Niko and the Sword of Light

Five Thoughts on Niko and the Sword of Light’s “From the Depth of Despair”

By Matthew Garcia | Aug 14, 2018 | Television

1. “You Distract the Runt when He Comes In and I’ll Hit Him from Behind with this Sinister Sword of Darkness!” Before we begin talking more about “From the Depth of Despair,” the season finale of Niko and the Sword of Light, I want to point out how much fun Steve Blum is having with this […]

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Five Thoughts on Niko and the Sword of Light’s “From the Cursed Volcano to the End of Hope”

By Matthew Garcia | Aug 7, 2018 | Television

1. Time for Action Ever since he was birthed from the crystal, Niko has had one singular goal in mind: to confront the wicked Nar Est and bring his rule of evil to an end. And now, in “From the Cursed Volcano to the End of Hope,” he’s finally arrived. But because this is a […]

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Five Thoughts on Niko and the Sword of Light’s “From the Tunnels of Terror to the Den of Doom”

By Matthew Garcia | Jul 31, 2018 | Television

1. Down Down Under At the end of the last episode, Niko and the gang were confronted by the newly formed hyena creature. Turns out, Nar Est can augment his creations because that hyena thing is even larger and angrier and armed with a club tail. It’s not any smarter though, which makes it pretty easy […]

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Five Thoughts on Niko and the Sword of Light’s “From the Peaks of Peril to the Mounds of Mania”

By Matthew Garcia | Jul 24, 2018 | Television

1. Enter the Easily Offended Swedish Yetis Last week we were given a pirate adventure. This time, Niko and the Sword of Light takes us high above the tundra for some business with Swedish-accented, Russian-aesthetic yetis. The place is called Beaurocropolis or something and they are all very concerned with protocol. In fact, if someone were […]

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Five Thoughts on Niko and the Sword of Light’s “From the Shattering Springs to the Clouds of Chaos”

By Matthew Garcia | Jul 17, 2018 | Television

1. Enter the Sky Pirates Now with a far clearer mission in mind, Niko, Lyra, and Mandok are ready to face the evil volcano and wicked Nar Est. Of course, the new challenge is making it to the volcano first. “From the Shattering Springs to the Clouds of Chaos” opens with them pursued by a bunch […]

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Five Thoughts on Niko and the Sword of Light’s “From the Cliffs of Catastrophe to the Pools of Destiny”

By Matthew Garcia | Jul 10, 2018 | Television

1. The Pools of Destiny After all their adventures and all the creatures and things they’ve met, after all they’ve endured and all this time, our heroes have finally made it to the Pools of Destiny. This is a place of great golden shards, of crystals rising everywhere out of the grounds. There’s a mysterious […]

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Five Thoughts on Niko and the Sword of Light’s “From the Endless Expanse to the Thorns of Tribulation”

By Matthew Garcia | Jul 3, 2018 | Television

“From the Endless Expanse to the Thorns of Tribulation” marks the halfway point of Niko and the Sword of Light. The journey’s been kicked off, the characters established, the objectives set forth. And we’re given a smaller, less ambitious episode here. Some stuff is revealed, discoveries are made, but it mostly feels like this was a […]

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Five Thoughts on Niko and the Sword of Light’s “From the Tumbledowns to the Gap of Gloom”

By Matthew Garcia | Jun 26, 2018 | Television

1. Let’s Go Genre Hopping Niko and the Sword of Light breaks out of its epic fantasy trappings to for a different approach in “From the Tumbledowns to the Gap of Gloom.” True, the creators don’t stray far, taking the show into Wild West-inspired territory but at least director Sung Jin Ahn is trying to […]

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Five Thoughts on Niko and the Sword of Light’s “From the Sea of Suffering to the Faraway Shore”

By Matthew Garcia | Jun 19, 2018 | Television

1. Finally, Some Wonder! The previous episodes of Niko and the Sword of Light, fell into a bit of a formula. Lyra and Niko, sometimes with their sidekicks, would be whisked to some new part of the world. There, they discovered everything in turmoil, corrupted by Nar Est and his manipulations of the Great Jewel. They […]

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Five Thoughts on Niko and the Sword of Light’s “From the Phantom Woods to the Mountains of Misery”

By Matthew Garcia | Jun 12, 2018 | Television

1. Lost Again Only four episodes in, the group already finds themselves separated, spread out across the world. After an encounter with some hill giants, Niko and Lyra end up hurled into a deep dark wood that projects their regrets in front of them. Mandok winds up in a nearby town where he’s trying to […]

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Five Thoughts on Niko and the Sword of Light’s “From the Swamp of Sorrows to the Hills of Humiliation”

By Matthew Garcia | Jun 5, 2018 | Television

1. “You are a Pest. I Detest Pests” I don’t remember if the Mugwhump character came from the original motion comic or not but I think there’s a sense of familiarity with it that’s been lacking from the other creatures so far. Like the spider/boar thing from the last episode, this one can jump and […]

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Five Thoughts on Niko and the Sword of Light‘s “From the Sky Maze of Anguish to the Swamp of Sorrow”

By Matthew Garcia | May 29, 2018 | Television

1. The Journey Continues Okay, first of all, these titles are definitely a mouthful. I mean, if it wasn’t enough to read or write them, it’s also something to hear Andre Robinson scream them at the start of each episode. Also, remember, there will be spoilers. “From the Sky Maze of Anguish to the Swamp of […]

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