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This week’s “Postal Apocalypse” has been delayed due to technical difficulties, “Technical Difficulties” being the name of the giant radioactive crab-wolf that stalks the post-apocalyptic badlands. The column will return next week. Probably.

​Gotham Got So Stupid It Actually Became Kind Of Awesome

Gotham has had many problems during its inaugural season, most of which revolve around its refusal to give characters other than the Penguin anything resembling compelling storylines. “The Blind Fortune Teller” has a unique solution to this — make all the storylines so dumb you can’t believe they’re happening. It’s compelling like a car wreck…

Fox Nabs Giant Monster-Apocalypse Comic Enormous For Event TV Series

Giant monsters are a dime a dozen, but only Tim Daniel and Mehdi Cheggour’s comic series Enormous explores what it’s like to live in a world where the giant monsters have already won. That may be why Fox has just licensed the comic with plans to make it an “event series” in the near future.…

The 13 Most Ridiculous Types Of Stormtroopers

The Galactic Empire employs countless Stormtroopers to rule the galaxy. Not all of these are regular soldiers — there are many specialized ‘Troopers with specific skills and/or weapons. Unfortunately, some of these guys are more useful than others. Here are the Stormtroopers the Empire can probably let go. 1) Bombtroopers Officially known as the Bomb…

The Walking Dead Crew Finally Faces A Foe They Can’t Decapitate

Actually, there are two foes that the group fights in “Them” that are more deadly than zombies, governors, or even passive-aggressive cannibals. The first is thirst, as the group has run out of water. The second is depression, as Maggie, Sasha and Daryl must decide whether surviving is even worth the trouble. Given that TWD…

The Game Of Thrones TV Show Is Gonna Start Killing New Characters Now

We have been warned. George R. R. Martin, with a cruel smile on his face, has announced that when the fifth season of Game of Thrones begins this April, it will be killing characters who don’t die in the A Song of Ice and Fire books (although it’s probably more accurate to say they haven’t…

But Wouldn’t Jurassic World Be Better If The Raptors Drove Motorcycles?

The answer is yes; yes, one thousand times yes. For proof, all you need to do is watch this completely bizarre “parody” trailer, and you too will see that a Jurassic World that doesn’t also feature herds of Goldblum-isaurs running freely through the plains is not the Jurassic World we deserve. [Via The Mary Sue]

Amazon Is Rebooting Sid & Marty Krofft’s Sigmund And The Sea Monsters 

Sweet Jesus. Amazon, which has clearly gone mad with their new ability to create their own content, has announced they’ll be making a brand-new version of Sid and Marty Krofft’s bizarre ’70s children show Sigmund and the Sea Monsters… with the Kroffts themselves. Why? No man can say. Sigmund was one of the Krofft’s more…

A New Scifi Series From The Creator Of The IT Crowd? Yes Please.

Graham Linehan, creator of the outstanding British sitcom The IT Crowd, has a new TV show in the works. It’s a science fiction/comedy titled The Cloud, which pretty much sounds like The IT Crowd in space. There is literally nothing in the sentence we aren’t excited abut. According to The Guardian, The Cloud… …centres on…

Time Itself Is The Newest Frontier In Mark Millar’s Chrononauts

Humanity has done a reasonably solid job investigating the land, the oceans, and the sky, but in Mark Millar’s new comic Chrononauts, two fun-loving geniuses begin exploring the time-stream with a few people looking over their shoulder — namely, a live television audience. With art by The Wake’s Sean Gordon Murphy, Image Comics’ Chrononauts tells…

Break Out The Heat Puns, Because Firestorm Just Set The Flash On Fire

If I told you that the Flash was the least interesting part of last night’s Flash episode, you might be a bit concerned — it doesn’t sound like a good thing. But it is when the DC hero Firestorm finally takes center stage, and almost all the other characters — even Cisco and Caitlin —…

It’s The Special Spider-Man Postal Apocalypse Spectacular!

That’s right, Monday’s news that Sony would let Marvel Studios borrow Spider-Man for their Cinematic Universe in exchange for a wee bit of help making Spidey movies that don’t suck, has taken the nerd-o-sphere by storm. You wrote so many letters I was forced to do make all-Spidey special edition of the mailbag. Thwip! Sharing…

Watch That Weird ​Wheel Of Time TV Show Pilot Here

Did you miss that Wheel of Time special that FXX snuck on the air Sunday night? Well, the 30-minute pilot (titled “Winter Dragon”) is now online for your viewing pleasure. And don’t forget to check out our exclusive scoop on how and why this got made — without the approval of Robert Jordan’s estate. [Via…

Spider-Man Joins Captain America: Civil War And More Movie Updates

The news/ramifications/fallout from last night’s bombshell announcement that Sony would let Marvel play with their Spider-Man figures (so to speak) continue! The WSJ confirms Spidey will make his Marvel Cinematic Universe debut in Captain America: Civil War while Sony’s Sinister Six movie is back on! The Civil War news isn’t exactly earth-shattering, seeing as Spider-Man…

There’s Nothing To Fear From The Scarecrow’s Origin On Gotham

Gotham finally came out and gave us the straight-up origin of a supervillain in last night’s “The Scarecrow” — I’ll, uh, give you three guesses which Bat-villain it’s referring to — but managed to squander most of what it did right in last week’s episode. Last week, as you may recall, Gordon and Bullock were…

Finally, A Real Netflix For Comic Books Is Here

If you’ve moved from single comic issues to reading them digitally, you know it can still be kind of pricy. But the online ebook service Scribd has just announced it’s added a massive comics library to its service, allowing users to read all the comics they want for one monthly fee, beginning today. A few…

This May Be The Toy-Shillingest Batman Cartoon Of All Time

To pretend that WB and DC’s many, many Batman cartoons weren’t at least partially designed to sell Mattel action figures would be naive. But usually they’ve tried to tell a good Batman story in each series, and get kids interested in the characters that way. Well, until this new direct-to-DVD animated movie, that is. Batman…

Uh, Did FXX Just Secretly Air A Pilot For A Wheel Of Time TV Show?

Well, the FXX Network aired something related to Robert Jordan’s bestselling fantasy series last night. Subtitled “Winter Dragon,” no one seems to know what exactly it is. A failed pilot? A stealthy promo? Something else? As we investigate, ODeck’s Nicole has an excellent breakdown of… whatever it is.

NBC Might Save Constantine By Moving It To Syfy

File this under “rumors,” subdivision “things we desperately hope end up being true”: Word is that while Constantine isn’t doing well on NBC’s Friday night programming block, the network believes in the show enough that it’s considering moving it to its little sister network Syfy! This would be awesome for a lot of reasons, not…

​The Walking Dead‘s Never Been More Devastating Than It Was Last Night

Oh, man. Whether or not you had you issues with The Walking Dead’s mid-season finale last year, last night’s mid-season premiere was a shocking, gut-wrenching episode that has to rank in the show’s Top 10. Warning: Major spoilers ahead, obviously. So The Walking Dead is good at a lot of things — suspense, gore, shock…