Syfy's Nightflyers: Series Premiere Review

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This is a spoiler-free review for Syfy's Nightflyers, which premiered its first episode at New York Comic Con.

A child’s arm outstretched. The cheery whistle of an ax-wielding man. A video call that buffers and disconnects at the wrong moment. Although the series premiere of Syfy’s Nightflyers is filled with thrilling moments (along with a few too many predictable beats), it’s these smaller, more subtly unnerving elements that hint at a promising horror show.

Nightflyers takes place in 2093 and follows a team of scientists aboard the eponymous spaceship, on a mission to save a dying Earth. In the hope of finding a potential new home, the crew is attempting to connect with a more advanced alien species that has so far proven elusive, but first contact is rife with potential dangers – not least of which is the lingering question of whether the extraterrestrials will be receptive to a human alliance, or hostile. Making matters worse is the divisive presence of a powerful telepath, Thale (Sam Strike), who has been brought on board to try and communicate with the aliens, but who might also be sowing discord and paranoia amongst the crew.

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United We Fan Review

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This is a spoiler-free review of United We Fan, which will be available on Digital HD on December 4. 

For a hardcore TV watcher, few things are more frustrating than seeing one of your beloved shows die an untimely death because of cold, uncaring network executives. And few things are more rewarding than joining in on fan campaigns to save those shows and make the corporate bean counters realize their mistake. That's the thrust of United We Fan, director Michael Sparaga's deep dive into the small screen's most rabid and devoted fanbases.

United We Fan doesn't focus on any one group of fans or TV controversy, instead casting a wide net and exploring the evolution of fan campaigns from the '60s up until the present. Appropriately enough, the early parts of the film focus a lot on Bjo and John Trimble, the couple who rallied Star Trek fans to rescue the series from an early (well, earlier) cancellation and effectively paved the way for every fan campaign that followed. The film also shines a spotlight on Dorothy Swanson and other members of Viewers for Quality Television. That once thriving organization rose to prominence in the '80s by campaigning for the renewal of female-driven series like Cagney & Lacey and Designing Women.

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Assassin's Creed Odyssey DLC – Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted Review

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As the first part of the first batch of post-launch content for Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, Legacy of the First Blade: Hunted is a short, straightforward dose of just some of what makes Odyssey so good. Though it doesn’t do anything particularly new, Hunted doubles down on the behind-the-scenes shadow-syndicate structure that made picking off the Cult of Kosmos across the Ancient Greek world so enjoyable and introduces a great new villain.

Hunted is a good starting point for a much larger plot that was just alluded to in the base game. While the lack of an Assassin’s Brotherhood subplot in Odyssey never bothered me, this introduction of a well-known Persian figure from that lore – and his backstory – is interesting enough to make me want to continue filling in those gaps after the Hunted’s three-to-five-hour run time is over.

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Big Bash Boom Review

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Bobble-headed players, flaming pitches and bowlers throwing actual pies: Big Bash Boom is certainly cricket like you’ve never seen it before. Yet although this NBA Jam-inspired take on Australia’s favourite summer sport is a personality-packed blast to play, its anaemic feature set and premium price makes it a weaker value proposition alongside developer Big Ant’s more robust release, Ashes Cricket.

Featuring the fully licenced teams, squads and stadia from the 2018/19 BBL and WBBL competitions, Big Bash Boom is a turbocharged take on Twenty20 cricket that strips the minutiae out of the sport to make it as fast-paced as possible. LBW appeals and fielding are automated, while varying pitch and weather conditions are done away with entirely, and although some of the sports’ subtleties remain - you still need to know the difference between bowling an off cutter and an outswinger, for example - it’s otherwise cricket as a Cornetto; no boring bits.

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