March 15, 2019
Director Jonathan Frakes takes the crew to Section 31 headquarters, located in a former Riker’s Island of space. We learn the backstory of two of Discovery’s secondary characters and the solution to other, before the episode sets up our heroes to fight the System.
Literally.
February 25, 2019
The genres we cover here have traditionally been less-likely to win, but that is less true now than at any time in film history.
A list appears below, with genre (and related) wins highlighted:
September 23, 2018
Another slow week this week, but one with a few high profile titles.
August 11, 2018
Summer tends to see a lot of people exchanging vows, so we’re going to run a very special list of the Greatest Genre Weddings.
“Number 1 will surprise you!”
June 22, 2018
The Handmaid’s Tale continues, with society under pressure in the wake of recent events. The country remains a place run by hypocrites who insist they’re acting in the name of God and national interest, who preach a pro-family message while separating children from parents, exalting men who commit sexual assault, and denouncing the supposed falseness of reports against them while spouting blatant lies and obvious propaganda.
The cracks and contradictions in this society grow more apparent, and some of its most devout citizens begin to tremble at the monster they’ve helped create.
As a bonus, we get to see a little of life beyond Gilead. We make several trips to Canada, and we begin to feel the presence of the United States of America—that is, the parts that have neither been destroyed nor become a part of Gilead.1
May 29, 2018
The Dwindling Chapters leave us with two specials for Lucifer, (which is still canceled as far as I can find). Otherwise, Supergirl is surprised to see that Krypton was renewed. On the other side of the aisle, Legion… He’s still beautiful and crazy.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click More…)]
May 16, 2018
We are nearing the season’s end, or are at the end, and for at least one show, the return is Debatably Canceled. Lucifer ends, but there are two more episodes hiding somewhere that were originally moved to Season 4, but now may be part of a home video release. Supergirl deals with family members to fight the season’s big bad. The Flash races his big bad to build a machine. Supergranddad has to decide if he wants to save a city in a bottle. Arrow advertises an Epic Final Battle, but still has two more episodes for the season.
Meanwhile Legion makes you question all of the ideas you’ve ever had including the sanity in trying to follow the show (but stays a beautiful high-budget art project) and the Agents wrap up their season, though they are renewed for an abbreviated sixth season. Then the “teens” of Riverdale wrap their season with an election.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click More…)]
April 1, 2018
The new series, based on Dan Simmons’s historical horror novel, blew onto AMC last week, and continues Monday. The Terror presents a fictionalized dramatization of the Franklin Expedition’s final months, and includes an element not found in any history book….
January 5, 2018
Kiernan Shipka who grew up on Mad Men playing Sally Draper, will star in the forthcoming Netflix adaptation of Chilling Adventures of Sabrina. This is the adult-oriented Archie occult comic that presents Sabrina as a genuinely horrifying witch-child coming of age in the 1960s (though the TV show may be set in the present).
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April 7, 2019
Comic Television Discussion – Week beginning 7 April 2019
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It appears to be a slow week, with the American Gods and Legends holding down the new televised episodes, and Cloak and Dagger representing Marvel’s episodic offerings. That’s fine, The Tick and Chilling Adventures of Sabrina are available to binge to fill out the rest of your free TV time!
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv or IMDB below the cut, except when there really aren’t any. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click More…)]
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