The fourth episode of The Expanse’s third season showed viewers that Holden and his crew might be some of the only people in the solar system, along with Anna Volovodov, who actually want peace. Everyone else featured in “Reload” seems intent upon destroying large swaths of humanity.
The Expanse’s fourth episode showed viewers that Jules-Pierre Mao’s humanity is quite limited indeed. A brief glimpse into his softer side in “Assured Destruction” was pretty much wiped away by his heartless display upon seeing two lab assistants turned into a gooey mess by Mei’s protomolecule-enhanced friend Katoa. It seems that Mao’s brief flash of humanity only pertains to Mei.
The Expanse Season 3, Episode 4: “Reload” – Three Amigos
Holden and company, low on fuel and other resources elect to salvage what they need from disabled Martian ships left to drift. They find a good candidate for salvage but find three of the crew alive on board. The Martian guests wear out their welcome quickly when they try to violently gain control of the ship.
They manage to beat the crap out of Alex, but a tense exchange between Bobbie, still wearing her amazing Martian battle suit, defuses the situation quickly by calmly stating her greater firepower. The would-be Martian mutineers surrender, and Holden, after repairing their ship, sends them on their way along with Avasarala’s message of Errinwright’s betrayal.
The Expanse Season 3, Episode 4: “Reload” – “Oh yeah, the OPA!”
An appearance from the Belters shows that Drummer and a convoy of Belter ships are bringing the Nauvoo back home, having previously set it adrift in an attempt to to knock Eros off of its collision course with Earth. I guess the Mormons want it back…
The Expanse Season 3, Episode 4: “Reload” – “Mission Accomplished!”
His Excellency Secretary General Sorrento-Gillis delivers the speech that Volovodov wrote for him but does a little riffing at the end that ratchets the speech up into an all-out call for a crusade against Mars, race-traitors that they are.
Volovodov can’t take the dishonesty of the job anymore. She calls her wife and tells her she’s coming home, but a last-minute transmission from the Pinus Contorta that shows Errinwright admitting his responsibility for the attack on Ganymede gives her pause. The altruistic speech-writing doctor/pastor desperately wants to reunite with her family, but positive proof of treason is hard to leave alone, especially when the fates of three different human civilizations hang in the balance.
The Expanse Season 3, Episode 4: “Reload” – Final Thoughts
I’m glad that Holden is getting, at least peripherally, involved in putting an end to the war. I worry about Mei at the hands of the less-than-sane duo of Strickland and Mao, but based on Mao’s protective nature, at least where Mei is concerned, I think she’ll probably last long enough for Holden to end the war and then head to Io to pick her up. If I were Prax, though, I probably wouldn’t feel like betting on that.
I’ve enjoyed watching Errinwright use Sorrento-Gillis as a puppet. It’s good to see greedy and fame-hungry politicians brought low by their own ambition, so I hope that Volovodov’s interference allows just that.
THIS POST CONTAINS MASSIVE SPOILERS FOR THE EPISODE, A SINGLE PALE ROSE
So, has everyone has a moment to breath after the bombshell revelation which has just been dropped on us? There are a lot which comes from this revelation so let’s go one step at a time.
Rose Quartz Was Pink Diamond
This is the biggest element to take away. Early footage saw Pearl in the shadows holding Rose’s sword so everyone grabbed onto the idea she has been the one to shatter Pink Diamond. Instead it was all a lie. Pink Diamond had disguised herself as Rose Quartz to be able to go out and explore more of her colony. Once she realized she would never be able to live in the world as a Diamond, she decided to stage her own death by having her Pearl impersonate her other form. This is major point which left many fans feeling their jaws hit the floor but there is much more which can be looked at.
Internal Rebellion
Instead of a wayward worker who wanted to throw off the shackles, the revelation of Rose being Pink Diamond shows much more. Pink had fallen in love with her colony, the planet Earth, and didn’t want to see it come to harm. Despite her constant protests the other diamonds were insistent Earth be used like any other colony which meant it would be drained to make new Gem soldiers and eventually destroyed when the Gem weapon, the Cluster emerged. Pink couldn’t see this come to pass which is why she went through the elaborate plan of faking her own shattering.
