Television

There Are 2 Plagues Under The Dome: A Rain of Acid Blood, And Microsoft

I’m going to tell you something I’ve never told anyone before: I was there during the pitch meetings for Under The Dome. The suits had a lot of concerns about whether this show could last more than one season without running out of story. But I managed to convince them that I had what it…

A Star Trek Phaser TV Remote Is Perfect For Fast Forwarding Enterprise

The only thing more satisfying for Star Trek fans than fast-forwarding through Enterprise’s awful opening credits would be doing it with this wonderfully-detailed phaser prop universal remote. Created using 3D scans of the actual hero prop used on the original Star Trek series, the phaser remote will be officially revealed at ThinkGeek’s San Diego Comic…

Salem Could Have Been Scarier If It Had Been More Historically Accurate

The first season of Salem has come to close with a good deal of blood and a major revelation, but as we reflect on the season, it’s clear that the show missed an opportunity to mine its historical inspiration. While Salem went for gore and the occasional bit of shock value, it ignored the truly…

Masters of Sex Is Trying to Do Something That’s Almost Impossible

I am obviously the target audience for Masters of Sex because I love romances involving repressed men, but I am also a fan of hot sex scenes and laboratory dramas. Last night’s premiere, however, reminded me that this show does something even harder than creating a story about kinky/repressed geeks. Spoilers ahead. This season is…

Everything We Spotted In The New Doctor Who Trailer

The first proper trailer for Doctor Who season eight premiered over the weekend, and it was chock full of monsters, robots, and a Time Lord identity crisis. We pored over every frame, and here’s what we learned! Warning: Spoilers and speculation ahead.. So as you can see in the image up top, the TARDIS is…

Christopher Walken To Play A Tap Dancing Captain Hook In Peter Pan

Christopher Walken will star as Captain Hook in NBC’s live stage performance of Peter Pan. And he’ll be tap dancing. According to The Hollywood Reporter, NBC Entertainment chairman Bob Greenblatt is expected to announce Walken’s casting at today’s Television Critics Association’s summer press tour. This isn’t the first time NBC has staged a live broadcast…

Watch This Guy Try To Recap All The Game of Thrones Books In 2 Minutes

It goes about as well as you might expect. Spoilers, obviously. But, then again, not really. [Slacktory]

The Constantine TV Show Has Already Had A Major Change Of Direction

Judging from the extended featurettes we’ve seen so far, the pilot for NBC’s Constantine focuses on John Constantine’s meeting with the ordinary woman Liv, who gets caught up in demonic business and needs to team up with Constantine to survive. But don’t get too attached to Liv. According to The Hollywood Reporter, the character of…

This Japanese Doctor Who Video Is Surreal, Perfect

Some nights, you just want to watch the Doctor and a dalek wrestle in the woods until he pulls out his Sonic Screw Sword and plays it like a flute. No, that’s not a euphemism. According to Dave Hill’s blog entry on this video, the explanation is that it’s a “modern parody of both “Doctor…

Orphan Black has officially been been renewed for a third season. Production starts in September and we’ll be seeing new episodes in Spring 2015. Party on, Clone Club! Thanks, John Doe, for the heads up. Gif from the Orphan Black Tumblr.

Firestorm Is The Newest DC Hero To Join The Arrow/Flash TV Universe

Greg Berlanti is apparently dead-set on brining the entire DC universe to television. Besides all the heroes and villains who have already been added to Arrow’s next season, Robbie Amell has just been cast as Ronnie Raymond, a.k.a. Firestorm, in The Flash. Robbie, who is the cousin of Arrow star Stephen Amell, recently has his…

On The Ethics of Vampire Slaying in Buffy the Vampire Slayer

I was recently re-watching “Becoming, Parts 1 and 2,” those Buffy the Vampire Slayer episodes where geeky witch Willow does a spell to give the vampire Angel his soul back. And suddenly I had a burning ethical question. Spoiler alert, for people who haven’t watched “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” but plan to. Why don’t they…

This Week’s TV: Halle Berry Is Having Rosemary’s Space Baby!

We’ve got two big TV premieres this week: Halle Berry gets mysterious pregnant on a solo space mission in Extant and Guillermo del Toro brings his vampire contagion to TV with The Strain. Plus, Hemlock Grove, Mythbusters, and Masters of Sex are all back for their fresh new seasons. Summer TV is in full swing!…

Will Arrow Crossover With Batman v. Superman? And New Star Wars Actors!

Frank Cottrell Boyce, author of Millions, talks about his Doctor Who episode. Gotham’s executive producers describe their version of Batman’s origins. Maisie Williams explains how Arya Stark is like Darth Vader. Plus, what will Paramount have to do to get Michael Bay to make another Transfomers? Top image: Arrow Star Wars Add two more names…

Celebrate Seinfeld‘s 25th With The Story Behind the Show About Nothing

While we were busy celebrating America’s birthday, another anniversary snuck by us: on July 5th, Seinfeld turned 25 years old. And despite being old enough to drink, smoke, and drive a rental car, the show is still a nearly-universal cultural reference. The one-hour documentary Seinfeld: How it Began is required watching for any die-hard fan.…

Chris Eccleston Would Willingly Star In Heroes Reborn For Some Reason

So let me get this straight: Christopher Eccleston was so miserable making Doctor Who that he wouldn’t appear in the 50th anniversary special, but he had such a blast playing Claude the invisible man on Heroes he’d star in the new sequel series? That is messed up. And yet, it’s the truth. During an event…

Who Is Ant-Man‘s New Castmember Playing? And New Game of Thrones Sets!

Check out Avengers set footage, and a Dawn of the Planet of the Apes promo featuring “more than 80” apes. Gotham casts the Penguin’s mother. Arrow adds another character to Oliver’s flashbacks. Clark Gregg previews a “guerrilla” Agents of SHIELD for season 2. And what’s next for the Proletheans on Orphan Black? Spoilers now! Top…

The Ultimate in Game of Thrones-Themed Weddings

Kerry Ford and Darren Prew won a Game of Thrones wedding by entering a blinkbox competition. We’re talking a rented castle, a rented horse, and over 50 hours of fitting, styling, and theatrical makeup. All creating a wedding party full of characters which would never get along this well in Westeros. There’s Daenerys Targaryen and…

This Doctor Who/Adventure Time Mashup Is So. Damn. Charming.

Cartoonist Alex Dempsey‘s Adventure Time and Space! imagines Doctors 9-12 and their assorted companions as visitors of Adventure Time’s Land of Ooo, with fantastic results. The fun will never end! Anywhere! “I’ve always loved crossovers where there’s a link between the two pieces of media,” Dempsey tells io9. “I find it justifies the crossover and…

Laura Palmer’s Twin Peaks House Is For Sale

For a sum of $549,950, the home of Laura, Sarah and Leland Palmer from Twin Peaks can be yours. And yes, the interiors still maintain that “What is going on?” charm; it even has that creepy wicker rocking chair! Welcome To Twin Peaks found the fictional home of Laura Palmer for sale here on Estatelyand…