{"id":5012,"date":"2017-02-01T08:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-02-01T16:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wou.edu\/westernjournal\/?p=5012"},"modified":"2017-01-31T18:50:33","modified_gmt":"2017-02-01T02:50:33","slug":"editors-picks-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/editors-picks-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Editor\u2019s picks"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre>By: Ashton Newton\r\nEntertainment Editor<\/pre>\n<p>Editor\u2019s Recommendation:<\/p>\n<p>A large amount of \u201cStar Wars\u201d content outside of the films relies heavily on the characters and events in them. True originality is difficult to find in the \u201cStar Wars\u201d universe; the recent \u201cRogu<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernjournal\/files\/2017\/01\/Screen-Shot-2017-01-31-at-6.48.14-PM-300x272.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"272\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-5046 alignleft\" \/>e One\u201d struggled with that.<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, the animated television show \u201cStar Wars: Rebels\u201d has the perfect amount of originality. The show follows\u00a0a crew of rebels, long before \u201cA New Hope,\u201d on their many adventures.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRebels\u201d doesn\u2019t rely on the movies at all. When an event or character is referenced, it\u2019s done for pure enjoyment rather than plot reliance.<br \/>\nAll characters have their own struggles and arcs that viewers easily get attached to. The character relationships are so rich that reliance on the movies is not necessary.<\/p>\n<p>Editor\u2019s Disparagement:<\/p>\n<p>ABC\u2019s \u201cMarvel\u2019s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D\u201d has aired alongside Marvel films since \u201cThor: The Dark World.\u201d The show takes places in the cinematic universe and follows Agent Coulson from \u201cThe Avengers\u201d and his team of agents.<\/p>\n<p>The show\u2019s concept is exciting but the execution is not great. Existing alongside Marvel films doesn\u2019t excuse the weak plots and thin characters.<br \/>\nWhen a new film releases, the show minorly ties in. Watching the show made the beginning of \u201cAvengers: Age of Ultron\u201d make more sense, but it took 13 episodes of boring filler to get there.<\/p>\n<p>One or two moments of payoff per season is hardly a reason to watch a show, and that\u2019s just what \u201cAgents of S.H.I.E.L.D\u201d requires viewers to do.<\/p>\n<p>Contact the author at journalentertainment@wou.edu<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By: Ashton Newton Entertainment Editor Editor\u2019s Recommendation: A large amount of \u201cStar Wars\u201d content outside of the films relies heavily on the characters and events in them. True originality is difficult to find in the \u201cStar Wars\u201d universe; the recent \u201cRogue One\u201d struggled with that. Luckily, the animated television show \u201cStar Wars: Rebels\u201d has the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":937,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5012","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment"],"modified_by":null,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/937"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5012"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5012\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5012"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5012"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wou.edu\/westernhowl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5012"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}