Television

Thomas Jane Will Play The Hardboiled Space Detective In Syfy’s Expanse

We’re excited for Syfy’s “Game of Thrones in space” series The Expanse, based James S. A. Corey’s series of books (which begin with Leviathan Wakes). And now the show has cast one of its leading men, Hung, The Mist, and The Punisher actor Thomas Jane. THR reports that Jane will be playing Joe Miller, a…

Does Anyone Really Understand The Angel War In Dominion?

No. The answer is no. Also YIIIIIKES, that last scene. There are two subjects I want to talk about from last night’s Dominion. First, there’s the fact that the angel war has all these stupid arbitrary rules for certain angels and not others and it just makes no sense at all. Second is the killing…

“This Story Throws You In The Deep End — And That’s A Very Good Thing”

Not every story needs to start out with an ordinary, relatable person discovering a strange world. Sometimes, it’s great to follow a character who’s already steeped in the weirdness, and get caught up in the action right away. What’s your favorite story that shoves you straight into its weird world, with no hand-holding? This is…

Game Of Thrones Meets Teen Wolf? MTV Is Really Putting Shannara On TV!

This could be the most interesting new TV show of the next year or so. MTV has ordered Shannara, based on the heroic fantasy novels by Terry Brooks, straight to series. The first season will be 10 episodes, based on The Elfstones of Shannara. Top image: Doug Beekman, Sword of Shannara. As we reported last…

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…

True Blood Titles Turned Into Cheers Is Astoundingly Well Done

Watch Merlotte’s replace Cheers in what is probably one of the best True Blood spoofs ever created. It’s really, really good. They even went back and got vintage werewolf illustrations to replace the old timey bar scenes. Created for The Wil Wheaton Project, this whole thing is just wonderful. But the cherry on top is…

See Doctor Who‘s Tenth And Eleventh Doctors Meet Their New Companions!

The new Doctor, Peter Capaldi, takes the role in just over a month. But the saga isn’t over for the Tenth and Eleventh Doctors. Titan Comics is unveiling brand new Doctor Who series, in which both David Tennant and Matt Smith’s Doctors get new companions. And we’ve got the first exclusive preview pages! See for…

We Toured The Gruesome Set Of Guillermo Del Toro’s The Strain

We’ve seen Guillermo del Toro’s disgusting vampire monsters in the pasty flesh on the set of his mystery series The Strain. And they were way weirder than we ever imagined, but also gorgeous. This is a unapologetic gross-out monster series with vampires that crap themselves when they eat, but somehow it still manages to be…

Planet of the Apes: A Timeline and an Explanation

Now that Dawn of the Planet of the Apes is out, it’s time to assess where we are in the complicated, time travel dystopia of the franchise that started over a half century ago. We’ve got a timeline and an analysis of where the current series puts us. Chart by Jim Cooke The Planet of…

Thankfully, Extant Isn’t All About Halle Berry’s Space Pregnancy

Extant, the new series that finds Halle Berry’s character inexplicably pregnant after a solo space mission, may not be the smartest series on television, but it could prove a fun summer mystery show. And fortunately, there’s more to it than Berry gazing at her not-yet-expanding navel. Halle Berry is Molly Woods, our freshly returned astronaut…

Flashback Wigs: The Best And Worst Of “This Is The Past” Hair

When TV shows and movies do flashbacks, they face a dilemma: They can cast a younger actor that looks like their star, sacrificing easy recognition, OR they can just slap a wig on their actor. They usually go with the latter, with… mixed results. Here are the best and worst of flashback wigs. Seriously, using…

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…

It’s All-Out War In The First Sleepy Hollow Season 2 Promo

By which I mean the Horseman of the Apocalypse and, uh, the bad juju he brings with him. This short trailer makes it seem like some of the shocking cliffhangers from season one will be resolved quickly, which is good. Ichabod and Abby clearly have plenty to worry about even without being trapped in hell…

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.

The Strain Comics Are So Close to the Show That It’s Eerie

If you read the comic book version of Guillermo del Toro’s The Strain after you watched the TV series, which premieres this Sunday night, they look so similar you’d be forgiven for thinking the comics merely adapted the show. Except the comics came out in 2011, more than a year before the TV series was…

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…

GRRM Tells People Who Think He Won’t Finish The Books “F*ck You”

Apparently George R.R. Martin is quite, quite tired of people worrying that he will never finish his fantasy magnum opus A Song of Ice and Fire. But can you really blame him? In a recent interview, the Swiss newspaper Tagesanzeiger asked 65-year-old Martin about the people who worry he’s going to die before he finishes…

James Gordon Gives Bruce Wayne A Pep-Talk In New Gotham Trailer

In this short but sweet new trailer for Gotham, young Bruce Wayne has a very bad night and new Gotham City cop James Gordon tries to give him a reason to hope. I was worried before, but man, this show is looking pretty darn good. Also, damn, Bruce’s scream of loss at the beginning of…

This Is How Visual Effects Made Game of Thrones Season 4

It’s not even five minutes long, but this video shows every layer of visual effects used in season 4 of Game of Thrones. And there are tons of them, even in places you wouldn’t expect. It feels like there’s not a single scene set outdoors that isn’t an effect. [via Sploid]

We’re Going All In On ‘Science Vs. Faith,’ Under The Dome

Because that never gets old. People love to see science and religion butt heads, it’s the main thing science fiction is for. Right? Spoilers ahead… So hey, it’s me again — the Dome. I don’t have too much to say about this week’s episode, because I didn’t get to do that much. Although this week’s…