MANDALORIANS!

The Mandalorians were mostly around during the Old Republic era specially involved in a war against the Jedi during this time.

Their style of armor has been a staple of popularity among the saga, from Boba Fett to now Sabine in Rebels. The Mandalorians are a group of multiple species that follow one common culture. They follow a honor and pride code that basically led a war. The culture was an influence all the way down to the Clone Wars era, if you pay close attention to the way the Clone Trooper helmets were made, they have tons of Mandalorian influence in them.

There are tons of houses and factions of Mandalorians and below them are different clans who work under a house. Mandalor became overtaken by the Republic which eventually was taken over when the Empire was created.  

In the context of Rebel it is mentioned that The Protectors A.K.A Mandalorians who split from the group, don't like the others and even call the family of Sabine, Traitors! This was just a mention of Sabine's past, but it also gave up a sense at how the state of the group is doing and who is on who's side. 


BATTLE OF MYGEETO!

For anyone who has played Star Wars Battlefront 2, Mygeeto was a blizzard like industrial planet that you were able to play on in the game. It was more important during the clone war era but if you payed attention to Revenge of the Sith, the planet is show briefly during Order 66.

"The Battle of Mygeeto was one of the longest battles of the Clone Wars, lasting for two years beginning in 21 BBY. In 19 BBY, it became part of the Galactic Republic's Outer Rim Sieges to secure the planets of the Outer Rim Territories."

I haven't kept up with the latest comics about Kanon but I do believe that those go into this story and the journey he has been through with his late master. This is was just side backstory mention but now that is have been brought into Rebels, there is still some more history that could be explored there. 

Agent Carter is back with a season 2 and this time she is traveling to California.

The episode picks up where it ends from season one. She is in a middle of an interrogation when she is suddenly called off the case for now and is sent to California. To help them with supposed backup. She meets up with Jarvis and goes to the new hidden SSR headquarters where she will be working from.

A woman is frozen in a full cube of ice that it recovered from a river and brought in for a autopsy. They get a sample of what froze the woman and they find out that it isn't your typical ice. It can infect other it comes it contact with, but also freezes them until they are hit hard enough to shatter.

I did like this episode was the investigation was interesting for the most part. The new setting can make for a lot of cool landmarks to show during this time period. I just hope they take advantage of that.

The only problem is the amount of reveals that this episode contains. It could be interesting in the future but as of right now, we already know who the villain is and all the people who are involved. No real surprise could actually happen in the future now because of these reveal. 

The first episode is good and I have a feeling this will get better as the season progresses but right now we are only left with mystery.

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 Legends of Tomorrow


I haven't completely caught up with Arrow and The Flash, but with this being the third show to be connected to this universe that has been created, I think it is time to check this out. 

I don't know much about the show, which will be good as to not have much opinion on the show prior to its release.  It has familiar characters that have showed up in The Flash, and while I don't think it will be the backstory of them, It will hopefully expand this television universe created by those shows. 

The show is premiering on January 21 on The CW and will most likely be checking it out.


X-Files Miniseries

 
X-Files is back! Unfortunately only through a miniseries, this is one of those 90s shows that was great back in the day. It aired for nine seasons, from 1993-2002 and even had two theatrical films released from the show. 

The miniseries will reunite special  FBI agents, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully who have for the most part moved on after the X-Files but have to return to solve a new mystery. I always liked the way it approached the mysteries as well as having a over arcing plot through out the series. I am curious if this will do the same or will just focus on one plot in this miniseries.

There will only be 12 episodes in this miniseries, so get ready because it releases on January 24.


Agent Carter Season 2


I only watched about one episode of Agent Carter season one and due to just not having enough time to watch the rest of the show. This season will seas Peggy Carter travel to Los Angeles to deal with the threat of the new atomic age and will follow her as she faces new enemies and adjusts to her new life style. It will also include much more episodes compared to the first season and will hopefully be just as good and will really take advantage of the time period the show takes place in.

From what rumors are saying, this new season will have small tie-ins into the upcoming Marvel film, Doctor Strange. How this will be included is unknown, but it will be interesting to see what specifically is connected. 

The new seasons airs on January 16 on ABC.


Out of the shows listed which ones are you looking forward to? Tell me in the comments below!

One-Punch Man is one of the latest anime's of this past season that has quickly gained popular in the genre. It takes a more comedic approach by trying to parody the 90s action super powered anime genre that was popular back then. Will it ever live up to the standard of those shows? That is something we will have to wait an see.

