Category: Television

New Television Show Picks for Geeks!

Agents of SHIELD courtesy ABC
Agents of SHIELD courtesy ABC

The biggest news of the network Fall up fronts (when all the U.S. television networks reveal their new shows and lineups) is the official word that Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has been picked up and will air on Tuesdays at 8pm on ABC. Marvel’s The Avengers director Joss Whedon wrote and directed the pilot starring Clark Gregg as Agent Phil Coulson leading an elite team of spies working for S.H.I.E.L.D. as seen in Iron Man, Thor, Captain America and The Avengers.

Here are some other picks for sci-fi and comic book geeks to look forward to:

Almost Human Karl Urban (Star Trek Into Darkness, Lord of the Rings) and Michael Ealy in a new series from J.J. Abrams and J.H. Wyman (Fringe) as police officer forced to work with an android partner in this sci-fi crime drama. This will air Mondays on Fox midseason.

Crisis Gillian Anderson (The X-Files) returns to U.S. television in new thriller. Anderson plays a powerful CEO who teams up with her rookie FBI agent sister (Rachael Taylor) to solve a multiple kidnapping case.

Dracula Jonathan Rhys Myers plays the Count, Thomas Kretschmann plays Van Helsing, Jessica De Gow (recently seen as Huntress on Arrow) plays Mina Murray. Dracula will follow the renewed Grimm on Friday nights.

Believe Kyle MacLachman (Twin Peaks) stars in a new series by J.J. Abrams. In this supernatural drama a man spring from prison fights to protect a gifted young girl from evil forces who want to control her.

Crossbones John Malkovich will play Blackbeard in this mid-season series by the writers of Luther.

More to come!

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Meet the Team of AGENTS OF SHIELD

Agents of SHIELD courtesy ABC
Agents of SHIELD courtesy ABC

Who’s who in Agents of SHIELD?

Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg) is back leading an elite team of operatives for the law enforcement agency S.H.I.E.L.D. in the upcoming ABC television series based on Marvel’s The Avengers but who else is on the team?

Agent Grant Ward (Brett Dalton), highly trained in combat and espionage.

Agent Melinda May (Ming-Na Wen) Continue reading Meet the Team of AGENTS OF SHIELD

The Name of the Doctor Trailer!

courtesy BBC One
courtesy BBC One

The countdown is on for the finale of Doctor Who Season Seven! River Song (Alex Kingston) returns. The villain from Christmas episode, The Snowmen (Richard E. Grant) is back. The mystery of Clara revealed? The real name of the Doctor revealed!?!

Take a look at the BBC trailer for The Name of the Doctor:

Who is the Impossible Girl? What if Clara was Romana regenerated? Romana was a young Time Lord who assisted the Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker) during the Key to Time epic. Romana was played by Mary Tamm then Lalla Ward.

In the finale of the E-Space trilogy, Romana and the robot dog K-9 stayed in the parallel universe rather than return to Gallifrey. There have been conflicting reports but no official on-screen revelation about Romana dying in the Great Time War.

But the big question…do you want to know the Doctor’s real name?

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Agents of SHIELD Preview!

Agents of SHIELD courtesy ABC
Agents of SHIELD courtesy ABC

The biggest news of the network Fall up fronts (when all the U.S. television networks reveal their new shows and lineups) is the official word that Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD has been picked up and will air on ABC this Fall!

Marvel’s The Avengers director Joss Whedon wrote and directed the pilot starring the superspy agency that’s been a huge part of the recent Marvel films.

Check out this teaser featuring a certain Continue reading Agents of SHIELD Preview!

GRIMM The Comic Book

Grimm #1 courtesy Dynamite Comics
Grimm #1 courtesy Dynamite Comics

Those fairy tales and myths that gave you chills as a child are real and deadly in the world of Grimm.

The acclaimed television series inspires a brand new comic book out this week. Grimm #1 from Dynamite Comics is set in the world of the NBC series.

Portland detective Nick Burkhardt is no ordinary police officer. Nick is descended from a line of guardians known as “Grimms.” The guardians protect humanity from mythological creatures Continue reading GRIMM The Comic Book

HE-MAN Gets a New Look!

courtesy DC Comics
courtesy DC Comics

He-Man is getting a new look! Less skin is in!

Fan-favorite writer Keith Giffen and artists Pop Mahn just launched a brand new He-Man and the Masters of the Universe ongoing series! Now DC Comics is sharing the new design for He-Man coming in July’s issue four.

“In the epic war against the forces of Hordak ripping through the pages of the current series, He-Man must don the sacred armor of his ancestors.”

What do you think of He-Man’s new look – does it say “by the power of Grayskull!!!!!” to you?

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GIRLS Star for FANTASTIC FOUR?

courtesy Marvel
courtesy Marvel

The speculation has begun! Fox is rebooting Fantastic Four with director Josh Trank (Chronicle) with Mark Millar and Matthew Vaughn producing. Who will play Marvel’s First Family?

Allison Williams of HBO’s Girls is on the short list to play Susan Storm (Invisible Woman) according to Deadline.

The Fantastic Four reboot is scheduled for release in March, 2015.

Jessica Alba played the heroine in the previous films.

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Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic NOW at EMP

courtesy EMP Museum
courtesy EMP Museum

You don’t have to go to Westeros to see dragons! Seattle’s EMP Museum invites you to their latest exhibit Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic featuring elements from The Hobbit, The Wizard of Oz and The Princess Bride to Harry Potter and Snow White and the Huntsman.  You can take off on a fantastical journey to discover the inspiration behind this genre’s most magnificent creations.

See iconic costumes from television and the big screen including The Wizard of Oz, Xena: Warrior Princess, Labyrinth, and The Princess Bride; pet a dragon designed by Seattle Opera; sit atop the Iron Throne from HBO’s Game of Thrones; and witness original hand-edited manuscript pages from J.R.R Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings.

courtesy EMP Museum
courtesy EMP Museum

Now about that dragon…Of the 902 name ideas submitted 10 were selected and put to a public vote. EMP presented Adalinda, scaly guardian of the gallery!

Built by Seattle Opera Scenic Studios, Adalinda’s head is approximately six-feet-long and her “bite” would be slightly bigger than that of a great white shark. Her claws have a grasp of 18 inches, her tail is about the length of an adult saltwater crocodile, and if she were to spread her wings they would stretch to more than 36 feet.

Xena's costume at EMP Museum, photo by ComicsBlend
Xena’s costume at EMP Museum, photo by ComicsBlend

The Opening Night party gave excited fans a first look at the collection, meet Knights in shining armor, enjoy a taste of cider, grog or meed and a photo op on the Iron Throne from Game of Thrones.

Fantasy: Worlds of Myth and Magic is now open at Seattle’s EMP Museum! While you’re there don’t miss Icons of Science Fiction and Can’t Look Away: The Lure of the Horror Film.

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