Author Archives: JD DeLuzio

Arrow Review: “Three Ghosts”

No, it’s not quite Green Arrow’s take on A Christmas Carol, though Ollie does get visited by three ghosts that force him to self-reflection as he takes on villains with actual superpowers. The episode ends with an origin and a key revelation, before the show disappears until 2014.

Some bigger question on everyone’s mind: Will Roy Harper get up to speed? Will DC try to make gold having its smallscreen heroes save the world from Solomon Grundy? And can this version of the DCU support Flash?
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Newspace

Or come over to the dark side….

In a fit of either cluelessness or cackling villainy that will give conspiracy theorists fodder for years to come, the USA has launched a spy satellite with a world-squeezing octopus logo. Have political cartoons and pulp fiction taught them nothing?

In an unrelated science story, we may have already detected the elusive dark matter.

Up, up and away….

Retired astronaut Mark Kelly has joined the team at World View, offering private near-space balloon rides to paying customers. The first commercial flights should ascend in 2016.

From up above to down below….

Could churning, sub-ice oceans explain Europa’s strange surface?

And while claims that these oceans might contain life may or may not be bull, this recently unearthed marine reptile swam earth’s ancient seas.

Cosplay, Cons, Orphan Black, and a zombie alert follow the break:

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The Walking Dead Review: “Gone Too Far”

I had a great time at SFContario, but did not take video. It’s the first time (I think) that Writers of Note joined the improve session. I missed Sunday due to a severe cold, but made it home in time for The Walking Dead’s mid-season finale…

…which cannot be reviewed without SPOILERS. Do not read (or watch the embedded video) if you want to see the episode without spoilers.

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Weekend Review: An Adventure in Space and Time

An expatriate Canadian living in 1960s England hires the first BBC female producer and a gay Anglo-East Indian director to produce a low-budget SF show. They cast an aging, veteran character actor to star as an alien who travels through time and space in a small box that’s bigger inside.

The show becomes history’s longest-running SF series. True story.

And, of course, the appetizer for this weekend’s Whovian Main Course.

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Newspace: Superheroes!

Not even leukemia can stop Bat-kid!

BatKid saves San Francisco Gotham, courtesy of the Make-a-Wish Foundation.

Just like in the Fantastic Four

A recent spat between two key members of the Rain City Superhero movement has led to accusations against “real-life superhero” Phoenix Jones and the resignation of El Cabellero.

Twilight of the Metahumans

If you haven’t yet seen Andreas Englund’s paintings of an aged superhero, check them out here.

Doctor Who and more, below….

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