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The Umbrella Academy – Right Back Where We Started

Alan Rapp / August 3, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: The Umbrella Academy – Right Back Where We Started
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After ending the First Season of the show with an apocalypse, Season Two opens with another one. Picking up from the cliffhanger ending, “Right Back Where We Started” opens with the members of the Umbrella Academy being dumped in Dallas in the 1960s. Although the each end up in the same spot, they arrive months or years apart making them unaware of where the others have disappeared to. Five (Aidan Gallagher) is the last to arrive, appearing in the middle of a Soviet invasion of Dallas and a nuclear attack on United States soil. With the help of Hazel (Cameron Britton), Five returns 10 days prior in hopes of reuniting his family and preventing the end of the world (again). However, there are a trio of odd gentlemen who apparently have other plans.

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Altered Carbon – Payment Deferred

Alan Rapp / August 3, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: Altered Carbon – Payment Deferred
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Takeshi Kovacs (Anthony Mackie) begins his search for the talented killer he believes to be masquerading in the skin of Quellcrist Falconer (Renée Elise Goldsberry). He’s not the only one looking for Horace Axley’s killer, as the leader of a Protectorate squad (Torben Liebrecht) cuts out local police and assumes command of the investigation which he is certain will tie back to a terrorist plot. Carrera (Liebrecht) has added incentive to investigate the crime as the sleeve he mistakenly believes responsible for the murder is Protectorate property which Kovacs is walking around the city in.

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Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy – Siege Part 1

Alan Rapp / August 1, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy – Episode 1
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Set prior to the Autobots and Decepticons leaving Cybertron for Earth, the new series Transformers: War for Cybertron Trilogy opens with the war between the two races of transforming robots still raging on their homeworld but with the Autobot forces dwarfed by the might of Megatron (Jason Marnocha) and his Decepticons. Bumblebee (Joe Zieja) is introduced as a scout who has yet to take a side in the fight, but leads Wheeljack (Bill Rogers) to a source of Energon the Autobots desperately need to continue the struggle. Caught by Jetfire (Keith Silverstein) and his Seekers, the pair looked doomed until the arrival of Optimus Prime (Jake Foushee) to stand-up to Megatron and provide enough of a distraction to get everyone else out alive.

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Super Dinosaur – Big Brother

Alan Rapp / August 1, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: Super Dinosaur – Big Brother
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When the probe from Inner Earth returns with three hatching dinosaur eggs, Super Dinosaur (Mac Heywood) immediately bonds with the trio of disruptive mini-dinos despite being told that they will need to sent home to Inner Earth. After being exposed to DynOre, returning them to Inner Earth is no longer a possibility and the rambunctious trio go wild in the Dynamo Dome. As the humans struggle to catch them, SD finds a different way to reach them proving his worth as a big brother. “Big Brother” is a great mix of chaos and fun while touching on themes from earlier episodes of SD’s isolation from other dinosaurs. While the trio aren’t sticking around, they do get a new home at an Earthcore facility allowing for the possibility of their return later in the series.

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Scooby-Doo! – Scooby Doo and a Mummy, Too

Alan Rapp / July 30, 2020 / Television Reviews

Title: Scooby Doo, Where Are You! – Scooby Doo and a Mummy, Too
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Throwback Thursday takes us back to Scooby Doo, Where Are You! for another mystery involving some meddling kids and their talking dog. Mystery, Inc. investigate the Mummy of Pharaoh Ankha (John Stephenson) which appears to have come to life at the aptly-named Department of Archaeology. While looking for answers, the gang runs across both statues of the Professor (Don Messick) and Dr. Najib (Vic Perrin) made to look like the mummy petrified both men. After getting separated from Scooby (Don Messick), the gang find a statue of him as well (although it doesn’t take long for Scooby to dig out of the shed where he was being kept and break the illusion of petrification). While there’s some obvious holes in the idea of the quick molds (not to mention the impossibilities of a mystical table saw), the statues add a nice touch to the story and help inspire fear of the Mummy who is searching for a golden coin that unlocks hidden treasure.

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