Today’s theme is choice. Let’s just get it out there: Hive is a very charismatic character whose ideals sound incredibly appealing and noble. He’s the oldest being on the planet (that we know of), meaning he has wisdom that stretches far beyond that of any one person. He aims to stop war, famine, disease, and anything else that...
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After two weeks of incredible episodes that really turned around a lackluster season, Legends of Tomorrow hits the skids with “River of Time” as the Legends manage to turn the defeat of the immortal Vandal Savage into an absolute snore that became all too predictable. That said, there were some bright spots this week but overall it...
From failure comes success. Or, at the very least, some form of it. We learn so much from our failures (sometimes) because it shuts down avenues of possibility. It’s a “When one door closes, another opens” kind of thinking. But then there are those who have yet to experience such failure and have yet to know what could happen...
A lot is happening. We’re getting closer and closer to the season finale and there’s still plenty of setting up before the big day. Daisy and Hive are after Inhumans and potential Inhumans. Couslon and friends are searching for a cure from Hive’s control, and finding a certain fringe scientist is their only hope. Plus...
Lucifer came off as a joke when it premiered, but then it got better as the weeks continued. Maybe because the show had winter break to think about its strengths and weaknesses, but you could tell that the storytelling was getting progressively better. “#TeamLucifer” and “Take Me Back to Hell” are great examples of how a TV...
Shaun is off to a convention this weekend, and he asked me to take over this week. Legends of Tomorrow needs to be more like Doctor Who. There are already a few similarities — there’s a time ship that looks way bigger inside than it should be, the captain is a rogue time traveller, his jerk bosses want to stop him, and the captain...
This week marks the first time we see some version of Daisy’s Secret Warriors band together to work as one super-powered team to save Team S.H.I.E.L.D. Giyera takes the S.H.I.E.L.D. plane straight to Hydra base where Hive and Gideon prepare to meet their new captives. Meanwhile Daisy and Lincoln call back Joey and Yo-Yo to help them...
Someone is sacrificing in Lucifer’s name, which greatly offends the Devil himself. Tom Ellis plays a great foppish playboy rebelling against his father, but this week in “#TeamLucifer,” we get to see a character fed up being humanity’s punching bag for all things “evil” and unfortunate plaguing the mortal...
I’ve often said that CBS’ Supergirl can be a tad clunky in how it presents its action and drama. It excels on an emotional level, but still has to work on building up the super heroic plots. Resolutions to major conflicts almost always end anti-climactically, as if the show is afraid that it might lose viewers if it concentrated more...
In case you haven’t noticed, I’ve been watching a lot of TV this season. What I’ve noticed across almost every show that I have been watching this year are two specific themes: you can’t change your fate, and the past always comes back to bite you in the ass. We see these a lot in superhero stories anyway and in many...