Rick Stevenson
School
College Of William & Mary, Hertford College
Expertise
Star Wars, Avatar: The Last Airbender, Netflix Originals
- Rick's extensive knowledge of "Star Wars" has helped him produce stories on topics like the inner workings of bacta tanks and the Jedi's use of force lightning. You might find him in the sources of various "Star Wars" Wikipedia articles.
- In addition to his many articles about a galaxy far, far away, Rick has covered a variety of news pieces about "Avatar: The Last Airbender," "Dune," and the MCU.
- As an NYC local, Rick regularly attends advance screenings for major film releases.
Experience
Rick began his writing career as a contributor to The Odyssey and various blogs in 2016. Since then, he's published nearly 2,000 articles online. Over the last four years, he's written and edited for many sites, including Looper, SlashGear, Explore, SVG, Fadeaway World, Tasting Table, StyleCaster, Screen Rant, and Nicki Swift.
Education
Rick studied writing and storytelling at the College of William & Mary, receiving his B.A. in 2019. He is also an associate of Oxford University's Hertford College and a graduate of the Columbia Publishing Course.
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Stories By Rick Stevenson
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Mechanically, Mark's blue and black suit in Invincible season 3 doesn't offer anything different. It does, however, portend some darker story arcs to come.
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Prime Video's superhero series Invincible has one of the most stacked casts on TV, so maybe it's not surprising fans didn't notice this character was recast.
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Disney Animation is scrapping its Princess and the Frog sequel series Tiana as it shifts away from focusing on longform streaming releases.
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The James Bond movie title Quantum of Solace came from an Ian Fleming short story that's very different than the 2008 movie.
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While Denis Villeneuve's first two Dune films are fantastic, they gloss over the nitty gritty details of Paul Atreides' powers. Allow us to clear things up.
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Michelle Trachtenberg's Dawn Summers was a vital part of Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Here are the five best episodes focusing on Buffy's younger sister.
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Michelle Trachtenberg, who starred in projects ranging from Harriet the Spy to Buffy the Vampire Slayer to Gossip Girl, has died at age 39.
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You can still feel the influence of Avatar: The Last Airbender on kids' media and on television in general, two decades after its premiere.
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The Andor season 2 trailer is finally here, and it's packed with intriguing details of what's to come for the rising Rebel Alliance.
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Would the Dance of the Dragons war have started if Lucerys Velaryon returned from Storm's End? Let's analyze the shocking death from House of the Dragon.
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Actors often take home mementos from film sets, but the prop Ariana Grande kept from her time on the Wicked set is...very unusual.
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A Timothy Dalton James Bond outing titled 'Reunion with Death' would have tied Dalton's Bond back to the Sean Connery era through a shared character.
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The new Avatar: The Last Airbender sequel show, Avatar: Seven Havens, sounds like an intriguing change of pace from previous animated Avatar series.
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There were multiple attempts to bring She-Hulk to the small screen before the Marvel character got her own Disney+ series.
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Two real-life sportscasters play fictionalized versions of themselves while covering the Sekai Taikai in Cobra Kai Season 6 Part 3.
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Cobra Kai may be over, but spin-offs could happen. The show's creators have even indicated two fan-favorite characters might get their own show.
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Sony once released a legitimate trailer for a movie based off a popular video game franchise, only to cancel production altogether later on.
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Madame Morrible is a crucial part of Wicked (the original book, stage musical, and film adaptation alike). Here's why she doesn't show up in The Wizard of Oz.
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Why hasn't Regé-Jean Page reprised his Bridgerton role as Simon Basset since Season 1? The answer is neither dramatic nor terribly surprising.
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One of the writers of Andor wrote the latest episode of Severance, and he finally gave the beloved Apple TV+ sci-fi series something it desperately needed.
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One Severance season 2 episode opens with a mysterious character whistling a specific tune. Here's the song, and how it may tie in to what's happening at Lumon.
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One of the least likely Avengers has apparently become a congressman in Marvel's Thunderbolts* movie, marking an unusual turn of events for the MCU character.
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It wouldn't be Cobra Kai if the show didn't end with a karate tournament. Here's who walks aways triumphant from the Sekai Taikai in Season 6 Part 3.
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Fear the Walking Dead helped bring Colman Domingo into the mainstream, but he almost passed on it for what he's admitted is a somewhat silly reason.
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Bridgerton and Queen Charlotte play fast and loose with real-life history, but how does their portrayal of King George's mental health struggles stack up?
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It's time to d-d-d-d duel! There are a whole lot more Yu-Gi-Oh! projects than you may realize, so here's the best way to go about watching them all.
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer helped pioneer the idea of a seasonal Big Bad on TV, although some of the show's major villains are far better than others.