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(tv series) The Baby season 1 – weird little series that leaves questions and no real answers

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There is a flood of quality and less quality tv series in recent years, so it is really nice being able to find something for everyone. Even us horror fiends out there craving for great mixute of horror, gore and comedy. This HBO´s eight part series was a bizarre experience to watch, sometimes too slow and I just waited to end and sometimes I enjoyed it so much.

The premise is about demonic mysterious baby whose seeming mother kills herself in a brutal way and our main character Natasha in a weird mix of circumstances takes baby and tries to solve the curse and why the people surrounding the baby die in horrific ways and what are origins of this baby. Well, this is basically comedy horror series with some grotesque scenes and folk horror influences thrown here and there for good measure. Although the episodes last no longer than 30 minutes each, there are couple that I considered very boring and waited only to end so in my opinion five episodes could be just enough, no more needed. Story ends kind of lame and there is a window for another season left open, but I am not really sure if I want another season, because this one is under the radar and will leave no fond memories for me. Characters are irritating and sometimes I really wish they were dead, also story hooks and lines become confusing and sometimes just too fast and not really clear.

3/10

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(review) Chief State – Waiting For Your Colours (Mutant League Records)

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Chief State are hailing from Vancouver, Canada and this is their first full length release. It consists of ten songs and the music is sweet and more modern influenced pop punk, melodic punk rock with some nods to the old school masters and forefathers to the genre. But, this one is a keeper, although I am not an avid fan of modern version of pop punk. The music is inspiring and uplifting, energetic and vocals are sweet and not too snotty and not too mellow, just like they need be for these bunch of songs. Backing vocal harmonies are nicely done, guitar work and melodies fit perfectly to the day to day lyrics garnered with some humor and auto irony. But, I can relate and find my highlights in Out For Me, Drown and Losing Sleep. This is a beautiful, nicely done pop punk record and I enjoyed every single minute listening to it.

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(book) Star Wars: Phasma

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Besides punk hardcore, my all time love is Star Wars. Besides movies and tv shows, there is whole world of expanded universe through books that I discovered as I started reading and collecting those books.

I must say that I am more of a fan regarding books and SW timeline that came out before Disney took over SW universum. Those books are now regarded as Star Wars Legends and books that are now out as Disney took over are called New Canon. As movie, books that come out are inferior to old ones. I don´t say that as grizzled fart which only mutters to himself, I am a fan who has also all new movies originals dvds in my collection proudly besides old ones and gave them many chances, but I must say, only Rogue One is in my opinion worth SW greatness of all new movies.

Captain Phasma is one of not enough explored characters of First Order and this book is a novel about her, how she came to be Captain Phasma, from her life as Skyre on nuclear devastated wasteland planet, to meeting General Hux Senior and trying to survive the wasteland to go to space and fulfill her destiny. This book has the same problem as all SW newer books. Parts of it are interesting and make you wanna read more and more and then comes last third which is too confusing, too fast like author wanted to finish it by all means as soon as possible. Characters are too shallow, too little explained and explored. Action scenes are okay, but could have been better and the ending leaves more open questions for sequel and explanations of some missing parts. Unfortunately, this one could have been so much better.

4/10