Reviews #1

Time for some reviews for three Iclone and Iclone adjacent flicks.  My opinion is just that...

Cody Valiant by Biff!Bam!Boom!Comics - Energy and attitude is the calling card of this short barroom brawl/shootout.  The visuals are flat and sets sparse but the editing is frenzied, the characters are pissed off and the whole project feels like a punk rock fist in the air.  More please.

Drifters by Develsden- I'm on the record as a big fan of GregSin's storytelling but this one from 2021 is a mixed bag.  Its a Quantum Leap styled tale that starts with  a couple moving into a fixer upper home and ends with them taking part in a bayonet charge in the civil war.  I was a bit disappointed to see a perfectly good Iclone home flipping series go down the drain but the civil war sets are outstanding and Greg is very good at creating place.  However, the couple strangely accept their civil war soldier roles without question and a civil war bayonet charge is bizarrely violent (by its very definition) for the generally (civil war pun!) lighter tone of the episode. 

Passenger of the Night by 4413 Media - Here's a late 2021, black and white tale of dangerous hitchhikers from Ben Tuttle (as always focused on the those strong female leads).  I loved how the black inky night swallowed up almost all the visuals except for the perfectly lit faces.  I spent much of the three minutes peering into the black watching for the occasional glimpses of life outside these two characters.  The "give Buttons a hug for me" line stepped over my allowable glucose boundary but I was otherwise delighted.