At first “Dot and Bubble,” the latest episode of Doctor Who, seems to be borrowing from Black Mirror’s bag of tricks. It’s set on Finetime, a planet where…
Read more Doctor Who goes full Black Mirror only to set up its most shocking twistA lifetime of scarfing down sci-fi, video games, and comic books brought director Brad Peyton to the job of said lifetime: directing Jennifer Lopez in a frickin’ mech-suit…
Read more Atlas director says Jennifer Lopez’s dance skills were key to mech fightsAt this point, 25 years after its release, there’s no reason to debate the quality of Star Wars: Episode I – The Phantom Menace. A catastrophe for boomers…
Read more This remastered 4K Star Wars Phantom Menace trailer is pure hypeGreetings, Polygon readers! This weekend sees the release of not one, but two sci-fi epics in the form of Dune: Part Two and Rebel Moon Part Two: The…
Read more The best sci-fi movies to watch on Netflix this AprilFans of the Fallout games won’t be shocked to learn that Amazon’s new TV show based on the franchise is gruesomely violent. This is a franchise known for…
Read more Fallout’s violence and gore are part of its charmIt’s become increasingly clear that the Halo TV show has a villain problem. This may seem impossible for a series that’s supposed to be about a hostile race…
Read more The Halo TV show making the humans the villains completely misses the pointWhen Game of Thrones ended in May 2019, the hunt was well underway for a series that could match its blockbuster scale. HBO was already talking spinoffs with…
Read more 3 Body Problem is the kind of TV epic we needReach has fallen in the Halo TV universe. If you know anything about the lore of the Halo games, you know that the next thing that’s supposed to…
Read more The Halo TV series bailed on its best chance yet to actually take us to a Halo ringThe world of Dune is a wild one. On any given day you’ve got clairvoyant sisterhoods poking your neck, giant spicy worms, and Javier Bardem spitting on your…
Read more Music has always been a huge part of Dune adaptationsMuch like the mystical religions spread by its Bene Gesserit, the influences of Dune spread to every corner of the universe of science fiction. In some stories, the…
Read more Frank Herbert always thought Star Wars was a Dune ripoffThe Fifteenth Doctor is finally here — at least, for a one-off Christmas special. After making an appearance in the third anniversary special through a bit of “bigeneration,”…
Read more How to watch the Doctor Who holiday specialIt’s time to return to the Fury Road in search of Valhalla in the new Mad Max spinoff, Furiosa. The prequel got its first trailer on Thursday that…
Read more Furiosa trailer takes Mad Max fans back to the Fury RoadThe rise of franchise-first pop culture has made what was previously a genre stumbling block into everyone’s problem: Exposition. Specifically, the stuff we call “lore.” When every big…
Read more Monarch: Legacy of Monsters takes the Watchmen approach to a Godzilla showGen V’s first six episodes are remarkably tight. The Boys’ spinoff series immediately establishes its place in the larger universe, and quickly introduces us to an entire cast…
Read more Gen V is the rare show that’s shorter than it should be
