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I am `Lex from #HorizonLabs and #DrunkPete "fame". I am a Marvel fanboy, and am a big enough geek that my kids are named after a famous literary bird, a verse-traveling space hooker, and the first lady of Star Trek/computer AI. Feel free to drop me a line if you're curious about anything else, or check out my Mastodon instance.

Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 October 23

It’s a very happy, full table this week!  Those who weren’t happy with Jodie Whittaker can be happy today as she is leaving the role, and fans can be happy that we get a new episode of Doctor Who.  The kids will be happy, as Miraculous returns for a few episodes from its fifth season. The House of the Dragon’s season hasn’t ended, so watchers can happily meet the Black Queen.  The fang-bangers can be happy with a new episode for both their shows, as Let the Right One In lets the cast learn what else is going on.  Louis and Molloy read Claudia’s diaries in the Interview with a Vampire.  The Handmaid’s Tale give June an opportunity while Serena loses some.  Andor continues to keep its secrets.  Stargirl finishes it’s two parter with a new powerset.  American Horror Story gives us two episodes, no NYPD, and newly rooted evil.  Lower Decks tells us nothing.  Pennyworth does some gardening.  Jonah and the bots watch The Mask, (not the Jim Carey one) in their Mystery Science Theater 3000.

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Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 October 16

This week, we see House of the Dragon get much more eco-friendly.  Let the Right One In lets in a possible cure.  Interview with the Vampire has Louis making profound decisions.  The Handmaid’s Tale goes to No Man’s Land.  Andor picks up after their climactic heist.  Stargirl risks the town after peeping on The Gambler’s laptop.  American Horror Story comes back for two episodes set in New York City.  Star Trek’s Lower Decks gives us a new episode but no details.  Pennyworth takes up rapping.  My Hero Academia also shows us the Inheritance.

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Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 October 9

We have a bit more of an idea of the week’s offerings.  House of the Dragon tries to get in on the competitions game with an episode about the Lord of the Tides.  Interview with the Vampire teaches Louis (and us) the rules.  The Handmaid’s Tale tells of dangerous missions and power moves.  Andor remains shrouded in mystery, but we know Stargirl has Courtney and Cameron are spotted.  Star Trek: Lower Decks, She-Hulk, and The Lord of the Rings also stay quiet.  Pennyworth at least tells us he will be dealing with a precious metal tree.  On See, we see a small infiltration of Sibeth’s camp.  For the kids, Miraculous, My Hero Academia, and The Owl House also drop episodes.

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Bureau 42 October Review – Child’s Play (1988)

The Child’s Play franchise all started here, with the first movie of a franchise as unkillable as the antagonist.  Did the origin warrant two an a half decades of follow ups the way Clive Barker’s offering did?

 

If the review of an old style web page doesn’t sounds like the opinion you are looking for, you should also check in with Kris and Dave at The Nerd Byword.  Each year they feature a handful of horror movie’s for their Nerd Nightmare and horror enthusiast Dave makes self-admitted ‘fraidy-cat’ Kris watch and review.  Child’s Play’s episode drops October 3rd.

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Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 October 2

As we enter the spookiest month of the year, we also get a returning tale of a batty butler, as Pennyworth opens its third season with three episodes.  It joins House of the Dragon, Andor, She-Hulk, Star Trek: Lower Decks, and Rings of Power is leaving us wondering what the episodes will be about.  The Handmaid’s plot is that June and Luke take a trip as Serena starts a new job.  Stargirl is neglecting her job at the JSA,  In See, the bombs start blowing as Tormada and Siberth attack Pennsa.

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Bureau 42 October Review – Hellraiser (1987)

Our first review has been mouldering for twenty five years, as Clive Barker made his name with Hellraiser.  Spawning nine sequels, a reboot due this week, a series in development, and multiple prose and graphic novels, Bureau 42 starts its reviews with the movie that started the crazy.  Does this puzzlebox leave us craving more and more?

 

If the review of an old style web page doesn’t sounds like the opinion you are looking for, you should also check in with Kris and Dave at The Nerd Byword.  Each year they feature a handful of horror movie’s for their Nerd Nightmare and horror enthusiast Dave makes self-admitted ‘fraidy-cat’ Kris watch and review.  Hellraiser’s episode drops October 3rd.

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October Reviews 2022

Once a year on a spooky night
It’s Hallowe’en, and what a fright!
Young boys and ghouls, in ghoulish disguise
They cover their skin, conceal their eyes
A grave mistake to be out
When the ghosts are about
It’s Hallowe’en… our time to be afraid!
– North American Halloween Prevention Inc.

October has arrived again, and we’re counting down to Halloween with our annual assortment of ghoulish grotesqueries. Some are shockingly brand new– while others have been mouldering in their graves a while, ready to creep out and bring screams to the screens once more.
Check out this year’s crop of nightmare offerings with Bureau 42’s October Reviews:
Oct. 1: Hellraiser (1987)
Oct. 2: Child’s Play (1988)
Oct. 8: X (2022)
Oct: 15: Werewolf by Night (2022)
Oct. 22: Howard’s Mill (2021)
Oct. 29: The Velvet Vampire (1971)
Oct. 31: Nope (2022) and The Munsters (2022)

Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 September 25

We are seeing more more returning shows, but less than you’d expect for the traditional fall television seasons.  Getting descriptions also see to be going away, as the on two shows that tell us what to expect are the Handmaid’s tale, as June tries not to choose violence, and See, where Baba takes a shortcut that clearly won’t be any more difficult than the regular road.  House of the Dragon gives us a princess and a Queen from its title, but otherwise Andor, She-Hulk, Lower Decks, the Rings of Power, and even returning My Hero Academia only offer us episode numbers.

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Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 September 18

The House of the Dragon has their hallway sconces fixed this week as they ‘Light the Way.’  The Handmaid’s Tale gives us a proper description to let us know a rebel outpost is richer by one June and Moira.  Stargirl brings some old school guest stars to find a new suspect for their murder investigation.  On See, we see a siege at the House of Enlightenment.  She Hulk and the Lower Decks, and the Rings of the Power don’t offer us a description, but we get new episodes.

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Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 September 11

At the House of the Dragons, you’ll have to dodge returning war champions and suitors for the princess, but once you do you can catch up with the Handmaids as they return to their Tale with two episodes, one in the morning, and one at the ballet.  Stargirl investigates the murder, while her dad deals with being out of a job.  She-Hulk, the Lower Decks in Star Trek, and the Rings of Power all offer new episodes without descriptions, but See ironically gives us the most view into their episode as their explosives explode, either through popularity with the rulers or sabotage.  Primal ends its season with the Echoes of Eternity.

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