Two episodes in, and already I like Jodie Whittaker’s Doctor way more than Peter Capaldi’s.

I’m particularly struck by the series’ skewed aesthetic, which feels like Blade Runner by way of Terry Gilliam.

Also: Wesley Snipes vampire action, Kingpin’s return, Tim Burton’s Christmas, a Stanley Kubrick epic, and more.

Also: Douglas Adams, Clint Eastwood, lots of Wes Anderson, Kevin Costner in Sherwood Forest, and one of the great car movies of all time.

Also: Kevin Smith’s debut, Keanu Reeves, Anton Chigurh, The Good Place, Jet Li, High Noon, and the Blair Witch.

If you haven’t been to your local library in awhile, then you might be in for a pleasant surprise.

Also: Spike Jonze sci-fi, Jean-Claude Van Damme, a South Korean blockbuster, Kiyoshi Kurosawa, and a Mel Brooks classic.

Also: Nicolas Cage’s treasure protecting, Thor loses his hammer, Hellboy, Scottish drug addicts, and Michael Bay mayhem.

Also: Hellboy, a Danish post-apocalypse, Stallone vs. Snipes, Tonya Harding, Kubrick by way of Spielberg, and classic 007.

Also: Liu Kang and Shang Tsung, Jack Sparrow, South Korean superheroics, Sam Raimi noir, and The Man With No Name.

Also: Ambitious low-budget sci-fi, Netflix original anime, James Bond, Takashi Miike’s 100th film, and Luc Besson’s return.

Coming soon: Scorsese gangsters, Will Smith and aliens, cyberpunk, Audrey Tautou, Mel Brooks and the Old West, and gritty space opera.

A show like Dark practically demands that its viewers come up with their own pet theories… so here are some of mine.

Coming soon: A South Korean thriller, the first of Nolan’s “Dark Knight Trilogy,” an action classic, several twisty thrillers, and a madman with a box.

Also: A couple of Vietnam War epics, a twisty German thriller, Taratino’s revenge masterpiece, and the Muscles from Brussels.

I understand why others find the series derivative, clichéd, too reliant on tropes, etc. But it doesn’t feel derivative to me at all.

The series will premiere in Japan on December 15, with the rest of the world to follow soon after.

Also, let’s talk about what’ll happen in season 3 and why the series is so affecting to begin with.