Steven Is A Diamond
Explains a lot actually. Steven has displayed an almost abundant amount of powers throughout the series. It made fans wonder if he had a limit. If his Gem is actually a Diamond, his ever growing power set makes much more sense. It also explains the dreams he has been having about being Pink Diamond. This will definitely shake things up as the series progresses.
Feeling Blue
A flashback showed it was Blue Diamond who took a more stern, motherly role in Pink’s deployment. Blue insisted Pink’s protests were simply jitters and Pink would eventually take her rightful place as a diamond who could led the colony correctly. The previous appearances of Blue Diamond has shown she constantly battles with depression over the loss of Pink. This no doubt comes from the feeling of guilt as Blue kept pushing Pink on without heading Pink’s warnings. Blue’s depression stems from the belief if she had listened Pink wouldn’t have been shattered.
Lion Is What?
Lion isn’t a reformed pink diamond like everyone believed for so long. There is no telling when it secret behind the pink Lion and the strange powers he displays. For now at least one of the major theories behind him has been put to rest.
Wrongful Imprisonment
A small note but it is worth bringing up. The Diamonds, in retaliation for what they believed to be Rose Quartz Rebellion have all the remaining Rose Quartz made since bubbled out of fear another such event would take place. An entire class of Gem has had to suffer thanks to Pink Diamond’s decision.
Phoney Story
What the gems knew about Rose isn’t the truth. She was not a worker who rebelled after seeing the joy of the world but a diamond the entire time. Really puts a damper on the touching origin story Garnet gave just a few episodes ago. A preview for the next episode shows this is going to have repercussions. It showed Garnet unfusing as Sapphire is unable to deal with this revelation. What about the rest of the cast? What will Lapis do? Will she try to kill Steven for her hatred for the Diamonds? Not everyone will take this news well and they may have mixed feelings for the lie which has been spread for so long.
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Last night’s episode of Westworld, “Virtù e Fortuna”, gave us a glimpse of some of the other Delos parks waiting to be explored, questions about free will, and showed us how much fun you can have with a flame-thrower. Caution: SPOILERS roll through these hills, so take heed before moving on.
There Are Other Worlds Than These
Things kick off in another park, but unfortunately not Shogun World (we have to get there eventually, right?). The Raj, as it’s called on this Delos website, is based on colonial India, where guests can ride elephants, hunt tigers, and smoke what appear to be very loosely-rolled cigarettes. An intuitive and well-armed woman (unnamed in the episode, but called Grace according to IMDB) embarks on a hunting expedition but quickly realizes something is wrong. She narrowly escapes being killed by an out-of-control host, then is chased out of the “guest experience area” by the same Bengal tiger that Bernard and crew found washed up on shore in “Journey Into Night”. After the attack, she washes up on the very same shore, at the feet of a few members of the Ghost Nation.
“She Has a Dragon”
Maeve, along with Hector and a humiliated Lee, encounter their own band of Ghost Nation warriors while hauling ass across a stream. Maeve is unable to control the warriors as she has other hosts, so they are forced to flee. They find a conveniently placed elevator and take it underground. Here Lee watches Maeve and Hector share a tender moment and becomes incensed that this affection is outside the narrative he wrote for them (I guess this is a bigger issue for him than the kidnapping, murder, etc.). Hector tells Lee that he is no longer controlled by the narrative, but while saying it, Lee speaks the words Hector was about to use, so Hector’s level of self-determination is very much up for debate.
In the underground halls, they find Armistice, complete with a new arm and new armaments (grenades and a flame-thrower or, if you prefer, dragon), gleefully lighting a man on fire. She leads them to Maeve’s former lackey Felix and his partner Sylvester. Heading back outside to find Maeve’s daughter, they find an abandoned campsite, a decapitated head, and an angry samurai.
