Have you ever noticed that Gillian Anderson says "oh my God," and various permutations of the phrase, throughout most of The X-Files? Well, you won't miss it now. Johnny Lloyd Rollins has edited together all of Scully's audible gasps of disbelief into one giant OMG video.
Thanks for pointing this out, Babylost!
Little is known about Marvel's epic Guardians of the Galaxy movie, besides the fact that it's coming out in 2014. However, a newly leaked log line reveals one new character that we're pretty excited to see! According to The Grid this brand-new plot synopsis for Guardians of the Galaxy is straight from Marvel:
"A U.S. pilot who ends up in space in the middle of a universal conflict and goes on the run with futuristic ex-cons who have something everyone wants."
A U.S. Pilot, you say? Could it possibly be Peter Quill (a.k.a. "Star-Lord") or possibly pilot Vance Astro? Either could potentially work in this scenario. The futuristic ex-cons described here are obviously the Guardians, as pictured above in Marvel's concept art for the movie.
Online savvy sorcerers, you're out of luck. Online auction giant eBay has recently exiled magical wares from their site. No longer will you be able to purchase Haunted Money Spells or a curse for your incredibly loud neighbor who smokes skunk weed while jamming out to Pink at 3:38 AM. According to the official eBay's 2012 Fall Seller Update:
The following items are also being added to the prohibited items list: advice; spells; curses; hexing; conjuring; magic; prayers; blessing services; magic potions; healing sessions; work from home businesses & information; wholesale lists, and drop shop lists.
It's a sad day for io9, who got a lot of help for our Love Potion Taste Test from the witches of eBay. Where will we purchase our 2% cyclops bile now?
[Via Mashable]
Zombies, bloody face monsters, aliens, and swashbuckling anti-electricity villains — this fall TV has it all. Here's the chronological list of the genre television shows you cannot miss this fall, including trailers for the new seasons of Walking Dead and Once Upon A Time, and clips from new series like Revolution.
Grimm
The fairy tale murderer is back, and no longer an orphan! Watch the many CG faces of fairy tale monsters attack Nick and his magical trailer. Hopefully this year we will grow to understand the 7 fairy tale kindgoms, or maybe we'll get a Unicorn.
Where: NBC
When: Mondays (but will be moved to Friday nights after the 5th episode)
Doctor Who
So sorry we deleted this very important show! The Doctor, Rory, Amy and DINOSAURS ON A SPACESHIP. WE can not wait to see what will happen (and who will inevitably die and come back and die again) in these brand new episodes of Doctor Who. Geronimo!
Where: BBC
When: September 1 (possibly nothing is confirmed yet, bowties crossed!)
Coma
The talent attached to this two-night TV movie is ridiculous. Geena Davis, James Woods, Richard Dreyfus, and Ellen Burstyn all play a part in Ridley Scott's horrifying medical conspiracy theory movie, Coma. The mysterious Jefferson Institute claim they're taking in coma patients when their funds run out, but slowly a crop of young doctors realize there's a more nefarious plan in action.
Where: A&E
When: Monday and Tuesday, September 3 and 4
Dragons: Riders of Berk
We've already seen a preview of the animated extension from the movie How To Train Your Dragon, but the official series starts in a few more weeks. And don't worry there's plenty of adorable dragon to go around.
Where: Cartoon Network
When: Tuesday, September 4
Robot Chicken
Robot Chicken will launch its sixth season with a DC Comics special, so get ready for Green Lantern and his new glowing cock ring, plus more gags about how Aquaman sucks.
Where: Adult Swim
When: Sunday, September 9
Revolution
Eric Kripke and J.J. Abrams show us what happens when the lights go out. Like all of the lights, even the ones with batteries! At some point, Giancarlo Esposito probably fights the Mustache Dad from Twilight with a fucking sword. That's a win, even if the show ends up imploding into itself second season, Abrams style.
Where: NBC
When: Monday, September 17
The Neighbors
A sassy family moves next door to a family of aliens. They don't immediately shoot all of them in the face, nor do they alert the government that scaly green people with supremely advanced technology are cloaking themselves in human skin and leaving pies in their driveway.
Where: ABC
When: Wednesday, September 26
Last Resort
The United States has an island standoff when one of their own submarine crews goes rogue after refusing to fire on their own. Now they're armed with a nuclear warhead and taking refuge in a beautiful island. Who will crack first?
