Tag: Adventure
New Star Trek Animated Series Coming to Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon is about to go where they’ve never gone before. Deadline reports that Star Trek guru Alex Kurtzman and the Hageman Brothers are going to be bringing a Star Trek animated series to the Paramount-owned network. I have to admit that when I came across this news, I was a tad surprised. It ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 8 “Identity, Part 1”
Halfway through a season that’s been heavy on character relationships and light on sci-fi action, The Orville ups the stakes considerably with “Identity, Part 1,” the phenomenal beginning of a two-parter that ranks with its very best episodes. Much like season 2, things begin on a quiet, chara...
Read MoreREVIEW: How to Train Your Dragon 2 (2014)
Usually I have reservations when a sequel, spin-off, or basically any continuation of a movie I liked is announced; however, I could not have been more ready for more after I saw DreamWorks’ How to Train Your Dragon. The first movie introduced a breathtaking world full of interesting characters, a...
Read MoreREVIEW: How to Train Your Dragon (2010)
In film discourse, you hear a lot about creativity and the overuse of certain tropes and plot points. However, it’s always interested me that a lot of the most famous and beloved movies contain these tropes and archetypes, and are even celebrated for them. As for me, some of my favorite movies...
Read MoreREVIEW: Star Wars Resistance – Season 1, Episode 17 “The Core Problem”
*SPOILERS* In “The Core Problem,” Yeager finds Kaz trying to build a transmitter to send messages to the Resistance. He fails just as Poe shows up to collect BB-8 for his mission to Jakku. Kaz fills Poe in on all the intel he’s gathered. Intrigued, Poe decides to investigate with Kaz befor...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Dragon Prince – Book 2: Sky (2019)
On Friday, Netflix dropped season two of their hit original animated series The Dragon Prince. I was initially interested in The Dragon Prince because of the involvement of Aaron Ehasz and Giancarlo Volpe, the head writer and producer, respectively, of Avatar: the Last Airbender. Book 1: Moon of The...
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