So, how are you weathering the Great Pandemic of 2020? Keeping your social distances? Working from home? Catching up on things you’ve missed? Dealing with close quarters? Arguing online with Tinfoil Hats who blame Bill Gates? Baking?– these days, toilet paper is easier to come by than yeast.
Let’s hear about your experiences of COVID-19.
The superheroes, having found themselves all in the same universe, are being responsible and staying in their own lairs and not returning, yet. If you want superpowers, you are going to have to get by on either Zoey as she helps her dad’s caregiver, or the robots of Westworld as they continue to try a corporate takeover. If neither are real heroes to you, we do get another double dose of science as Neil deGrasse Tyson explores quantum mechanics and political involvement in science. There’s villains, as Jimmy plays Bagman on Better Call Saul, and Red takes the Blacklist to Alaska. If you’ve got your kids with you, the DuckTales get to play Bond.
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All podcasts claim to have fully migrated, so we’ll see how things play out. There are now multiple feeds for Bureau 42 podcasts once again, each with its own website over at Anchor. The feeds are:
All that, said, I have questions for listeners.
All of our Podcasts will be migrating from our current host at Podbean over to Anchor. Let me know if your feeds don’t update. On the plus side, this should allow us to put each podcast in its own feed again, while still keeping the master feed out there, too. If anything doesn’t transfer nicely, let us know!
Genre television returns in a big way, with a new status quo in a new universe after the Crisis has Destroyed Concepts we thought were well entrenched. Batwoman has to contend with her new reality while Supergirl deals with Lex as a good guy, Black Lightning adjusts to how the Red Wave has affected his town, the Legends are celebrities, and Arrow gives us a backdoor pilot for what they hope will be a replacement show. The Doctor also gives us a visit with Nikola Tesla, the Midwives are trapped in a lift, Riverdale plays football, The Good Doctor joins the X-Men, but the real big highlights for the week are the return of the Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, and Star Trek: Picard at the end of the week. I am glad I caught up on everything so that I can get behind again as all of these shows suck me in!
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As the year runs out of steam, so do the studios. There is only one hope we have for new genre television, and she is all the hope you need: The Doctor. Doctor Who returns with a two-parter, with part one on New Year’s Day, and part two on the following Sunday.
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Crisis on Infinite Earths begins on Supergirl as our red skies descend to shake up the CW’s Arrowverse. Bureau 42 has a primer for you here, and a review for the first part her available here if you want Continue reading →
While over in the Arrowverse a Crisis hits this week, Marvel answers by bringing the Runaways back and dropping season three for us. Meanwhile, in His Dark Materials, we get a better look at the Daemons, the Watchmen get some alcohol in Manhattan, Black Lightning, while not directly dealing with Crisis, worries about Jennifer, and Castle Rock and Blacklist end their seasons. In Riverdale, Veronica fights with her her dad, and The Mandalorian takes on a crew. If you are still looking upwards, Star Trek: Discovery offers us a Short Trip.
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Hope you’ve got a lot of free time to catch up this week! The DC shows are at their last episodes before Crisis, which gives us a mid-season finale feel to Flash and Arrow. Supergirl and Batwoman will also be taking part, and Legends will pop in but their shows haven’t been leaning as heavily into it. Black Lightening is also rumors to show up, but he’s still busy trying to free his city from governmental occupation on his show. Meanwhile on HBO, the Watchmen discusses the events of the original comic, but otherwise has nothing to do with the rest of the DC properties. His Dark Materials borrows a name from a vampire movie, but shows no signs of featuring bloodsuckers. The Good Doctor visits his estranged, dying father. Riverdale producers still believe video tapes are a thing. The Mandalorian works with a rookie. The Blacklist stops people from retiring. In you wanted something nostalgic and lighter, Fuller House’s latest season drops, also.
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