“Take Me Home” Is A Great Way To Start A Series Ironheart’s first episode, “Take Me Home,” is one of the best opening Marvel episodes I can recall in terms of engagement. You get basically everything you need to attach to the story and get excited to see where it goes. Unlike Daredevil: Born Again,… Read More: Ironheart Episodic Coverage: “Take Me Home” »
“Keeping Up Appearances” Is Extremely Bleak TV Let’s go back into the powder keg of possible issues that is Revival with the next episode, “Keeping Up Appearances.” And I am happy to say that this episode doesn’t turn into what I expected. That doesn’t mean it doesn’t have issues; it’s just not the episodic structure… Read More: Continuing Impressions of Revival Ep2: “Keeping Up Appearances” »
Revival Has A Lot Of Good In Its Terrible Premiere Revival has kind of a bad first episode in a lot of ways, but does reveal how a good premise can carry an audience through the initial setup. And that one big, showy premise can give rise to several core questions/concepts that are so intriguing,… Read More: First Impressions Of Revival Ep1: “Don’t Tell Dad” »
[embedded content] Hello Tomorrow! Starts With An Intriguing Premise Hello Tomorrow! is perhaps one of the most unique sci-fi shows to come out in a long time. It’s got such an odd combination of factors that somehow come together to deliver an engaging drama and mystery revolving around a big, central question. But, unlike a… Read More: Hello Tomorrow! Doesn’t Need Its Gimmick »
“Isle of Joy” Continues To Expand This Deep Story “Isle of Joy” is a fantastic episode. I am consistently enjoying the constant use of parallels between Fisk and Daredevil, and this time, it’s about love lives. It’s about interpersonal drama. How much of their “real” selves do they let through? How do others deal with… Read More: Daredevil: Born Again Episodic Coverage: “Isle of Joy” »
“The Reality War” Has So Very Many Plot Problems “The Reality War” is a mess of an episode. I thought “Empire of Death” failed to stick the landing, but wow. I don’t always make outlines for articles—I’m not that type of writer—but I did for this one, and it is longer than some articles I’ve… Read More: Doctor Who Episodic Coverage: “The Reality War” »
Across the Spider-Verse Is As Perfect As Expected The thing about watching Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is there was no question of if the movie would be good. The first Spider-Verse movie was a revelation, an epoch for animation, and I barely mean that as hyperbole. “What’s Up Danger” as a scene is one of… Read More: Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse: The Best Superhero Movie »
A surprise from one of the Golden Era’s most recognizable and oft-kilter voices fused with the live instrumentation sample selection of Real Bad Man, Kool Keith’s “Serpent” has arrived just in time to celebrate the Spring Equinox ringing in the year of the Snake. Surrounded with the loose narration of a therapy session with a… Read More: MUSIC REVIEW: KOOL KEITH & REAL BAD MAN – SERPENT »
Kenobi Is Heavily Limited By Its Own Story Conceit Obi-Wan Kenobi is a show hard to review as its own thing. While lately a good chunk of Star Wars is an act of accounting for missing parts in the timeline and universe, Kenobi has especially little space to experiment—its plot is so heavily stuck by… Read More: Obi-Wan Kenobi: Nostalgic But Predictable »
Foundation Has Such An Incredible Sci-Fi Premise To review Foundation, I must reveal my lack of foreknowledge. I’ve not read the books; I’ve heard amazing things and that they’re a seminal work of science fiction, but never ventured there myself. I probably should now: if they’re better than this show, they’re probably incredible. And with… Read More: Foundation: Almost-Phenomenal Science Fiction »