We review the final episode until February.
That is, it’s the last episode of the show until February. Our review does not last until February, and can be easily read below:
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Weekend Review: White Zombie
The first zombie feature was an independent based heavily on the actual Haitian legend—a legend which, in the present zombie-haunted era, has been forgotten by (or remains unknown to) most fans. White Zombie stars Bela Lugosi, features sets pirated from more famous pictures, and it set the tone for all future pre-George A. Romero zombie movies. While far from perfect, it’s worth seeing, in order to understand what a zombie was, prior to the Night of the Living Dead.
As we countdown to The Walking Dead‘s mid-third-season finale, we offer White Zombie up as our Weekend Review.
Arrow Review: “Muse of Fire”
Jethro has a review of this week’s Arrow.
Oliver meets a kindred spirit, Tommy’s life suffers a major course change, and we find out a bit more about John Barrowman’s character.
Oh and Tahmoh Penikett continues his role as our genre’s Ted McGinley.
Bigfoot Study Reveals Samples Contain Human DNA…
…though whether that means, “there’s an actual hairy hominid hiding in the bushes that’s half-human” or “researchers who believe the Sasquatch and similar beasts exist have been testing samples of something that’s been contaminated with human DNA” is another matter.
LiveScience handles the story with some skepticism here, while The Huffington Post covers the story here.
Non-blurry Video below:
The Walking Dead Review: “When the Dead Come Knocking”
“There are walkers outside!”
–Oh, great! A tie-in with Elementary.
In the final episode before the “mid-season finale,” the two camps come closer to direct conflict.
Newspace
Curious about Curiosity? Apparently, if found something this week. What, exactly, remains something of a mystery, but will be revealed in December, after NASA has analyzed the data. Hopefully, this will be worth the wait—and the amount of idiotic speculation being tossed around the ‘Net.
Engineering Garbage
Fifteen-year-old genius has wowed MIT with his inventions, mostly engineered from rubbish.
They make great gaming figures!
Us a 3-D printer to make a model of yourself.
Travel destinations:
Recent discoveries in space include a galaxy, far, far away and Kappe Andromedae B, a planet with thirteen times Jupiter’s mass.
Take some light reading:
Two astronauts will spend a year in orbit.
Below, some cosplay at the recent Anime Festival Asia 2012, and other cute and strange video:
Weekend Review: Cloud Atlas
We’ve fallen a little behind on recent releases, finally reviewing the new Bond last week. This week, we consider this season’s most ambitious release, an adaptation of a complex novel into history’s most expensive independent film.
The Walking Dead: “Hounded”
Danger dogs the survivors as the season finale approaches.
Newspace: It’s Really Not Much Like “Star Trek”, but….
Though it may recall some more chilling works:
Not far away from where I live, a scientific breakthrough with terrific (in both senses of the word) implications occurred: a doctor has communicated with a patient in a vegetative state.
They can’t wait for a more comfortable ride than the Soyuz:
Later today, you can watch the crew of the space station return home.
Bazinga, Doctor!
A couple impressive scientific developments which, however, really aren’t that much like Star Trek, and video of last week’s Big Bang Theory Flash Mob Event and Doctor Who Children in Need “minisode,” appear after the jump:
Arrow Review: “Legacies”
Longtime Bureau-crat “Jethro” contributes this week’s Arrow review.
With its first non-arc episode, Arrow provides us with a lot of character development.