The story follows Saitama, just an average dude with a lifeless expression and a bald head. The one thing that makes him special is that with every new villain he fights with, no one has been able to last that long until he knocks them out with one punch. This is where the series begins as we follow Saitama fight various enemies, searching for new ones to challenge and take on, as also be a superhero at the same time.

The biggest standout that this series has is the fight scenes, they are over the top times eleven! I had always thought that Dragon Ball was over the top with its fights scenes but in comparison, they need to step it up. They are fast paced and well animated, even by today's anime standard they are very good. I like the little subtle changes to the animation, especially to Saitama's face giving him a more series look to emulate the 90s style of anime. 

Anytime a series takes a parody approach or even tries to emulate a genre, it will always come with criticism of being to much like what it is emulating. That being said, I can clearly see there being two camps for this show, of people either really liking this show or just hating it all together. The concept is very interesting but isn't followed through to the fullest of its potential and because of that it swims back into repetitiveness for the majority of the series. Making the fights as they go on become predictable and loose its excitement. It doesn't help the series when all the villains of the show not be as interesting or present cool ideas to keep them interesting or even a threat to our main character.

An entertaining show, that is one to not take too seriously to enjoy it. One-Punch Man succeeds at making its fight look great but lacks some of the back bone to keep it interesting as the series progresses. This isn't something that can't be fixed in the future but as of right now its a decent series with a cool, funny idea that I hope they take advantage of in the future.

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The episode starts off with Kanon and Rex going at each other on who should train Ezra. He goes on a mission with Zeb and Sabine just on a salvage run on a abandoned clone station. 

When they get there, they notice that this ship looks strange compared to other ones. Sabine tags a door and notices that a small droid might have been watching her. The droid signals someone we assume from the empire of its location. They get power going to the whole station so they can search for the supplies. 

At the Star destroyer, The Inquisitor senses their presence at the station and they decide to head there. 

The group ends up searching for the medical supplies because they couldn't find them at the command console. Chopper stays and watches the console until he begins to hear noises coming from the small droid we saw from earlier. He follows the noise into a hallway and ends up getting zapped by the small droid, who begins to steal his parts. They crawl through the vents to get back to Chopper, who by then has disappeared. The one who owns the droid, is an Inquisitor who approaches Ezra and tries to capture them.

Ezra and the Inquisitor engage while they try to run and end up running into the other Inquisitor from earlier. 
Ezra gets captured by the Inquisitors who plan to use him as bait to get the others. Zeb and Sabine end up having to create a plan to get Ezra back without calling for help from Kanon. The Inquisitor ends up using the force to throw a group of Sabine's bombs back at them and captures Sabine. 

Zeb fights off the small droids easily destroying them but also finding the supplies at the same time. He finds Chopper and brings him back so he can help him with escaping and saving Sabine and Ezra. Zeb fakes a call to Ezra and Sabine so the Inquisitor can think that Kanon and Ahsoka can come to the base. Zeb tricks the inquisitors and uses the ship to shoot at them and escape before they get captured again. 

They barely escape due to the Inquisitors using the force on ship, but they make it back to home base with each other and the medical supplies they needed. So Zeb end up saving the day and the group now knows about the new threat, its going to be interesting how they make their choices from now on. 

I liked this weeks episode because we not only got to see the villains in action, but we also found out that there are more than just one that the group has to worry about. 

There is still tons of mystery behind them, we don't even know their names or where they come from. They mention that the Inquisitor from the 1st season was the Grand Master, which could mean that there are plenty of other Inquisitors around in the galaxy that we just don't know about. Either way it was a solid episode and I like how well the characters now work together, it going to be interesting seeing how they team up with facing the new threat in future episodes. 

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In this weeks episode of Rebel, the clone troopers prepare for an encounter with the empire.

Agent Kallus knows that Ezra and Kanon are with Rex and the other clone troopers and comes down to the planet with AT-ATs. A sand storm occurs and they use that opportunity to hide and confuse the empire so they can buy time to escape.

Ezra uses the force to take down the AT-AT with the force and they use that opening to escape from the sand storm and empire. Because of the empire interfering Ezra and Kanon and forced to leave REX and the other troopers to take on Agent Kallus alone.

Rex try to take on the AT-ATs but they unfortunate just aren't strong enough to take him on and that's when Kanon decided to go back and help them. They steal an AT-AT and use it to shoot the other to take down the empire group. Agent Kallus ends up escaping and Rex and his team end up surviving.

Near the end of the episode we are introduced to a brand new inquisitor, with no real context or reason why he shows up but I have a feeling he will be a new threat the group will have to worry about.

