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Justin and Joe review Maul: Shadow Lord.

00:00 Introduction

02:10 Technically Exceptional

06:14 Action

13:52 Score

14:47 What Era Is This?

17:06 Joe Being Petty

24:25 Characterizations

28:28 Moral Grays + The Final Fight

33:41 Sith Are Emotional

35:12 Working Around Canon

41:39 Pacing and Energy

48:23 Recycled Concepts

53:40 Final Thoughts

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Justin and Joe review Invincible S4.

00:00 Introduction

02:31 Diminished Returns

07:06 Repeated Sins

09:24 Burden of Responsibility

12:39 Guardians of the Globe

16:41 Zoe

20:06 General Writing

25:58 The Action

28:56 Thragg

32:55 Speculation for S5

36:07 Ethical Dilemmas

37:47 Redemption

42:56 More Speculation

46:54 Unbelievable Plots

52:29 Animation

56:12 The Show's Popularity

59:10 Comparison Games

107:36 Final Thoughts and Ranking

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Justin and Joe review The Super Mario Galaxy Movie.

00:00 Introduction

01:26 Nintendo Cinematic Universe

06:06 Animation

07:51 Bad Writing

16:12 Early Final Rankings

19:51 Stray Thoughts

22:24 Themes

26:18 Ratings, For Real

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Justin and Joe review Project Hail Mary.

00:00 Introduction

01:06 The VFX

06:14 Visual Style

10:10 Hard Sci-Fi

14:51 Adaptation

17:36 Character Development

20:07 Rocket Fuel

22:16 Music and Sound

23:38 Length and Pacing

27:38 Broad Appeal

34:35 Some Stray Thoughts

39:09 Final Thoughts

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Justin and Joe review Beastars Season 3 Part 2

00:00 Our Backgrounds on Beastars

02:52 The Ending Sucked

09:23 The Black Market

11:20 More That Bugged Us

15:44 Technical Issues

18:28 Why the Lower Quality?

21:03 Some Positives

26:59 Stray Thoughts

34:12 The Animation Style

39:27 Final Rankings

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Ryan and Joe review A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms S1.

00:00 Intro

03:18 George R.R Martin

06:07 Egg

12:25 Writing and Tone

18:04 A Knight Who Remembered His Vows

24:36 World Politics

31:05 Ser Arlan of Pennytree

34:13 Baelor Targaryen

39:26 Supporting Characters

44:31 The Ending

47:58 Is Dunk a Knight?

52:12 Colouring

55:40 Production Design

59:32 Trial of Seven

01:04:47 Perspective of a Real Squire

01:08:17 Wide Appeal

01:12:39 Final Rankings

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Justin and Joe count down the top character introductions in the Star Wars Franchise (Movies/ TV)!

00:00 Honourable Mentions

05:57 Cassian Andor

08:38 Anakin Skywalker/ Darth Vader

12:44 Darth Sidious

14:57 Asajj Ventress

17:42 Fives and Echo

20:28 Yoda

23:48 General Grievous

27:03 Han Solo

30:30 Luke Skywalker

38:56 Obi-Wan Kenobi

41:55 George Lucas vs Disney

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Justin and Joe review Fallout Season 2.

00:00 Our Backgrounds on Fallout

01:41 Overview + Thaddeus

05:32 Supermutants and Lore

08:03 The Enclave

12:29 House

13:52 Pacing Issues

16:26 Maximus

20:02 Season 3 Setup

21:26 The NCR

24:41 Some of the Writing and Arcs

29:27 Production Design

34:45 Talking Technical

37:52 The Canadian Parts

41:51 Rankings and Wrap-up

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Justin, Joe, and special guest star Ryan Walker review The Mighty Nein Season 1.

00:00 Introduction

02:06 Preconceived Notions

05:15 Keeping Old and New Fans Invested

07:29 Voice Acting

10:16 vs Vox Machina

16:33 Into the Characters

24:19 Animation

28:13 The Villains

35:44 Fjord

41:05 Beau and Nott

47:59 Re-writing Yasha

51:21 The Cliffhanger

01:03:41 Stray Thoughts

01:17:37 Wrap-up

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Justin and Joe review Stranger Things 5.

00:00 Overview on the Series

04:01 Bloated Cast

10:00 Pacing Issues

13:31 New Lore

15:53 Parents Trusting Children

18:56 Will Byers

28:19 Inconsistent Writing

33:31 Technical Aspects

37:37 The Mind Flayer Twist

38:58 Character Arcs

42:24 The Military

47:46 The Finale

52:08 Wrap-up

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