Umbrella Academy 2NetflixIn 1989, 43 women across the globe spontaneously give birth despite not being pregnant. The children all have superpowers, time travelling, super strength, ability to talk to the dead, and seven wind up being adopted by ‘eccentric billionaire’ Reginald Hargreeves, who sets up a superhero school, the Umbrella Academy, where all but one are trained to become crime-fighters. At the beginning of season one, Hargreeves has been dead for some days and his seven wards find themselves battling to save the worldCargo .preferred-source-banner{ margin-top: 10px; margin-bottom:10px;}NetflixCargo, which debuted on Netflix on September 9, is an Indian indie-drama about dying in the modern era. Vikrant Massey plays a rakshas (demon) named Prahastha serving as an “immigration officer in outer space”, preparing the souls of the recently departed for reincarnation aboard the Pushpak 634A, a spacecraft orbiting the Earth. Made on a tight budget, the film is sweet in parts and cringey in others, a mashup of feel-good storytelling with a tight skim of sci-fi to hold it all together.Tales from the LoopAmazon PrimeAn eight-part collection of interwoven short stories, this is a slow look at one of the central sci-fi tropes, that technology always means a better life. The ‘Loop’ is a scientific facility built underneath fictional Ohio that churns out one wonder after another, anti-gravity tractors and walking robots, robotic arms and distortions in space-time included. At its heart, though, the show isn’t about science, it’s about the people who make it.The MandalorianDisney+HotstarSeason one of the Mandalorian set a pretty high bar with excellent visuals and a baby Yoda. Season two releases on October 30 and Mando is now searching for a way to “unite [baby Yoda] with his own kind”, which involves first finding the Jedi. Lots of lasers, jetpacks, interplanetary travel and fighting, some lore and myth also included.The ExpanseAmazon PrimeCenturies in the future, humanity has spread into the solar system, having colonised the Moon and Mars, as well as some of the moons of Jupiter and Saturn. The universe is, nonetheless, very familiar, with a cold war between the Earth and Mars threatening to break into outright battle. Amid all this, a detective searching for a missing woman stumbles onto a conspiracy that could lead to war. Four seasons are out, with a fifth greenlighted in late July.Published By: Iram Ara IbrahimPublished On: Oct 3, 2020--- ENDS ---
