XMen'97 Episode 3 "Fire Made Flesh" | NYSQ Breakdowns

Episode 3 of X-Men'97 "Fire made Flesh" has dropped on Disney Plus and we are breaking it down and we want you to join in the conversation! 

X-Men '97 is an upcoming American animated television series created by Beau DeMayo for the streaming service Disney+, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team X-Men. It is a revival of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997), continuing from where that series ends and showing the X-Men face dangerous new challenges following the loss of their leader, Professor X. X-Men '97 is produced by Marvel Studios Animation, with DeMayo serving as head writer and Jake Castorena as supervising director.

Several cast members return from the original series to reprise their roles or voice new characters, including Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Catherine Disher, Chris Potter, Alison Sealy-Smith, Adrian Hough, Christopher Britton, Alyson Court, Lawrence Bayne, and Ron Rubin. The revival was first discussed in June 2019 and formally announced in November 2021; DeMayo and Castorena were involved by then. Chase Conley and Emi Yonemura also directed episodes. The series is the first X-Men project from Marvel Studios since the studio regained the film and television rights to the characters. Animation was provided by Studio Mir and is a modernized version of the original series' style.

X-Men '97 is scheduled to premiere on March 20, 2024, and its first season will consist of ten episodes. A second season is in development.

The Bad Batch Season 3 Episode 9 "The Harbinger" | NYSQ Breakdowns

The Bad Batch is really hitting its stride on the final season in "The Harbinger"!

Star Wars: The Bad Batch is an American animated series created by Dave Filoni for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, acting as both a sequel to, and spin-off from, the series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The Bad Batch is produced by Lucasfilm Animation, with Jennifer Corbett as head writer and Brad Rau as supervising director.

Dee Bradley Baker voices the members of the Bad Batch, a squad of elite clone troopers with genetic mutations that enabled them to resist the mass-murder initiative with which Emperor Palpatine eliminated most of the Jedi Order, relegating them to the status of fugitives of the Galactic Empire, who take on daring mercenary missions in the aftermath of the Clone Wars.

Baker also voices other clones in the series, reprising his role from The Clone Wars. Michelle Ang stars as Omega, a female clone who joins the squad. The series was officially ordered by Disney+ in July 2020 as a spin-off from The Clone Wars, with Filoni, Corbett, and Rau attached.

The first season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch premiered on May 4, 2021, and ran for 16 episodes until August 13. It received positive reviews from critics. A second season, also consisting of 16 episodes, premiered on January 4, 2023, and concluded on March 29. A third and final season was announced in April 2023 and is set to be released on February 21, 2024. It will consist of 15 episodes, and conclude on May 1, 2024.

Invincible S2E6 "It's Not That Simple" | NYSQ Breakdowns

 Invincible drops another excellent episode and we are going to break it down! 

Invincible is an adult animated superhero television series created by Robert Kirkman for Amazon Prime Video and premiered on March 25, 2021. Based on the Image Comics series of the same name by Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley, the show follows 17-year-old Mark Grayson and his transformation into a superhero under the guidance of his father Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on the planet. During his transformation, Mark finds himself struggling between his personal life and superhero duties, where he will be forced to prove that he can be the hero that his father is. The series stars Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, and J. K. Simmons as the Grayson family, while the rest of the cast serve as recurring characters.

Following its release, the series received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences, with praise for its animation, action sequences, story, writing, voice acting, emotional weight, and faithfulness to the comics. In April 2021, ahead of the first-season's finale, Amazon renewed the series for a second and third season. The second season is set to premiere on November 3, 2023.

X-Men'97 Episodes 1 and 2 "To Me My X-Men" and "Mutant Liberation Begins" | NYSQ Breakdowns

It is finally here; the first 2 episodes of X-Men'97 has dropped on Disney Plus and are they are fabulous as everyone is saying? Spoiler Alert, yes, they are! 

X-Men '97 is an upcoming American animated television series created by Beau DeMayo for the streaming service Disney+, based on the Marvel Comics superhero team X-Men. It is a revival of X-Men: The Animated Series (1992–1997), continuing from where that series ends and showing the X-Men face dangerous new challenges following the loss of their leader, Professor X. X-Men '97 is produced by Marvel Studios Animation, with DeMayo serving as head writer and Jake Castorena as supervising director.

