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DC Universe: Swamp Thing – He Speaks

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This episode felt by the numbers for the most part, and so far feels like the weakest episode so far of the series, but I’m split about it because it also introduces a concept I love seeing for the first time i.e. The Rot, a force counter to “the green” that Swamp Thing’s powers come from. To see it in action was wondrous to watch and Swamp Thing (Derek Meeks) to collide with something on par with him.

The downside is well, the cliche aspects of it. We learn more unsavory things about Avery (Will Patton) which go just about where you expect the subplot to go.  Then you learn even more things involving himself the Sheriff (Jennifer Beals), and at that point, I began to wonder why is this episode throwing every darn cliche in the book?

I mean it really does, cause on the other side of things, you have a rival from the CDC shows up in the town to counter all the work Abby (Crystal Reed) has done. It just becomes so darn predictable on where it goes. I felt like I didn’t even have to watch the entire episode to know where these story beats would go, and sure enough, they did.

On the plus side, we do get more out of Daniel Cassidy (Ian Ziering) and Madame Xanadu (Jeryl Prescott). Their scene teasing us besides of course the crazy swamp virus and what gave birth to Swamp Thing. That there’s something highly mystical going on in the area as well and the whole balance being unhinged (due to this new force being created).

That and Abby meets Jason Woodrue (Kevin Durand) for the first time, and as expected. The two don’t see eye-to-eye on the situation that is befalling Marais. It sets up Woodrue so much better as a rival to Abby than the idiotic CDC director. Like literally we could have Woodrue and her butt heads, but noooo we had to go with the stupid cliche idiot doctor who thinks they know better subplot to come on in here.

Which is sad, because these moments with Woodrue along with the Rot elements are what saved this episode from being so damn boring. Hopefully, this little trip doesn’t make the series fall flat on its face, and was just filler. It hurts to say that, but that’s what this episode truly felt like.

Like you could almost skip this entire episode and I bet I wouldn’t miss a beat on what happened in the next. I’m really being kind with my score here, only because for the few scenes we get, and well we see Swamp Thing take on another force besides itself (i.e. The Rot) in this episode. I just wish everything else around it was so much better. Truly a pity.

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Paramount+ Reveals Official Main Title Sequence for the Upcoming Series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES

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During the TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES panel earlier today at San Diego Comic Con, Paramount+ revealed the official main title sequence for the series. The sequence is composed by EMMY® nominee, Matt Mahaffey, known for his work on Sanjay and Craig, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, and Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Movie and much more. 

From the studios of the Mutant Mayhem film, the all-new Paramount+ original series TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES explores the adventures of everyone’s favorite pizza-loving heroes as they emerge from the sewers onto the streets of NYC. Leo, Raph, Donnie and Mikey are faced with new threats and team up with old allies to survive both teenage life and villains lurking in the shadows of the Big Apple. The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation and Point Grey Pictures.

TALES OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES is executive produced by Chris Yost (The Mandalorian, Thor: Ragnarok) and Alan Wan (Blue Eye Samurai, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles [2012 Series]). Production is overseen for Nickelodeon by Claudia Spinelli, Senior Vice President, TV Series Animation, Nickelodeon, and Nikki Price, Director of Development and Executive in Charge of Production.

In addition to the upcoming new series, stream all things Turtles on Paramount+.

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DISNEY+ CASTS DANIEL DIEMER AS FAN-FAVORITE ‘TYSON’IN SEASON TWO OF “PERCY JACKSON AND THE OLYMPIANS”

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 in Hall H at San Diego Comic-Con, Rick Riordan and Disney+ revealed that Daniel Diemer (“Under the Bridge”) will star as fan-favorite cyclops “Tyson” in the epic adventure series “Percy Jackson and the Olympians.” Diemer joins Walker Scobell (Percy Jackson), Leah Sava Jeffries (Annabeth Chase) and Aryan Simhadri (Grover Underwood) as a series regular. The Disney+ Original series from Disney Branded Television and 20th Television will start filming its second season next week in Vancouver.

Season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is based on the second installment of Disney Hyperion’s best-selling book series titled “The Sea of Monsters” by award-winning author Rick Riordan. In the new season, Percy Jackson returns to Camp Half-Blood one year later to find his world turned upside down. His friendship with Annabeth is changing, he learns he has a cyclops for a brother, Grover has gone missing, and camp is under siege from the forces of Kronos. Percy’s journey to set things right will take him off the map and into the deadly Sea of Monsters, where a secret fate awaits the son of Poseidon.

Diemer stars as Tyson – a young Cyclops who grew up all alone on the streets, and finds it difficult to survive in the human world.  Shy and awkward, with a heart almost as big as he is, Tyson soon discovers that Poseidon is his father, which means Percy Jackson is his half-brother… and that Tyson may have finally found a home. 

Diemer recently starred in the Hulu limited series “Under the Bridge” based off the critically acclaimed book of the same name and a tragic true story of a missing teen girl in Vancouver in 1997. He will next star in the indie “Thug” opposite Liam Neeson and Ron Perlman for director Hans Petter Moland. Daniel was recently seen as the lead in the indie “Supercell” opposite Alec Baldwin and Skeet Ulrich and the lead in the film “Little Brother” opposite Phil Ettinger and JK Simmons. Daniel can also be seen in the Netflix series “The Midnight Club” and recently starred as the male lead in the breakout hit Netflix feature “The Half Of It” from producer Anthony Bregman and director Alice Wu. He is a graduate of Victoria Academy of Dramatic Arts in Vancouver.

Created by Rick Riordan and Jonathan E. Steinberg, season two of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is executive produced by Steinberg and Dan Shotz alongside Rick Riordan, Rebecca Riordan, Craig Silverstein, The Gotham Group’s Ellen Goldsmith-Vein, Bert Salke, The Gotham Group’s Jeremy Bell and D.J. Goldberg, James Bobin, Jim Rowe, Albert Kim, Jason Ensler and Sarah Watson.

The first season of “Percy Jackson and the Olympians” is available on Disney+

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