Strangely Familiar World

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  • Title: Strange World
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Opening with heavy pulp-themes before shifting into a story of fathers and sons set against an unremarkable 4os or 50s sci-fi background, Strange World, much like Pixar’s Onward (which also set sights on parental issues in a fantasy-sci-fi setting) is more underwhelming than anything else. While not a bad film, Strange World is simply okay thanks more to vibrant visuals of the hidden world discovered by our characters than the characters themselves or the plot they get wrapped up in. Without its visuals, Strange World would be as forgettable as many sci-fi films of the era it pulls from.

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Leverage: Redemption – The One Man’s Trash Job

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  • Title: Leverage: Redemption – The One Man’s Trash Job
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The team targets a plastic exporter (Joshua Bitton) who has been dumping waste in local waters and threatening local fishermen who attempt to bring his crimes to light. Rather than targeting his wrongdoing, or attempt to bring it to light, the script gets a bit overly-complicated and takes a hard right turn after the discovery that our baddie of the week is also smuggling high-end antiquities. (Why not just make him a smuggler to begin with rather than adding the dumping storyline which feels like a tacked on feel-good bookend to the story which is, at best, only marginally connected?)

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Zorro Masters II

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As with the first Zorro Masters one-shot, Zorro Masters II reprints a couple of stories from Dell Zorro and Dell Four Color, each from writer/artist Alex Toth. Taking up the majority of the issue, “Gypsy Warning” involves the theft of all the gunpowder within the garrison, replaced by charcoal by the former comandante’s wife and other conspirators working for the traitor known as the Eagle who also plan to kill Sergeant Garcia until Zorro swoops in saving both Garcia, and later the comandante’s wife, from the Eagle’s wrath.

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Dragons: The Nine Realms – Empty Fireworm Nest

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  • Title: Dragons: The Nine Realms – Empty Fireworm Nest
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After returning from the Fire Realm, Alex (Aimee Garcia) discovers a small Fireworm dragon has stowed away in her pack and is discovered by her mothers. With the rest of the swam looking for its missing number, the team split up with Alex and Jun (Ashley Liao) looking to free the dragon before anyone else on ICARIS sees it and uncovers the truth about dragons, and Tom (Jeremy Shada) and D’Angelo (Marcus Scribner) stay behind in an attempt to corral the rest of the swarm. Jin also has to deal with Eugene (Vincent Tong) whose suspicions about dragons have been aroused and Buzzsaw (Haley Joel Osment) continuing to snoop around the facility, thankful both continue to be largely inept in their attempts to prove dragons exist.

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