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(Image Source)   (Image Source) Black Lightning returned again this week with an episode that makes a great big leap when it comes to some plot points, but seems to muddle through others that the show hasn't quite gotten a hold of. Jefferson and Gambi's conflict was pushed to a new realm this week while the overarching ASA story made strives in making itself a more compelling antagonist. Lala was back again being undead, and more about Jennifer's powers were discovered. Let's dive in first with what the episode did right! Before this episode I was very devil may care about the ASA and everything surrounding them, they just seemed like another shady company that was doing some bad stuff, which we've seen in almost every format and franchise everywhere. Seeing the ASA in action though was refreshing and I'm opening up to them as the villains of this season (Though I still sorely miss Tobias Whale, who was absent for the third episode in a row!). I do ho...

After five years of waiting, the giant robots are finally back to cancel the apocalypse again, in a movie whose tagline and modo seem to be, "Bigger is better," and as they promised, the spectacle is definitely bigger, but does the overall quality of the movie enjoy a boost as well, or does it fall short of its predecessor? When the first Pacific Rim film released in 2013 I loved it, and as time went on I continued to love it and eagerly awaited the second installment which is finally on the big screen yet again. It has its issues, but it also has its strengths, and I'll get to each one individually. (Note: spoilers ahead in spoiler specified areas) (Image Source) Music- The reason that I am going over music first is because I adored the soundtrack in the first Pacific Rim, it was grand, bombastic, and catchy. I left the theater remembering the themes to the movie and listening to them on youtube afterwards, the music seemed to be larger than life in order to accu...

(Image Source) Black Lightning aired its ninth episode last night and the plot thickens with development! Jennifer's powers were unveiled, more of Gambi's past was explored, and we got more set up for what is to come, all within a (mostly) solid episode. When Jennifer's powers first surfaced in the last episode, I wasn't sure how I felt about it. She is one of my favorite characters on the show, and I knew that at some point she was going to gain her powers; however, I felt and still feel as though they should have waited until next season to have them come into play. This episode is where I finally decided that the show is just doing way too many things at once, we have the story with Tobias Whale, who was missing for the second episode in a row now, along with Anissa gaining her powers, Gambi's past with the ASA which is now a major story beat, along with the mystery of Lala coming back to life and Jennifer getting her powers. It all feels like too much to ...

After the third film in the franchise, Dark of the Moon, I lost interest in the Transformer's figures as a whole as the quality seemed to fall further along with the newer robots not being as appealing to me for some reason. I fell out of the Transformers collecting community entirely, and then I heard about the upcoming Studio Series line from Hasbro. A line that would go through all of the movies and produce figures from all five films; creating new versions of characters already done, while also making it a big point to make figures that did not get made before. The line has already made good on that promise with Crowbar from Dark of the Moon finally being made, with the new Grimlock and Blackout figures being better than anything we received before. It made me excited for Transformers collecting again, and these are the top ten figures that I am hoping to see in the near future. (Note: ROTF/DOTM Starscream and Ironhide have not been officially confirmed but have been leaked, ...

In February we were treated to the official reveal of a toy-line that had been heavily leaked months beforehand: Hasbro's Studio Series for the Michael Bay line of Transformers movies that started in 2007. It acts as a sort of celebration of the films, including characters from all across the movies with a main focus on characters who had out of date toys or had never gotten a figure in the first place. The first two waves were uncovered, revealing delights such as a proper leader class Blackout and Grimlock, as well as figures for Crowbar and Stinger who had never received genuine figures previously. Those were only a few of the reveals that were unveiled, and while these figures have not fully hit shelves I am still looking forward to the future of the line and what figures may possibly make up future waves sooner rather than later. This is what I believe are the top 10 most likely Studio Series figures for the near future. 10. Any easy repaints/retools (Image 1 Source)   (I...