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Review: Star Trek Prodigy (Season 1)

2022-12-29 

Does Prodigy have the best, strongest first season of Star Trek since the original series?

I’m not sure… but it’s either that or Strange New Worlds.

There’ll be a second season, right? …right?!

But frankly, I’m edging closer towards Prodigy. They’re BOTH great, don’t misread me, but it feels like Prodigy had a much bigger narrative hill to climb.

They successfully built, from scratch, wholly original characters in a brand new situation. And it was aimed at a new, younger audience who might be unfamiliar with Star Trek while still making it engaging for both new and old fans.

One big example: I bloody HATED Dal for several episodes. Generic, childish, obnoxious teenager archetype. But as the series progresses you can actually feel a very natural maturation that doesn’t feel forced. It feels earned. Same goes for the rest of the cast.

It’s just a damned GOOD show, damn it.

Can’t wait for Season 2! 🍻

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Review: The Munsters (2022)

 
Not gonna lie: I love the neon lighting in this film. It’s excessive to the point of actually working.

Garish. Crude. Extremely corny and cheesy.

Those bits I don’t have a problem with — it’s fun. I had a great time, ultimately. It’s clearly a love letter in the form of an origin story for The Munsters.

So it’s pretty much as expected, if you’ve seen the trailer.

It’s a flawed film, but I want to protect it, despite them.It’s biggest problem: an excessive runtime given the content.

It has a very strong start, don’t get me wrong, but it feels like there was only enough story for half a flick. The major conflict of the story is essentially resolved just over half-way through the film. Both the concern between Lily’s scheming brother, and The Count trying to chase off Herman.

It’s kind of jarring — Grandpa really hated Herman, but once the marriage is over and they’ve been evicted, it’s like a switch is flipped and he’s a happy member of the family, like in the original series.

At that point any actual narrative challenge in the film evaporates as it coasts down to the other side, straight into the credits (complete with a recreation of the original title sequence).

Still, it’s earnest as fuck, and the cast is a delight. All the sight gags and attention to detail is a lot of fun. Absolutely adored the stylish touches everywhere, including that over-saturated neon vibe.

If you saw the trailer and liked what you saw: there are no surprises. It’s that, but two hours long.

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LOVE this cover.

Slack Injection TV – 005 – The Cinematic Experience

2022-09-29 

Slack Injection TV returns after an extended obsession attempting to sync Divine’s mouth movements up to Lordi’s vocalizations.

Yeah, it’s gonna be that kind of episode.

Backup: archive.org

In this episode…

Slack Injection TV – 004 – The Voyage to X-Day

2022-06-30 

Time for more Slack Injection TV! Religion, fire, and UFOs conspire to take you on The Voyage to X-Day!

Backups: archive.org

In this episode…

CLIPS

MUSIC

Slack Injection TV – 003 – The Search for Chargertron

2022-06-10 

Backups: archive.org

In this episode…

Slack Injection TV – 002 – The Wrath of Garco

2022-05-30 

ANOTHER?! Yep. Making these shorter, too — longer they are, the more easy it is for me to get distracted and forget.

Only the slightest effort towards an actual ‘theme’ for this. But still hella random. Working on that. Trying to find what works.

Backups: archive.org, Vimeo, Odysee

In this episode…

Slack Injection TV – 001 – Intellectual Property Violation Extravaganza

2022-05-22 

Starting a new video collage series!

Somehow this will be easier to keep going as a regular thing than, say, the podcast version of Slack Injection. I just love video editing. 😛 Anyway, sometimes there will be a theme. Usually not.

Typically this is just a collection of pseudo-interesting and/or weird amusements that I come across and are certain to never get monetized. Enjoy!

Backups: archive.org, Odysee

In this episode…

Review – The Batman (2022)

2022-04-18 

That was, maybe, the perfect Batman film.

I mean, Batman ’89 will always be my personal favorite. It’s infinitely rewatchable.

But I can’t deny just how great nearly every corner of The Batman is. The overall mood. The music (oh god, the music).

It just all FEELS RIGHT.

The plot may not be terribly original (good luck finding a fresh Batman story after all these decades), but the nearly flawless execution of that story cannot be ignored.

More like this, please!

🐀🐈🦇❓

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