The Good Place presents the topics it addresses in a way that is engaging and thought-provoking (end of the first season, hello!), and it proves that TV has the potential to at least cause us to ponder about ourselves, or even to transform us into better human beings - and that's a good thing.
Season 1 was all about foundation building and they did a fantastic job of that and giving me a real reason to care about the characters and the story unfolding. I would like to see a bit more action in the next season but Season 1's incredible balance, great character development, and compelling story make this one of TV's most promising super hero shows yet.
Once Netflix got ahold of all ten seasons of what seems to be regarded as the pinnacle of '90s programming, I no longer had an excuse for not investigating further. Also, I was kind of over not understanding references and wanted to see what all the hubbub was about.
Check out some of this past weeks most talked about and interesting film trailers like Chappaquiddick, Wild Wild Country, Flint Town, Marvel's Jessica Jones, Wreck-It Ralph 2, and more.
Jessica Jones is vastly different than any other super hero property out there so if you go into it with that mindset there a fairly interesting dramatic, pseudo-noir story being told here; along with answers to long running questions about her past and potential for future highly personal conflicts.
While streaming services do tend to perpetuate the argument that millennials and generation Z-ers require media delivered to them immediately rather than waiting, I also think that the quality of content also happens to be better because it’s smarter.
For eons we have philosophized on the nature of the afterlife. Scholars have debated the existence of spiritual and dimensional realms and where we go after death. But what if you could live forever, the only fall back being you have to trade in your old body for a new one? This has become a reality In Richard K. Morgan’s Altered Carbon
Why would a business that has made so much money running full seasons at a time switch to a model in which some of those shows air on a weekly basis?
So many shows have gotten either reboots or continuations in the past year. What does this mean for our nostalgia and will these shows ever live up to their original hype?
The upcoming series, picked up by Darren Aronofsky, is being adapted from the June 'New York' magazine article "The Boss of the Beach," and its bursting at the seams with potential.
This season felt a bit off pacing wise (and not just due it's disjointed nature) and I didn't find myself clamoring for the next episode like I was in the first season, but it progressively got stronger towards the end with some great scenes and their best season finale yet, leaving me re-energized and excited to see what will unfold in Season 4.
Season 1 of The Gifted was a seriously flawed first season that still showed a lot of flashes of promise, especially in the back third. If they can build off of those great moments, add more levity, and ease off the caricatures then it can truly grow into something special, a la Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
True Detective Season 1 got us hooked on its plot twists and mystery, but it didn't do anything beyond that. True Detective Season 2 is where Pizzolato's talent for writing dark, melancholic and deeply human noir unfurls. Just like in his debut novel Galveston.
Sure, there are reasons to be skeptical about the Sopranos revival. The flashback episodes of The Sopranos were never among the show’s better episodes, and the time period change alone indicates that however great it is, the movie won’t be the Sopranos that we remember. Even so, David Chase has been missed, and I can’t wait to see what he does with this project. Just don’t expect it to give you the Sopranos answers you never got from the show the first go-around.
'Billions' began with a very simple premise: Bobby “Axe” Axelrod (Damien Lewis) is a billionaire financial whiz who runs a hedge fund called Axe Capital and Chuck Rhoades (Paul Giamatti) is the U.S. attorney out to put him away. But there’s much much more to it than that. 'Billions' may not be the best show on TV, but it’s certainly the most entertaining.
'Dramedies' and dark comedies that don’t make you forget your drama, but help you reevaluate it and capture some of its bitter-sweet beauty is the type of cinematic experience with real healing power.
There is a positive side to fandom. It can bring people together rather than tear them apart. It can foster a legitimate and lasting sense of community, and help make the work itself more enjoyable, rather than less. And there’s one fandom that exemplifies this more than any other: That of 'Twin Peaks.'
Generations of stolen children, massacres of whole clans, children brought up and brainwashed 'white,' losing their language and culture: this is the darker side of modern Australia’s history. With this in mind, it adds significant emotional weight when you watch the Australian sci-fi series, Cleverman.
After 2 years spent largely in limbo, the critically acclaimed show will wrap up this fall with a musical TV movie.
I caught up on a lot of streaming shows during quarantine, but 'I'm Sorry' might have been the best one of all. It may have been mostly unknown but it's absolutely worth a catch up and worth being picked up by another network.
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