I remember that, when watching the Pilot, I got the feeling that some Flashforwards were getting too much exposition, whereas others got deliberately shrouded in mystery. I wondered what the cause for this could be: could these Flashforwards hold the key to […]
(A little disclaimer: I wrote this review in 2009 and I did not get this movie. It’s hilarious how much I did not get it. Then again: Getting this movie is the ultimate proof that you’ve become German, so take that as […]
It was obviously very hard – no, nigh impossible – to top last week’s episode, The Gift. This episode sets up a new chapter, a sort of “Act 2” of the first season. We now think we know that the flashforwards can […]
Every time I read The Subtle Knife, I am completely amazed at the way it starts: it’s hard to tell this is a sequel to the Golden Compass. The Subtle Knife is completely different in every aspect: you’ve no idea where the […]
His Dark Materials is a series of books which, unbelievably so, work for me. The story’s progress is extremely dodgy, the themes are so hard that they kind of explode out of itself, and by the start of the third book, you […]
I’m always mixed about the Deathly Hallows. It’s okay as a book, but I can’t help but feeling disappointed – and not in a good way, either. As a climax for any series, it’d be a okay. As a climax for this […]
It’s the silence before the storm. It’s the eye of the tornado. It’s that one moment where you’re safe, but you know you’re in the middle of something big, something that’s going to explode soon. So what do you do, as a […]
I love plot twists. For Flashforward, it didn’t take too long until a really juicy one arrived. And I love it! It had to be coming at some point during the first season, but they still dropped it on us as a […]
It’s hard to like “the Order of the Phoenix” unconditionally. It’s obviously a good book – they’ve all been up to this point – but it feels a bit off. All of a sudden, the font’s smaller (at least, in the Bloomsbury […]
And we’re off! Playtime is over, it’s time to enter the big boys’ playground. It was bound to happen sooner or later – you’d be sticking your head in the sand if you said otherwise – and here it is: what started […]