It’s that time of year again, as
schools are re-opening and the leaves begin to change. And with that, it’s time
for another seasonal update! Here’s some of the things you can expect on the
blog in in the last few months as we wind down 2017.
What’s staying the same?
Monday editorial: As always, this isn’t going anywhere.
This Monday’s editorial is already finished, and it talks about the big SNES
Classic mishap of the last few weeks. It’s one of my personal favourites I’ve
written in a while, and I hope you check it out!
Game reviews: We’re approaching the lucrative
holiday season, and that means it’s time for the annual November Warfare showdown
between all the publishers. While I can’t guarantee I’ll be reviewing any of
those games right now (except Super Mario
Odyssey), I will say that I’m currently working on a Mario + Rabbids Kingdom Battle review that should be up sometime
over the next few weeks.
Movie reviews: Just as last time, since I don’t
really go see that many movies aside from the big name ones I’m really
interested in, I can’t guarantee that many movie reviews. That being said, I
can definitely promise a Thor: Ragnarok review
and a Star Wars: The Last Jedi review
on their release weekend at the absolute latest. I’ve also come up with a new
way to talk about movies I’m not reviewing, but I’ll get back to that in a
second.
TV Reviews: Timeless, Agents of
S.H.I.E.L.D and Steven
Universe reviews will all remain on hiatus alongside their shows. From
what I’ve heard we’ll have S.H.I.E.L.D back
on our TV screens before the year is done, Timeless
is gone until next year, and Steven
Universe is anyone’s guess, but rest assured when they come back I’ll be
right here waiting for them.
Star Wars Wednesday: The Last Jedi is drawing closer and closer, and as
such I’ve got a lot planned for this series in the Fall. For starters, this
week we’ll be looking at some awesome old concept art by franchise legend Ralph
McQuarrie and seeing how they helped create the galaxy we know today. I’ve also
got planned some great stuff as we near December, including a few
holiday-themed articles, a definitive newcomer’s guide to watching the Star Wars movies, and, of course, a
massive The Last Jedi spoiler
discussion. I hope you look forward to it!
What’s changing?
Anime reviews
Re:Creators reviews: This
show only has a few episodes left in it, and despite my recent misgivings with
its direction I’m in this ride to the bitter end. As you might’ve noticed I
review it on Sunday alongside Princess
Principal now instead of on its release date of Saturday, but that’s mostly
for convenience on my part.
Princess Principal reviews: As of
right now the jury’s still out on whether this will be a 12-episode show or
more, but I’ll keep on reviewing it regardless. I’ve been loving this anime so
far, and if you haven’t checked it out yet I highly recommend it.
Fall anime reviews: There wasn’t too much in this season
that interested me this year, but I’ve still picked out a few shows to check
out. As always there’s no guarantee if I’ll stick with it past (or even make it
through) the first episode, but here’s hoping we’ll find another hidden gem
buried beneath the second and third seasons of the popular stuff.
What’s new?
The Orville reviews: This Star Trek-esque comedy from Seth
McFarlane caught my eye when it was first announced, and with it premiering
just over a week from today I’m really looking forward to diving in. Again,
there’s no guarantee I’ll continue after Episode 1 if it turns out to be
garbage, but I’ve got my fingers crossed.
Inhumans reviews: This
show is definitely poised to be an interesting one, to say the least.
Everything I’ve heard from fans, the press and even subtle hints from Marvel
themselves (by pushing S.H.I.E.L.D’s
return up from January to right after Inhumans
ends) warns that this show is gonna be a rough time, but I’ve also heard a few
people say that it’s enjoyable enough. Whatever the case, here I’m pledging to
stick with this one to the bitter end, awful or not. It might be tough, but I’m
going into it with expectations so low I didn’t even know they were possible.
Star Wars Rebels reviews: I
caught up with this animated series over the summer, and although this has
already been confirmed to be the last season, I’ll be giving my thoughts on
each episode as they air. Since Disney XD has been kind of inconsistent with me
in the past I can’t guarantee reviews will be up the morning after the episode
airs like they do with most of the other shows I review, but I’ll try my best.
CanadianYeti’s Chill Chat: In the Summer Update I said I was
going to be doing a big new series called “CanadianYeti Seasonal Specials”
where every few months I’d do a miniseries on a certain topic. That fell
through the cracks pretty quickly after publishing for two big reasons. One: I
never got around to watching Stranger
Things like I promised for the first miniseries (I’ll watch it eventually,
I promise), and Two: I didn’t have any ideas for an eight-part miniseries after
that that didn’t involve a Netflix show or something worth coming back to read
more of every week.
So here’s my solution: “CanadianYeti’s Chill Chat”. It’s the
same principle as the Seasonal Specials would be, but a lot more flexible for
me as a writer and a lot more convenient for you as a reader. The basic premise
for this is that if I have something I want to talk about that won’t fit into
the Monday editorial, Star Wars Wednesday
or any of my reviews, I’ll talk about it here. It won’t be on a specific
schedule for the time being, I’ll just make one when I feel like talking about
something.
For example, one of the first ones I’ll
be doing is Rick and Morty Season 3.
I chose not to review this show because I wanted to have at least one show I
don’t have to watch with my critical eye constantly on, but I still want to
talk about it when the season is over. This way I can do that. I’ll also use
this format to talk about movies I watch first on DVD instead of in theatres, other
shows I enjoy that I can’t or won’t review like Survivor or DuckTales,
Top 10 lists, or literally anything else. It gives me a lot more freedom, and I
hope you look forward to it.
So that should tide us over until the
New Year. Thank you all for reading my blog, and I can’t wait to give you more
fun stuff over the next few months.
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