis thanks to Nicole being corrupted, Eggman's back in charge and Sonic and Sally are a couple again. So how does this next batch of issues turn out? Let's dive in, and I'm covering quite a lot of them today. We're going over issues which introduced more chapters
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May 1515 min read
