The final story of the X-Men has begun.
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Babylon 5 movie on the way.
Reports like this
Cinescape article are coming in to confirm old
rumours. Babylon 5: The Memory of Shadows
will begin filming in April, based on a script
written by J. Michael Straczynski. It will include
the character of Galen, already familiar to those who
caught the Babylon 5: Crusade spinoff of a
few years ago. (No casting announcements have been
made, but I haven’t seen Peter Woodward working on
anything else lately.) Expect a review the morning
after it premiers.
Smallville Discussion – “Covenant / Crusade”
Tonight we get two reruns instead of a new episode of Smallville. The specific episodes are the season three finale and the season four premier, so we’ll see the introduction of Kara and Lois.
Weekly Comics Discussion
Another week, another round of comics. This will be
a light week for me, with only Doctor Spectrum
#4 and X-Men: The End Book One #6
coming in.
Short Films Review – “Looney Tunes Golden Collection: Volume Two”
Between the 60 in this set and the 56 included in the
first volume, we now have 116 Looney Tunes cartoons
carefully restored and in excellent shape. At the
rate of one volume a year, we’ve got at least a
decade to go before we have them all. I can’t wait.
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The Confusion
This volume contains two novels, Bonanza and Juncto, that take place concurrently during the span 1689-1702. Rather than present one, then the other… I have interleaved sections of one with sections of the other so that the two stories move forward in synchrony. It is hoped that being thus con-fused shall render them less confusing to the Reader.
–Neal Stephenson.
Maybe. Then again, maybe not.
–The Timeshredder
Star Trek: Enterprise – "Kir’Shara"
MacGuffin in hand, can Archer make it back in time to prevent a galactic war?
Comic Review – “Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol. 2: Doom”
I’m trying to make comic book reviews a Tuesday
tradition here, giving preference to story arcs that
have trade paperbacks coming out on that week’s
Wednesday.
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Superman/Batman #8-13
The first six issues of Superman/Batman (reviewed here, here and here at the Bureau, in greater detail at E2, and with pics at my site) undid many of the post-Crisis changes in the DC Universe, and restored a Silver-Agesque sensibility. The seventh issue presented a stand-alone story which principally concerned Robin and Superboy.
The next six issues brought back the one missing Silver Age element: the Supergirl from Krypton.
Weekly DVD Picks
This is a very good week. The December 7 schedule
has no fewer than seven serious contenders for the
pick of the week. Care to see which of them won out?
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