REEL TO REAL : MINDHUNTER [SPOILERS]REEL TO REAL : MINDHUNTER [SPOILERS]
The best Netflix series hook you in sometimes on premise alone. And that was certainly the case with Mindhunter.
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GEEK OUT!!! THE GIFTED – “rX” [SPOILERS]GEEK OUT!!! THE GIFTED – “rX” [SPOILERS]
With The Gifted, there are now three Marvel-based TV series – the other two being Agents of SHIELD and Legion – that have surpassed the entire slate of CW DC Comics-based series.
GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK: DISCOVERY – THE BUTCHER’S KNIFE CARES NOT FOR THE LAMB’S CRY [SPOILERS]GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK: DISCOVERY – THE BUTCHER’S KNIFE CARES NOT FOR THE LAMB’S CRY [SPOILERS]
Star Trek: Discovery has been a revelation so far – succeeding at combining classic Trek tropes with a more post-modern sensibility. As good as the previous episodes have been, “The Butcher’s Knife Cares Not For the Lamb’s Cry” may be the best instalment so far.
ELECTRIC DREAMS – EPISODE 4ELECTRIC DREAMS – EPISODE 4
Philip K Dick Electric Dreams – Episode 4 is the fourth instalment in the scifi anthology series based on the short stories of the iconoclastic scifi writer. As we have mentioned before, the problem with Electric Dreams is that it has issues adapting the original Philip K Dick short stories. Oh we truly believe that the producers cheated with this episode of Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams.
(more…)GEEK OUT! THE GIFTED – AN ACTION PACKED PILOT FOR THE NEW MUTANT SERIESGEEK OUT! THE GIFTED – AN ACTION PACKED PILOT FOR THE NEW MUTANT SERIES
Expectations were predictably low for The Gifted, the latest Fox mutant TV series. Based on the synopsis, it appeared similar to Heroes and the first season of Agents of SHIELD. Thankfully, it exceeded our expectations!
ELECTRIC DREAMS – EPISODE 3ELECTRIC DREAMS – EPISODE 3
Philip K Dick Electric Dreams – Episode 3 is the third instalment in the scifi anthology series based on the short stories of the iconoclastic scifi writer. As we have mentioned before, the problem with Electric Dreams is that it has issues adapting the original Philip K Dick short stories.
(more…)GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK DISCOVERY : “CONTEXT IS FOR KINGS” [SPOILERS]GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK DISCOVERY : “CONTEXT IS FOR KINGS” [SPOILERS]
Well, we knew that our protagonist Michael Burnham (Sonequa Martin-Green) would end up on the USS Discovery after the events of the pilot episode/s.
GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK : DISCOVERY – PILOT [SPOILERS]GEEK OUT!!! STAR TREK : DISCOVERY – PILOT [SPOILERS]
Spock has a sister?
ELECTRIC DREAMS – EPISODE 2ELECTRIC DREAMS – EPISODE 2
Philip K Dick’s Electric Dreams – Episode 2 is the second instalment in the scifi anthology series based on the short stories of the iconoclastic scifi writer.The whole point of an adaptation is, not to slavishly follow the source material, but to utilise the changed medium to say something different but remaining true to the core of the original.
(more…)GEEK OUT! THE ORVILLE – A BAD IDEA EXECUTED BADLYGEEK OUT! THE ORVILLE – A BAD IDEA EXECUTED BADLY
Why does The Orville even exist?
REEL TO REAL | CRIME TV DRAMA : NARCOS SEASON 3REEL TO REAL | CRIME TV DRAMA : NARCOS SEASON 3
The first two seasons of the Netflix Crime drama Narcos centred around the infamous Columbian drug lord Pablo Escobar and his powerful Medellin cartel, told through the perspective of US DEA agent Steve Murphy (Boyd Holbrook).
GEEK OUT!!! GAME OF THRONES SEASON 7 [SPOILERS]GEEK OUT!!! GAME OF THRONES SEASON 7 [SPOILERS]
What else can one say about Game of Thrones?
The medieval fantasy series has captured global imagination to become one of the biggest TV series ever. It has actually surpassed the Lord of the Rings movie adaptations in reach and influence over the last seven years of its run. It has made stars out of previously unknown actors and has made HBO millions. A cultural phenomenon.
