Tag: sci-fi
REVIEW: The Flash – Season 7, Episode 11 “Family Matters Part 2”
“Family Matters Part 2,” the maddeningly uneven follow-up to last week’s cliffhanger, has some wonderful moments and a great thematic structure but dilutes that with awful dialogue, a shockingly bad subplot, and an overcomplication of the Forces and their natures. In the end, it’s a muddle o...
Read MoreEternals Trailer Stands Around and Looks Pretty
The outer reaches of the comic book world are being mined, as Marvel has released a trailer for Eternals (as opposed to “The Eternals,” as I’d been incorrectly calling it until I saw the title card at the end). Eternals concerns an alien race who’ve spent millennia in hiding on Earth coming ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch – Season 1, Episode 4, “Cornered”
Following a trio of phenomenal episodes that kicked off a surprisingly emotional series, “Cornered” slows things down in the series’ first real filler episode. It’s been said that you can judge the quality of a show by how it handles its filler, so let’s see how “...
Read MoreRangers of the New Republic on Hold
The Rangers have holstered their blasters. In an article clarifying that Dave Filoni’s promotion to Lucasfilm’s executive creative director is not exactly breaking news (though considering two actresses from The Mandalorian tweeted their congratulations, I think fans can be forgiven for getting ...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Flash – Season 7, Episode 10 “Family Matters Part 1”
Last week, The Flash took this season’s stalling story in a welcome new direction, but “Family Matters Part 1” warns us not to count our chickens before they’re hatched. It simplifies a complicated theme, wastes time with a tired plot point, and has characters make strange and, in some cases...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Bad Batch – Season 1, Episode 3, “Replacements”
The Bad Batch is off to a great start with the episodes “Aftermath” and “Cut and Run.” With today’s third episode, “Replacements,” Omega takes a more active role within the Batch as Imperial progress marches ever forward. After last week’s slower, char...
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