The Battle of the Three Armies
Bernard and Charlotte finally find Peter Abernathy (and the cache of guest information hidden within him). Peter is being held hostage (along with some board members) by Rebus and his magnificent sideburns.
Charlotte lures the outlaw into the woods and, after a quick rock to the head and a digital attitude adjustment, he goes from the Rebus the Maleficent to Rebus the Virtuous, killing his crew and freeing the hostages. Charlotte and Bernard try to extract Peter, but the hasty programming job Charlotte previously had Lee install causes some issues and the Confederados capture Peter and Bernard while she rides off.
Dolores/Wyatt and her army (including Clementine!) reach Fort Forlorn Hope and convince the rest of the Confederados to join them for the coming battle with Delos. Before the clash ensues, Dolores is reunited with Peter Abernathy, her father from a previous loop. The reunion quickly turns sad, as Dolores sees her father torn by his conflicting programming. Part of him is still her father and wants to return to their home, but the other part (only a shell of a whole person) is driven to get to the train out of the park. Dolores asks Bernard to fix Peter. He tells her about Peter’s conflicting programming and the large, unknown files he’s housing.
While he’s working to break the encryption, a visually-impressive but confusing battle occurs. Delos and QA storm the heavily-manned front of the fort, but I guess no one thought to close the back door, because Charlotte manages to have her men sneak in and retrieve Peter while most of the fighting is happening out front. Dolores, after having her own forces retreat into the fort, stranding her new “comrades” the Confederados outside, notices the men kidnapping her father and sets off into a hail of bullets after them, but is unable to stop Charlotte from escaping with him. Angela blows up the invading force and Dolores tells Teddy to execute Craddock and the remaining Confederados. Teddy, who has never been fully on-board with Dolores and her violent crusade, spares Craddock and his men. He may think he’s doing to the right thing, but the look on Dolores’s face says Teddy is probably no longer on her list of “those who deserve to get to Glory”.
What’s Next?
Who is Grace, and how does she and The Raj fit into the rest of the storyline? Will Teddy end up as one of the hosts floating in the sea, or make it to Glory? Can the new version of Clementine talk, or just drag people around by the arm? We’ll have to tune in to the upcoming episodes to find out.
The Handmaid’s Tale’s third episode, entitled “Baggage,” aired on Hulu on May 2nd. Canadian viewers of the Hulu original based on Margaret Atwood’s novel of the same name had to wait until the following Sunday to catch up when the episode aired on bravo and subsequently Bell Media’s CraveTV. But whether you were north or south of the 49th parallel when it aired, “Baggage” was another tense episode that continued to show June’s struggle to flee the theocratic state of Gilead for the greener pastures of Canada.
In addition to this episode’s The Fugitive-style action that shows June riding from safe-house to safe-house relying on the kindness of strangers, viewers found out some information about June’s past and motivations and also got a brief glimpse of how things are going in Canada for Moira and Luke.
The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2, Episode 3: “Baggage” – “You can jog, but you can’t hide.”
Jogging around her now-familiar dwelling, the abandoned offices of The Boston Globe, that she’s lived in for the past two months, June has adapted well to her temporary home. She regularly visits her shrine to the fallen “gender-traitors” and has also been collecting information on the rise of the Sons of Jacob, the militant order that violently overthrew the US government and founded Gilead. June continually finds articles printed about her own mother, Holly, and June’s voice-over remarks that her mother was there all along though no one noticed her.
A flashback shows June as a girl attending a Take Back the Night rally with her mother. June sees the rallying women throwing pieces of paper into a fire, and Holly explains that the pieces of paper bear the names of the women’s attackers. June reflects that there were so many that they looked like snow. She also reflects that she used to love seeing her mother, strong and defiant, at rallies like those.
