Science Fiction

Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantum-meh-nia

/ / Movie Reviews
  • Title: Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania
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With several of the big Marvel heroes phased out, it falls on Ant-Man (Paul Rudd) to move from plucky comic relief to tentpole of the MCU. Rudd’s third Ant-Man film as a lead is his weakest, although he’s certainly not to blame. Scott Lang continues to be fun and charming as the script moves characters through brightly colored CGI-manufactured sets for both joke and sight gag payoffs. And while many of those do offer a chuckle, ultimately that’s not much more to the script as when screenwriter Jeff Loveness attempts to get serious your attention will shrink to quantum levels.

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Darth Vader #31

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The story of the former Naboo Handmaindens continues in Darth Vader #31 with Vader and the reluctant Handmaidens setting out to save Sabé from Jul Tambor. As we’ve gotten throughout the arc, we see more flashbacks with Vader remembering Padmé pulling away from him and his twisted hope that things might turn out better this time with Sabé.

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The Ark – Everyone Wanted to Be on This Ship

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  • Title: The Ark – Everyone Wanted to Be on This Ship
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Syfy’s new series The Ark introduces us to the characters and story in the middle of a crisis when the passengers for a new Earth colony are awakened from hibernation early due to problems on their deep-space ship which have left them without their command crew and damage to several parts of the ship limiting precious necessities to survive. While the CGI effects on the outside of the ship are passable enough, the staging on the inside of the ship isn’t all that interesting forcing you instead to focus solely on the characters, which is a problem if you aren’t given a reason to want any of them to survive.

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch – The Clone Conspiracy

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  • Title: Star Wars: The Bad Batch – The Clone Conspiracy
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Not featuring a single regular character of the series, and set on Coruscant rather than in deep space, “The Clone Conspiracy” is an anomaly for the series in more ways than one. It also seems to answer the longest running question of the series by reintroducing the character of Senator Riyo Chuchi (Jennifer Hale) who is far to similar to Omega to not make note of, although why someone may have wanted a more human clone of the Senator is still unclear. In a storyline that demands better treatment of veterans, Riyo fights for the rights of decommissioned Clones as the Empire attempts to push through legislation of a new conscripted military force.

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Star Wars: The Bad Batch – Tribe

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  • Title: Star Wars: The Bad Batch – Tribe
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In an episode that is sure to make fans of the defunct Star Wars Expanded Universe think back fondly of Lowbacca, “Tribe” brings the Bad Batch into contact with young Wookiee Jedi Gungi (first introduced back in Star Wars: The Clone Wars) who they return home to Kashyyk where they help the locals fight off Trandoshan slavers. Another standalone episode, and certainly a step-up from “Entombed,” we get some good action here, some fun jungle creatures (and implied gruesome end for our baddies), an interesting possibility of a recurring character that you don’t necessarily need a voice actor for, and get to play on the Clones’ history with the Jedi as well.

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