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Adrishyam Season 2 (2025) Review: Eijaz Khan Looks More Dangerous Than Ever
Along with web series in OTT, another quite famous term is web serial. Many web serials have come on JioHotstar, have come on the SonyLIV platform, MX Player also brought its web serial, now a web serial which was very popular on the SonyLIV platform is Adrishyam, whose Season 2 has come, so how is that, let's talk about it. Well, the story continues from the first season, the story is new but the characters are carried forward from the same, six episodes have come now, a new case, a new task is in front of them, whether they overcome it or not, to know that you will have to watch this show.
By Ayush Verma2 years ago in Critique
Snow White 2025: Balancing Woke Themes with Classic Storytelling – A Review
The 2025 version of Snow White, to be fair, Disney's live-action remake of its first animated picture, has received mixed reviews from the audience. The remake tried its best to be accepted as a feminist film and one that promotes woman empowerment while balancing the old and the new. I watched the film with a grain of salt and kept my logical mind aside—at least, I tried to! However, I could only fathom the discourse of its nurture to a certain extent. In this review, I go deeper into the intricacies of empowerment, fantasy and the performances the film encompasses.
By Hridya Sharma2 years ago in Critique
Chapter II: The Optics of the Soul
The gallery smelled of varnish and dust, a kind of hideout for creative things. Ivan Nikolayevich stood still in front of the Magritte painting, *The False Mirror*. He felt like his fingers had been unwittingly strumming some invisible instrument. The eye in the painting was huge and never blinked. The swirling blue iris seemed like the sky overhead filled with clouds and completely unsure about answering questions. Encapsulated in the glass was Ivan's whirling stream of consciousness; he couldn't help but wonder if this eye was a portal, or if just the opposite was true, another trap entangling him in another dubious reality. He cycled through the question- is it more advantageous to know a real sheeple world, or to wish it to be something else entirely? Did it really even matter? He could see his own tired, bloodshot eyes in the glass and questioned what person he was in relation to the artwork engulfed in both separate mirrors. There lay two Ivans, one searching for dream awareness and another person desperate to meet the day, the absolute vacant spirit.
By LUCCIAN LAYTH2 years ago in Critique
Fast and Dirty Editing - Pre-Prepared, Pre-Packaged Pleasure
So I thought as a last entry for the Self-Editing Epiphany Challenge, I'd partake in what I am calling "Fast and Dirty Editing". What do I mean by "Fast and Dirty Editing"? Well, rather than drill down into the dos and don'ts of writing poetry, or worry about the format (aside from any formatting rules that need to be applied) I am going to take an existing piece I wrote for the Tautogram challenge, but published it too late to be accpeted for the challenge, from a couple of years ago. I am then going to decimate it, without labouring over it too much, and go through the changes as I make them in this critique.
By Paul Stewart2 years ago in Critique
Getting Legless With Drunk Aliens - Editing A Winning Poem
For this entry into the Self-Editing Epiphany, I wanted to do something a little strange. It’s easy, in some ways, to look back at pieces we know were flawed because they didn’t get well received or didn’t place in a challenge or competition. But what about those pieces that did have success—ones that not only placed in a challenge but came first place? Could any editing, especially with time passed and experience gained since the piece was published, improve upon a winning poem?
By Paul Stewart2 years ago in Critique
When the Silence Broke
The beeping was slower than I expected. Almost casual. Like death had wandered in, late for an appointment, unconcerned. I hadn’t seen him in seventeen years.
By Journey with George2 years ago in Critique
My Editing Voices. Honorable Mention in Self-Editing Epiphany Challenge.
—So the prompt says: Tell us your story and explain why you deserve a hygge-desk the most. —First of all, reintroduce me to hygge, I remember the Norwegian expression “Hyggelig å møte deg” sort of the equivalent to “Nice to meet you”, but hyggelig is deeper ?
