Science Fiction and Fantasy Comment and Reviews
Lower Decks Episode 2 introduces us to the Cerritos' new Security Chief. In a great call back to TNG we get our first Tamarian Starfleet officer. Kayshon is an entertaining addition to the crew even if he spent most of the show as puppet. Although the main plot involving Mariner on a Collectors vessel contained... Continue Reading →
Lower Decks is back and hopefully this is the start of 6 months of new Star Trek with hopefully Picard and Discovery to follow. I found Season 1 somewhat mediocre but was surprisingly excited about this week’s premiere. Perhaps it was because it was shown only 1 day later than the US in the UK... Continue Reading →
Loki, what a revelation. It’s taken me a little while to write this review as I wanted to get my thoughts in order because I found this Marvel series a challenging one, in a good way. To start off with I must state that without equivocation I love Tom Hiddleston’s portrayal of Loki in the... Continue Reading →
Jupiter’s Legacy is yet another superhero comic book adaptation. Television and film seem to be awash with these and whilst is nice to see authors other than those at Marvel or DC coming to the fore I do feel a saturation point is coming. It was with this mindset that I approached this series. It... Continue Reading →
As a spin off from the Clones Wars animated series ‘The Bad Batch’ is Star Wars latest offering. The series kicks off directly during Order 66 and we get to see a young Kanan Jarrus or rather Caleb Duune in action. The series relies somewhat on the familiarity of viewers with the members of the... Continue Reading →
Shadow and Bone was a delightful surprise find on Netflix. Being an avid consumer of all things Sci-fi and Fantasy I am usually well versed on what series are coming across the various platforms, but for some reason this slipped past my notice. As is the modern trend for tighter story telling this series was... Continue Reading →
There are different tiers of Science fiction on TV there are the grand epic series with ground breaking effects or themes such as Battlestar Galactica and The Expanse, there are the Old Faithfull’s like Star Trek and Stargate and lastly there are the SyFy series such as Dark Matter or Killjoys. Pandora is most definitely... Continue Reading →
I have said before that in my opinion the DC universe nails TV series better than Marvel does but in recent months we have been treated to two event TV series from Marvel aired on Disney Plus that aimed to make its mark. The first of these was Wandavision. In the same way that Iron... Continue Reading →
The Expanse is one of the best realised science fiction series on TV at the moment. Season 5 of this show based on the books of James S.A. Corey just finished on Amazon Prime in the UK and what a ride it was. This season has continued to impress with its scale and scope but... Continue Reading →
It is no secret that Babylon 5 is perhaps y all time favourite science fiction series. Yes, I am a big trekkie and I love all of the franchise, but Babylon 5 has so much more depth to it. I must have watched all 5 seasons multiple times and still find new nuances within. Whilst... Continue Reading →
