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Welcome to the April Edition of the SFP-NOW TV Reviews Show. 



In this episode Marx, Jeff, and Ian boldly go through over a month's worth of TV shows as we sift through some of the highs and lows of the month. 



We kick-off with our final thoughts on the Netflix series Avatar: The Last Airbender as we all chat about the final episode and rave about the stunning visual FX and fantastic acting performances. 



The tone changes dramatically as Jeff, Marx, and Ian give their first impressions of Amazon's new series Fallout, which is based on the video game series of the same name. We all comment about the show's visuals as well as the satirical humor of the show and we’ll no doubt revisit the series next month once we have all had a chance to watch it all. 



Having survived the nuclear apocalypse Marx and Ian leave jeff behind to negotiate with The Ghoul while we discuss the new season of Star Trek: Discovery and chat about how the most controversial Star Trek show is using the classic TNG episode The Chase as a basis for its final season. No doubt we’ll be beaming back next month with more thoughts on the show. 



Once Ian and Marx have discussed Star Trek: Disco to death. Jeff and Ian commiserate with each other about their disappointment about the cancelation of Quantum Leap. 



Other shows discussed this month include Shogun, 3 Body Problem, Invincible, and X-Men 97. 



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Welcome to another episode of the SFP-NOW TV Reviews Show. 

This month Ian, Marx and Jeff get their swashbuckling shoes on as they discuss a shedload of new shows that have launched on various platforms that cover the first two months of the year. 

We kick off the show with my thoughts on the new season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch and how the third season is really leaning into the cloning story, which has fed through to The Mandalorian. 

The second show we look at is the new Netflix take on The Last Airbender. Ian and Marx discuss their enjoyment of the show and like the fact that it has good representation for Asian and Indiginus peoples. Where Jeff, who also liked the show expresses his concerns that it maybe a little bit to much like the original animated series that the show is based on. 

Other shows that get discussed include True Detective and Quantum Leap, which we will revisit in another show so that Jeff and I can discuss the finale. Also discussed is the latest take on Zorro in which Jeff gives myself and Marx a really strong review for the series. 

We wrap things up with a discussion about how pretty much all of us are really cheesed off about the change in direction and storyline that has happened for the second season of Halo. 

So tune in for some fun discussion and a good mixture of views on some of the latest genre shows on TV. 

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Welcome to our first episode of 2024 as we take a look back at some of the highlights of 2023.



2023 didn’t get off to the greatest of starts for Ian as he wound up in Hospital for about 10 days with a case of Double pneumonia and a Blood Clot on one of his lungs. So suffice it to say he had to rethink a few things, which included scifipulse.net and the podcast. 



So after some thought and a chat with Marx Pyle. Ian decided to roll many of the TV reviews that used to feature on the website into a monthly podcast format. Which is how this show was born. And after some time of having him on as a guest we decided to bring our friend Jeff Burns in so as to hopefully give you all a good mixture of views, which saw us have some interesting discussions about various Star Trek episodes as Jeff’s view is often a little different to ours, which we all see as a good thing. 

So we kick this show off with our review of the Doctor Who specials and the Christmas Day episode ‘The Church on Ruby Road’. Instead of reviewing each episode. We figured we’d just do an aggregate score for all the episodes. 



After are time travel escapades with The Doctor. We take a look at the best of 2023. To do this we created three categories. Best New TV Show, Best Returning TV Show, and Best Movie. To make things interesting we each picked our best for each category as well as two honourable mentions a piece. I think you’ll be surprised by some of our choices. But maybe not all that surprised by some of our other choices. 



Shows that get mentioned include The Ark, Superman & Lois, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Picard and more. So tune in to find out who picked what. 

Welcome to our last episode of 2023. Recorded on the 1st of December. Ian, Marx, and Jeff discuss their continued enjoyment of Baldurs Gate 3 before getting into the TV reviews.



On the television front. We start the episode with our thoughts on the new Apple Plus series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, which is a tie-in series to the 2014 Godzilla movie and dives into the origins of the mysterious corporation Monarch. Of course, this is a monster show so we use sound effects to rate it.



Then Ian quickly gives a plug for 'For All Mankind', which is the series that persuaded him to part with his money and sub to Apple Plus. This show is a fantastic alternate history of The US and Russian Space programs and asks a lot of great "What if" type of questions.



And finally to wrap up our thoughts on Apple Plus TV shows. Jeff and Marx discuss the mystery box series Silo, which is set in a dystopian future where humanity lives in a Silo, which has 144 levels.



Next up is The Marvels. Marx gives his thoughts on the movie but feels the film got a bit of a raw deal because we have had actors and writers strike and the film seems to have gained a lot of hate from certain parts of the fanbase that considers the movie to be too woke. Either way, Marx enjoyed the film and gave a few great thoughts on it.



After our discussion about The Marvels and the Marvel and DC movies. We move on to The Invincibles where Marx gives us a fairly well-rounded review of the second series thus far.



Our thoughts on the Doctor Who specials and the new Doctor is a topic we have held over for our first show of 2024, which will also feature our best and worst picks of 2023.



In the meantime. Enjoy this episode and have yourselves a very merry holiday season and a fantastic new year.

Welcome to another episode of the SFP-NOW Reviews show.



After what has been a long break. We're back with a slightly longer episode to cover as much as we can.



In this episode, Ian, Jeff, and Marx return with reviews of newer shows like Netflix's Bodies and Amazon Gen V & Upload. But also give their thoughts on shows that have finished their first seasons like Ahsoka & One Piece.



Added to all of that. We also talk a little about Baldurs Gate 3, which is a game that we have all been playing when not recording podcasts. So tune in for our thoughts on that and a great many things. As we get through a lot of stuff in this episode.

Welcome to another exciting episode of the SFP-NOW reviews show. Having returned from their epic weekend at Dragon Con. Marx and Jeff have a fair bit to share about their weekend of panels as well as good news about their book sales.



As far as TV reviews go. We take a less is more approach this week as we discuss Ahsoka, which continues the adventures of the popular character from Star Wars: Clone Wars and Rebels. In fact Ian says that it might as well be called Rebels season 5 because it uses many of the popular characters from that series and kind of picks up from where that series left off.



We also take a rather critical look at The Wheel of Time, which once again suffers from some rather iffy pacing when it comes to unraveling the story.



And finally. Marx and Jeff sing loudly about the new Netflix drama One Piece, which is a feature adaptation of the popular long-running anime and manga series created by Eiichiro Oda. This show follows the adventures of Monkey D. Luffy and his pirate crew as they search for the ultimate treasure known as "One Piece" in a vast and colorful world filled with pirates, marines, and powerful devil fruit users.