By Laura Rodben2 years ago in Critique
Newtopia Review: A Breath of Fresh Air in Zombie Genre
So look, first of all, I want to feed one thing in your mind related to this K-drama, this is not a masterpiece K-drama, if you are going to start it with the expectation that you are going to watch a masterpiece series, then don't do that, you may or may not get anything but you will get disappointment. The second important thing is this is not All of Us Are Dead; it was a pure, thrilling adventure, which I don't think can be compared to Newtopia. This is a different zombie series that tries to bend its genre in its style. So what is it and which audience will like this K-drama I will also tell you that not everyone will like it, this is what I am going to share on this topic today in case you want to know how cool this zombie K-drama Newtopia of Jisoo is, should you watch it or not, just stay connected, you will get the answers to all the questions here. Talking about the basic details, this K-drama has come with roughly eight episodes, and the length of each episode has been kept around 40-40 minutes. Yes, if you want, you can watch the series with the family as well, but I want to make one thing clear: in this series, you will get to see a lot of bloodthirsty violence, meaning there are so many tearing scenes that I would probably recommend not to watch it with children. Well, you will find it in Hindi dubbing on Prime Video's platform and we have to praise the person who has written the dialogues for its Hindi dub. From my side, a 21-gun salute to whoever was its Hindi writer. To tell you the truth, you have done an amazing job. Its Hindi dubbing dialogues are so funny that even if you don't feel like laughing, you will still laugh.
By Ayush Verma2 years ago in Critique
air-dry. Runner-Up in Self-Editing Epiphany Challenge.
Excerpt: March is not unkind but it is half-cold, like most Pisces men I've known. It's hard to tell when to keep the door open. And for how long.
By Erin Latham Shea2 years ago in Critique
Picking the Right Moment to Start. Honorable Mention in Self-Editing Epiphany Challenge. Top Story - March 2025.
You’ve likely heard some of this conventional writing advice before: Start “in media res” A reader can tolerate proportionally as much exposition as the plot has achieved momentum – Stephen King (I think) Begin in the moment and feed the reader details as the plot progresses
By Stephen A. Roddewig2 years ago in Critique
Berlin Season 2 Release Timeline: Everything We Know So Far
Welcome back, guys; it has become difficult for me to create content these days. One reason is that I have started consuming very little content these days. Even if I watch something, I don't feel like writing about it. I have also launched my own YouTube Channel, BhaagoBossAya. Make sure you subscribe. Well, today after a long time, we are going to talk about Money Heist's Berlin web series, in which the story of Berlin's entire past life was shown. You can say that this show was kind of hit and miss, where the Money Heist audience was excited that a new show was coming about Berlin and due to which it got a lot of viewership. Currently, it is in the top 10 list of non-English shows on Netflix where it is ranked 9th. But the scene with Season 1 got spoiled in such a way that people did not like the first season much in terms of story, and that's why the makers of this show, including Alex Pina, had a mountain of responsibility on them to present a strong story to us, the audience, in Season 2. As per current reports, it is being told that in Season 2, you will get to see a drastic change in the story, where this time the main focus is going to be on the heist, you will not get to see much love angle entering this time, so what you feel is that it is going to be like Money Heist, but the style will be of Berlin only. Now look, if we talk about the current status of Season 2, then currently the good news for you people is that in the last of January this year itself it was known that the show had gone into its production phase and currently it is being told that it has also shot the major portion of its starting. As per current reports, it is being said that by mid of this year, you will get to see its shooting getting completed, and after that, the work on its post-production work will start. Now see, because its shooting work has started in the first quarter of this year, it means that you will not get to see Season 2 this year, but you will get to see Berlin Season 2 around the first quarter of next year. Currently, its chances are quite high. Because when its first season came, it took around 14 to 15 months from shooting to release and it is being said that you will get to see the same time in the release of Season 2 as well. And the good thing is that the makers have started shooting on time, so most probably we are not going to see any major delay in the release.
By Ayush Verma2 years ago in Critique
Dissecting Frog Songs. Runner-Up in Self-Editing Epiphany Challenge.
For the Self-Editing Epiphany challenge, I’ve decided to revisit my “Frog Songs” story. It’s a story which taught me the importance of reading aloud as I write, because reading aloud helps me hear the focal point of the story. When I first read “Frog Songs,” at my local library's open mic night, it made me realize how dreadfully boring it was because it lacked a clear focal point.
By Judah LoVato2 years ago in Critique