Over 200 TV viewers have voted on the 110+ items on Best Episodes of Tales of the Unexpected. Current Top 3: The Flypaper, A Harmless Vanity, The Landlady ...
which I would argue, is something Lucas already started to do with Star Wars come the time of the Prequels where we start to see a bit more Dune influence with the idea of the pressure of being the 'Chosen One' being a cursed chalice that leads to tragedy as opposed to a noble highe...
Series executive producer and director Alan Poul, who helmed the first two episodes, suggests the handling of the pair will probably soften the blow for viewers. “The premiere is like episode nine of season one, a direct continuation,” Poul says of the two-part Feb. 8 premiere. “The ...
Despite only being six episodes long,Tales of the Jedimanaged to fill in the gaps of several lacking parts in the franchise. And while the three episodes centered on Ahsoka were stunningly animated, many consider Count Dooku’s fall to the dark side to be the highlight of the series. Dooku...
Striking is the story which the early centuries of modern Europe have to tell us. After the era of the busy building of empire in which the sturdy old Romans were the active agents, there came an era of the overthrow of empire, during which the vast results of centuries of active civiliz...
For people more casual than even us, we recap the episodes and try not to overrun too much (although we are keeping record of who’s overrunning more). This is an accessible entrance to Star Trek, even if we get into a great many tangents like the Young Ones, Blake’s 7, the write...
Brick Stamp, Akkadian Empire, from the rule of Shar-Kali-Sharri (2217-2193 BCE); Iraq Museum, Iraq. Wikimedia Commons. The earliest surviving fragments printed from a woodblock come from the Han dynasty in China (before 220 CE) and show flowers printed onto silk in three colours. In the...
content… let alone Fallen Empire or Eternal Throne. I did have an active sub, but I let that lapse at some point… they keep roping me in with offers of “subs get X shiny bauble” and then I never actually end up playing. I should in theory pop back in before this last bit of...
Not sure I'll be able to make it, as I'm now very firmly installed on the sofa with a pile of magazines to read through while the missus is out at a hen night. That's how we mice live it up here at Tokyo Tales Towers when the cat's away: The Economist, Empire, and Edge. ...
The Roman Empire fell at its second Pluto return. England rose higher at its second Pluto return, with Elizabeth 1 and a new Golden Age, and declined in world power after its third Pluto return. Superpowers rise and fall like a law of Nature. In China, it has been observed that the...