She-Ra is not only a good show, but perhaps a great one. It’s a child-friendly epic fantasy. Warring factions and ancient magic and large battles dominate its plot. It has a much closer feel to Avatar than Barbie, with good writing and strong characters.
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Just Add Magic is an Amazon Original “Kids” show available for free with Amazon Prime. Though labeled for kids 6 – 11 (I have no idea how they come up with those numbers), having binged watched 2 seasons and now on Season 3, I can assure you, Just Add Magic is as much “for kids”…
Artemis Fowl Is An Abysmally Bad Watch Artemis Fowl is a travesty. It is an insult to those that we’re excited about it, those that had hope for it, and is simply a bad watch. And, yes, I’m a fan of the books, and, also yes, I was disappointed with how poorly they adapted it….
DuckTales Is Perfectly Good All By Itself As a point of disclosure, I have not seen much, if any, of the old DuckTales show. The callbacks in the new series are lost on me unless they are a reference to Darkwing Duck, which I do have a history with and loved as a small child….
I’m Great With I Am Not Okay With This I Am Not Okay with This, despite being an awkward title for a show to both say and read, is one of the best shows I’ve seen in a long time. Compulsively watchable, paced beautifully, wonderfully acted, and simply a solid bit of proof that the producers…
We can’t do a list for inspirational Sci-Fi movies and not do the same for Fantasy. The two genres are too linked, too similar, and, though we can look to a good future with science fiction, fantasy often has a universal feeling of uplifting hope. It’s also a much broader genre with what counts as…
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Looks “Distinct” Aaahh!!! Real Monsters is a show that asks: what if the gross sections of Rugrats was made into an entire show? Though perhaps that’s not fair to Aaahh!!! Because, though the animation is rather choppy and awkward, it’s got some rather inventive things put into the monster designs. Though Monsters,…
Missing Link Is A Visual Treat From Laika Missing Link proves that Laika is still at the top of their game in their niche craft. From Coraline to ParaNorman, they have proven that they can use a unique art style and then tell amazing, entertaining stories. Honestly, sometimes they do Pixar better than modern Pixar….
Does Locke & Key Match Its Pedigree? Having not been familiar with the work of Joe Hill, I didn’t know what to expect with Locke & Key the show. Certainly, the intro, with its hyper obsession with keys, caught my interest, but cool ideas for shows an intro does not make. But I’m pleased to report…
The Witcher Can Not Be A Coincidence Regardless of the source material and its adaptation here, The Witcher is so blatantly an attempt to imitate The Mandalorian for Netflix that I’m amazed no one is making a stink about it. Obviously, it has its own identity, but the show has such an abundance of similarities, both…
Carnival Row: Several Genres In One Suit Carnival Row is a show that’s clearly got an audience in mind. It wears a very specific set of genres on its sleeve and takes heavy influence from them, making it, like some of its characters, a half-breed, an amalgam of niche fantasy tropes that, lucky for it, do…
