SFX April 2021

CONFUSED VISION Rob Graham, email The final episodes of Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD seem to have slipped under the radar in the UK due to the hype for WandaVision. WandaVision is good fun, very different and unique and a great tribute to classic American sitcoms, with Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany on excellent form. Agents Of SHIELD is, however, getting a good send-off in a very enjoyable final season as one of Marvel’s more underrated shows. I’ve never really bought the whole “It’s all connected” line from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with movies being referenced in the TV shows but TV shows ignored in the movies, and if it is all changing starting with WandaVision then that means the TV shows were never part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to begin…

CONFUSED VISION Rob Graham, email The final episodes of Marvel’s Agents Of SHIELD seem to have slipped under the radar in the UK due to the hype for WandaVision. WandaVision is good fun, very different and unique and a great tribute to classic American sitcoms, with Elizabeth Olsen and Paul Bettany on excellent form. Agents Of SHIELD is, however, getting a good send-off in a very enjoyable final season as one of Marvel’s more underrated shows. I’ve never really bought the whole “It’s all connected” line from the Marvel Cinematic Universe, with movies being referenced in the TV shows but TV shows ignored in the movies, and if it is all changing starting with WandaVision then that means the TV shows were never part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe to…

RAVES → See my editor’s letter for appreciation of Godzilla vs. Kong, Raya And The Last Dragon and Creepshow. Visual serotonin. → I cried when they announced plans for Halloween Horror Nights to go ahead this September. Probably because I still won’t be able to get there at this rate. RANTS → The Stand had some great moments, but didn’t grab me in the way I hoped it would. IAN BERRIMAN DEPUTY EDITOR RAVES → Back in 2005 we tried to get Blue Peter competition creation Sad Tony written into Doctor Who canon. Finally, he’s been brought to life! (bit.ly/sadtony) → Looking forward to hearing RTD’s “lost” Sixth Doctor script “Mind Of The Hodiac”, via Big Finish. → BBC Sounds discovery of the month: The Events At Black Tor, a six-part devil-worship drama by Last Of The Summer Wine’s…

RAVES → See my editor’s letter for appreciation of Godzilla vs. Kong, Raya And The Last Dragon and Creepshow. Visual serotonin. → I cried when they announced plans for Halloween Horror Nights to go ahead this September. Probably because I still won’t be able to get there at this rate. RANTS → The Stand had some great moments, but didn’t grab me in the way I hoped it would. IAN BERRIMAN DEPUTY EDITOR RAVES → Back in 2005 we tried to get Blue Peter competition creation Sad Tony written into Doctor Who canon. Finally, he’s been brought to life! (bit.ly/sadtony) → Looking forward to hearing RTD’s “lost” Sixth Doctor script “Mind Of The Hodiac”, via Big Finish. → BBC Sounds discovery of the month: The Events At Black Tor, a…

This issue has been unexpectedly emotional for me. The announcement that Little Marvin’s new horror anthology series Them is to stream in April meant that I had to mentally travel back in time – not just to the 1950s, when it’s set, but also back to January 2020 when I flew to Los Angeles to watch filming and speak with the cast and crew. It was a fairly big trip; while I was there I also interviewed the director and cast of Wonder Woman 1984, went round The Walking Dead Attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood many, many times (yes, I screamed) and nerded out on the new Jurassic World ride. Then I nipped across to Canada to visit the set of Star Trek: Discovery. As you do. It was to be my…

This issue has been unexpectedly emotional for me. The announcement that Little Marvin’s new horror anthology series Them is to stream in April meant that I had to mentally travel back in time – not just to the 1950s, when it’s set, but also back to January 2020 when I flew to Los Angeles to watch filming and speak with the cast and crew. It was a fairly big trip; while I was there I also interviewed the director and cast of Wonder Woman 1984, went round The Walking Dead Attraction at Universal Studios Hollywood many, many times (yes, I screamed) and nerded out on the new Jurassic World ride. Then I nipped across to Canada to visit the set of Star Trek: Discovery. As you do. It was to…