Holy Reichenbach! Ollie faces Ra’s Al Ghul in a duel to the death– to save the life of Sarah’s killer. We have a fairly literal cliffhanger until next year. Meanwhile, the flashbacks continue to explore the dark side of Ollie’s ethics, and the subplot moves Roy Palmer, by the smallest units, closer to becoming the Atom.
Here’s the place to discuss the last episode of Arrow until 2015, and to ponder the question we’re left at the end:
The Flash combines superhero angst with Christmas episode conventions. How does it play for you?
With the success of Gotham seemingly established, Syfy has announced Krypton, a series that takes place before Superman’s home planet blows up. Apparently, Grandpa El will be a central figure.
No, this is not an Onion story.
Orion takes off:
Orion splashes down:
Mars awaits!
And New Horizons awakes near Pluto.
Meanwhile, here on earth….
In the second of a two-part crossover, the Flash streaks his way to Starling City.
In the first of a two-part crossover, the Arrow comes to Central City.
Hard science fiction, often set in the terrifically-near future, explores the impact of hard science and plausible technology on all-too-human characters. This new anthology, edited by Ben Bova and Eric Choi, presents seventeen diverse stories, with technology we may well live to see, and themes as old as our species.
The Walking Dead reaches its midseason hiatus, with a predictably dark pause. Here’s the place to discuss the showdown in Atlanta, and the passing of yet another series regular.
“You’re all just celebrities, handing each other awards over comic books and pornography!”
Not a superhero movie, of course, but a darkly comic tour de force about an actor who used to play one. Mentally disturbed and financially troubled, Riggan appears on Broadway in an attempt to establish his credibility as an artist.
Whether Broadway constitutes a temple of high culture makes an interesting question. As for Birdman, he will not be bound.
Erik Wernquist’s extraordinary film about humanity spreading through or solar system, accompanied by the words of the late, great Carl Sagan
Wanderers – a short film by Erik Wernquist from Erik Wernquist on Vimeo.
A fanmade Special Edition of the new Star Wars Teaser Trailer:
Click for Nerdy commentary, Con video, and Superman in Space!