The Lazarus Project Is Absolutely Incredible
The Lazarus Paradox looked like it was going to be exactly my favorite type of show.
Category: Science Fiction
StuGo: An Absurd Cartoon
I don’t have that much to say about StuGo. Some cartoons are made with an adult audience as possible viewers, weaving in more intense plots for fandoms to form. You know them by name, if not by experience. Avatar: The Last Airbender. The Owl House. Gravity Falls. This show is not that, at least not within the first three episodes.
The Fantastic 4: First Steps Is A Pleasant Surprise
The Fantastic 4: First Steps is a weird movie for anyone who isn’t already knowledgeable of the MCU. The creators just assume you know how this franchise’s alternative universes work, for one thing. And while I can appreciate not bothering with another origin story plotline, explaining how the four of them got their powers with a quick montage is also a strange choice.
Trailer Review: Hoppers
From this trailer, Hoppers appears to have two premises, two plotlines, and I don’t really know how to feel about the second one.
REDACTED: Much More Creative Than It Seems
Redacted is an audio fiction podcast that takes a very well-worn concept and adds just enough twists on the formula to make it interesting again.
Pluribus: The Best Sci-Fi Concept In Years
Pluribus is a fascinating science fiction show with one of the most intriguing premises I’ve seen in years. For those that love the genre’s propensity for posing interesting, mind-expanding questions, this is it.
Thunderbolts*: Bleak But Amazing
Thunderbolts* (or, The New Avengers) is what you remember Marvel movies and shows being, back when it was a pretty sure thing that any given movie was going to be good, if not excellent. Somehow, the rhythms and plot progression that have now become standard work here. The comedy is funny. The action scenes are cool. The collection of very barebones characters doesn’t make the story flat or uninteresting.
Tron: Ares — Just Plain Good. Here’s Why.
In a world of jaded critics & fans, and collapsing franchises, this one actually delivers.
Introducing the SFB Scale: How We Rank the Real Sci-Fi Experience
The SFB Scale cuts through the noise and answers the only question that really matters: Should you pay to see it, stream it, binge it, or skip it?
Reviewing Marvel Zombies Episodes (4 of 4)
Wow, am I glad that I decided to review all the episodes of Marvel Zombies. Because if I had dropped out when the show fell in quality, I would’ve missed the pure spectacle that is the final part of this story. I would’ve missed where, apparently, a lot of the animation efforts went.
Reviewing Marvel Zombies Episodes (3 of 4)
Marvel Zombies fell so far with this third episode. Every bad habit of the series, it seems, rushed out to the forefront, and the main thing to enjoy ends up being the gore. Not the animation—that’s often awful, full of plastic faces and stiff action scenes. The creative gore specifically makes this episode watchable.
Reviewing Marvel Zombies Episodes (2 of 4)
The second part of Marvel Zombies impressed me because of how weird it is, even compared to the first episode. The series really has become the bloody, gory toy box I talked about before, where Marvel characters are put in totally new frameworks.
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