The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2, Episode 3: “Baggage” – Unsafe-house
June’s daydreaming comes to an end when Nick walks into the room and tells June that she should be ready to go to the next safe-house. June asks about her daughter Hannah, and Nick replies that he is trying to arrange something. Nick insists that it will be better for everyone if June gets across the border safely, but June reminds Nick that better never means better for everyone.
Later, June waits on the loading dock for her delivery of supplies, but this time the driver, who viewers recognize as the same man who brought June here, tells her that he’s here to take June to her next destination. June is reluctant to leave but eventually she climbs in the back of the driver’s truck, taking one last look at her temporary home.
The elderly driver drops June off at a warehouse full of old road-signs and tells her someone else will be along to pick her up. While June looks at the town sign for Salem, Massachusetts, a voice from the shadows asks if June is a good or a bad witch. The voice belongs to Omar who gives June a map and tells her that after one night in a safe-house, he will take her to an airstrip where a pilot will fly her to Canada. But as the two rebels make their way to Omar’s van, he receives a text message, abruptly tells June that the safe-house isn’t safe, and tells June she can’t come with him.
The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2, Episode 3: “Baggage” – “You shall not pass!!!”
Taking a cue from Gandalf the Grey, June defiantly blocks Omar’s exit. This hard-headed defiance quickly melts away to a plea, and a frustrated Omar acquiesces and opens the door for June.
With the prearranged safe-house compromised, Omar, against his better judgement, brings June to his home. Omar’s domestic situation is obvious to June: they are econo-people, the social caste of labourers of which June would have been a part had she not been identified as an adulterer, because she is Luke’s second wife, by Gilead officials.
Initially reluctant to help, Omar’s wife eventually agrees to put June up. The two econo-people have an econo-son who June graciously plays fire trucks with until his mother puts an end to it. Having learned that June is a handmaid on the run, she tells June that she would die before giving up her own baby. June replies, “I used to think that too,” which shuts the ungracious hostess up pretty well.
The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2, Episode 3: “Baggage” – Take Me to Church
Omar and his wife and son head to church. Omar’s wife tells June to keep quiet, saying that everyone listens there. The son knowingly agrees, and as they leave their cramped apartment they tell June they’ll be back by 2 o’clock. A somewhat reckless June watches through the window as they leave but thinks better of it when she hears someone knock at the door. She runs for the bedroom and hides under the bed. When the inquisitive neighbour leaves and June is able to relax a bit, she finds a Koran and a prayer mat stuck under the box-spring.
A flashback shows June at her mother’s house. Holly, a hard-line feminist activist, thinks that June is wasting her time working for an academic publisher and “playing house” with Luke when she should be putting her mind to fighting for her and others’ rights. June puts on a strong front but cries when her Holly can’t see her.
The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2, Episode 3: “Baggage” – “Hey! That’s my mom!”
In a flashback to her training at the Red Centre, a slideshow reviews the sundry ways that humanity has polluted the earth. Aunt Lydia describes the poisons that we subjected the earth to and as she preaches a photo of Holly toiling in the colonies comes up. June tells Moira that she told her mother it was dangerous. Moira tells June she was right, but June replies that her mother was right too.
Back in Omar’s apartment, it’s past 5 and there’s still no sign of the family’s return. Sick of waiting and fearing what might happen if she’s found, June steals the uniform of an econo-wife from the closet, puts it on, and marches out the door. A tense train ride later, and June is on the run. She has recurring doubts about fleeing without Hannah but continues nonetheless and eventually reaches the airstrip she was told to meet the pilot at.
The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2, Episode 3: “Baggage” – “How do I know you didn’t just chop part of your ear off for fun?!”
Night falls and the pilot lands his plane. June runs up to the apparent vehicle of her salvation and has a gun pointed in her face by the pilot. He wants some assurance that she is the handmaid he’s supposed to pick up. Showing him her mutilated ear, the pilot relents and allows her to board. A fellow defector, a young chauffeur, arrives and gets a a similar treatment.
