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Shoot the Moon

This season of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow has done a much better job handling the time travel aspect of the show.  The season has also been a nice weaving in and out of various connected plot-lines that are coming together … Continue reading

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Back into the Speed Force

The last time we spent an episode of The Flash in the Speed Force, we had Kevin Smith guiding the journey.  Granted, I wasn’t all that impressed with “The Runaway Dinosaur.”  I haven’t really taken to the idea of the … Continue reading

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Mondasian Cybermania

One thing the reboot of Doctor Who has done has been to spruce up old villains.  Shinier Cybermen.  More colorful Daleks.  Creepier Sontarans.  Now, as Capaldi and Moffatt come to the ends of their respective runs, a classic version of … Continue reading

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Almost Time for the Doctor

The BBC just released a “trailer” for the April-dropping tenth series of Doctor Who.  You get a voice over, some books flying around, and a vortex full of enemy faces.  It’s something, at least. Lots of questions surrounding this series, … Continue reading

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Gorillas Come Knocking

While much of this season of The Flash has focused on the oddly-reimagined Savitar and his threat to Iris Allen’s future, most long-time fans have been eagerly awaiting the two-part continuation of Gorilla Grodd’s story.  The first episode, “Attack on … Continue reading

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Waking Up in the Framework

Tuesday night’s episode of Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD went exactly where the show needed to go . . . at least for me.  After supernatural and scientific storylines, the show second “pod” of episodes ended with a virtual reset button. … Continue reading

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“They Don’t Know That We Know”

Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has taken the approach of two-seasons-in-one to a new level.  This season has been divided into thirds.  The first focused on Ghost Rider and a renegade Daisy Johnson.  The second has focused on life-model decoys, LMDs, … Continue reading

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Gorillas and Guinevere?

We have two weeks before new episodes of The Flash and DC’s Legends of Tomorrow on the CW.  While The Flash has been decent, it hasn’t been setting things on fire this season (particularly since returning from its winter break). … Continue reading

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Stranger Things, Too

Netflix recently announced that a trailer for the second season of Stranger Things would drop during the Super Bowl.  They also released an image from the trailer, which dates the new season at 1984, one year after the events of … Continue reading

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Brexit as Beginning?

I remember that I had spent most of June 23rd thinking about attending a Thursday-night premiere of Independence Day: Resurgence.  For some reason (possibly because reviews were horrible), I stayed home and found myself watching CNN.  By early evening, I was … Continue reading

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