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September 22, 2021September 23, 2021

Y – THE LAST MAN [Season 1, Episodes 1-4 Review]: Needs More Than A ‘Hero’.

After a decade of development hell, FX and Hulu finally present Y: The Last Man, based on the comic of the same name by Brian K. Vaughan (Saga) and Pia Guerra, both of whom serve as executive producers on the show. YTLM’s setting is in a post-apocalyptic world in which all the mammals on earth …

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April 6, 2018

LEGION [Season 2, Episode 1 Review]: The Search for Waffles.

Trying to make sense of one episode of Legion is kind of like analyzing what your body experiences during a wild and vivid hallucinogenic trip (Maybe? I dunno.). Created, written, and executive produced by Noah Hawley, Legion throws the superhero genre out the window of a speeding car while laughing maniacally as it drags your …

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December 21, 2017December 21, 2017

THE GEEEEK AWARDS [Best ‘Geek’ TV of 2017]: Mah Gawd.

Welcome to another installment of GHG’s Top "Geek" TV of the Year! All the following lists take a look at our favorite superhero, sci-fi, fantasy, horror and geek-related programming of 2017: cable TV and streaming services included. This side of a few mentions however, not included this year is animation (we will have a separate …

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July 22, 2017July 22, 2017

SDCC 2017 [Panel Review]: Legion.

LEGION (Thursday - Ballroom 20) - Walking around Comic-Con, it is almost inevitable that you'll see a Legion billboard, banner or some other sort of promotion of the show and with good reason. The first season did something not many comic book shows-- and superhero shows in particular--can do: transcend the superhero genre and firmly …

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March 1, 2017March 1, 2017

TABOO [Season 1, Finale Review]: That’s My Boat.

Distraught over James rejecting her, the season finale opens with Zilpha (Oona Chaplin) narrating a letter she wrote to James saying that hopefully they’ll meet on the other side and that maybe someday he’ll want to swap half-sibling saliva of the heart with her if he ever sees her again. She jumps off of a …

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February 10, 2017

LEGION [Series Premiere Review]: My Mind Playing Tricks on Me.

Noah Hawley of Fargo fame has done it again! He’s taken a unique property and made it cool and delightfully quirky. In a world that’s over-saturated with comic book TV shows--most of which are cut from the tried and true formula; origins, superhero in-fighting, villain of the week, etc.--Legion makes you question if what you’re …

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