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Sorry, wrong suspense-filled Primary. This one sets 12 Monkeys into high gear for season two, as the timeline shifts—but not in ways we expect or understand.
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Flying close to the sun:
The Solar Impulse 2 solar plane completed a successful crossing of the Pacific Ocean.
Peake Condition:
Astronaut Tim Peake completed the equivalent of a marathon on the ISS.
Inhuman Delay:
In movie space news, Marvel has removed the Inhumans from their current schedule, though it may be more of a rescheduling brought about by Spider-man’s arrival in the MCU. Unless, of course, Disney has a secret deal in the works to grab back the X-Men.
Novel Review: “Lock In”
With the TV adaptation of John Scalzi’s 2014 SF/detective novel in development/preproduction, we thought we’d review the 2014 source. We’re a bit late to the party, we know. Consider it a bonus “Weekend Review.”
Weekend Review: Valerie and Her Week of Wonders (1970)
In the space between Batman v Superman guest-starring Wonder Woman and Captain America: Civil War guest-starring the entire MCU, Alex has reviewed some classic anime. Today we’re looking back at the most famous of early-1970s Czech surreal horror/coming-of-age/fantasy films, 1970’s Valerie a týden divu.
Is it worth seeing what all the film school cognoscenti fuss is about?
Orphan Black Review: “Transgressive Border Crossing”
Helena gets an ultrasound, but we learn she’s not the only clone carrying something. M.K. has a reason to be on the lam, and it connects to a danger Clone Club has faced, unknowingly, from the very start. It’s not just the humor that’s cheeky this season.
O, clones, thou art sick.
Flash Mini-Review: “Versus Zoom”
This episode provides us with the backstory and motives of Zoom, the explanation for Jay’s apparent death, and clues to the identity of the Man in the Mask.
Unfortunately, exposition and revelation give way to a plot that only works because….
12 Monkeys Review: “Year of the Monkey”
Twelve Monkeys returns, with a pair of would-be heroes in the present and a pair a’ docs in the future.
Supergirl Mini-Review: “Better Angels”
Supergirl finishes its first season, with Kara and J’onn J’onzz saving the world, followed by a double cliffhanger. Hopefully, CBS will confirm the show’s second season soon, and we’ll find out some things…
Novel Review: Updraft
One of the most-discussed YA novels of the last year is Fran Wilde’s Updraft, the first of a series set in the wild “Bone Universe,” where humans live in gigantic towers of bone and fly above the clouds on manufactured wings. The book has been nominated for a 2016 Nebula and the Andre Norton Award. Does it live up to the hype?
Orphan Black Review: “The Collapse of Nature”
Orphan Black‘s fourth season begins as prequel. Save for the final scene, the episode depicts the events leading up to the pilot: Beth Childs, the Neolutionists, and the original Clone Club.
And, of course, a woman in a creepy sheep mask. Hello, Dolly.