Alan Rapp

The Little Mermaid

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  • Title: The Little Mermaid (2023)
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The Little Mermaid

The latest unnecessary live-action Disney remake cast Halle Bailey as mermaid princess Ariel who dreams of visiting the surface world despite her father’s (Javier Bardem) distrust of humans. While not the most awkward adaptation Disney has tried, there’s nothing in this version of The Little Mermaid that doesn’t feel like a pale comparison to the original 1989 animated-film whose theme of a girl giving up her own voice for love I’ve always found a bit problematic.

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Percy Jackson and the Olympians – We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium

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  • Title: Percy Jackson and the Olympians – We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians - We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium

After an introductory episode that led to Percy Jackson (Walker Scobell) realizing he’d been lied to his entire life and introduced him to the magical world which was more than just his imagination, and a second episode that dramatically increased the amount of information and characters of the magical world in fleshing out the unfortunately named Camp Half Blood (only to have nearly all those characters and setting be immediately removed from the ongoing narrative), Percy sets out on his quest with Annabeth (Leah Jeffries) and Grover (Aryan Simhadri). “We Visit the Garden Gnome Emporium” is the best of the uneven series so far foreshadow trouble for the quest, disagreements among the trio, and a run-in with Medusa (Jessica Parker Kennedy). While still very much Harry Potter-lite, at least the actual storyline of Percy’s quest has begun.

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Harley Quinn #35

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Harley Quinn #35

There’s not an abundance of plot in Harley Quinn #35 with pages and pages devoted to Harley‘s monologuing and freaking out about her problems and the evil Brother Eyes monologuing about their plans (without giving anything away). The issue boils down into the evil Brother Eyes kidnapping Harley’s students and holding them hostage as an attempt to bait Harley into a trap while also infecting most of Harley’s new multiversal friends with their virus.

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Death’s Game – Death

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  • Title: Death’s Game – Death
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Death's Game - Death

The opening episode of Death’s Game introduces us to Choi Yi-jae (Seo In-guk) who commits suicide after years of frustration of not being able to make something of his life. After he dies, he finds himself confronted by Death (Park So-dam) who doesn’t take kindly to his actions or his disparagement of her in his suicide note. As punishment, Death will reincarnate Choi Yi-jae into 12 different lives, all about to die, forcing him to experience death over and over again. However, if in any of these lives he can avoid death he will be allowed to live out that person’s life to a natural end.

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Giant Robot Hellboy #3

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Giant Robot Hellboy #3

There’s not a lot of answers in the final issue of Giant Robot Hellboy. With Hellboy unconscious on the floor of the secret cabal who kidnapped him the robot he’s no longer connected to continues to fight being controlled by Hellboy but not Hellboy… um, yeah. The giant robot continues to knock off various monsters on the island. Meanwhile, our intrepid soldier Jian escapes the island thanks to a warning from whatever shared consciousness is powering our Mecha-Hellboy.

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