Author Archives: Rach Loveday

TV Show Analysis – Exploration of the afterlife on television: Upload vs The Good Place (The Good Place)

The afterlife, according to a definition published on Wikipedia, is a “purported existence in which the essential part of an individual’s identity or their stream of consciousness continues to live after the death of their physical body.” The Wikipedia page on the afterlife goes on to state that according to the various ideas about the afterlife, the essential aspect of

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TV Show Analysis – Exploration of the afterlife on television: Upload vs The Good Place (Upload)

The afterlife, according to a definition published on Wikipedia, is a “purported existence in which the essential part of an individual’s identity or their stream of consciousness continues to live after the death of their physical body.” The Wikipedia page on the afterlife goes on to state that according to the various ideas about the afterlife, the essential aspect of

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Behind the Reviews – Edition #24 (Squinters)

Squinters premiered on the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) on 7 February 2018 and follows “five car loads of travellers, on the road, to and from work, wrestling with the conundrums of daily life.” I felt that Squinters was a unique show for many reasons: its focus purely on the characters’ commute to and from work, all the characters being put

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TV Show Analysis – Charmed and Neutrality: Why neutral beings in Charmed fail (Why did they fail?)

In the first part of this analysis series, I included the definition of neutrality and the purpose of neutral beings, according to Charmed. “Neutral beings are not aligned with either Good or Evil, and do not participate in the eternal struggle between them. Instead, they perform other functions in maintaining the Grand Design, or are free to pursue their own

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TV Show Analysis – Charmed and Neutrality: Why neutral beings in Charmed fail (The Avatars)

Charmed (the original series) revolved around three powerful, sister-witches known as the Charmed Ones who use their powers to fight against evil. In fact, Charmed as a whole is about the ongoing cosmic fight between Good and Evil. However life and magic are not completely black and white, there are shades of grey, including in Charmed, in the form of neutrality, specifically neutral beings. Definition

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TV Show Analysis – Charmed & Neutrality: Why neutral beings in Charmed fail (The Cleaners)

Charmed (the original series) revolved around three powerful, sister-witches known as the Charmed Ones who use their powers to fight against evil. In fact, Charmed as a whole is about the ongoing cosmic fight between Good and Evil. However life and magic are not completely black and white, there are shades of grey, including in Charmed, in the form of neutrality, specifically neutral beings. Definition

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Behind the Reviews – Edition #21 (Seachange [Reboot])

This is a unique Behind the Reviews edition as it focuses on the Australian TV series, Seachange, specifically its fourth season. The reason why I’ve titled my reviews of Seachange’s fourth season as season one of the Seachange (Reboot) is due to TV Week’s and the Nine Network’s promotion of the fourth season as a reboot of the original series.

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