X-Men ’97 Season One Review: One of the Best Marvel Projects in the Last Ten Years
In a world oversaturated with comic book adaptations and reboots, it's easy to approach a project like X-Men '97 with a healthy dose of skepticism. After all, the original X-Men: The Animated Series, which ran from 1992 to 1997, left…
The Sandman introduces Netflix to Neil Gaiman’s world of Grand Fantasies in its First Season
The Sandman, based on the Neil Gaiman and Sam Keith comic released by DC Comics' now-defunct Vertigo brand, is one of Netflix's most anticipated graphic book adaptations this year. The Sandman world spans seven years and 75 issues, following The…
Why I Am Both Excited and Apprehensive about the Sandman Adaptation
Fantasy and fiction is a magical and enjoyable genre. It offers an escape from the real world and lets us imagine a world filled with endless and logicless possibilities, love and compassion, and even hatred and mystical wars. Be it…
Super Crooks is a Fun Mix of Superheroes and Heist Movies, Successfully Expanding on its Source Material
Although Jupiter’s Legacy was canceled by Netflix shortly after it debuted, its spinoff, Super Crooks, was still announced. Many of the characters from the previous series do appear in Super Crooks, but this is more of a world that’s adjacent…
Invincible Manages to Stand Out as a Superhero Story, Despite its Intentionally Standard Premise
Superhero fatigue has been talked about for years, but this is the first time I am experiencing it myself. Sure, there are some excellent adaptations out there such as The Boys, Doom Patrol and Umbrella Academy to a degree, but…
Umbrella Academy Finds it Footing in a Strong Season Two, Marrying Comic Book Weirdness to a Fun Family Dynamic
In season two, Umbrella Academy essentially remixes the show, tasking the Hargreaves to once again to prevent a potential apocalypse, this time in the 1960s. While there is a danger of repetition in pursuing such a narrative, the show builds…
The Old Guard Offers a Fresh Take on the Superhero Genre, Balancing Kinetic Action with Robust Characterization
Netflix’s The Old Guard is a good example of high concept movies done right. Although recent attempts such as The Gemini Man have fallen short, The Old Guard manages to build and deliver a narrative around the story’s central premise,…
Batman: Duel- Ch 2, An Uneasy Truce
2007 Bruce looked evenly at the man in front of him. Was he studying him as well as Bruce was studying him? Perhaps. It was in Scott King's best interest to observe- and understand- his patient intimately. Here, inside this…
Batman: Duel- Ch 1, Beautiful Lies
1993 Gotham. It's the most beautiful city in America. It's also one of the worst cities to live in, worldwide. Crime rates have been stuck at 2.5% for the last decade. Property values were in perpetual decline. Mayors, governors and…
Umbrella Academy is a Weird Show about Dysfunctional Superheroes that Shows a Lot of Promise
Umbrella Academy isn’t the first superhero property to take a stab at the dysfunctional superhero family idea. However, it’s the first Netflix series to do so, and the series works more often than not for the most part. Sometimes, Family…
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