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Up for (P)review: LightonX Teaser Trailer "Being A Hero"

LightonX is a web series featuring a group of teenagers who have to protect their planet against threats from another world. The newest trailer for LightonX titled "Being a Hero" dropped a week ago. It features 3 unknown teens being held captive by an unknown​ group of men. In an instant you see these 3 teens are not normal kids. They seem to be gifted in one thing... Kicking @$$! Before they are able to complete clearing the room, what appears to be the leader comes forward and using telekinetic powers rendering these teens helpless on the floor. It is a wonderful teaser trailer. You may find it here: https://youtu.be/5NvxV4m-_gs I did some reading up on the web series which is available on Amazon. The show has an X-Men meets Alien type feel to it. One group of aliens has decided to protect all human race against another group​ of aliens who are looking to use them as host subjects to further their intergalactic outreach. I look forward to learning more about the s...

Up For Review: Thirteen Reasons Why

Disclaimer: I have not read the novel. I am basing this review on the TV show only.     Thirteen Reasons Why is a show based on the young adult novel by Jay Asher. The book achieved #1 on New York Times best sellers list (2011). The Netflix exclusive debuted this past March.     This is a story about a boy named Clay Jensen who receives an unexpected package. There are seven cassettes and each side features details aimed at a particular classmate outlining reasons why the author, Hannah Baker, committed suicide and their role in it. Reasons for which she outlines has to do with bullying and sexual assault. Each person who receives the tapes is to listen to all of them in order and then pass them along to the next subject.     This high school has every dilemma you can find. I don't know what world this school exists in but I feel the writer was reaching way too much to make the readers feel something. Is there a school in America where a g...