The first time I watched the third season of Fargo, upon its initial airing, I was befuddled by the opening scene. Despite being described as Siberia with family restaurants, 2010’s Minnesota is a long way away from an interrogation room in 1988’s East Germany. The scene sees a government...
While consistent in regards to style and quality of animation with the first, the second volume (or third season) of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Star Wars: Clone Wars feels like a completely different show when it comes to storytelling and structure. Having never seen it before I was expecting more of...
This article contains spoilers for Invincible season one. At first, I thought Invincible’s first post-credits scene was stupid. The opening episode of Amazon’s superhero animation quickly smash cuts to credits before returning for a post-credits scene (or mid-credits, I guess) mere seconds later, with a full 10-minutes of its...
This article contains spoilers for all ten episodes of The Terror. In 1845 two ships, HMS Erebus and HMS Terror, departed from England in search of the fabled Northwest Passage in the Canadian Arctic but found only disaster and death. After the captain and multiple others died, the icebound...
Aadil and Ben get together to talk about volume 2 of the netflix series Love, Death, and Robots. They discuss faves from both series, what they like about anthologies, disappointments, discussion of the main themes and a whole lot else besides. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under...
“Like fire across the galaxy, the Clone Wars spread”. Before the galactic conflict first teased in the original Star Wars was explored across seven seasons of 3D animation, there was… another. In 2002, upon the release of Attack of the Clones, Hasbro asked Lucasfilm to develop a Star Wars...
Aadil and Ben chat about season one of the Netflix adaptation of Mark Millar’s superhero drama “Jupiter’s Legacy”. They cover what worked, what didn’t and what they wished it was like, along with hopes for future seasons. Our theme song is by captiveportalmusic, used under the CC ShareAlike license...
Aadil and Ben have a chat about the newly released Mortal Kombat. An amazing first sequence followed by a baffling choice to sideline everyone in favour of a brand-new MMA washup, Cole Young. They chat about the cool fights, fan services and the missing tournament. Our theme song is...
“This is a true story”. Every episode of Fargo, and the film before it, begins with what is, quite simply, a blatant lie. There is very little truth in Fargo, at least in terms of historical precedent. Yet this opening lie sets a tone and hopefully puts the viewer...