Where: ABC
When: Thursday, September 27
Fringe
The very final season of Fringe. Encased in amber, the team has been asleep for 20 years and released to fight off Earth's totalitarian government ruled by The Observers. It's a fight to save the world, and it looks absolutely amazing. It's going to be hard to say goodbye to these guys, but we're happy Olivia, Walter, Peter and Astrid are going out in style.
Where: Fox
When: Friday, September 28
Person of Interest
Who was on the other end of the phone with Reese? Where is Finch? What is happening? Can't wait to find out, thanks to the collection of cameras placed throughout the world of POI.
Where: CBS
When: Thursday, September 27
Once Upon a Time
The second season of Once unleashed a whole boatload of magic into the real world. No idea how this will effect Pongo, but I'm sure it will be monumental. In other news, characters such as Captain Hook, Mulan, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Aladdin, and Ariel are all rumored to be joining the town of Storybrooke. Plus, the identity of Henry's father will be revealed in this season. Fingers crossed it's Bambi's Dad.
Where: ABC
When: Sunday, September 30
666 Park Avenue
A young, good-looking couple gets a very good deal on an apartment in New York City. Too bad for them the apartment feeds off of attractive people's souls or something. Vanessa Williams and Terry O'Quinn star as the head of this evil hotel, which should have been the first giveaway to the new couple. Anything with O'Quinn in it has got to be evil.
Where: ABC
When: Sunday, September 30
Randy Cunningham: 9th Grade Ninja
An adorable little ninja vs. monster series starring Jim Rash, Tim Curry, Megan Mullally, and John Oliver. Get ready to start saying things like "That's the Cheese!"
Where: Disney XD[
When: Sometime in September
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Clone Wars
The Sith brothers are back and screaming all sorts of insanity. We can't wait for Darth Maul and his equally horned brother to kill all the Jedis, or at the very least slice up Jon Favreau's character.
Where: Cartoon Network
When: The first episode of the new season, "Revival," is set to debut on August 24, 2012 at Celebration VI. But it won't air on television until mid-September.
Supernatural
Dean and Castiel are trapped in Purgatory, surrounded by monsters that spend eternity ripping each other to shreds. Should be fun!
Where: CW
When: Wednesday, October 3
Arrow
Spoiled rich kid Oliver Queen is stranded on a desert island. But instead of giving up, the multimillionaire becomes a sexy, scarred archer with the ability to survive on his own. Eventually Queen is rescued and returns home a changed man, vowing to clean up the streets as the vigilante Green Arrow. (But he still maintain his sexy, scarred richness in public.)
Where: CW
When: Wednesday, October 10
The Vampire Diaries
Elena is a vampire, and girl is PISSED about it. What are the chances she will sun-suicide herself in the first episode?
Where: CW
When: Thursday, October 11
Beauty and the Beast
Belle morphs from bookish babe to gun-slinging cop. Once saved by the transforming Beast, Kristin Kreuk is no longer the victim, but a lawmaker. As the years go by, she uncovers her mysterious savior from many years ago, and surprise, surprise! He's a total network-mandated hottie.
Where: CW
When: Thursday, October 11
The Walking Dead
Finally, we've made it to the prison! This is where shit gets real, people! Plus, Merle is back, Michonne has joined the gang with her sword of walker-slicing justice, and the Governor is here. Get in that dirty old prison, Carl!
Where: AMC
When: Sunday, October 14
Community
Community returns — minus the show's creator, Dan Harmon — for a final farewell. The fourth season will conclude our time at Greendale, but the cast did promise to expand the world of Inspector Spacetime in the upcoming months, and that is a very Blorgon thing.
Where: NBC
When: Friday, October 19
Nikita
The exceptionally flexible spy learns she's not alone, kicks a lot of ass while doing so. You know more of the same, but in different outfits!
Where: CW
When: Friday, October 19
American Horror Story: Asylum
The horror series is returning with a lot of the same actors, but none of them are playing the same character. Confused? So are we. Set in a 1960s asylum, the lead singer of Maroon 5 joins up with Jessica Lange, who runs the crazy palace. That's all we know. Oh, and there are no ghosts, just someone named "bloody face."
Where: FX
When: Sometime in October
Tron Uprising
The programs are out for revenge! After being betrayed by Dyson and scarred forever, Tron is PISSED. And the remaining members of the revolution are losing ground in the battle against Clu.