GEEK OUT! THE DEFENDERS [SPOILERS]GEEK OUT! THE DEFENDERS [SPOILERS]
Sometimes we wonder if the worst thing to ever happen to geek movies/TV was the massive success of the first Avengers movie.
GEEK OUT! AMERICAN GODS SEASON ONEGEEK OUT! AMERICAN GODS SEASON ONE
Neil Gaiman is a critically acclaimed award-winning writer who started his career with comic books – notably on the fan favourite Sandman – and novels (viz. American Gods, Coraline, Stardust and The Graveyard Book).
THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 1 (REVIEW)THE HANDMAID’S TALE SEASON 1 (REVIEW)
Hulu’s The Handmaid’s Tale Season 1 reminded us of Amazon’s The Man in the High Castle. Both are TV adaptations of award-winning critically acclaimed scifi novels that involve a dystopian reality, whether set in the past or the future.
(more…)REAL TO REEL : THE LEFTOVERS SEASON THREE – TAKING IT ON FAITHREAL TO REEL : THE LEFTOVERS SEASON THREE – TAKING IT ON FAITH
What does it all mean? Was The Leftovers one of the best TV drama series ever made? Or was it one of the worst?
REAL TO REEL : HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON FIVE – NO LONGER STRANGER THAN REAL LIFEREAL TO REEL : HOUSE OF CARDS SEASON FIVE – NO LONGER STRANGER THAN REAL LIFE
The main challenges that faced Netflix’s political drama House of Cards was twofold. One, how to match the ongoing dramatic events happening in the Trump administration and two, how to maintain interest in a narrative that was slowly but surely running out of fresh ideas.
7 AND 7 IS: FILM/TV DEATH SCENES7 AND 7 IS: FILM/TV DEATH SCENES
Here’s a list of our ‘favourite’ death film/TV scenes. Sure, some of them are melodramatic and in fantastical settings but death is a fact of life that as human beings, we will always be trying to come to terms with. Until of course, our own time is up! Enjoy (or not, as the case may be).
GEEK OUT! IRON FISTGEEK OUT! IRON FIST
Just like the Marvel Studios films, Marvel Television’s web TV series for Netflix introduced characters through solo series before leading into the Defenders team series, sometime in mid-2017. Iron Fist is the last of the solo series before the Avengers-like team up happens.
POPINIONS: REMAKE, REMODEL. REPEAT.POPINIONS: REMAKE, REMODEL. REPEAT.
2016 is almost done with. And what have we learnt from modern pop culture? That rock ’n’ roll is dead? That nostalgia & fan service in movies trumps originality? That real life is slowly but surely upstaging science fiction for sheer bizarreness?
GEEK OUT! THE OAGEEK OUT! THE OA
The OA poses more questions than it answers. But isn’t that a reflection of life?
GEEK OUT! HOW WESTWORLD HAS RE-INVIGORATED SCIFI TVGEEK OUT! HOW WESTWORLD HAS RE-INVIGORATED SCIFI TV
This post contains spoilers!
Serialised story-telling in science-fiction TV really took off – we would suggest – in the early 1990s with Star Trek: The Next Generation and Babylon 5. The success of these space operas resulted in a flurry of similar type series, including two from the Star Trek franchise viz. Deep Space Nine and Voyager and the successful re-imagining of the Battlestar Galactica (BSG) movie franchise into a edgy, thought-provoking drama that reflected the times succinctly.
GEEK OUT! SCIFI TV FARE 61116GEEK OUT! SCIFI TV FARE 61116
Consolidating our scifi TV reviews. Spoilers, doh!
GEEK OUT! SCIFI TV FARE 301016GEEK OUT! SCIFI TV FARE 301016
Consolidating our scifi TV reviews. Spoilers, doh!
GEEK OUT! SUPERHERO TV FARE 291016GEEK OUT! SUPERHERO TV FARE 291016
The Flash — “The New Rouges” — Image FLA304b_0027b.jpg — Pictured: Grant Gustin as The Flash — Photo: Katie Yu/The CW — é 2016 The CW Network, LLC. All rights reserved.
Spoilers, duh!