Kiss Me First Is More Than Romance Kiss Me First is what might happen if you take the plot of a Black Mirror episode and expand it out into a full show. It’s looking at the Oasis and its avatars from Ready Player One and deciding to scale that down for television. It’s a blend…
Invader Zim: Something Dark And New In honor of the new movie, it seemed logical to go back and review the first episode of Invader Zim and see what got us to where we are now. To see if the show is as good as we all remember and worthy of the nostalgia. And, put…
Umbrella Academy Just Doesn’t Impress Umbrella Academy is a meh show. It’s watchable, it’s fun—sometimes—and the score is at least amazing, even if “play peppy song while action or violence happens” is a per-episode gimmick in the first three. But while watching, I couldn’t help but see Heroes. Remember Heroes? The show that contains a…
First Aired March 3rd, 2019 Alpha (played by Samantha Morton) questions Lydia (played by Cassady McClincy) about the Hilltop’s supplies, defenses and why they wanted to fight to keep her. Lydia gives some information and claims she lied about needing help escaping; Alpha is furious that she risked coming to get Lydia and she has…
(Notice: this show was originally an Argentinian web series and thus the pictures contain writing in another language.) The Kirlian Frequency is two things above all else: a shameless rip-off of Welcome to Night Vale and a brilliant example of how stylish artwork and voice work can lead to a show that’s very cheap but…
First Aired February 24th, 2019 Alpha (played by Samantha Morton) has her Whisperers gather at the Hilltop claiming they come in peace and just want Lydia (played by Cassady McClinsy Lauren Ridloff). Daryl (played by Norman Reedus) tells her to leave and Alpha summons more Whisperers from the woods. Daryl goes outside to speak with…
The Beautiful, Depressing Death Parade Death Parade is known as a show with a startlingly positive and peppy song as an intro, paired with a depressing plot line. While some might find this to be a factor of it that is confusing or warping in tone, I think it’s a necessary bit of levity for what…
Hello Invader Zim, We Have Missed You Did we need more Invader Zim? Uncharacteristically of me, I’m saying yes, we did. Nothing I have ever seen is like Invader Zim—it was on another level of strange, of weird, of dark. Sure, shows like Rick and Morty have some truly twisted stuff, but Invader Zim was…
Weird, kitschy and slightly out of time, the Umbrella Academy is Netflix’s new hit show based on the limited comic book series by the same name. I just binged watched it this weekend, (thank you Netflix for not making us wait months to see an entire series!), and it was great. Here’s a quick rundown…
Russian Doll Uses A Iconic Plot Device Russian Doll revolves around a familiar trope. Happy Death Day was perhaps the first thing recently to leverage the Groundhog Day loop into a horror comedy—and now Russian Doll is doing it with… Well, if I’m being honest, I’m not entirely sure what this show’s genre really is….
Watching 3% Has A Minor Entry Barrier Let’s get the obvious thing out of the way regarding 3% as an English speaking, American viewer: if you just press play, it’s in Portuguese and dubbed over with English actors, with the only other option being to watch it subbed. Really, though, a good story is a good…
First Aired February 10th, 2019 Picking up where the midseason finale left off, Michonne (played by Danai Gurira) holds off the walkers and Whisperers dressed as walkers as the group escapes. Meanwhile Negan (played by Jeffrey Dean Morgan) roams Alexandria that night after escaping from his cell. He tries to scale the wall the next…
