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Category Archives: Maximum Ride
Maximum Ride Chapters 129-134 & Epilogue
They force the random, unnamed kids up the stairs and up into the sewer. Unfortunately the kids with the exposed organs immediately catch a flesh eating bacteria and die. Or they all wander up the stairs except for one who … Continue reading
Maximum Ride Chapters 125-128
Sometimes I start wondering if someone is screwing with me. Let me preface that. I’m stating to wonder if hack writers are screwing with me. Do they sit around all day just thinking up stupid things to put in their … Continue reading
Maximum Ride Chapters 121-124
After being dragged through chapter after chapter of meaningless crap, we might finally be heading towards a belated, bloated climax. Though I’d be willing to wager my next paycheck that it’ll be as anti-climatic as an ice cube. What makes … Continue reading
Maximum Ride Chapters 116-120
You know, just when Jimmy starts making an argument for his involuntary euthanization he starts cracking jokes. That won’t save you Jimmy boy but I appreciate the effort. I stared with the fiercest, most righteous anger and hatred as Jeb … Continue reading
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Tagged As boring as the back of a shampoo bottle, Computers are Magic, End!
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Maximum Ride Chapters 113-116
So Fang starts off the chapter by presenting a newspaper to Max. Good boy, Fang. Now go lay down on your bed. Go on, go lay down. Good Fang. I’m not sure if Jimmy is just old fashioned or if … Continue reading
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Tagged Bad Guys, Gaining skills as the plot demands, Talk talk talk
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Maximum Ride Chapters 111 & 112
You know what would be funny? If Max and the rest were flying along and Angel got sucked into a jet engine. Even better if it caused the Hudson River crash. Sure Max would moan and complain until the end … Continue reading
Maximum Ride Chapters 109 & 110
Here’s a hypothetical question. Let’s say you’re being pursued by people you don’t like. You’ve run to a hiding place and tried to avoid them but they found you anyway. Then, just as they’re about to capture you, they’re called … Continue reading
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Tagged Attack of the Stupid Gas, How Convenient, Why? Because the Athor demands it
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Maximum Ride Chapters 107 & 108
We begin the latest chapter with everyone still in the tree. With all the time they spend up a tree, I’m starting to wonder if Jimmy didn’t write this in a tree house. ‘Kids like tree houses, right?’ ‘Um, sure.’ … Continue reading
Maximum Ride Chapters 105 & 106
So the last chapter featured a boatload of police officers showing up and ruining Max’s dinner. Of course there’s no reason for this. Does New York PD often dispatch a dozen squad cars to catch kids? Sure there may be … Continue reading
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Tagged Evil and Stupid, Talk talk talk, Why? Because the Athor demands it
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Maximum Ride Chapters 103 & 104
This is a point I’ve made before but it bears repeating. We do not need to see the details of Max’s life, Jimmy. A better author would just say they went to dinner and be done with it. Or, if … Continue reading
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Tagged Dull Details, Snooty Equals Evil, Why? Because the Athor demands it
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