The translucent shapeshifters return to plague Fringe division, and a former Massive Dynamic scientist is involved. Meanwhile, Walter meets with Nina Sharp.
Category Archives: B42 Site News
Grimm Discussion: “Bears Will Be Bears”
While I’m hoping to start reviewing Grimm (the pilot has me very interested) I’m out of town this week and won’t be catching it until later. So if anyone else was as intrigued as I was, here’s a discussion post.
This week, “Nick and Hank investigate a case of breaking-and-entering, which introduces them to a family’s barbaric history. Nick asks Monroe to look after Aunt Marie”
New 52 Review – “Aquaman #1”
DC’s King of the Sea is back in the relaunch. This title is a very pleasant surprise.
Leonard Nimoy’s Transformation – Sentinel Prime?
According to Entertainment Weekly (among others), Michael Bay has pulled Leonard Nimoy out of “retirement” so that he can voice the character of Sentinel Prime for the third installment of the Transformers franchise.
Can Nimoy save the series? Is it, in fact, worth saving?
Updates coming to several of our links
Due to circumstances at work, I’ve been behind in a few of our links and updates. By the end of this weekend, three areas that are behind will be updated. First of all, the “Blaine’s Video Collection” link in the lower right will transform into “Blaine’s Collections,” and detail my movie, comic and book collections as hosted by Collectorz.com connect. Second, the needed edits to the second lesson of “Math From Scratch” will be implemented and uploaded. Finally, the “Bureau 42 Event Calendar” will be updated for all shows we usually cover. (We’re open to suggestions on that front, too.)
Bureau42.com turns 10
Bureau42.com originally went live on October 18, 2000, at 19:33 (server time). Ten years later, the site authors take a moment to reflect on some highlights of that time.
Simon Pegg & Friends Abducted By Demons
In what appears to be either a Twitter-based storytelling experiment or an Alternate Reality Marketing event, it appears the Simon Pegg, Nick J. Frost, and Simon’s sister Katy have all vanished into Simon’s attic, never to return.
Continue reading →
Jeanne Robinson dies.
Jeanne Robinson, writer, dancer, choreographer, teacher, Zen monk, and wife of Spider Robinson, passed away Sunday, May 31, after a lengthy struggle with biliary cancer.
We shall miss the Stardancer.
Wil Wheaton to guest star on Eureka
Thanks to alert reader Fez. it’s been brought to our attention that Wil Wheaton is soon to guest star on SyFy’s Eureka. Wil’s been showing up in lots of places recently – is he plotting to mobilize his growing army of minions in the near future and take over the world?
Bureau 42 IRC chatroom now live
Thanks go to regular reader and commenter Lex Pendragon, who just set up a Bureau 42 chatroom at irc://irc.freenode.net/#Bureau42. You’ll find a permanent link down on the right hand side of the site, by the links to the staff list, event calendar, twitter feed, and so forth.