Author Archives: Matthew Garcia

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Five Thoughts on Hilda’s “The Replacement”

By | Mar 2, 2021 | Television

The elves pride themselves on their thoroughness. Their culture, built around bureaucracy, strives to cite and document every idea, action, and motivation. They want truth, objectivity, where every note, every detail is meticulously sourced and verified. This desire for total accountability has made the Elven higher-ups begin to question Alfur’s reliability in “The Replacement,” written […]

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Five Thoughts on Hilda’s “The Fifty Year Night”

By | Feb 2, 2021 | Television

Spoilers abound. 1.) Unstuck in Time At their core, time travel stories are about atonement and retribution. From time loop comedies (Russian Doll, Palm Springs) to timeline-hopping adventures (Time Bandits, Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure), from the “scientifically accurate” bloats (Interstellar, Primer) to the reality-altering thrillers (Looper, 12 Monkeys), characters, unstuck in time, confronted with […]

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