The series made its debut in 2020 and has received largely positive reviews and, due to being set in a video game studio, will be extra on-point for anyone familiar with all the jokes and tropes of the gaming world. Available in 4K on Apple TV...
The TV. The box. The telly. The small screen. The television set (if you want to be formal). Call it what you want, we’re living in its golden age. Distant is the memory of a time where all you had was a fistful of channels on your nan’s terrestrial static magnet — now, w...
It does feel like the writers were sticking to a checklist as this pilot episode comes across as too mechanical, using well-worn tropes without putting its own spin on them. The duel, for example. It has some tension as it feels like either dueller could genuinely die. But it's a ...
apart from episode one's ending that shocked viewers who haven't read the comics before. However, its subversion of superhero tropes, emotional story beats, and ensemble cast will keep your attention until things really start to pick up from season one episode four, by which point you should...
12 10basetom Dec 17, 2015 Permalink 1/10 horrible SyFy has turned a great science fiction book into trash! There was no love story associated with Ricci in the novel! SyFy fabricated a love story and used what seemed like an hour or two to expound upon it. Total waste of air time. ...
I appreciated that it didn't resort to cheap horror scare tactics and tropes, and that it made a simple internet-urban-legend a dark, messed up show that got under my skin. If you enjoy traditional horror, this show might seem boring and anti-climactic, but if you can let yourself get...
The show featured multiple science fiction tropes, including time travel and alternate timelines.Like many other superhero shows, The Umbrella Academy often bites more than it can chew. However, it remains a daring, original, and impressive effort, featuring stellar performances, high production ...
Season 3 cemented the series as a masterwork that should not be doubted, so we can't wait to find out what else the kids (and their folks) get into when Stranger Things 4 comes along to reimagine some more time-honored tropes from your favorite '80s movies. –Amanda Bell...
That's why any variation on the formula feels like a godsend, and Doom Patrol takes conventional superhero origin tropes and force-feeds them LSD for a ride unlike anything else. Doom Patrol's ragtag collection of outcast heroes deal with a donkey butt that is a portal to another dimension,...
In comics, he has a reputation for blending metaphysics, pop culture, humor and genre tropes. He has carried that formula over to a burgeoning television career — first to... See full article at Variety Film + TV 7/15/2020 by Daniel Holloway Variety Film + TV...