Tag: sci-fi

The Flash May Shake Up Its Formula

*Spoilers for the Mid-Season Premiere* The Flash may be running away from the meta-of-the-week formula. TVLine reports that during the mid-season premiere, Cisco and Caitlin will look into the possibility of a metahuman cure, a narrative choice that – should the show follow through with it – cou...

Why I’m Excited: Picard TV Series

I have always had a special relationship with Star Trek. From the time I was eight – and maybe even before that – I would go to all the Star Trek movies with my dad and grandpa. One of my earliest memories is watching Insurrection in the theaters and laughing as Data asked Riker if …

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REVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 2 “Primal Urges”

As with its first season, The Orville is kicking off its second run with two episodes in the first week. “Primal Urges,” airing in the show’s traditional time slot on Thursday night, is the lost episode from season one after Fox bumped it due to “scheduling.” It’s fairly easy to tell, to...

REVIEW: The Orville – Season 2, Episode 1 “Ja’loja”

After a year-plus-long wait – a tough pill to swallow when the show in question is on network television – The Orville has finally returned. I watched the series premiere last September expecting a Star Trek spoof with Seth MacFarlane’s particular brand of humor (which many have soured on, I g...

Why I’m Excited: Star Wars: The Clone Wars Season 7

Star Wars: The Clone Wars premiered during a very different time at Lucasfilm. The prequels had finished three years prior, and George Lucas was planning on moving into television. His goals were simple: To create a live-action TV show and 100 episodes of the CGI animated series. Although the live a...

Hellboy Trailer Punches its Way Online

Legendary raised hell just days before Christmas when they released the Hellboy trailer. The new film is a reboot of the comic-based movie series (duo, really) from director Guillermo del Toro. Stranger Things’ David Harbour slips into the giant red hand, replacing former Hellboy star Ron Perlman,...