The ‘Agents of ‘SHIELD’ Ace in the Hole — A Female Superhero

The ‘Agents of ‘SHIELD’ Ace in the Hole — A Female Superhero
Joanna Robinson — Vanity Fair

This is a recap of Season 2, Episode 10 of Agents of S.H.I.E.LD., titled “What They Become.” If you don’t want to be spoiled, stop reading now.

The phrase “game-changing” gets way overused in film and TV writing but, sorry folks, the game has changed. In last night’s mid-season finale of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Marvel revealed that the entire time we’ve been clamoring for a female superhero, there’s been one growing right under our noses.

As it turns out, Chloe Bennett’s Agent Skye, the ordinary hacker whose recruitment into S.H.I.E.L.D. kicked off the ABC series last year, was actually a…

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‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’, ‘All Good Things’ Stand-Alone Blu-ray

‘Star Trek: The Next Generation’, ‘All Good Things’ Stand-Alone Blu-ray
Matt Wright

Wow, “All Good Things…” is 20-years old. It’s still a shining example of what Trek in the mid-90’s could be. It’s quite telling that Brannon Braga and Ron D. Moore excitedly hammered out this loving wrap-up to Next Gen in a matter of days, while with Generations they spent much more time on it, fretting about the motion picture debut of the TNG crew, and it is hardly the unanimous success that “All Good Things…” is.

“All Good Things…” is great TNG-era Trek.

While I’m talking about Star Trek...

It’s hard for me to say that All Good Things is the absolute best episode of Star Trek, but…

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‘House of Cards’ Season 3 Premieres on February 27

‘House of Cards’ Season 3 Premieres on February 27
Laura Prudom — Variety

“House of Cards” season three will debut on Netflix on Feb. 27, the streaming service announced Monday.

The news broke with Frank Underwood’s typical panache — through a video posted to Twitter and Facebook featuring stars Kevin Spacey and Robin Wright ascending the steps of Air Force One.

Oh yes!

Here’s the video from Twitter:

“Prenatal Robin” Coming to ‘Gotham’

“Prenatal Robin” Coming to ‘Gotham’
Angie Han — /Film

Showrunner Bruce Heller revealed that a “prenatal Robin” storyline is in the works for Gotham. Also coming in a future episode is the return of the pint-sized Poison Ivy — though her BFF Harley Quinn will be sitting this season out.

Speaking to EW, Heller revealed his approach to Robin. “We’re going to do a prenatal origin story for Robin down the line,” Heller said. “There are no MRIs involved. There’s an episode coming up where we learn how Robin’s parents got together.”

I checked into this show because, you know, why not. I didn’t expect it to like it much or for it to be particularly…

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Marvel To Reveal More ‘Age of Ultron’ Footage During ‘Agents of Shield’

Marvel To Reveal More ‘Age of Ultron’ Footage During ‘Agents of Shield’
Russ Fischer — /Film

The trailer premiere for Avengers: Age of Ultron was originally set to take place during the October 28 episode of Agents of SHIELD. A bootleg leak of the trailer changed that, and Marvel was smart enough to respond to the leak with an official trailer release. So what does that mean for next week’s episode of SHIELD?

Despite the fact that the show’s second season is improved from the first, I saw a few jokes about millions of people deleting the episode from their DVR once the trailer leaked. Marvel doesn’t want that to happen, and will show some new Age of Ultron footage during the show…

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Michael Dorn Talks ‘Captain Worf’ Series

Michael Dorn Talks ‘Captain Worf’ Series
Ronan O’Flaherty — TrekMovie.com

TrekMovie: Regarding the proposed ‘Captain Worf’ TV series, is there any update on that? Has there been any progress?

Michael Dorn: We have a script. We have idea. We have all the framework. But we are waiting for Paramount to say yes or no. Not in terms of doing it, but in terms of having to shoot something. Because if they say “no, you can’t do it” there is no need to keep going…So we are asking them, can we do this? Can we make money? Can we sell it as a pilot? And if they say “no, forget it,” then it’s over.

Yes, please! Who can I talk to over at paramount to make this happen. Look,…

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‘Supergirl’ TV Series Coming to CBS

‘Supergirl’ TV Series Coming to CBS
Angie Han — /Film

Supergirl is coming to CBS. The network has just landed the DC Comics adaptation, which is being executive produced by Greg Berlanti (Arrow) and Ali Adler (No Ordinary Family).

The pickup means that, if all goes well, four of the five broadcast networks will airing shows based on DC characters next season. The fifth, ABC, will still be in the costumed-hero game, with Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. and Agent Carter.

I don’t know whether to laugh or cry. There is the small (very small) chance that it could be good, but I’m not betting on it. D.C. is doing a pretty terrible job at the…

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Trailers For TNG Remastered Season 7, and ‘All Good Things’ Series Finale

Trailers For TNG Remastered Season 7, and ‘All Good Things’ Series Finale

It’s that time again: time for me to write up a post about the latest addition to Star Trek remastered. But this time, it’s the final season of my favorite overall Star Trek series. The remastering of The Next Generation will now be complete. And as usual, there will also be a stand-alone release. It became quite a common thing to have two parters throughout TNG’s run, and often, they make great feature length “films”. I really loved the trend for two parters — it foreshadowed what was to come in DS9, with full season and even show arcs. While we (regrettably) never got season arcs with TNG,…

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Trailer for Season 2 of ‘Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD’ — Returns September 23

Trailer for Season 2 of ‘Marvel’s Agents of SHIELD’ — Returns September 23

I know a lot of you didn’t like the show, but I certainly did. And I’m quite looking forward to season 2. And if you didn’t like the show, you may be interested in tuning in to season 2 because it does look like they’re changing the tone a bit. Season 2 looks to me like it will be darker. It makes sense given where The Winter Soldier and the episodes of Agents of SHIELD that were after The Winter Soldier left the universe. Yes, Guardians of the Galaxy is technically in this same universe and it was a lot of goofy fun. But it’s pretty disconnected from what else is going on in the universe…

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New ‘Gotham’ Trailer Teases The Joker

New ‘Gotham’ Trailer Teases The Joker

It wouldn’t be in the Batman universe if there were no joker, I reckon. He’s the premier villain of the franchise for whatever reason. He’s the iconic one even though there are so many other villains available in the franchise. It’s that unwritten rule that your Batman franhicse installment must somewhere contain The Joker as a villain.

In a “blink and you’ll miss it” scene from this trailer, we get a pretty clear indication that we will in fact see The Joker somewhere in this series. Look for the hints starting around 38 seconds.

I am still unsure whether this will be any good but I’ll…

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