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News & Features, Television April 10, 2019

Breaking Bad Sequel In the Works?

Breaking Bad is considered by many to be one of the best TV shows of all time, and with the series ending almost six years ago in 2013 it is no surprise that many fans have been left begging for more. And the fans have gotten more… kind of. Currently a spin off show named ‘Better Call Saul,” focusing on Walter and Jessie’s lawyer six years before he meets them is currently in its fourth season. The problem is with “Better Call Saul” is it’s not a true prequel or sequel, it’s just a spin-off. If there was a prequel, there’s not much room to work with since Walter was just nerd and a chemistry teacher, and Jesse was just a low-level drug dealer struggling with addiction before he meet Walter. But now fans have some hope. Recently Aaron Paul (Jesse Pinkman) has confirmed that a sequel movie is in…

News & Features, Television April 3, 2019

The Umbrella Academy: A Review

The newest installment in Netflix’s endless supply of original tv shows and movies is The Umbrella Academy. Based off of a comic book written by Gerard Way (former frontman for My Chemical Romance), the show takes place in present day and is set in an unspecified city and centers around a highly dysfunctional adopted family of seven. Each sibling has an unusual power, except one. The story begins with the death of their father, who they all loathed. He took them in at a young age and trained them to fight crime. The following are the seven children and their powers: One (Luther): Strength. Two (Diego): Extreme accuracy with projectiles (especially knives). Three (Alison): Mind control. Four (Klaus): Can speak to the dead. Five (no other name): Power to jump through time. Six (Ben): possesses monsters from other dimensions under his skin (often seen with tentacles. Seven (Vanya): power unknown…

News & Features, Opinions, Television April 3, 2019

Should You Watch Hunter X Hunter Before Netflix Removes It?

Hunter X Hunter is a show on Netflix you may not have heard of. It did not get very popular while it was included in the Netflix library; this is why Netflix got rid of it. Just recently Netflix added Hunter X Hunter back and I suggest trying it out. Hunter X Hunter is a great show with believable characters, great story, lots of funny moments, as well as some intense fights. I loved this show while it was on Netflix. I would watch it every night. I knew every theme song from every season. As you can probably tell I loved this show. When Netflix removed it from the library I was extremely sad, but now that it is back I can enjoy it once more, and I suggest you do the same before it is removed again. The story is set in a world where there are people…

News & Features, Television February 6, 2019

Punisher Season 2 Recap

WARNING: SPOILERS The Punisher season two came out on January 18 with Jonny Bernthal as the famous comic book character Frank Castle, or The Punisher. The main villain is Billy Russo, A.K.A. Jigsaw, who is from the comics. There is a side villain named John Pilgrim. His character isn’t in the comics so he was made up for the show. Giorgia Whigham plays the new character Amy Bendix who was a runaway teen that Frank protects from getting killed from John’s army. Frank takes Amy with him on his journey, and this forms an amazing relationship between the two. Amber Rose Revah plays Dinah Madani who is a Department Of Homeland Security (DHS) Agent who was in the last season. She appears this season and plays a major part in taking down Billy. After the last season, Billy Russo is in the hospital getting his face fixed up from the…

News & Features, Opinions, Television February 6, 2019

Opinion: 8K TV’s High-Def Scam

When I first heard about 8k TV I was like, cool! Yay! Then I thought, how can the tech industry keep increasing the amount the amount of pixels if the human eye has a set limit? They can’t. 8K–what does it mean? The k in 8k is 1000. That is the amount of pixels on the width of the TV. Increasing that means either increasing the size of your tv or decreasing the size of each pixel. The human eye can’t see that much without moving closer and closer so, 8k TV is a huge scam. It is not worth your money to buy something that has almost no difference unless your screen is enormous or your nose is pressed against it. 4k TV is the max, so spending money on this is just silly. 8k TV actually has no content yet and is still unavailable to the large part…

