The Review at the End of the Universe
San Diego Comic-Con is over for another year and Kneel Before Pod couldn’t resist the urge to weigh in with some thoughts on what was teased over the content filled weekend. The panelists discuss the various news and trailers that dropped online, covered the glut of superhero content coming our way and revelled in discussion…
“Zods and Monsters” Krypton explores the origin of Doomsday as Seg and Nyssa work to deal with the immediate Brainiac problem. Doomsday is traditionally less of a character and more of a plot device. He was dreamed up to be a formidable opponent for Superman capable of killing him. Anyone that has heard of him…
“Ashes to Ashes” The 100 starts to consider what the next move for the various characters should be while furthering the theme of “doing better” through the actions of those involved. One way or another the recurring main theme of the season has been tied to Monty’s dying wish, “do better”. It’s simple, clear and…
“In Zod We Trust” Krypton slows things down to concentrate on how the various characters process their grief in the wake of Lyta’s death in the previous episode. I’m far from convinced that Lyta’s death is permanent but it doesn’t matter at this stage as everyone believes that she is so the episode becomes about…
“Night and the Zombie City” iZombie delivers a take on a detective noir plot when Liv consumes the brain of a trench coat wearing private detective. Fans of the website may be wondering where my reviews of episodes 6 through 9 are. The answer to that is real life got in the way and I…
The Marvel Cinematic Universe Juggernaut continues on with Spider-Man: Far From Home; the first entry after the epic Avengers: Endgame and the first solo Spider-Man film to spend most of its time out of his usual haunt of New York City. To discuss this outing Kneel Before Pod assembles its very own Sinister Six to…
“Matryoshka” The 100 continues develop the conflict that exists between Wonkru and the Primes as desperation fully asserts itself on both sides. Clarke and Josephine are the most obvious representation of that conflict. They are two vastly different entities fighting to share the same space. This is the same basic conflict that exists between Wonkru…
“A Better Yesterday” Krypton escalates the conflict between Val’s resistance and Zod’s regime through exploring what War turns people into. One of the main key figures in terms of the progression of this Civil War is Jax-Ur; she has concluded that becoming as uncompromising as the ones they fight again is the only way to…
“Danger Close” Krypton deals with how Seg reacts to all of the changes to his homeworld as Val’s resistance movement tries to gain ground from Zod. Even though he was only away for three episodes, Seg’s return to Krypton was eagerly anticipated because of his connection to the characters involved in the major plot developments…
“What You Take With You” The 100 explores the concept of moving forward while recognising the mistakes of the past through Kane and Octavia’s challenges as the various plots start to converge. This season has been all about morality in one form or another whether it’s the ethical implications of transferring consciousness into other bodies…
