Category Archives: Television
I’m Confident the Final Season of Stranger Things Will Deliver
We got a new trailer yesterday for the fifth and final season of Stranger Things, many years after the last season came out. People will complain about that, but not me. I’ve grown accustomed to having years pass between prestige TV seasons. It just is what it is, and one hopes they can simply stay alive to see the next season.
Anyway, here’s Stranger Things.
Looks great! It’s the final season, so they’re clearly just going for broke with all the monsters and super powers and this and that and huzzah! It doesn’t bother me in the slightest that the actors are old now. People age. It’s called suspension of disbelief. Come up with better jokes. I can’t wait to watch!
The final season will start on Thanksgiving, get a second part on Christmas and then have the finale on New Year’s Eve.
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A Better Look at Plur1bus
Plur1bus is the next show from TV mastermind Vince Gilligan, the creative genius behind Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. We got a teaser a few weeks ago, and now we’ve got a fuller trailer for the upcoming first season. It looks wild.
Looks wild, looks weird, looks to be pretty good. I don’t want to speculate on what’s happening, but this is a solid and intriguing trailer that will definitely have me checking out the show. Get on board now!
Plur1bus comes to AppleTV on Nov. 7.
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Let Them Have More Fionna & Cake
I’m still alive! It’s been a week and a half since I last posted, which might be the longest I’ve ever gone without a post. Wild. But I had a really busy week last week at work, and then the comics I read weren’t really worth talking about for a review column, and then there simply haven’t been any trailers or videos or news worth sharing — or, at least, going out of my way to make a post to share.
But I needed to write something and I’ve settled on the Adventure Time: Fionna & Cake season 2 trailer from Comic-Con a week or two ago.
HBO Max has also just released the opening title sequence! Neat!
I love Adventure Time and I loved the first season of the Fionna & Cake spin-off. So I’m very excited for a second season. As with this franchise, the possibilities are limitless for where they can go and what they can do. Can’t wait!
The new season kicks off on Oct. 23…which is tomorrow! Whew, good thing I’m alerting you people to this gem right now.
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I Am Very Excited for the Wonder Man Show
Marvel revealed the first full Wonder Man trailer at New York Comic-Con this past weekend and I am very excited. I’ve never particularly cared about the character in the comics, but I really, really love the premise of the show. The first trailer gives us a pretty good look at that premise.
So Wonder Man was an old school sci-fi movie in the MCU and it’s getting a modern movie reboot, and the main character of the show wants to play Wonder Man in the movie. That sounds really interesting and neat! I like a good meta show.
The show was created by Destin Daniel Cretton, the guy behind Shang-Chi and, I think, the next Spider-Man movie, so Marvel has a lot of faith in him. And it stars Yahya Abdul-Mateen II, who is good in everything. So I’ve got a lot of faith and hope in this one.
I just wish that trailer had given us some kind of hint as to what’s really going on. Is the actor going to get super-powers? Is the director up to something sinister? Or maybe it really is just surface level Hollywood stuff.
We’ll find out when Wonder Man comes to Disney+ on Jan. 27.
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NYC Comic-Con Trailers Already! Like Game of Thrones and The Mighty Nein!
New York Comic-Con has kicked off and I’m not there. I’ve got work and stuff. But a bunch of trailers have already arrived online, and I’ve compiled them into this nice big blog post. It’s probably not every trailer that’s come out so far, but it’s all the ones that caught my eye, and that’s really what this blog is all about: me!
First up is the first trailer for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, another Gamer of Thrones spin-off. I haven’t seen a single episode of House of the Dragon, but I obviously enjoyed the original and this one looks like fun!
Maybe I’ll give this one a shot. Or maybe I’ll finally watch House of the Dragon. It’s hard to say with me. I watch and don’t watch all sorts of things. But this trailer makes the show look very fun, with solid production values and some good main characters. That’s good enough for me!
A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms comes to HBO MAX on Jan. 18.
Next up is a trailer for the second season of Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, the animated spin-off from the Mutant Mayhem movie.
Looks great! I loved Mutant Mayhem. I loved the first season of Tales. They introduced a fun new mutant I really like: Lee the Eel! And this second season looks to bring in Old Hob from the IDW comics, as well as possibly Tokka and Rahzar! I want this show to use existing mutants! That’s half the fun of seeing new adaptations of the Turtles, to see the new adaptations of classic characters as well! So I’m fully on board.
Season two of Tales of the TMNT comes to Paramount+ in December.
Let’s move on to a trailer for The Mighty Nein, the second campaign from Critical Role. I am not a Critter, which is what I think CR fans are called. I’ve never watched their D&D show, but I’ve seen clips, and all those clips are from The Mighty Nein sessions, so I’m very excited about this new adaptation!
And it looks great! The characters and voice-acting will be the highlights, and I can’t wait to see some of my favorite clips turned into actual animated TV show.
The Mighty Nein comes to Prime Video on Nov. 19, which is soon!
The last trailer to catch my attention is the one for Pluribus, a weird, sci-fi show by Vince Gilligan, the guy behind Breaking Bad and Better Call Saul. I loved both those shows so I’m obviously excited for this new one!
And we should all be excited! Looks sufficiently weird and sufficiently sci-fi. And we know we can trust Vince Gilligan.
Pluribus…or maybe it’s Plur1bus…comes to AppleTV+ on Nov. 7, which is even sooner! Neat!
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