This week brings us Rip and Canary continuing their 1970s shenanigans, Atom making a fantastic voyage, Cold meeting his cool younger self, and the show making cryptic references….
Author Archives: JD DeLuzio
The Expanse Review: Second Half, First Season
The second half of The Expanse takes its viewers on a thrill ride through the transformation of Julie Mao, the secrets of a derelict ship, and the machinations of those who seek war.
Arrow Discussion: “Unchained”
Some characters from the past return, Felicity tries to convince people she can handle a large corporation, and a calculating villain comes to town.
Agent Carter Review: “Smoke and Mirrors”
“That’s right, he did say ‘hidden door’ and ‘secret area.’ We’re dealing with old rich men here who like that sort of thing.”
Yes. Of course they do.
Marvel’s Agent Carter gives us some backstory or our hero and our villain, as the conspiracy moves closer.
Flash Discussion: “Tar Pit”
We’ve got a sticky situation, some slippery ethical slopes, a speedy family reconciliation, and the promise of Earth Two. Here’s the place to discuss this week’s Flash.
Update! Also, Barry will meet Supergirl on March 28. No word on whether they will be shown as sharing a universe, or living in alternate ones.
Supergirl Discussion: “Bizarro”
Even in the world of PVRs, I’m willing to bet this Bizarro episode of Supergirl took a hit from the bizarre episode of X-Files running opposite. In any case, here is am the place to discuss this week’s Supergirl….
Update! Also, the Flash will meet Supergirl on March 28. No word on whether they will be shown as sharing a universe, or living in alternate ones.
Weekend Review: Ex Machina
“I want to talk to you about the greatest scientific event in the history of man.”
–Nathan, Ex Machina
The most successful indie SF film of 2015 revisits and genders the Modern Prometheus, raising, predictably, more questions than we can answer.
Not to be confused with the anime of the same title.
Book Review: Bazaar of Bad Dreams
The prison was twenty miles from the nearest small city, on an otherwise empty expanse of prairie where the wind blew almost all the time. The main building was a looming stone horror perpetrated on the landscape at the beginning of the twentieth century. Growing from either side were concrete cellblocks built one by one over the previous forty-five years, mostly with federal money that began flowing during the Nixon years and just never stopped.
At some distance from the main body of the prison was a smaller building. The prisoners called this adjunct Needle Manor (99).
Stephen King closed 2015 with a diverse collection of short fiction that displays his sense of horror, humor, hokiness, and humanity.
Legends of Tomorrow: “Pilot, Part 2”
Our heroes are stuck for awhile in 1975, depicted at its cheesiest, which suits a show that amounts to a comic-book cheese casserole, darkened unexpectedly by the death (for now?) of a key player.
Whether the show is a good or bad thing…
Arrow Discussion: “A.W.O.L.”
Felicity battles her old self, and gains a sobriquet; Diggle’s family drama continues, and, yeah, Ollie and the gals really look like a posse of insane trick-or-treaters when they head out to battle crime in Star City.
So what did we think of Arrow “A.W.O.L.”?