Several cast members return from the original series to reprise their roles or voice new characters, including Cal Dodd, Lenore Zann, George Buza, Catherine Disher, Chris Potter, Alison Sealy-Smith, Adrian Hough, Christopher Britton, Alyson Court, Lawrence Bayne, and Ron Rubin. The revival was first discussed in June 2019 and formally announced in November 2021; DeMayo and Castorena were involved by then. Chase Conley and Emi Yonemura also directed episodes. The series is the first X-Men project from Marvel Studios since the studio regained the film and television rights to the characters. Animation was provided by Studio Mir and is a modernized version of the original series' style.

X-Men '97 is scheduled to premiere on March 20, 2024, and its first season will consist of ten episodes. A second season is in development.

The Bad Batch Season 3 Episode 8 "Bad Territory" | NYSQ Breakdowns

We are just past the halfway point for the final season of the Bad Batch. We are breaking down the 8th episode Bad Territory and adding a few What's Next theories to the mix. 

Star Wars: The Bad Batch is an American animated series created by Dave Filoni for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, acting as both a sequel to, and spin-off from, the series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The Bad Batch is produced by Lucasfilm Animation, with Jennifer Corbett as head writer and Brad Rau as supervising director.

Dee Bradley Baker voices the members of the Bad Batch, a squad of elite clone troopers with genetic mutations that enabled them to resist the mass-murder initiative with which Emperor Palpatine eliminated most of the Jedi Order, relegating them to the status of fugitives of the Galactic Empire, who take on daring mercenary missions in the aftermath of the Clone Wars.

Baker also voices other clones in the series, reprising his role from The Clone Wars. Michelle Ang stars as Omega, a female clone who joins the squad. The series was officially ordered by Disney+ in July 2020 as a spin-off from The Clone Wars, with Filoni, Corbett, and Rau attached.

The first season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch premiered on May 4, 2021, and ran for 16 episodes until August 13. It received positive reviews from critics. A second season, also consisting of 16 episodes, premiered on January 4, 2023, and concluded on March 29. A third and final season was announced in April 2023 and is set to be released on February 21, 2024. It will consist of 15 episodes, and conclude on May 1, 2024.

Ghostbusters Frozen Empire At the Theater Spoiler Free Review | NYSQ Reviews

We are at the theater for our spoiler free review of Ghostbusters Frozen Empire

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire is a 2024 American supernatural comedy film directed by Gil Kenan from a screenplay he co-wrote with Jason Reitman. It is the sequel to Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021) and the fifth film in the Ghostbusters franchise. The film stars Paul Rudd, Carrie Coon, Finn Wolfhard, Mckenna Grace, Celeste O'Connor, and Logan Kim reprising their roles from Afterlife, alongside Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Ernie Hudson, Annie Potts, and William Atherton reprising their characters from the earlier films, with Kumail Nanjiani and Patton Oswalt joining the cast. Set three years after the events of Ghostbusters: Afterlife, the veteran Ghostbusters must join forces with their new recruits to save the world in New York City from a powerful death-chilling adversary who seeks to build a spectral army.

Following the success of Afterlife, Sony Pictures announced the sequel in April 2022, with Reitman returning as director. Kenan later took over as director from Reitman that December, while the rest of the cast reprised their roles. New cast members including Oswalt, Nanjiani, James Acaster, and Emily Alyn Lind were announced in March 2023, with principal photography commencing that month and wrapping in June. It is the first film in the Ghostbusters franchise to be released following the death of Ivan Reitman, who posthumously receives credit as a producer, while the film is dedicated to his memory and celebrates the 40th anniversary of the first film.

Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire had its world premiere at the AMC 13 Theater at Lincoln Square in New York City on March 14, 2024, and was released in the United States on March 22, 2024, by Sony Pictures Releasing under its Columbia Pictures label. The film received mixed reviews from critics. 

MCU Rumor Mill Rundown | NYSQ Rumors and News

We got a bunch of new MCU Rumors (not confirmed) and we are going to go in depth about all the latest! 

The Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU) is an American media franchise and shared universe centered on a series of superhero films produced by Marvel Studios. The films are based on characters that appear in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The franchise also includes television series, short films, digital series, and literature. The shared universe, much like the original Marvel Universe in comic books, was established by crossing over common plot elements, settings, cast, and characters.