Both pieces of human cargo are hurried into the small plane and the pilot starts to take off. June and the chauffeur, nearly out of the woods, share a quick smile as the plane starts its ascent. Their relief is short-lived, though. A blockade of Eye trucks stand at the end of the runway.
The soldiers open fire on the small plane forcing it to stop. The pilot is unceremoniously dragged out of his cockpit and shot in the head. The fleeing chauffeur, suffering a gunshot wound, is hauled out, and then so is June. Close but no Canadian cigar.
The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2, Episode 3: “Baggage” – Moira’s Night Out
Moira, living with Luke and working at a center for Gileadean refugees, is having some difficulties adjusting to life in Canada. Her social work is on point, but she has understandable struggles with intimacy after her ordeal in the former United States. A depressing bathroom hookup shows Moira exerting power over her partner rather than engaging in anything that could be called intimacy. Making matters even more upsetting, Moira introduces herself to her bathroom buddy as Ruby, the name she used when she was working at Jezebel’s, the brothel for commanders and other above-the-law types.
This rather depressing look at nightclub life precedes a wry interaction with Moira and Luke’s previously mute roommate, also a defector handmaid, who manages a “Blessed be the Froot Loops” when Moira returns after her debauched night out. The three share an uncommon laugh.
The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2, Episode 3: “Baggage” – Moms and Daughters
This episode, aside from being exceptionally tense at just about every possible moment, also offered fans of the novel some much desired content to chew on. The introduction of June’s mother shows that the second season won’t be a complete improvisation by the show’s writers. June’s mother was a key part of the novel’s narrative, so it was great to see her…even if she was working in the colonies.
In addition to enjoying that the writers are making reference to the show’s original source material, it’s been really refreshing to see a show that illustrates the perfect imperfection of most mother-daughter relationships. June’s struggle to keep herself alive makes her abandon her own daughter, and June’s relationship with her mother does little more than make her feel guilty about the small choices she made for her life before the fall. These imperfect relationships, difficult and disappointing as they may be, are still a great source of love.
The Handmaid’s Tale Season 2, Episode 3: “Baggage” – Final Thoughts
The scene in “Baggage” that best illustrates this unique relationship showed June and Holly, pre-Gilead, driving with the top down. With June at the wheel, Holly relaxes with her feet on the dash, and sings along with the radio to Gwen Stefani’s “Hollaback Girl.” A reserved June admonishes her wild mother but before long she’s singing along with her, coming in just in time for, “This my shit, this my shit.”
I was upset but not surprised that June’s plane got shot down. I admit that I couldn’t help but get my hopes up even though I didn’t really think that the rest of the season would show June living it up in Canada. This show is great at making viewers long for a win, and I sure got suckered in this time.
Steven Universe is ready for the summer and continues to release new episodes. Last year, the show started the summer with Wanted, four back to back episodes which changed the way the show immensely. Could these two episodes be even better?
SPOILERS WARNING FOR CAN’T GO BACK
Can’t Go Back
Summary: Ronaldo spots something mysterious on the moon, and Steven goes to investigate.
Time to check in on Lapis. Turns out her departure didn’t go as well as she had hoped. Lapis has been using Gem technology to watch Earth. Lapis has been missing Peridot but is scared to go back and witnessed Peridot helping to train the team and essentially been able to move on after Lapis’ departure. Lapis’ behavior is the Gem equivalent of cyber stalking.
Lapis seems to live her life as the perfect representation of someone who has had a number of bad experienced which has left lasting damage. In the middle it seems Lapis mirrors an individual too scared to be a part of a family but too scared to run away. Lapis Lazuli, the entire fan community wants you to be happy but you keep displaying signs of a character who is stuck in the past and just can’t let anything go. Unfortunately, the elements to unpack over this in depth character portrayal
are overshadowed by what takes place in the very next episode.
There will be no spoiler for this episode. To spoil a single moment of what transpires would be a disservice to the majesty which what unfolds in the brief running time of this episode. Things will never be the same after the revelation which unfolded..
