Friday Fiction: The Nightmare Picks
Oct 4, 2024
Agatha All Along Episodic Coverage: “Through Many Miles/Of Tricks and Trials”
Oct 2, 2024
The Magnus Protocol Reviews: “Epilogue”
Sep 30, 2024
Friday Fiction: The Clock Changes Everything
Sep 27, 2024
Dark Matter: A Slick Multiverse Thriller
Sep 25, 2024
Agatha All Along – First Impressions
Sep 23, 2024
Friday Fiction: Liquid Air Delivery (Part 4 of 4)
Sep 20, 2024
LEGO Star Wars: Rebuild The Galaxy Is Silly Fun
Sep 18, 2024
The Magnus Protocol Reviews: “Dead End Job”
Sep 16, 2024
Friday Fiction: You Found a Light
Sep 13, 2024
The Magnus Protocol Reviews: “Keyed In”
Sep 11, 2024
Star Wars: Tales of the Empire: Incomplete Show
Sep 9, 2024
Friday Fiction: Liquid Air Delivery (Part 3 of 4)
Sep 6, 2024
It Came From The Archives: “Artificial Condition: The Same Level Of Good”
Sep 4, 2024
The Magnus Protocol Reviews: “Interruptions”
Sep 2, 2024
Oh, the horror stories are here now, friends. As October continues, Brandon Scott has nightmarish short tales every Friday for you to enjoy.
This time, we visit a world with one big difference. Something called “The Nightmare” is part of their society. It’s unopposed, unstoppable.
And it picks people. Randomly.
“Through Many Miles/Of Tricks and Trials” answered the question that I posed in my initial article for Agatha All Along. And that is: what is The Road like? And the answer given was so good that we’re doing episodic reviews like we did for the last season of Doctor Who. I want to see how The Road’s death traps play out.
I’m simply calling this episode “Epilogue” for the sack of clarity—and this isn’t going to be a long review. All told the actual episode’s content is around six minutes. And, in those six minutes, it feels like we didn’t get an epilogue at all.
Time affects us all, dear reader. I hope you agree. And if that concept is then mixed with a cursed clock, well, things get strange very quickly.
Dark Matter takes a premise I’ve certainly covered before. Everything Everywhere All at Once dealt with relationships across multiple dimensions, and what it means to want a different life than you already have. But, while I will not claim Dark Matter is a better show than All at Once is a movie, I will say that this series presents a fascinating alternative to multiverse fiction—both in the story and in its storytelling.
Agatha All Along has two episodes to watch at the time of writing, with a third on the way—and I must say, I’m excited for that third episode. I was shaky on this series, unsure of what to expect, but now I see the vision. Now I see what this show actually is.
The final part of this adventure. The conclusion of “Liquid Air Delivery. It’s been harrowing and thrilling, and now our pilot has one final dash to save himself—and everyone else nearby.
Rebuild The Galaxy was an absolute treat. A series that has no business being as good, as dramatic, and as funny as it is. Though it was already clear from several Lego movies that the “medium” of those bricks could result in good storytelling, this once again blew me away.
“Dead End Job” is kind of a bad episode. Surprisingly, it’s subpar. I had been all geared up for a big reveal, an answer for what is happening. A nice little exposition moment. And while we got one—and I didn’t guess it beforehand—it wasn’t even that big of a revelation. Also, it’s not a revelation I particularly like.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, may I have your attention, please?! You’ve been patient! You’ve been diligent! You’ve been loyal! Now, for demonstrating such tremendous qualities, such incredible attributes, such unbelievable resolve, you shall be rewarded! Friends, bloggers, Earthlings, lend me your ears! The time has come, yet again, for you to get your proper dose of excitement,…
“Keyed In” is a weird episode. Not a lot of it is explained or even seems to follow much of a plot. I more mean this for the anthology story, but even the other stuff is kind of odd for a Magnus Protocol episode.
Tales of the Empire Tells Us Parts Of A Whole Story After having such a good time reviewing Tales of the Jedi, I figured that Tales of the Empire would be similar. That it would also contain a bunch of interesting looks at the history of various familiar characters. But I wouldn’t call these characters…