Marvel Studios releases its films in groups called "Phases", with the first three phases collectively known as "The Infinity Saga" and the following three phases as "The Multiverse Saga". The first MCU film, Iron Man (2008), began Phase One, which culminated in the 2012 crossover film The Avengers. Phase Two began with Iron Man 3 (2013) and concluded with Ant-Man (2015). Phase Three began with Captain America: Civil War (2016) and concluded with Spider-Man: Far From Home (2019). Phase Four began with Black Widow (2021) and concluded with Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022). Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania (2023) began Phase Five, which will end with Thunderbolts (2025), and Phase Six will begin with The Fantastic Four (2025). Phase Six and "The Multiverse Saga" will conclude with Avengers 5 (2026) and Avengers: Secret Wars (2027).

Marvel Television expanded the universe to network television with Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. on ABC in 2013 before further expanding to streaming television on Netflix and Hulu and to cable television on Freeform. They also produced the digital series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot. Marvel Studios began producing their own television series for streaming on Disney+, starting with WandaVision in 2021 as the beginning of Phase Four. They also expanded to television specials in Phase Four, known as Marvel Studios Special Presentations, the first of which was Werewolf by Night (2022). The MCU also includes tie-in comics published by Marvel Comics, a series of direct-to-video short films called Marvel One-Shots, and viral marketing campaigns for the films featuring the faux news programs WHIH Newsfront and The Daily Bugle.

The franchise has been commercially successful, becoming one of the highest-grossing media franchises of all time, and generally received positive reviews. It has inspired other film and television studios to attempt similar shared universes and has also inspired several themed attractions, an art exhibit, television specials, literary material, multiple tie-in video games, and commercials.

Invincible S2E5 "This Must Come as a Shock" | NYSQ Breakdowns

The second half of Invincible season 2 is finally here with episode 5, "This Must Come as a Shock" but was it a shock? Did it have that ole' Invincible quality? 

Invincible is an adult animated superhero television series created by Robert Kirkman for Amazon Prime Video and premiered on March 25, 2021. Based on the Image Comics series of the same name by Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley, the show follows 17-year-old Mark Grayson and his transformation into a superhero under the guidance of his father Omni-Man, the most powerful superhero on the planet. During his transformation, Mark finds himself struggling between his personal life and superhero duties, where he will be forced to prove that he can be the hero that his father is. The series stars Steven Yeun, Sandra Oh, and J. K. Simmons as the Grayson family, while the rest of the cast serve as recurring characters.

Following its release, the series received widespread acclaim from critics and audiences, with praise for its animation, action sequences, story, writing, voice acting, emotional weight, and faithfulness to the comics. In April 2021, ahead of the first-season's finale, Amazon renewed the series for a second and third season. The second season is set to premiere on November 3, 2023.

The Bad Batch S3 Episodes 6 & 7 | NYSQ What's Next

Your Fellow Nerds are back after having watched the latest installment of Star Wars The Bad Batch on Disney+ and we can't wait to break it down, review it, and of course ask WHAT'S NEXT.

This week we had two action packed episodes “Infiltration” and “Extraction” that at times felt like some of the best episodes of episodes of The Clone Wars.  The Bad Batch this season has been utilizing far more serialized storytelling which allows several of the storylines that have been running in parallel to suddenly converge synergistically or collide explosively.

This action-packed two-parter is one such inflection point. Rex’s team has captured a Clone X assassin who infiltrated a secret meeting between Senator Chuchi and Singh. But in the process, they discover that Omega is in danger. Hence, the A story: The Bad Batch trying to find their way in the galaxy and protect Omega, intersects with the B story: how all the clones are under threat from the Empire and what will happen to them once that Empire considers them completely obsolete. 

Our characters learn a lot in these two episodes: chiefly that Hemlock tried to make Crosshair a Clone X assassin and failed, and that Omega is on Hemlock’s target list.

Are we as brainwashed as Hemlock's clone assassins?  Were these episodes as good as we thought they were?  Should they just hurry up and give Crosshair his own series already?  Give this video a watch and comment your thoughts down below. 

The Bad Batch Season 3 Episode 5 "The Return" | NYSQ Breakdowns

The Bad Batch Episode 5 "The Return" is starting us down the path to the series finale, but was it good? 

Star Wars: The Bad Batch is an American animated series created by Dave Filoni for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, acting as both a sequel to, and spin-off from, the series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The Bad Batch is produced by Lucasfilm Animation, with Jennifer Corbett as head writer and Brad Rau as supervising director.