This episode is filled with “Blink and you miss it” moments. Elements such as Pearl’s wall of items no doubt offer hints to the past and other events which have unfolded. Unfortunately, this will be overlooked due to the intense nature behind the final moments of the episode. This is so intense there will be an attention write up on what just transpired.
Know, this is standard of what it takes for an episode of Steven Universe to receive a perfect score. To take expectations of what will happened and flip them upside down and leave the audience in stunned silence as they unpack everything which has just taken place. Thank you Steven Universe for continuing to be one of the best animated shows to ever exist.
You might remember that, back in April, Marvel hinted at a bigtime upcoming Extermination Event across multiple X-Men titles. The plan has now come full circle.
The story will fast forward 20 years into the future, one that will see mutant kind on the verge of extinction and face-to-face with an ‘incident’ that they might not survive. How did the future come to be and is it too late to prevent it? Clues will placed in the final pages of said select X-Men titles in the form of the post-credit scenes we have come accustomed to seeing in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
The Mad Titan himself, Thanos, is headed to Fortnite: Battle Royale in an epic crossover between Marvel and Epic Games.
Starting tomorrow, fans can take part in the new Infinity Gauntlet Limited Time Mashup mode, which sees Thanos become a playable character. The difference between this mode and the normal Battle Royale? This time, players are competing to claim the Infinity Gauntlet. The gauntlet will appear on the map, and whichever player finds and equips the item will turn into Thanos.
Check out the first look at Thanos in Fortnite below, via an exclusive Entertainment Weekly image.
Joe and Anthony Russo, directors of Avengers: Infinity War, took breaks while editing the film and would spend time playing video games. As time went on, the brothers wanted to see a crossover between Avengers: Infinity War and Fortnite. After reaching out to Epic Games’ Donald Mustard and seeing his interest, the plan was set and the new game mode was kicked into development.
Are you excited to weild the Mad Titan’s gauntlet in Fortnite? Comment below, let us know!
This series will be a brief, semi-comedic review of the CW superhero shows. You can check out last week’s review post here. The only shows discussed will be ‘Arrow’, ‘Flash’, and ‘Supergirl’. There WILL be some spoilers discussed, so only look at the reviews you’re up to date on!
ARROW’s confusing trends of “episodes that don’t really feature The Green Arrow” continues. It’s pretty boring, especially since it wasn’t that long ago THE FLASH had a similar story line. It was fun to see the return of Wil Traval – glad to see he’s still alive in one superhero show. The details of Rene’s betrayal are still confusing, but it’s clear this time around. It is smart to bring up how Team Arrow has pulled the substitute Arrow angle before, particularly with Roy. Unfortunately, cycling back to smart ideas doesn’t make this episode strong on its own merits.
SCORE: 6/10 Episode Title Numbers
WEEKLY WIN TALLY:
The Flash: 8 Weeks
Supergirl: 6.5 Weeks
Arrow: 5 Weeks
What show did you think won the week? Does Legends of Tomorrow or Black Lightning take your vote? Let us know in the comments below!
Cobra Kai, a new YouTube Red series that continues the story started in Karate Kid, premiered on the streaming service to very positive reviews and a part of that is due to the soundtrack created by composers Leo Birenberg and Zach Robinson.
Cobra Kai’s soundtrack is a careful mix of a wide range of sounds. But before getting to the show, we took a trip through each composer’s past …
Leo: “I grew up playing the saxophone and clarinet; singing in the choir. I play flute too and pretty much all woodwind instruments. I also sang in a lot of musicals; I was a bit of a theatre kid. So, I just come from that band geek theatre nerd background. It wasn’t until the end of high school and going into college that I took to writing music. For me, something about that clicked in my brain that I would prefer to be the guy behind the scenes putting things together rather than playing or performing. That works better for my micromanaging … control problems.”
