It’s not an adaptation of the iconic series from Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, but rather a sequel that lovingly remixes many of the comic’s tropes and character archetypes. The result is a series that not only lives up to the lofty source material, but actually manages to enhance it. ...
Steering away from typical fantasy tropes, it delivered a grim, morally grey world with exceptional performances from Henry Cavill, Freya Allan, and Anya Chalotra. Gird your loins though, it’s loaded with monsters, magic, and mayhem. Premiered: December 20, 201...
the witcher bewitched fans with its cleverly woven narrative across timelines. steering away from typical fantasy tropes, it delivered a grim, morally grey world with exceptional performances from henry cavill, freya allan, and anya chalotra. gird your loins though, ...
television, presented in an episodic format. Like classic "Star Trek," each episode concludes at the end of the hour, presenting -- if done well -- a miniature morality play of the week. "Strange New Worlds" dares to dabble in that most taboo of modern storytelling tropes: the status ...
in that manner that only 70’s movies ever really seemed to capture. The movie is full of the usual crazy-people tropes seen in all Asylum Horror movies, though. There’s the pretty young nymphomaniac, the shell-shocked Vietnam vet, the malignant mother, the childlike man, and the elderl...
Not only have creators Matt and Ross Duffer — aka the Duffer brothers — repurposed 1980s tropes of friends going on adventures who end up saving the world, but they’ve created a next generation of stars (Millie Bobby Brown, Joe Keery, Maya Hawke and Noah Schnapp, among others) with ...
its slow-burn storytelling never less than totally compelling. Simon crafted a series that skips the usual procedural tropes, looking instead at the linked worlds of cops and criminals in a way that highlights the humanity clouded by labels. High stakes, big emotions and even a scene conducted ...
It’s not “The Good Wife’s” first glimpse of the ersatz show-within-a-show, which began as a shot at AMC’s now-canceled “Low Winter Sun” and has evolved into an ongoing satire of TV-antihero tropes. “Good Wife” creators Robert and Michelle King have ...
One of the best things about The Umbrella Academy is that it points out some super problematic superhero tropes. "What would happen if an eccentric billionaire raised superpowered children in an isolated training environment and weaponized their abilities? They all be super f---ed up, that's ...
This is largely due to the number of tropes and archetypes that most modern isekai follow, with many of them being fairly boilerplate in nature. Ironically, one of the most overlooked entries in the annals of isekai just so happens to be a classic anime from the tail end of the 1990s....