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Kung Fu – Transformation

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  • Title: Kung Fu (2021) – Transformation
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Kung Fu - Transformation television review

The season finale returns Nicky (Olivia Liang) back to the Chinese monastery and a final confrontation with Zhilan (Yvonne Chapman) who has also learned this is the location of the forge where the weapons were imbued with power. We do get some final twists here as power isn’t in the forge and the power of the weapons eventually dispersed equally between Nicky and Zhilan. Nicky’s choice to release the power into the world, rather than horde it for her own use, proves to be the key to defeating Zhilan. However, the series (now renewed for a second season) does tease a new enemy for Nicky in Russell Tan (Kee Chan) who is just as obsessed with getting his hands on the power as Zhilan ever was.

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Black Widow #9

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Black Widow #9 comic reviewBlack Widow #9 picks up immediately from the previous issue’s cliffhanger with Yelena dead and Black Widow surrounded by the Olio. Enter Lucy with the timely save, and a strategic retreat for the three women. Given the gravity of the situation Natasha was in, things are wrapped up rather quickly, but once out of danger the heroes can begin to regroup.

Anya Corazon and Craig are woven into the story as Widow convinces Apogee‘s former employee about the deadly dangers of his experiments leading Craig (who apparently has some of his own powers) into investigating a cure (although the issue teases the idea that Lucy may not want the cure, even if it can save her life).

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Rick and Morty – Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion

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Rick and Morty – Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion TV review

Voltron fans should enjoy “Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion” which features Rick‘s (Justin Roiland) obsession with collecting Gotron Ferrets which can be combined to form larger and larger Voltron-like robots. Not content with a single robot piloted by each member of his family, Rick reaches out to alternate versions of himself bringing them into to fold to create robots made of other robots as things quickly spiral out of control. If the Fifth Season of Rick and Morty has a theme, that seems to be it: take a simple concept and run with it at breakneck speed, not always stopping to make sure it’s telling a coherent tale, until either the episode ends or you run out of gas. “Gotron Jerrysis Rickvangelion” manages to keep the crazy going fairly well, but with less and less giant Voltron over the course of an episode about giant Voltrons, it does peter out towards the end.

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We Are Lady Parts – Godzilla

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  • Title: We Are Lady Parts – Godzilla
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We Are Lady Parts - Godzilla television review

A crushing failure for the band is followed up by a huge success in “Godzilla” as Amina (Anjana Vasan) decides to rededicate herself to the band and Saira (Sarah Kameela Impey) promises to help her new friend through her fear. Although Amina continues to keep the band secret from her friends, her parents do become aware of her new hobby as the show support both in her daughter overcoming her fears and in her new friendships. The episode gives us Amina struggling through reciting a poem at a poetry slam. Although at times incomprehensible, the small victory pays off huge when she’s able to help perform at the band’s next gig in front of an unimpressed Irish pub. Although Lady Parts doesn’t win over the crowd, Amina (inspired by Saira) does find the strength to perform. The episode also introduces Sofia Barclay as a social influencer who offers to help the band, although the episode foreshadows other motivations behind the woman’s actions.

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Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #5

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Black Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #5 comic reviewBlack Knight: Curse of the Ebony Blade #5 wraps up the Mordred arc with not one but two resurrections as the villain is thwarted with using the Ebony Crown to take control of the world. Although dead for most of the issue, Dane Whitman plays a large role as his dying declaration helps pave the way to the arc’s conclusion and the creation of a new Black Knight.

The reveal of Jackie Chopra‘s lineage is well-handled here as she steps up to help take down the villain and then earn a place at her father’s side as the pair will attempt to share the mantle of the Ebony Blade. I’m not sure how exactly that’s going to work, but I’m guessing various Marvel teams can choose which one they want in a comic from here out.

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