Tag Archives: He-Man

Secrets of Eternia: A Photo Story or Watch Cora Play with Action Figures, Part 2: The Origin of Teela

Posted on May 17, 2022 by Cora

It’s the second installment of a new series of posts which are basically me posing my Masters of the Universe Origins action figures to reenact scenes from the cartoons and my imagination. Part 1, where I discuss the secret identity … Continue reading →

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Secrets of Eternia: A Photo Story or Watch Cora Play with Action Figures, Part 1: The Secret Identity of He-Man

Posted on May 15, 2022 by Cora

Easter Monday was my birthday. There wasn’t much of a celebration, because my Mom is in hospital for hip replacement surgery, so it was just me and my Dad. Though I did get a nice haul of books, which you … Continue reading →

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The Book of Boba Fett realises that “From the Desert Comes a Stranger” and gives us yet another episode of The Mandalorian

Posted on February 4, 2022 by Cora

I am doing episode by episode reviews of The Book of Boba Fett, so here is my take on the penultimate episode, “From the Desert Comes a Stranger”. Reviews of previous episodes may be found here. Warning: Spoilers behind the … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Discovery Experiences “Stormy Weather”

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Cora

It’s time for the next, somewhat belated installment in my series of episode by episode reviews of season 4 of Star Trek Discovery. Reviews of previous seasons and episodes may be found here. Warning: Spoilers under the cut!

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The 2021 Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Cora

While I have been awarding the Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents for 41 years now, the Jonathan and Martha Kent Fictional Parent of the Year Award is a new prize that I only introduced last year … Continue reading →

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The 2021 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Cora

It’s almost the end of the year, so it’s time to announce the winner of the coveted (not) 2021 Darth Vader Parenthood Award for Outstandingly Horrible Fictional Parents. Let’s have a bit of background: I have been informally awarding the … Continue reading →

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Star Trek Discovery Encounters the “Anomaly” and Deals with Trauma

Posted on November 28, 2021 by Cora

It turns out that Star Trek Discovery won the “What to watch next?” contest, so here’s the latest installment in my series of episode by episode reviews of season 4 of Star Trek Discovery. Reviews of previous seasons and episodes … Continue reading →

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The Power of Grayskull – Some Reflections on Part 2 of Masters of the Universe: Revelation

Posted on November 26, 2021 by Cora

The second half of Masters of the Universe: Revelation, Kevin Smith’s continuation of the original cartoon from the 1980s, just became available and I opted to watch that over the new Hawkeye show (which I will watch eventually) and Star … Continue reading →

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Eternia Revisited – Some Reflections on Masters of the Universe: Revelation

Posted on August 4, 2021 by Cora

ETA: For my take on part 2 of Masters of the Universe: Revelation go here. Like everybody who was a kid in the early 1980s and had access to US cartoons, I watched the original He-Man and the Masters of … Continue reading →

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