By Dave B.

Far in the future, with humanity on the brink of extinction, specially trained teams journey to the early twenty-first century to reshape the flow of history so that the cataclysms that led to such a wretched future never come to pass. These Travelers have their consciousnesses implanted into individuals moments before they were historically recorded as dying and receive orders from the future to carry out large and small tasks that are designed to help humanity’s development. But history is not necessarily easy to change. Will the Travelers succeed at forging a new path for humankind? Or will they discover that all of their efforts are in vain and that human destiny can’t (or shouldn’t) be changed?

By Dave B.

The second season of Umbrella Academy finds the siblings separated after their narrow escape from Season One’s apocalypse. They’ve each landed at different points in time in early 1960s Dallas, Texas. As they try to reunite, they soon discover that they haven’t avoided doomsday, at all. It’s followed them into the past. 

By Dave B.

In The Fare (2019) a cab driver on a desolate desert road picks up a lone woman. After a few minutes of conversation, she inexplicably vanishes. Then time seemingly resets and the cab driver repeats the same sequence of events, with no memory of what has previously occurred. Eventually the cabbie, Harris, begins to remember earlier versions of the time loop. As he works with his passenger, Penny, on finding a way out of the loop, they begin to form a close bond. But all is not as it seems. Penny has a secret that lies at the root of Harris’ predicament.

By Dave B.

Ghost in the Shell: SAC_2045 (Netflix), finds most of Major Kusanagi’s team working in the United States as mercenaries. When they are absconded by a secretive branch of the American government, they discover the emergence of the greatest threat that humanity has ever faced. At the behest of their American allies, Japan reconstitutes Section 9 the team is all that stands between the world and utter ruin. 

By Dave B.

Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019) is the sequel to 2012’s “Iron Sky”. The follow-on takes place nearly 30 after the world was destroyed in a war against Moon Nazis in 2018 (yes, the premise of these movies is pretty insane). The remnants of humanity have occupied the Nazi moon base and are struggling for survival. When a ship filled with refugees makes it aboard the base, a surprise passenger offers the survivors an unexpected opportunity to change their grim fate. 

By Dave B

​Altered Carbon: Resleeved (Netflix) is an animated story that takes place in the same world as the Altered Carbon television series. For those familiar with the series, Resleeved takes place shortly after the betrayal and destruction of the Envoys, a significant amount of time before the events in Season One and Two. Takeshi Kovacs is hired to find the killer of a Yakuza boss’ brother and is tasked with protecting a young girl (the Yakuza clan’s tattoo artist who is being hunted my mysterious assassins) to gain entry into the organization. 

By Dave B.

​The third and final season of Future Man (Hulu) takes place shortly after the conclusion of Season Two. Tiger, Wolf, and Josh, thrown into the far future, have been convicted of time-crimes and sentenced to death by entertainment. After a daring escape, they are pursued through time and space while fulfilling a journey of self-discovery that will determine the fate of the multiverse.

By Dave B.

​In Star Trek: Picard (CBS All-Access) the venerable Captain Jean-Luc Picard finds his forced retirement brutally interrupted by the arrival of a mysterious young woman who has a connection to one of Picard’s closest friends. She’s being hunted by a covert Romulan agency that has infiltrated the highest reaches of Starfleet. Picard takes it upon himself to fulfill a sense of obligation to his old friend and go a mission to protect the young woman’s sister, while uncovering the nature and scope of a genocidal conspiracy that could have dire consequences for all life in the galaxy.

By Dave B. 

​In the second season of Netflix’s Altered Carbon, Takeshi Kovacs (Anthony Mackie), who has spent the past three decades searching for his lost love, finally gets the chance to reunite with her. The catch? He must return to his homeworld and solve a deadly mystery that dates back hundreds of years to the colony’s founding. 

By Dave B.

​In Men In Black: International (2019, currently on Starz), the venerable franchise introduces us to some new characters. Molly (Tessa Thompson) has been searching for the MIB her entire life after a childhood encounter with them and an extraterrestrial. Agent H (Chris Hemsworth) was once one of the best agents in MIB, but has since lost his way. Together, they must prevent an invasion by an enemy that doesn’t just conquer planets, but also infiltrates the bodies of those planet’s inhabitants.