Science Fiction and Fantasy Comment and Reviews
After the two handed first episode with Burnham and Book it was reassuring to be back with the Discovery and the rest of the crew. Burnham is an interesting character but now she is away from her Vulcan heritage and story lines she less spark. For me the real heart of the series of is... Continue Reading →
Season 3 of Star Trek Discovery has hit our screens over the past few days and it seems to have started strong if a little one-sidedly. Of all the incarnations of Star Trek Discovery has suffered the most from fan backlash. I am not an apologist for the show but I am able to overlook... Continue Reading →
The Boys is one, if not the most watched shows on Amazon Prime and in many ways this is very worrying for society. The Boys is filled with sexual innuendo, prolific hard line swearing and violence, lots and lots of gory violence. Having now castigated it for its lack of moral fibre I will now... Continue Reading →
What can be said about Umbrella Academy Season 2? Well for starters it is just as crazy as the last season and just as frustrating. The core team are all back which is great, and a new cast of players are introduced. Once again, our anti heroes are trying to stop the apocalypse this time... Continue Reading →
Humans is a Channel 4 series from 2015. It passed me by on first viewing but I am now having the opportunity to catch up on this series on Netflix. This is a British series with an interesting cast. The cast s biggest draw is William Hurt who plays an elderly AI tech but some... Continue Reading →
One first look Netflix’s Warrior Nun looked like a superficial supernatural series, with high ideals but poor execution. The show is in fact very different and offers a refreshing new take on the old angels and demons’ tropes. I originally believed the show was one of Netflix’s foreign European imports and fully expected a Spanish... Continue Reading →
This review has been a long time coming and I am sure some people are surprised I have not commented on this series before. I wanted to take a little time to let my thoughts settle. So, what are my thoughts on The Mandalorian? For me, this has been the Star Wars I have been... Continue Reading →
And so it ends, the final episode of Star Trek Picard has dropped and pretty much all of the plot is tied up. Taken section by section the last past of the story all works but somehow when added as a whole feels... lacking. Several things were handled well, the series gave us the suitable... Continue Reading →
Growing up I was a huge fan of Dragonlance. The original trilogy (Chronicles) and its sequels (Time of the Twins) were an integral part of my first foray into fantasy. I had already read the Hobbit and Lord of the Rings and enjoyed the change of pace they offered. Dragonlance can't be considered high fantasy... Continue Reading →
Last year Richard K Morgans novel 'Altered Carbon' was turned into a lavish mini series on Netflix. The story is set in the far future where a persons identity is stored on a chip and can be downloaded into new bodies called sleeves. It is a fascinating view of morality, corruption and what it means... Continue Reading →
