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The Boys: Season 3

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Based on: 2006 comic series of the same name by Garth Ennis and Darick Robertson Developed by: Eric Kripke  Written by:  Craig Rosenberg, David Reed, Anslem Richardson, Geoff Aull, Meredith Glynn, Ellie Monahan, Jessica Chou, Paul Grellong, and Logan Ritchey Starring:   Karl Urban (Billy Butcher), Jack Quaid (Hughie), Antony Starr (Homelander), Erin Moriarty (Annie/Starlight), Dominique McElligott (Queen Maeve), Jessie T. Usher (A-Train), Laz Alonso (Mother's Milk), Chace Crawford (the Deep), Tomer Capone (Frenchie), Karen Fukuhara (Kimiko), Nathan Mitchell (Black Noir), Colby Minifie (Ashley), Claudia Doumit (Victoria Neuman), Jensen Ackles (Soldier Boy) The Boys  season 3 trailer: There aren't that many series that are written so well  that they have me absolutely glued to the screen. I also don't binge my TV series; watching two episodes of any series on the same night is usually pretty generous, but I watched half this season in one sitting....

Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix): Season 1

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    Based on: 2005 Nickelodeon animated series of the same name created by Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante Dimartino Developed by: Albert Kim Written by:  Albert Kim, Michael Dante DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, Joshua Hale Fialkov, Christine Boylan, Keely MacDonald, Gabriel Llanas, Emily Kim, Hunter Ries, Ubah Mohamed, Audrey Wong Kennedy Starring:  Gordon Cormier (Aang), Kiawentiio (Katara), Ian Ousley (Sokka), Dallas Liu (Zuko), Paul Sun-Hyung Lee (Iroh), Ken Leung (Zhao), Daniel Dae Kim (Ozai) Avatar: The Last Airbender  season 1 trailer: For those who may not already know, I'm an obsessive fan of the original Avatar  animated series, which I'll refer to here as Avatar . I caught the tail end of its original broadcast in 2008 and I've kept up with the franchise ever since. It represents something of a core passion over my life.  Despite the letdown of the 2010 movie, I had a very open mind about this adaptation. I'll refer to it as "NATLA," the...

Foundation: Season 2

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      Based on: 1942 book series of the same name by Isaac Asimov Created by: David S. Goyer and Josh Friedman Starring:  Jared Harris (Hari Seldon), Lee Pace (Brother Day), Lou Llobell (Gaal Domick), Leah Harvey (Salvor Hardin), Laura Birn (Demerzel), Terrence Mann (Brother Dusk), Cassian Bilton (Brother Dawn) Foundation season 2 trailer: Season 1 of this sci-fi blew me away with its epic scope, pushing the limits of world-building and my own comprehension. The show traversed galaxies and centuries of timespan to convey ideas of immortality and how an empire can grow stale with old ideas and static rulers. Read my full season 1 review here . Season 2 carried on right where the first left off, starting with the growth of Foundation, a rebel institution established to save the Galactic Empire--by taking it down. This Foundation has grown between seasons into a civilization of people who worship Hari, its founder, after his death.  The plot remained similarly...