The Sandman – Season 1
The Sandman Season 1
The first season of The Sandman is upon us, and one of the primary questions that must be asked is whether it does its expansive source material justice.
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Season 7 Episode 2
“Know Your Onions” Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. continues its prohibition era adventure with a race against time to make sure that Freddie Malick survives being hunted by the Chronicoms. Time travel usually brings in the moral dilemma associated with changing the past in some form. It’s a common story element because it fascinates so many…
Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. – Season 7 Episode 1
“The New Deal” Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. begins its final season with a prohibition era adventure, debates about changing the timeline and questions over the nature of life itself. That sounds like a lot for the first episode but it actually isn’t because everything is woven neatly through the characters and the narrative being presented…
Kneel Before Pod – The “No Pants” Party (135)
Attention all Marshmallows; Veronica Mars recently returned for a fourth season on the streaming platform Hulu so Kneel Before Pod just had to deliver some thoughts on it. Craig and Laura discuss growing up, codependence, changing relationships and Spring Break! Craig can be found on this very site. Laura can be found on her website…
Please Stand By
An autistic Star Trek fan runs away from her caregiver to cross the country so that her entry to a writing competition can be submitted before the deadline in Ben Lewin’s Please Stand By. As a Star Trek fan this film was simply something I had to see. The immediate concern might be how accessible…
Marvel’s Spider-Man – Season 1 Episode 13
“Venom” Peter Parker has to deal with the return of the discarded alien symbiote when it takes a new host in the latest Marvel’s Spider-Man. Venom is such a popular character that he’s bound to eventually appear in pretty much any Spider-Man adaptation. There are obviously exceptions to this but most modern takes on the…
Marvel’s Spider-Man – Season 1 Episode 12
“Spider-Man on Ice” Marvel’s Spider-Man puts Peter up against an ice based villain after a criminal steels Peter and Harry’s ice gauntlet and uses it for a one man crime wave. This episode is very much a disposable stand-alone outing where Peter Parker does little more than fight a villain. That’s not necessarily a bad…
Mavel’s Spider-Man – Season 1 Episode 11
“Halloween Moon” Marvel’s Spider-Man takes Peter on a spookier than normal adventure when he encounters a Werewolf on the way to the Horizon Halloween party. An interruption to a “normal” activity has been the opening of so many Spider-Man stories. It works so well because it adds an air of tragic regret to the life…
Marvel’s Spider-Man – Season 1 Episode 10
“Kraven’s Amazing Hunt” Marvel’s Spider-Man puts our hero as the subject of a vicious Reality TV show when Kraven the Hunter sets his sights on the wall crawler as he trains Miles Morales. To its credit this episode wastes no time in getting started. It opens with a fast paced action sequence serving as a…
Marvel’s Spider-Man – Season 1 Episode 9
“Ultimate Spider-Man” Peter Parker finds out he isn’t only Spider Powered hero in town when Marvel’s Spider-Man brings Miles Morales into the enhanced community. This show presents a unique dynamic between Peter Parker and Miles Morales. In the comics Peter started out as Miles Morales’ absent motivation and later became more of a mentor as…