Zach: “I started off on guitar and rock instruments. I played in bands growing up; played around L.A. a lot when I was in high school. What got me into music were bands like Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin … but I also had an affinity for film scores, specifically Ennio Morricone and the Spaghetti Western soundtrack. My rock background evolved into more cinematic sounds from there, and I studied that in college and ended up at Christophe Beck’s studio.”
At some point, the two strangers met and their musical inclinations were a great fit together.
Zach: “We worked together for a composer called Christophe Beck. We met at his studio. By the time we left the studio in late 2015 we had worked on another YouTube Red series called Sing It!”
Leo: “Zach and I both have different musical upbringings and backgrounds, but it’s also both so broad that we have a lot of overlap. We have an easy time bouncing ideas back and forth. We can speak each other’s language.”
Zach: “Creatively, Leo and I work very similarly. We knew that when Cobra Kai was going to be a thing that it was the kind of project that would fit both or our expertise and our personalities.”
How does a composer start creating new music for a well-known franchise with an iconic soundtrack?
Leo: “The challenge with something like Cobra Kai is that there’s an established sound, a palette, that fans of the series … it brings them back. We knew we had to pay respects to that original palette. So … let’s break down the original movie and movies and what about those define the sound? If we were listening to a Cobra Kai soundtrack, what would we want to hear?”
Zach: “It was a very collaborative process with the creators and the other people involved in the show. Everyone was very open to what we offered them and encouraged a lot of different musical ideas.”
Leo: “The first three movies are pretty similar. The second one is a little more Japanese in terms of percussion and the use of traditional Japanese instruments. That was something we wanted to do. We took the first three movies as one kind of ‘sound world’ and broke that down. The orchestral elements; the Japanese elements; the more contemporary music from the period. We used that to move forward.
What about nerves when dealing with a beloved franchise?
Leo: “Nerves weren’t too bad. We were really excited to do it. We were so stoked when we were getting started. Any nerves we had were overwhelmed by enthusiasm.”
Zach: “It was really fun for us and, I think, for everyone else who worked on the show. It was an enjoyable project to work on.”
What can viewers expect from Cobra Kai?
Leo: “I think what really works about the show isn’t just the nostalgia effect; it throws you in to this expansive continuation of the story. We’ve even discussed whether the word sequel is even appropriate. The story and web of characters is so good that you get hooked into the story from the get-go.”
Zach: “It’s a total tonal shift from the original story. It’s approaching a similar story but from these wildly different perspectives. Both the tone of the characters and how they interact within their world is something not seen in the original films. It’s also more of a comedy with dramatic elements which I don’t think is how anyone would describe the original films.”
Leo: “I think what’s really cool about it is that it’s this coming-of-age story for two generations. There’s a lot going on storytelling wise that feels really at home with the original series.”
The digital soundtrack is already available. But there’s more coming …
Leo: “A physical release [of the soundtrack] on May 22nd, through La-La Land Records and I believe a vinyl release next month.”
Check out the soundtrack and a preview of Cobra Kai by clicking HERE!
Netflix dropped the first trailer to Season 2 of Marvel’s Luke Cage Monday morning.
Here are the multiple taglines given by Netflix – Can one man save a community? And in his struggle to do so, will he find himself consumed by the very darkness he is fighting against? As a new VILLAIN rises, and a QUEEN takes the throne in HARLEM, cracks begin to form in the once unbreakable HERO…
About Marvel’s Luke Cage Season Two: After clearing his name, Luke Cage has become a celebrity on the streets of Harlem with a reputation as bulletproof as his skin. But being so visible has only increased his need to protect the community and find the limits of who he can and can’t save. With the rise of a formidable new foe, Luke is forced to confront the fine line that separates a hero from a villain.
Marvel’s Luke Cage stars Mike Colter, Simone Missick, Alfre Woodard, Theo Rossi, Mustafa Shakir, Gabrielle Dennis, and Rosario Dawson.
All thirteen episodes of Marvel’s Luke Cage, Season 2 premiere exclusively on Netflix on June 22, 2018.
