![]() ![]() ![]() Does it land the epic finale fans are hoping for? In my opinion, it does, but it sure takes a minute to get there. ![]() The action-packed animated horror-fantasy series Castlevania returns for its final season this month, delivering 10 more episodes of gorgeously animated, blood-soaked battles. And I dug it.Ĭast: Richard Armitage, James Callis, Graham McTavish, Alejandra Reynoso, Tony Amendola, Matt Frewer, Emily Swallow, Theo James, Adetokumboh M'Cormack, Jaime Murray, Peter Stormare, Jessica Brown Findlay, Yasmine Al Massri, Ivana Miličević, Bill Nighy, Navid Negahban, Jason Isaacs, Toru Uchikado, Rila Fukushima, Barbara Steele, Lance Reddick A lot of superhero entertainment is either blithely indifferent to superheroes who kill or entirely pessimistic in the assessment of why they do - for me, Jupiter's Legacy gets back to the root of the dilemma without taking cynicism for granted. Most of all, I enjoyed a return to some old-fashioned discussions about what it means to be a hero, when it's acceptable take a life (if ever), and how to draw the boundaries of influence when someone is already to so powerful. Split between unearthing the origins of the Union (the name of this universe's Avengers/Justice League-style superhero team) in the past and intertwining how those events led to the fallout we witness in the "present-day", Jupiter's Legacy doesn't always nail the pacing or structure in pulling those two elements together, but I consistently found myself enjoying the mythology the series built, even when I didn't love the way it was building it. I just wish the series spent more time there. However, I'm still a sucker for a different approach to the genre, so the parts of the series set back in the Depression Era offered an entertaining change of tone and tempo. For me, I'm pretty dang fatigued on superhero deconstruction specifically, at this point, and Jupiter's Legacy isn't much of a success in that regard. Your mileage may vary on Jupiter's Legacydepending on where you're at with superhero fatigue, and I certainly wouldn't say it's the best comic book adaptation to hit TV in recent memory, but I found it to be a fairly fascinating watch, in part because of those very factors. Cast: Josh Duhamel, Ben Daniels, Leslie Bibb, Andrew Horton, Elena Kampouris, Mike Wade, Matt Lanter ![]()
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