Remember Professor X? Well, he’s back, in space-consort form, as Deathbird tries to skunk his engagement to Lilandra on the grounds that he’s a dirty Earth ape. Meanwhile, Storm deals with a death bird of her own as she fights to save Forge’s life and regain her powers in X-Men ’97 season 1, episode 6….
Mutants are more popular than ever: Trish Tilby is doing puff pieces from the mansion, and the mutant nation of Genosha is about to be admitted to the United Nations. So let’s throw a big mutant party! What could possibly go wrong in “Remember It,” X-Men ’97 season 1, episode 5, written by Beau De…
It’s two tales for the price of one as Jubilee gets sucked into a Mojo-fied version of the X-Men arcade game and Storm deals with the fallout of her power loss as she grows closer to Forge in X-Men ’97 episode 3, “Motendo/Lifedeath Part 1,” directed by Chase Conley and written by Beau DeMayo and…
Last year, it was announced that Sony Pictures would be releasing a short Spider-Verse film called The Spider-Within. Directed by Jarrelle Dampier, the short film draws on Dampier’s experience with anxiety and panic attacks to depict a similar experience with Miles Morales’ Spider-Man. In an interview with The Wrap, Dampier confirmed this when he discussed…
TWO Jean Greys? The X-Men are seeing double as the machinations of an old foe come to light, leading to Cyclops and Jean having to make an agonizing decision in X-Men ’97 season 1 episode 3, “Fire Made Flesh,” written by Beau DeMayo & Charlie Feldman and directed by Yomi Yonemura. The first two episodes…
Picking up where the original X-Men animated series left off in 1997, X-Men ’97 returns to a familiar yet different world, where Professor X is dead, Jean Grey is pregnant and Bishop is there. But the world still fears and hates mutants, and now the X-Men must find a way to protect it while working…
After several delays, it seems Marvel and Disney+ are finally ready to release their continuation of the original X-Men: The Animated Series television show and have unveiled a teaser trailer to hype the impending return. Does this new show have what it takes to simultaneously recapture its audience from 27 years ago and inspire a…
Note: This essay contains spoilers for the final episode of Disney+’s Loki season 2. Last week on the season (and perhaps series) finale of Loki, the God of Stories saved the entire multiverse with his bare hands. Weirdly, thatâs not a metaphor. After trying for hundreds of years (also not a metaphor) to prevent the…
I recall really enjoying the first season of Loki. Fast on the heels of the mostly successful WandaVision, Loki starred Tom Hiddleston as the titular god of mischief on a timeline-tripping adventure involving a love interest who was also an alternate version of himself, an animated clock, secret jet ski aficionado Owen Wilson, and a…
Pike, Laâan and MâBenga visit Rigel VII, the site of a previous disastrous mission, but when they start losing their memories, the Enterprise crew find disaster âAmong The Lotus Eatersâ in Strange New Worlds SE3 EP4 written by Kirsten Beyer & Davy Perez, directed by Eduardo SĂĄnchez. Mark Turetsky: Â Will, imagine for a moment that…
Laâan gets sucked into a time travel adventure with an unfamiliar Captain Kirk. With the future of the Earth at stake, can they save âTomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow?” Strange New Worlds SE2 EP3 written by David Reed, directed by Amanda Row Mark Turetsky: Hey Will, so glad that we could meet up again, despite…
Number One stands trial for concealing her augmentation from Starfleet while Captain Pike and the crew do all they can to help in “Ad Astra per Aspera“, Strange New Worlds SE2 EP2 written by Dana Horgan and directed by Valerie Weiss. Mark Turetsky: Hi Will! Youâre a lawyer, right? What if I set up a…
Captain Pike is away helping Number One, leaving Spock to deal with âThe Broken Circleâ of the shipâs crew. Witness the very first time Spock steals the Enterprise to avert a war with the Klingons in Strange New Worlds SE2 EP1! Written by Henry Alonso Myers & Akiva Goldsman, directed by Chris Fisher. Mark Turetsky:…
SPOILER WARNING: The following article contains major spoilers for Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Amazing Spider-Man #26. On May 31, Marvel released Amazing Spider-Man #26, controversially killing Marvelâs most prominent South Asian character, Kamala Khan. She becomes one more of a long line of characters whose deaths happen to fuel Peter Parkerâs ever-flowing fountain of…
With everything on the line, the crew of the Enterprise make a desperate attempt to rescue Jack from the Borg cube while Seven, Raffi and the other grown ups take back the Titan. Will they succeed, or will they be âThe Last Generationâ of humanity? Picard season 3 episode 10 written and directed by Terry…