3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Four, Episode Ten (Episode Forty-Eight)

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 7 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 7 Overall Plot: 5 Dialogue: 4 Sum: 30/50   Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None   Season Four Episode Ten: The Oath in the Tunnel - ***     Part One: It's Fine It's fine. It's fine, you guys. It's a fine episode. I…

3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season Three, Episode Ten (Episode Thirty-Six)

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 7 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 7 Overall Plot: 5 Dialogue: 4 Sum: 30/50   Spoilers: Yes. Audience Assumptions: None   Season Three Episode Ten: Family Portrait - **   Part One: Well, Armstrong, That May Be a Bit Much To be honest, this episode is split between a few…

3P Reviews: Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Season One, Episode Thirteen

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 7 Aesthetics and Style: 7 Creativity: 7 Overall Plot: 5 Dialogue: 4 Sum: 30/50   Spoilers: Yes Audience Assumptions: None   Season One Episode 13: Beasts of Dublith - *****   Part One: Best Char Okay, so Greed is the best character in this entire series. A lot happens in…

3P Reviews: Primeval, Season Two

Series Breakdown Rating: Characters and Character Development: 7 Aesthetics and Style: 6 Creativity: 7 Overall Plot: 6 Subplots: 7 Sum: 33/50   Spoilers: Yes Audience Assumptions: No familiarity   Season Two - ****   Part One: Fun With Time Travel When we last left our intrepid heroes, Nick Cutter had gone through the Permian anomaly and lost…

What Makes a Good Monster?

Everyone loves a cool monster design. I recently came across a Twitter thread on the subject and it got me thinking about what goes into effective horror monsters. There are a lot of schools of thought regarding horror in general, and because it's such a broad genre, its appeal will vary quite a bit from…