Fantasy

Delicious in Dungeon – Kelpie/Porridge/Broiled with Sauce

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Delicious in Dungeon - Kelpie/Porridge/Broiled with Sauce

As the adventurers travel down another level in the dungeon we get an episode that brings back the other party seen in a previous episode, who they come across as dead again. Events here seemingly set up a misunderstanding and likely eventual confrontation between the two groups at some point later in the series. The episode also brings back Senshi‘s (SungWon Cho) distrust of magic which he will overcome and a slight change to his concept of the balanced ecosystem within the dungeon.

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Avatar: The Last Airbender – Aang

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Avatar: The Last Airbender - Aang

There were several questions heading into Netflix’s new adaptation of Avatar: The Last Airbender. The opening episode “Aang,” covering roughly the first three episodes of the animated series along with a prolonged opening helping set up the world now ravaged by the Fire Nation, answers a couple of the biggest about the series are provided in terms of if it would stay true to the same timeline as the original (it won’t) and if it could convey CGI bending more effectively than the disappointing 2010 movie (it certainly does).

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Delicious in Dungeon – Court Cuisine/Boiled in Salt Water

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Delicious in Dungeon - Court Cuisine/Boiled in Salt Water

“Court Cuisine/Boiled in Salt Water” continues the show’s theme of finding food in usual places. The first-half of the episode deals with Laios (Damien C. Haas) and his failed attempts to find sustenance within Living Paintings where he struggles to find a meal, and even when finally doing so, returns only to discover the food has no substance in his world. Jumping through several paintings all within the same part of the dungeon, Laios begins to visit the same people at different times in their lives and draws the attention of an elf who begins to suspect Laois may be responsible for the kingdom’s troubles. I’ll be curious to see if the show picks up this thread later on in the series.

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Delicious in Dungeon – Snacks/Sorbet

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Delicious in Dungeon - Snacks/Sorbet

“Snacks/Sorbet” offers a different setup starting with an entirely different group of adventurers who get taking out by the very treasure they sought. Our party comes across their corpses and, after battling the living treasure, decides to make a meal out of the it which, while that sound painful to eat, apparently, like all of Senshi‘s (SungWon Cho) dishes, tastes delicious. Later, Senshi and Laios (Damien C. Haas) use home-made holy water, made in part from the treasure, to drive off ghosts attacking the party. The ghosts passing through the concoction has the odd effect to turn it into sorbet offering a pleasant dessert.

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians – The Prophecy Comes True

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians - The Prophecy Comes True

Percy Jackson and the Olympians concludes with an episode that offer short confrontations between Percy (Walker Scobell) and Ares (Adam Copeland) on Earth and Percy and Zeus (Lance Reddick) in Olympus before winding down the adventure with a whimper. We also get moments of Percy with his father and his resurrected mother. While his arc does gain him recognition in the magical community, and allow him to put skills to the test, things overall don’t change with the gods still meddling in the lives of mortals to their own ends and Percy leaving Camp Half-Blood and returning home until called upon for his next adventure. It’s an underwhelming finale for an underwhelming season. At least the show is consistent.

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