Didn't have the budget to differentiate the goblins and cyclopes, huh? Quasi-Impressions: My opinion here hasn't really changed from last week. There's only so much pure schtick I can take, and this is about fifteen minutes too much per episode. It really desperately needs the slightest bit of substance to give episodes a beginning, […]
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