One of the most popular series on British TV for the past several years is a kind of reality game show called Taskmaster. In this piece, we'll take a look at the show.

The retrospective ends and I offer some thoughts to the audience to spare any bruised feelings from what I've said in the think-pieces so far.

Inspired by news of HBOMax wanting to produce a prequel series about the town of Derry from Steven King's IT, this is a combination opinion piece & retrospective on the past century of prequels that various producers have pumped out. We start out with some final thoughts on reboots done right & how they can expand into other fun stories. In part 2, we'll finish and I'll offer some final thoughts.

With a lot of franchises committing to remakes, reboots, reimaginings, regurgitation & so on, it gets me on a tear about just how far all this goes. Even if the idea is nothing new (just look at how many versions of Dracula & Sherlock Holmes exist), there comes a time to say we've had enough of this as an audience.

Look for the next episode soon, where we'll examine movie prequels.

I never watched these when they came out, but they make for some interesting viewing & discussion.

In the dialog, I explore whether the pharaoh often designated by American cinema is accurate; I talk a bit about the 10 plagues (which I initially misremember as 7 for some reason), and we even go into some discussion of the artistic styles, as well as the development aspects of the films.

Although Joseph, King of Dreams is technically a companion piece, I deem it a direct-to-video prequel. The discussion largely goes in a chronological direction, per date of release, rather than which story occurs first in the Bible.

And lastly, I try to give each story the reverence needed, because they matter to a lot of people.

In the final episode of the retrospective, we look at a wide array of movies, including some worth discovering and others worth forgetting. And we get my final thoughts summing it all up.

In this episode, we look at October & November, from the fun chillers of the Halloween season to the family films of turkey day leading into the winter festivals, it featured some exciting stories and even some all-star comedies & dramas.

In this episode, we zero in just on the month of September, as it was a big month for a lot of movies to come out.

In this episode, we look at July & August, with in-depth details about all kinds of movies that got left for the August dumping ground.

In this episode, we focus just on the month of June, the height of the summer blockbuster season, with excitement & adventure in store.