This is a week with a lot of good releases, but few great releases.
April 21, 2018
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Deep in the Borneo jungles live exploding ants, who self-sacrifice for their colony while having a bit of a blast.
They’re no Atlanteans, but the Bajou people may have a genetic advantage when it comes to sea-diving.
If you’ve been following one of the creepier celebrity stories making the rounds this year, you may know that Allison Mack, best known as Chole from Smallville, has been arrested this week for complicity in crimes allegedly committed by a bizarre sex cult. Earlier, the investigation looked at Kristin “Lana Lang” Kreuk’s involvement, but she left the group years ago, and claims the activity at that time was less legally and ethically troubling.
If you want something less serious or scientific, we’ve got two recent cosplay videos by Youtubers, below.
April 21, 2018
Greatest Science Fiction Hero Tournament: Week Six, Round One
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You can vote on the latest batch of heroes here.
April 20, 2018
Comic Book Review: Action #1000
Back in 1938, Action Comics #1 turned up at the newsstands and drugstores of America. The cover featured a man in a blue and red suit and a cape running while holding up a green late model automobile.
The comic-book cost ten cents.
In 2014, one of the few remaining copies sold for over three million dollars.
In 2018, DC Comics published issue #1000. It’s an 80-PAGE GIANT, making it about the length of its famous predecessor. Whereas that Depression-era funnybook only devoted its first story to the Man of Steel, 2018’s is all about the Superman.
April 19, 2018
Steven Spielberg to make a DCU Blackhawk movie
DC has announce that Spielberg will be making a film based on the comparatively obscure (that is, to non-comix-readers) Blackhawks comic.
Whether it takes place in the quasi-established DCU remains uncertain, but I think it has potential. Like Iron Man, the mainstream will come to it with few source-based expectations, and, if I recollect correctly, Spielberg has had a hit or two with films set in the same era.
April 18, 2018
Comic Television Discussion – Week beginning April 15th
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On the CW, we are Dropping Content as the seasons come to a close, so I have revamped these posts to include some more comic television! I am not going to say I got everything based on a comic, but I added the ones I watch. If there’s another comic show you like, please comment and I’ll include it. I’ll throw any streaming series up as they show up.
For our Debut Catalog, Lucifer thinks he is going on nocturnal missions, Supergirl returns bringing Laurie Metcalf with her. The Flash continues fighting against intelligence, Black Lightning ends his first season with a showdown of black vs. white, Supergranad is still trapped in a terrorist cell, and Arrow has expanding businesses.
From the House of Ideas, Legion is still crazy (and that description probably won’t change) and the Agents take a trip to Rome to stop Malficent’s daughter from breaking the world. In Riverdale, the “teens” get prepare to put on their bloody musical.
[All synopses (and titles) from Trakt.tv below the cut. (If a show’s synopsis is a spoiler to you, do not click More…)]
April 17, 2018
The Terror Review: Episodes 3-5
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We’ve reached the midpoint of the… Season? Series? and the situation grows increasingly bleak for the men of the expedition–
–at least, for the ones who remain alive.
April 15, 2018
Weekly New Releases – April 17, 2018
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This is a good week for fans of 50s comedies or classic DC animated TV series.
April 14, 2018
Greatest Science Fiction Hero Tournament: Week Five, Round One
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The latest round of voting takes place here.
April 24, 2018
“Dreamland” and “Dreamland II”: X-Files Retrospective Podcast #132
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The latest episode of the X-Files Retrospective podcast, covering Dreamland and Dreamland II, is now available here for your listening pleasure. Intro and outro music attribution is below. You can also follow the show from its own feed (RSS, iTunes, Stitcher) or through the Bureau 42 Master Audio Feed (RSS, iTunes, Stitcher).
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