We're discussing our expectations of Black Panther! Our concerns with the heavy handed marketing campaign. T’Challa’s sister, Shuri is the smartest person in the Marvel universe, out ranking Tony Stark - According to Comic Book Resources&nbsp;www.cbr.com/black-panther-shuri-smartest-person/&nbsp;The great soundtrack with Kendrick Lamar. Anticipation for the return of Westworld - season 2. HBO working with MCSFO on promoting Westworld to a diverse audience. Other titles, actors, characters mentioned: Serenity/Firefly, Thandie Newton, Mr. Black, Sansar VR company, The Shape of Water Oscar nominations. Predictions and concerns for Ava Duvernay’s a Wrinkle in Time film, will it be more style over substance?? Excitement for Annihilation, with it’s strong all female cast and great Ex-Machina director, Alex Garland. New sf film, The Beyond gaining momentum! . MCSFO’s new sci-fi film festival for Children – Kids with S.T.E.A.M. and this year’s theme for the annual Atlanta Sci-fi Film Festival.

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(WARNING: EXPLICIT LANGUAGE)&nbsp; Zachary Vaudo is giving a Spoiler-FREE review of Netflix’s first series of 2018, Altered Carbon! Released on February 2nd, it is a massive storm of cyberpunk detective goodness. Raw, intense, silly, and engaging, this adaptation of Richard Morgan’s early-2000s novel is visually stunning, highly entertaining, and surprisingly complex with concepts on multiculturalism, personal identity, and philosophy in the future.

Altered Carbon - Netflix Series Review

#WakandaForever&nbsp; We're super excited to be joined by several guests to celebrating the opening of Black Panther (BP)!&nbsp; In the studio today, our regular hosts, Zak Vaudo with guest: Dubelyoo of Art Beats and Lyrics and girlfriend Kat. Here's a short list of bullet points and mentions in the podcast: Predicting they'll be a new Killmonger series on Netflix!&nbsp;&nbsp; T'Challa's&nbsp;sheltered experience from the rest of his country and the world was going through.  Vulture article on BP costume designer, Ruth E. Carter. Black people bringing back the ole Kente cloths and Dashiki and showing up in full Cosplay to the theater! Will Letitia Wright be the next Black Panther or play Riri Williams in Iron Man??&nbsp; Where is Shuri’s character going in BP? Will it follow the comic version?&nbsp; Also did you see her starring in Black Mirror's episode – Black Museum Didn't like Okoye (Dani Gurira) and W'Kabi's&nbsp; (Daniel Kaluuya) tense relationship and potential battle. &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;

Black Panther Review Part 1 of 2

Part 2  Disney Parks&nbsp;may be creating a full on, Wakanda Land!! If so, who will they hire to be in the costumes?&nbsp; Will we have another "Mickey Mouse is Mexican!" moment?&nbsp; Quote from Dave Chappelle.&nbsp;&nbsp; The synergy between African American’s working well with Africans in the narrative and in the characters, was beautiful, despite Sam Jackson's dividing critique of black British actors taking US roles -  The Guardian. Marvel letting filmmakers express themselves in these movies, let the creators create! Michael Ganchino with Dr. Strange started making music that fits the character, also again in Spiderman.&nbsp; In Thor – Mark Mothersburg was the dude behind Devo. And Coogler brought Ludwig Goransson used as many African sounds as possible -  Hollywood Reporter &nbsp;Forest Whitiker – gave us “FULL Forest!”&nbsp; A beloved strong actor, but can he be too strong for this role in BP and in Rogue One? Denzel Whitiker – who played young Zuri, despite having absolutely no relation to Forest, he looked just like him, down to the eyes!! M'Baku's – (Winston Duke) performance was excellent given his small on screen time.&nbsp; Could have been dicey if they called him a lot by his real name, Man Ape.&nbsp; It was done respectfully due to a black writer!

Black Panther Review Part 2 of 2

Quick notes on what was discussed.&nbsp; MUTE&nbsp;- was a LOUD Hot Mess and all over the place! &nbsp;Both Altered Carbon and Mute heavily influenced by Blade Runner, Altered Carbon WAY more! &nbsp;Loved  W-A-D-E and The_Jedi_Hunter&nbsp;Redditt comments about Director, Duncan! &nbsp;Points covered in podcast: &nbsp;Moon&nbsp;Nod was awesome! &nbsp;Mute &amp; Moon in the same universe?&nbsp;&nbsp;Slash Film&nbsp;article. ALTERED CARBON Will Yun Lee&nbsp;- played a better Takeshi Kovacs! &nbsp;His love affair with Quell was great, they made a powerful couple! &nbsp;One of the most multicultural shows around, and the only science fiction show/movie I've seen with people speaking Spanish!&nbsp; Loved beautiful bad ass,&nbsp;Florence Kasumba&nbsp;played one of many baby sitters, was also in Avengers Affinity War, Black Panther and Wonderwomen!  Reddit Thread&nbsp;

Mute & Altered Carbon Combo Review

First half is SPOILER FREE!! Annihilation is visually addictive, but hair-raising and creepy at the same time!! A cross between the artsy sci-fi film, Skin with Scarlott Johansen and John Carpenter’s, “The Thing.”&nbsp; Alex Garland, a favorite "bankable" director and writer! &nbsp;And&nbsp;  Natalie Portman, Tessa Thompson gave their usual stellar performances. Gina Rodriguez reminded me of Vasquez from the movie Aliens!&nbsp; Oscar Isaac and Nathalie Portman were a great fits for their roles and for Alex! &nbsp;I think they're all cut from the same creative cloth! &nbsp;And that BEAR mutant, with a women's voice screaming out of it's throat!! Again, Creepy!!  &nbsp;Garland told&nbsp;Creative Screenwriting, that his adaptation is based on just the first novel in the trilogy! &nbsp;On Movies Sub-Reddit thread,&nbsp;PaulFThumpkins&nbsp;described the first book as "Creepypasta!"&nbsp;  Also loved the music - Ben Salisbury and (Jeff) Geoff Barrow put their foot in this score! I loved that deeply beautiful twisted melody you hear throughout the film! &nbsp;In a interview on&nbsp;Slate.com&nbsp;Ben Salisbury says that melody comes from a longer segment of the score known as "The Alien."

Annihilation Movie Review

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