Dee Bradley Baker voices the members of the Bad Batch, a squad of elite clone troopers with genetic mutations that enabled them to resist the mass-murder initiative with which Emperor Palpatine eliminated most of the Jedi Order, relegating them to the status of fugitives of the Galactic Empire, who take on daring mercenary missions in the aftermath of the Clone Wars.
Baker also voices other clones in the series, reprising his role from The Clone Wars. Michelle Ang stars as Omega, a female clone who joins the squad. The series was officially ordered by Disney+ in July 2020 as a spin-off from The Clone Wars, with Filoni, Corbett, and Rau attached.

The first season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch premiered on May 4, 2021, and ran for 16 episodes until August 13. It received positive reviews from critics. A second season, also consisting of 16 episodes, premiered on January 4, 2023, and concluded on March 29. A third and final season was announced in April 2023 and is set to be released on February 21, 2024. It will consist of 15 episodes and conclude on May 1, 2024.

Let's Play Star Wars Dark Forces Remaster - Chapter 1 Secret Base The Death Star Plans

Star Wars Dark Forces Chapter 1 Secret Base The Death Star Plans, join me as Kyle Katarn on this amazing adventure! 

Star Wars: Dark Forces is a first-person shooter video game developed and published by LucasArts. It was released in 1995 for MS-DOS and Macintosh, and in 1996 for the PlayStation. The story is set in the fictional Star Wars expanded universe and begins shortly before the original Star Wars film, before flashing forward to a year after the film's events. The game's protagonist and playable character is Kyle Katarn, a mercenary working on behalf of the Rebel Alliance who discovers the Galactic Empire's secret Dark Trooper Project, which involves the development of a series of powerful new battle droids and power-armored stormtroopers.

Dark Forces uses the Jedi game engine, which was developed specifically for the game. The engine adds gameplay features that were uncommon to the first-person shooter genre at the time of release, including level designs with multiple floors, and the ability to look up and down.

Upon release, the PC and Macintosh versions of the game received generally favorable reviews from critics, who praised its level design and technological advances, though the PlayStation version was criticized for having poor graphics and slow frame rates which make it much less enjoyable than the computer versions. The game also did well financially, selling almost 1 million copies in the United States by 1999. The game's success launched the Star Wars: Jedi Knight series, beginning with the direct sequel Star Wars Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II in 1997.

A remastered version of the game was developed by Nightdive Studios, and was released on Microsoft Windows, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One and Xbox Series X/S on February 28, 2024

Avatar the Last Airbender | NYSQ Breakdown and Review

Season 1 of Avatar the Last Airbender dropped and we are going to break it down and give our reviews of this Live action series on Netflix. 

Avatar: The Last Airbender, also known as Avatar: The Legend of Aang, is an upcoming American adventure fantasy television series. It is a live-action adaptation of the animated television series of the same name (2005–2008). First announced in September 2018, Albert Kim is set to be the showrunner, with an ensemble cast including Gordon Cormier, Dallas Liu, Kiawentiio, Ian Ousley, Paul Sun-Hyung Lee, Elizabeth Yu and Daniel Dae Kim.

The series is scheduled to premiere on February 22, 2024, on Netflix and will consist of eight episodes

The Bad Batch Season 3 Episode 4 "A Different Approach" | NYSQ Breakdowns

The Bad Batch Episode 4 "A Different Approach" was it another amazing episode in season 3 or did it fall back into some od season 2's shortcomings? 

Star Wars: The Bad Batch is an American animated series created by Dave Filoni for the streaming service Disney+. It is part of the Star Wars franchise, acting as both a sequel to, and spin-off from, the series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. The Bad Batch is produced by Lucasfilm Animation, with Jennifer Corbett as head writer and Brad Rau as supervising director.

Dee Bradley Baker voices the members of the Bad Batch, a squad of elite clone troopers with genetic mutations that enabled them to resist the mass-murder initiative with which Emperor Palpatine eliminated most of the Jedi Order, relegating them to the status of fugitives of the Galactic Empire, who take on daring mercenary missions in the aftermath of the Clone Wars.

Baker also voices other clones in the series, reprising his role from The Clone Wars. Michelle Ang stars as Omega, a female clone who joins the squad. The series was officially ordered by Disney+ in July 2020 as a spin-off from The Clone Wars, with Filoni, Corbett, and Rau attached.

The first season of Star Wars: The Bad Batch premiered on May 4, 2021, and ran for 16 episodes until August 13. It received positive reviews from critics. A second season, also consisting of 16 episodes, premiered on January 4, 2023, and concluded on March 29. A third and final season was announced in April 2023 and is set to be released on February 21, 2024. It will consist of 15 episodes and conclude on May 1, 2024.