There are two main ways a series can introduce a “twist” and make it land within the confines of the show’s universe. First, the writers can throw breadcrumbs out along the way to the reveal, things that viewers can go back and discover later once the twist has been revealed (even though this grounding device […]
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Yellowjackets – Croak Review
RIP Edwin, we hardly knew you. But boy, are things about to take a turn out in the wilderness. And in the present, well, things aren’t looking so hot for Van at the moment (what are the odds that Other Tai honors that DNR Van signed back in the beginning of the season – yeah, […]
Yellowjackets – Thanksgiving (Canada) Review
Well, I, for one, think that episode should have been titled “What the fuck?!?”, because, much like the mystery bespeckled man at the end of the episode, I screamed that at the screen upon seeing that there were real live people coming upon the camp. Who are they? Where did they come from? Why are […]
Yellowjackets – Dislocation Review
This second installment of season three wasn’t a particularly flashy episode. Rather, it was a tablesetting episode, pushing our characters into their main arcs for the season, showing us which characters would be up against one another, who would be teaming up, and who might have secrets about to be exposed. Once again, our central […]
I Am Mother Review
Netflix has become a home for original sci-fi. Their original content includes films like the dystopian thriller What Happened to Monday and the space drama Stowaway. One of Netflix’s acquisitions was the Australian film I Am Mother, a wonderfully interesting film in the sci-fi genre. In the future there is an extinction event. The future of humanity lies in […]