Every week there are tons of newly released films, Blu-rays, books, comics, and CDs, but the truth is, very few of them are worth your time. That’s where this feature comes in. Each posting attempts to highlight the best new media releases of the coming week. It’s far from exhaustive, and of course it will be mostly according to my taste, but I’ll try to do my best to include a wide variety, so hopefully you’ll see something that interests you too.
Tron: Legacy was a good follow-up to the original Tron, but it didn’t quite live up to all it could have been. This Thursday Disney XD will attempt to correct that with the launch of its newest series. The pilot episode premiered a few weeks ago, and it was pretty great. The animation style was slick, perfectly capturing the film’s look while still retaining its own identity. Impressive choreography during the action scenes, a strong voice cast, and good scripts come together to make this what looks to be a great new series which can be enjoyed as much by adults as by kids.
Though the studio is hesitant to call this a prequel to Alien, it takes place in the same universe, at a point in time prior to the original film. Their fear, however, is that because it doesn’t actually feature any of the titular aliens, casual filmgoers will be disappointed if they go and don’t see them. Regardless, original director Ridley Scott returns and it looks fantastic stylistically. Combined with Damon Lindelof as a writer, and this looks like a sure thing.
Sleep well,
DTE
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