News & Features, Television December 12, 2018

Simpsons Comic Ends

In the month of October 2018, Bongo comics released Simpsons comic #245 with the caption above the title: “It’s a Simpsons send-off,” confirming that comic #245 was the last. It was announced at ComicCon International in San Diego that the series would be ending along with the Spongebob comic series taking an “extended break” which leaves questions about Bongo’s future. Few know that the long running TV show The Simpsons had a comic series to go along with it. The comic series was a standalone series with a story having nothing to do with the TV show except for the occasional reference in certain episodes and comics. Despite the cancelation of the comics, the show will not be ending and shows no sign of stopping anytime soon. It is currently in its 30th season. There were rumors that the reason Simpsons comics are ending is because in 2018 Mad magazine…

News & Features, Opinions, Television December 12, 2018

Daredevil Season 3 Review

Warning: CONTAINS SPOILERS Daredevil is one of the best showS ever to be created. The season has a 93% Rotten Tomatoes score, which is well deserved. This show is part of the MCU (Marvel Cinematic Universe), which means it is in the same universe as Spider-Man, Iron Man and basically everyone you see in the Marvel movies. Ok, now that the facts are out of the way, time to get on to the review. So, I just finished Daredevil season 3 and it was a really good show. The entire season is based around the storyline of “Born Again” written by Frank Miller. The writers for the show did change the story from the comic a little bit but it worked out pretty well. Pretty much the biggest part that they changed about it is that they told Karen Page’s backstory like it was at the end of her story. I highly…

News & Features, Television October 16, 2018

Spongebob Cancellation Rumors

Your neighborhood reporter, Poyraz Ozer is reporting from Bikini Bottom. There are rumors, or should we say… there were rumors that the Spongebob Squarepants Show would be cancelled in 2018. The question is: “Is the Spongebob Squarepants Show REALLY ending????!!!!!! No worries fans, it is only a hoax. It seems even Bikini Bottom is not immune to fake news and hoax tweets. There was a fake tweet circulating and saying that the show would be cancelled in 2018. Do not worry, The Krusty Krab isn’t out of business just yet. According to Entertainment Weekly, Nikelodeon has ordered 26 more episodes of the show to renew it through 2019. An identical Spongebob Squarepants cancellation hoax swept social media in 2013 and in 2016. Spongebob adventures with Patrick, Squidward, Sandy, Mr. Krab’s, Plankton, and Pearl will continue. Now, as Mr. Krab’s would say, “Get back to work!” Friends Central students’ and staffs’…

News & Features, Television February 28, 2018

Stranger Things: Season Two Episode Six

Episode 6 follows the story lines of Will who is under care at Hawkins Labs, Dustin, Steve, Lucas, and Max who are hunting for Dart, and Hopper who discovers the secrets of Hawkins Labs. The episode also concludes Nancy and Jonathan’s visit to Murray and continues to explore the town of Hawkins and the characters we have grown to love. It begins the buildup to the finale, setting the stage for episode 8; episode 7 follows the story of eleven alone. It also introduces the main conflicts for the rest of the season !!WARNING!! The second part of this article contains a spoiler heavy review of Stranger Things Season 2 Episode 6: The Spy and therefor SPOILERS. Spoiler Review The episode begins with Will in horrible pain being taken into Hawkins Labs. It briefly shows Hopper being washed after his venture into the tunnels under Hawkins before returning to Will…

News & Features, Television January 9, 2018

Stranger Things: Season 2, Episode 2

Episode two, Trick or Treat Freak, follows four storylines, Eleven’s time in the forest and subsequent meeting with Hopper, Hoppers investigation of the poisoned farms and time with Eleven, Will, Mike, Lucas, Dustin, and Max’s activities during Halloween, and the turmoil between Steve and Nancy over Barbara’s death which reaches its climax during a Halloween Party. It is one of the defining episodes of the series as it introduces some of the important season conflicts. Trick or Treat Freak was one of my favorite episodes in this season and certainly one that has best kept in my thoughts afterwards. It sets up many of the major plot points in the season as well many of the most intriguing character relationships. I think it can certainly be considered an iconic episode of stranger things that perfectly follows up upon the previous episode MADMAX and leads into the following episode The Pollywog….

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