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Masters of the Universe: Revelation – The Power of Grayskull

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  • Title: Masters of the Universe: Revelation – The Power of Grayskull
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You can feel the influence of Kevin Smith in the first episode of Masters of the Universe: Revelation, both in his fandom of the original TV-show and toyline and his attempt to put his own spin on the concept diving into questions never answering previously concerning the nature of magic in Masters of the Universe and the secrets of Castle Grayskull. It’s certainly less cheesy than the earlier cartoon, with a polished updated look, and taking some dark turns near the end with disillusionment and death.

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Hellboy and the B.P.R.D.: 1957 – Falling Sky

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After the introduction of Dr. Woody Farrier as the new Cryptozoologist for the B.P.R.D. we get a few single-panel snapshots of his adventures with Hellboy over a few years (leading to resentment over time at the pull of field work versus scientific exploration in the lab) before the two show up in Sutton, West Virginia, in 1957 to investigate a flying saucer.

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She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – Episode 1

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  • Title: She-Hulk: Attorney at Law – A Normal Amount of Rage
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Originally introduced back in 1980, She-Hulk has been around the Marvel Universe as a member of various teams include the Avengers and the Fantastic Four but her greatest success came from the 1989 series by John Byrne who kept the character in Hulk mode permanently, allowed her to break the fourth-wall and talk directly to the writer, and often had fun satirizing the hero genre and pushing the limits of the Comics Code. She-Hulk: Attorney at Law attempts to find a way to bring that sensibility to the screen while offering an earlier version of Jennifer Walters (Tatiana Maslany) who, like her cousin Bruce (Mark Ruffalo), can transform between human and Hulk.

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Silk Stalkings – Lady Luck

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  • Title: Silk Stalkings – Lady Luck
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Throwback Thursday takes us back to the unsolved crimes of passion in the wealthy playground of Palm Beach, Florida. “Lady Luck” is notable for offering no opening narration, usually featuring some kind of golf metaphor, to set the stage of the crime either pre or post credits. Chris (Rob Estes) and Rita (Mitzi Kapture) go undercover at a moving underground casino whose owner (John Vargas) just killed on of his clients for not being able to pay his debts. Vargas is adequately menacing as the hot-headed Vargas who isn’t above hitting a woman from time to time including both Rita, who goes undercover as a Blackjack dealer, and the local realtor (Holly Gagnier) he’s strong-arming to help him.

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Dragons: The Nine Realms – The Tangled Web

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  • Title: Dragons: The Nine Realms – The Tangled Web
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While working out some internal conflict between Tom (Jeremy Shada) and D’Angelo (Marcus Scribner), “The Tangled Web” introduces a new species of Spdierwings to the series whose robust webs nearly prove to be the end of and the arachnophobic Jun (Ashley Liao). While the Tom/D’Angelo tension seems ramp-up and then be diffused a bit too conveniently to fit all in the single episode, it does deal with the more rule-abiding and structured Dragon Rider’s conflict over his actions in the caves.

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