The second episode features both character development, story arc content, and a contained SF adventure. If this is the default format of the series it’s certainly enjoyable. It varies, however, from what many fans expected.
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Free Comic Book Day, 2022…
…looked like this in my area:
Did anyone make it out, masked, costumed, or otherwise? And what did you make of this year’s offerings?
Star Trek: Strange New Worlds Review: “Strange New Worlds”
Star Trek returns to episodic television, with an established crew and a contemporary sensibility. Is it the breakthrough for which Trekkers have been waiting?
Neal Adams, R.I.P.
Neal Adams, the influential artist who worked for Marvel and DC (also Archie, Charlton, and Warren), drew some of the most memorable covers in comics history, co-created Manbat, John Stewart, and Ra’s al Ghul, reshaped Batman, and fought for comic creators’ rights, has died at 80.
Below is an interview from 2020.
Penguicon 2022
After two years online, Penguicon returned to the real world.
Picard Review: Season Two, Episodes 1-6
After a slow start, Picard takes us into far more engaging territory than Season One. It’s derivative, but highly watchable.
Bureau’s Breakroom’s Television Table – Week beginning 2022 April 3
Robot Chicken visits the Mayo Clinic. During Superman’s absence, Lois and Lana grow closer, as Chloe Sullivan becomes more entangled with Ally Allston’s cult. Joe Pesci makes a guest appearance as a mysterious new student at Smallville High. Will Sarah be enticed by his charms? The Flash raises a ruckus at a karaoke bar in Hawaii. The Blacklist searches for people in the entertainment industry believed to be affiliated with communism. Picard, still stranded in 2024, stops at a Starbucks and realizes he’s in the wrong show. Moon Knight drops his pants. The cast of Riverdale recovers from a recent orgy.
Super Friends drops on Amazon Prime. This is not a revisiting of the 70s series, but an animated take on the classic 90s sitcom, in which the six superficially charming New Yorkers develop superpowers and use the Central Perk as the base for their crime-fighting operations.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut, except when there really aren’t any. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click Continue reading →)]
Raised by Wolves Discussion: “Happiness”
Having just reviewed most of the season to its penultimate episode, I’m going to post some comments and open a discussion on the second-season finale. The freshest SF series currently on television explores some ancient ideas.
Star Trek Discovery Discussion: “Coming Home”
Discovery had a rough start and received a mixed (and not consistently fair) welcome. It developed and, by Season Three, had a new premise that frequently worked. Season Four has featured some strong episodes, but permitted a poorly-handled, derivative story arc to hamper the show. The most recent season came to a conclusion. With one more season than the original series, Discovery still struggles with finding its identity.
Raised by Wolves Review: “Good Creatures,” “Control,” “King,” “The Tree,” “Feeding”
“Believers of today have used a biotech tree to weaponize a serpent.”
–Lamia/Mother
The season finale of “Raised by Wolves” looms, so we’re reflecting on the episodes between our last reviews and whatever rough beast will slouch onto our screens March 17.