After toodling around Earth-2 last week and getting captured, Barry and company finally confront Zoom. Back on Earth-1, Jay captures the villain when Velocity-9 gives him his speed and his life back. But is it too late for Jay?
And who is Zoom’s Man in the Iron Mask?
By now, most of you have heard that Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO) has confirmed gravity waves, the existence of which was predicted by the General Theory of Relativity. Varying levels of explanations for what this means may be found here, here, here, and in the videos, below:
Incredibly, none of us have seen Deadpool yet, but it’s the breakout movie of the weekend.
So provide us with your own reviews!
Dark Horse has released Evan Dorkin’s complete Eltingville Club comics, 1994-2015, in hard copy and on Kindle. It’s savage, brutal, hilarious, and probably something every fan should read.
Some people (understandably, especially after the first couple of seasons) complain that The Big Bang Theory invites its audience to laugh at, not with, the nerds. Compared to Eltingville, Big Bang is tame. Dorkin satirically slashes at the worst of nerddom with Swift, Juvenalian anger. I make no assumptions about the author’s feelings and motivations here; he names it anger in the book’s introduction. The saving grace is that Dorkin, something of a nerd icon, attacks from within; these characters don’t represent all nerds; they represent the worst excesses, the people who foul up fandom.
Of course, even less crazed fans may see something of ourselves in Dorkin’s funhouse mirror.
Either way, a fannish Valentine this ain’t.
Due to laziness, illness, and a general lack of discussion on these shows, I’m posting them together this week.
Discuss away! Post a review! Link to your Youtube impersonation of a DC hero!
Marvel’s Agent Carter organizes a heist. With the fate of Los Angeles hanging in the balance, hilarity ensues.
Heroes and villains doppelgäng up on each other.
Kara finds herself in a similar situation as Riker did in Star Trek: The Next Generation‘s “Future Imperfect,” and Bruce Wayne in Batman: The Animated Series‘ “Perchance to Dream.”
How does she fare?
It’s been ages since we’ve run one of these, so…
Edgar Mitchell, the sixth man on the moon, died this week at 85.
North Korea claims its recent launch is part of a space program, but other nations believe it’s more of a missile test.
A non-trivial distinction.
And yeah, we’re aware the site is moving very slowly. We’re working on it.
Superbowl superheroics, anime on ice, nerdish cosplay, and more, below:
“I don’t know which I admire more; your skill as a warrior or your resolve as a woman.”
— Lady Catherine de Bourgh