Syfy fantasy series “The Magicians,” about a group of college students who travel through time and worlds to battle wildly imaginative creatures, draws to a close April 1 after five seasons, having taken viewers on a Harry Potter-meets-video-game thrill ride. Knowing that this is the end of the run gives MastersFX founder and president Todd Masters and his team one last chance to showcase the program’s most popular characters — using their own magic to deliver the makeup effects.
Series creators Sera Gamble and John McNamara had specific ideas about what they wanted in the show’s seven so-called questing creatures, which, when discovered, must grant the magician a wish that helps fulfill a quest. For instance, Sir Effingham (played by Sean Maguire) is half man, half pig, and he looks a bit like Benjamin Franklin.
Whether working on characters like Lord Fresh (Anthony Ingram), Napster (Lynn Andrews) or Sir Effingham,...
Series creators Sera Gamble and John McNamara had specific ideas about what they wanted in the show’s seven so-called questing creatures, which, when discovered, must grant the magician a wish that helps fulfill a quest. For instance, Sir Effingham (played by Sean Maguire) is half man, half pig, and he looks a bit like Benjamin Franklin.
Whether working on characters like Lord Fresh (Anthony Ingram), Napster (Lynn Andrews) or Sir Effingham,...
- 3/20/2020
- by Jazz Tangcay
- Variety Film + TV
The Magicians gives Fogg a taste of his own medicine this week while Julia and Margo go through their own journeys of discovery.
TV
This The Magicians review contains spoilers.
The Magicians Season 4 Episode 2
No show does disconnected storylines like The Magicians. Despite the fact that this episode had to tell the stories of Margo in Fillory, Alice in the Library, Fogg and Julia at Brakebills, and Elliot and Quentin in Greece, each arc is tied together by the eventual removal of the students’ false identities. Although some plotlines are still works in progress with no real resolution in this episode, the forward progress that was made in each case was effective and appreciated. There were even some enticing new mysteries, such as the Monster’s missing “part” and Margo’s birthright box, to add to the mix.
Alice’s story stood out as a favorite, even though her involvement...
TV
This The Magicians review contains spoilers.
The Magicians Season 4 Episode 2
No show does disconnected storylines like The Magicians. Despite the fact that this episode had to tell the stories of Margo in Fillory, Alice in the Library, Fogg and Julia at Brakebills, and Elliot and Quentin in Greece, each arc is tied together by the eventual removal of the students’ false identities. Although some plotlines are still works in progress with no real resolution in this episode, the forward progress that was made in each case was effective and appreciated. There were even some enticing new mysteries, such as the Monster’s missing “part” and Margo’s birthright box, to add to the mix.
Alice’s story stood out as a favorite, even though her involvement...
- 1/30/2019
- Den of Geek
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