Asoka and Rex reunite with each other and the clone troopers now join the Rebels in fighting the empire.

This has a been a very solid start to rebels so far, everything is really feeling like Star Wars which is good, and the incorporation of the Clone Wars characters are enhancing the story. If they can keep it up with this kind of quality this could end up being one of the best seasons of any Stars Wars show ever!

I already can't wait for next weeks episode and to know a bit more about that new Inquisitor that shows up toward the end.

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Star Wars Rebels is back with a new season and in the very first episode we are already introduced to familiar faces.

In this episode the crew are tasked to look for and recruit an old commander, they don't know much about them at first but they come to find out that they are Rex and his team from the Clone Wars.

Right away Kanon has a problem with the old clone troopers, we don't completely know why but we do have an Idea. It could very much be from the fallout from after Revenge of the Sith. Kanon doesn't know about how Rex and his team had removed their chips before those events happened, and even know Kanon finds out about it, he still has some doubt.  

They worked together to catch a giant worm beast that Zeb ultimately get eaten by and in need of saving, but while this is going on the Empire is watching them. At the same time we follow with Agent Kallous as he is still trying to find Ezra and the Ghost Crew. He sends down a probe to go spy on them and even get more information about the whereabouts of others.

This actually really surprised me on how well this season has started and set up, even though not much happened in terms of plot, it was nice to see how well paced everything was. Especially during the scenes where both groups have to work together to catch the giant worm as well as stopping the probe sent from the empire. I like how we were able to see the old crew from the Clone Wars show and how it really feels like they are giving closer to their stories. 

This was a  great start to the new season and I am already looking forward to the new episode.

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Episode: "The Arcanum Club"

In this weeks episode, we followed to the events from the last episode with Norma being worried about the women, Annika who had mysteriously disappeared.

You get the feeling that she deep downs knows that Norman is responisble but she trys to figure what happened on her own. Whether its for not wanting to think that he is resonpible for her disapearance or that she wants to help cover up evidence.

This leads to Norma going to a party that Annika was meant to attend. Because she doesn't know that password she if forced to sneak in. She does run into Sheriff Romero and she tells him everything that she know about Annika, hoping that he would help.

After that she ends up driving to the pass that will ultimatly lead to the motel no longer receiving anymore business. In a rage she decided to run over the side and a few of the cones used in the consruction. 

We also focus on Dylan and his father, Caleb as one of their guard dogs gets attacked by a random dog that at was trying to start a fight. This leads to Caleb shooting that dog and the next day the presumed owner comes to look for it. 

His name is Chick Hogan and he meets with both Dylan and Caleb to discuss about the new marijuana crop. Which could mean he was somehow involved with them beforehand and possible could in the future. 

This episode did feel like another set up episode, but its fine for only being the second episode of the season. Based on the way this weeks episode ended, I have a feeling much more interesting things will happen next week.

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Episode: A Death in the Family

Season 3 of Bates Hotel is off to a great start. Picking up relatively after a view months from where season 2 left off. Norman is going back to school again for his senior year of high school.

But because of the guilt, he can't seem to really function being at school without thinking of his teacher. This ultimately leads to Norman being home schooled for his Senior year which I think will play into how this season turns out. Especially now that he will be closer to Norma more than ever now as well as working in the motel full time from now on.

We also focus on Dylan who is trying to figure out what to do now that the business he was running is now ruining. He does discuss it with Romero about how he wants to stay on the legal side of things from now on but we do get the feeling that not what Romero wants. Seeing how he gives him a small plan on getting the business back up and running.

Dylan later runs into his father who wants to give him money that he received from his mothers death. Dylan wants nothing to do with him, but as the episode progress, we see that they might just end up getting closer as the episodes go on.

Finally Norman and Emma start going out, even though it is a bit random when it happens seeing how Norman for the most part never cared about Emma that way. I think it is just set up for more tension in the future.

I am looking forward to seeing how this season plays out especially with the situations that were set up in this first episode. The series continues to get better and better and I already can't wait to see what happens in the next episode.

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So what did you think of Episode 1 of Season 3? Leave your comments down below!

A Short clip aired over the weekend that shows Bob Odenkirk as Breaking Bad’s errant lawyer Saul Goodman in discussion with a client.

I think the one thing everyone is curious about is when this show will take place in the Breaking Bad timeline. We have heard that there could be a possibility that some of the cast from the previous show could show up in some episode but nothing really confirmed.



So what do you think of the clip? and are you looking forward to seeing Better Call Saul?

Leave you comments down below!

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