The tale behind the Snyder Cut, or Zack Snyder’s Justice League, is long and complicated. There was the tragedy behind Zack Snyder leaving Justice League, the Joss Whedon reshoots, the mustache, the fan campaign to #RestoretheSnyderCut, the fan harassment. The news that Ray Fisher had allegedly been completely sidelined on the set of Justice League…
Last Week’s Episode: Happy Pandemiversary Week With Action-Packed Animation News
Right now everyone is swapping stories about where they were this time last year. Saying goodbye to coworkers and students for the last time in person. The early days now seem almost celebratory. People waving to each other from their windows, posting silly videos of animals, celebrities singing to us from the screens that are…
REVIEW: Pacific Rim: The Black is a Fun Return To Form For the Franchise
Netflix’s Pacific Rim: The Black marks the second (and most successful) time that Legendary Pictures has attempted to recapture the magic of 2011’s Pacific Rim. Three years after the most recent movie (2018’s Pacific Rim: Uprising) and ten years after the franchise began, The Black is a return to form for the kaiju versus mech…
Last Week’s Episode: Don’t Throw Away Your Shot (Please)
Well, it’s basically been a year into the pandemonium and this is still our lives, so I guess here’s some entertainment news for our continued lockdown existence. That being said, I do have hope with the vaccine rollout. If you’re eligible to do so, please go get your vaccine(s)!
Parenting Is a Challenge for Superman & Lois in “Pilot”
Editor’s Note (02/24/2021): A prior version of this review mentioned the character of Ron Troupe, who was named in the screener sent to journalists. In the final aired version, the character went by the name of Whit. Surprising nobody that reads my work, I’m a massive Superman fan. Superman, his family, and his supporting characters…
REVIEW: Fate: Winx Saga Fails To Live Up To Its Predecessor
In December 2020, Netflix released the first trailer for Fate: The Winx Saga, a live-action adaptation of the 2004 animated series Winx Club. Upon its release, the trailer was criticized for its darker and edgier tone, as well as the whitewashing of two of the main characters. Upon the show’s release, The Winx Saga was…
10 Anime Series That Don’t Contain Pervy Fan Service
Anime, like every other medium, has its share of problems. One of the more frustrating and noticeable aspects of anime is how often female characters are portrayed as overly-sexualized fan service (even where the character in question is just a tween). These gratuitous depictions can often detract from the actual plot, undermine the character, or…
Last Week’s Episode: And Now For Some Good News
Look, there’s not much to be happy about right now. But in a massively busy news week there was actually a fair bit of exciting, promising, and even cathartic news. So strap in, massage those out of practise cheek muscles and prepare to crack a smile as we dive in.
Last Week’s Episode: Golden Glooms
January’s over and, weirdly, nothing super wild happened yesterday so maybe the 2021 Wednesday curse is broken? We’ll see I guess, though the slate of Golden Globe nominees could count since basically everyone was surprised by the Hollywood Foreign Press Association’s choices. The awards ceremony will be held bicoastally this year, with Tina Fey and…
Star Wars: The Rise of Cade Skywalker
Disney Investor Day 2020 and earlier chatter promise that Disney will be feeding us Star Wars stories for a long time to go. For newer Star Wars fans and those who have not ventured outside the films, this might seem to be overwhelming overkill, but it’s really not new for Star Wars. As Wookieepedia can…
Last Week’s Episode: The Devil You Know
We’ve rolled into hopefully the most boring week of January (certainly yesterday was the quietest Wednesday, GameStocks aside), but that doesn’t mean there isn’t exciting news about casting, streaming, and more!
The One Who Is: Why Delenn is Important to Me
On January 21st, I was incredibly saddened to see writer J. Michael Stracynski announce on Twitter that actress Mira Furlan had passed away at the age of 65. Furlan was known to audiences for playing Danielle Rousseau on Lost, or providing her voice and likeness to Payday 2 as the Butcher. But to me, Furlan…
