Television

We’ll seriously miss Warehouse 13

Now that Warehouse 13 has been consigned to the same fate as Eureka — tying off loose ends and then going away for good — each episode is a reminder that this show is still seriously fun, and quite agile. Last night’s episode was mostly a standard “artifact of the week” outing, but it packed…

The Only Character in Revolution Who’s Still Worth Rooting For

I can’t bring myself to complain about Revolution any more — about the fact that this show isn’t living up to its fun, swashbuckling pilot and also doesn’t seem to be about anything, other than “war is awful and soldiers are bad people.” So here’s a tribute to the show’s best character instead. Yep, talking…

An old friend and new enemies visit Nolan in Defiance

It’s getting tougher and tougher to recap Defiance, and I love it. This is because the show is getting continually better at using the plot to develop its characters, making it hard to summarize, but really, really good to watch. Let’s start with the plot, though — a bounty hunter has tracked a Pale War…

Ghostbusters 3 is all about Columbia students destroying our dimension

Guillermo del Toro discusses the potential story for Pacific Rim 2. Damon Lindelof explains why Brad Bird’s Tomorrowland really is all about Disneyland… sort of. Ellen Page discusses her return as Kitty Pryde for X-Men: Days of Future Past. David Fincher’s 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea hits a fresh setback. Spoilers right now! Top image…

Which science fiction TV show do you wish you could personally reboot?

The history of science fiction television is full of shows that have a lot of wonderful stuff… but you just know they could be even more awesome if someone seized their raw potential with both hands. Which classic TV show do you wish you could personally make a new version of? As always, please include…

Peter Dinklage deserves another Emmy for last night’s Game of Thrones

Holy crap, the writing and acting on Game of Thrones keep getting better. Last night’s episode was both epic and understated, with small moments that carried huge weight. This was another episode all about rape (arguably, a key theme of the show) and yet it was smart and entertaining. Thanks, in no small part, to…

Pretty Little Liars is secretly about the supernatural world

ABC Family hit Pretty Little Liars has become the teenage version of Desperate Housewives, full of backstabbing pretty people with an undercurrent of murder. Oh, and also? Vampires and other magical beings. A spinoff, Ravenswood, will deal with the Liars’ paranormal side. Entertainment Weekly has a ton of details about Ravenswood, which executive producer Joseph…

Matt Smith and David Tennant chat about Doctor Who‘s 50th birthday!

Joss Whedon reveals what Quicksilver and Scarlet Witch will bring to The Avengers 2, while Edgar Wright explains why he’s waited so long to make Ant-Man. Aaron Eckhart really wants you to know about the hardcore stick fighting in I, Frankenstein. Plus Karl Urban previews Fox’s new robot cop show Almost Human! Spoilers alive! Top…

The clones come out of the closet on Orphan Black

When Dr. Leekie comes to town, things are not looking so good for our clones. The cops are closing in on their secret, and Alison has set her life to self-destruct. So Sarah and Alison wonder: What would happen if they came out of the clone closet? Spoilers ahead. Well, now Art and Angie know…

Sarah Connor needs to tell Doctor Who there’s no fate but what we make

Seriously, you know what would have been awesome on last night’s Doctor Who? If Sarah Connor had popped up, preferably the Lena Headey version, and told the Doctor and his friends there’s “no fate but what we make.” And then blown up the Great Intelligence with a pipe bomb or something. That’s not what happened,…

The pilot script for Alfonso Cuarón’s Believe is now online

One of our most highly anticipated TV shows coming this fall is Believe, the Alfonso Cuarón-scripted series about a young girl with remarkable powers. Now it appears that the entire pilot script has popped up online. https://gizmodo.com/new-scifi-tv-shows-from-alfonso-cuaron-and-the-creators-498980519 J.J. Abrams’ Bad Robot will be producing the series for NBC, with Cuarón directing. SpoilerTV spotted what looks…

What happens when Leonardo Da Vinci faces off against Dracula?

Not a dream! Not a hoax! Last night’s episode of Da Vinci’s Demons pit Leonardo against Vlad the Impaler, and our hero’s usual scheming and quipping isn’t quite as successful as he hoped. Spoilers ahead. Da Vinci’s Demons seems to be settling into itself a bit more, giving us a good balance between Leonardo’s crazy…

The Vampire Diaries and the Pitfalls of the Season-Ending Twist

We’re familiar with the phenomenon where a show is in the final moments of its season finale, and all of a sudden there’s a wacky twist that the writers thought would make people freak out over the summer. Often, viewers are left wondering more “What were they thinking?” than “What’s next?” As in the case…

Game of Thrones will end with season 7, according to producer

We’ve all been wondering how the Game of Thrones TV show will end. Will George R.R. Martin finish the book series in time? Will HBO try to pad it out? Will it be canceled? Now we have an answer — assuming all goes well. the show will last seven seasons, according to producer Frank Doelger.…

The Zombieland TV show is your zombie kill of the week

Amazon has decided not pick up the Zombieland TV series, whose pilot premiered last month. Writer/producer Rhett Reese was especially bitter, tweeting that “die-hard Zombieland [movie] fans” had “hated it out of existence.” I guess the fact that the pilot was just a lackluster imitation of the movie was just a coincidence, then. https://gizmodo.com/the-zombieland-tv-series-is-a-cheap-bootleg-of-zombiela-477258349 [Via…

When Sliders went to paradise, it was pure hell for viewers

There’s one thing you need to know about “This Slide of Paradise,” and that is it’s Sliders’ season 3 finale. Not only do Quinn, Wade, Rembrandt and Maggie think they’re going home, this is supposed to be the amazing hour of television that keeps viewers interested and eager to watch another season. Please keep this…

Lost‘s Sawyer is a super-soldier for the Info Age in Intelligence

I don’t know if Josh Holloway’s character in Intelligence has a chip on his shoulder, but he definitely has a chip in his head — a microchip! (See what I did there?) Holloway plays a soldier whose brain has access to the “global information grid” in CBS’ new scifi action series. That means he can…

When will we see Star Trek 3? And will we ever see The Incredibles 2?

Damon Lindelof discusses the early, early status of Star Trek 3. Check out a video update from Godzilla director Gareth Edwards. Breaking Bad’s Mark Margolis discusses his role as a fallen angel in Darren Aronofsky’s Noah. Brad Bird won’t rule out The Incredibles 2. Plus a final preview for this week’s big Doctor Who finale!…

HBO Picked Up That Silicon Valley TV Show That Might Be Good

We heard last year that HBO had greenlit a dark, single camera Silicon Valley comedy show pilot by Mike Judge (Office Space) but with the blink and you’ll miss it nature of TV pilots, you never know what’s going to happen until it hits the airwaves. Well, it’s going to air. Deadline reports that HBO…

If you like the same TV as tweens, shows on The CW will be coming to Apple TV. MacRumors says that full episodes of CW shows will be available next day and users don’t need cable authentication. Apps for Apple TV… they have to be coming, right? [MacRumors]