Where: Disney XD
When: Sometime in October (not announced yet)
A new batch of deranged images from the set of Mad Max: Fury Road reveal a fleet of killing machines, wacky skin mask fashion, and potential nemeses. We're not sure, but we do know that this Mad Max is going to be a lot different from its predecessors, just in terms of special effects and crazy new characters alone. Big time spoilers ahead.
Last month director George Miller gave this semi-coherent plot synopsis:
"Mad Max (Tom Hardy) is caught up with a group of people fleeing across the Wasteland in a War Rig driven by the Imperator Furiosa (Charlize Theron). This movie is an account of the Road War which follows. It is based on the Word Burgers of the History Men and eyewitness accounts of those who survived."
But what he didn't say was that there would be a crop of mutants running around. Behold! What is this glorious creature?
[Via CineCommunity, which has even more images and production art]
We've seen countless CG-faced beasties from the dark fairy tale series Grimm, but never like this! Concept artist Jerad S. Marantz released a collection of gorgeous images that bring classic fairy beasts (or at Grimm calls them, Wesen) to life. We're really enamored of the Golden Goose portrait, just gorgeous. Take a look at this hefty collection of magical creatures.
Turns out the awesome Bruce Banner moment with Harry Dean Stanton was a bit longer than what we saw on the big screen. Here's the first ever deleted scene from The Avengers DVD, showing the Hulk getting introspective.
The biggest reveal in Peter Jackson's epic Hobbit trilogy will absolutely be the first time the audience gets a glimpse of the giant dragon with the gold belly, Smaug. But when exactly will we get to see the greedy beast in the Lonely Mountain? The actor who voiced the role, Benedict Cumberbatch might know.
Cumberbatchweb has a tidbit from an interview with Anne Richardson, in which the actor reveals his potential debut:
"I think my eye might open at the end of the first film and then you'll get the rest of me in the second."
Now, this interview was given before the announcement that Jackson would be splitting the movies into three parts, so it's probably changed a bit. However, we could see either the second movie or the first movie both ending with the Smaug eye. It's a great cliffhanger. I guess it all depends which stories from the Tolkien appendix Jackson feeds into his films.
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey will open in theaters on December 14th
Happy Birthday H. P. Lovecraft! And what better way to celebrate than with this amazing Cthulhu party balloon? This was posted by Frostbite795 at Reddit — and the inspiration was simple: "Asked for a Cthulhu. Balloon guy at bar mitzvah delivers." Wonderful!
The creator of this balloon beast (on the left) is Steven from Steven's Balloons. Now make us a Shoggoth!
Finally, a character on True Blood with the chutzpah to come in and explain to all the vampires that they are acting like a pack of assholes. Of course, this character is promptly killed — but for five beautiful minutes, there was logic on the Vampire (Religion Is Bad) Show. But that's not all that happened: We got to meet an Elder Fairy, and it was a disaster. But let me explain it to you Pro/Con style.
Everytime someone says "Baby Vamps," drink!
Pro: Full frontal nudity within one minute of this show beginning. Lilith has "chosen" Bill to be her leader, or to get her a towel or something. Do you think there's a someone with a clipboard, checking off stuff like this on set? Same-sex kissing that will really piss off the folks in Peoria? Check. Through-the-pants sex? Check. Boobs? Check. Penis on a table? Check. Good to go.
Con: True Blood is pretending that Nora and Salome aren't going to kiss.
Pro: Of course they kiss.
Con: Jessica uses the best teen trick in the books: twisting your parent's words against them. Of course, Bill is on his never-ending path to be The Worst. And his response to Jessica's silly trickery is to pull the old, "Now you will stay in this closet and smoke this entire pack of cigarettes" thing. Just to prove a point, and be a huge dick in the process. I think it's getting pretty safe to say that Bill is no longer just playing along with the Authority. He actually believes this crap. And even worse, he's really getting off on it.
Con: So Bill forces Jessica to make Jason a vampire. He doesn't command her to do this (who knows why) but I'm sure it's to make some kind of annoying point.
Pro: Nora and Eric make up, yay! I liked Nora in the beginning — but not lately, with her strange mix of dresses that feel like the clothes you wear when you can't afford dry cleaning right now but still have to go to work — but before that. Leather jacket sex-break Nora.
Con: Nora and Eric proceed to have the most unsettling through-the-pants makeup sex ever. Nora is crying and saying "Forgive me!" and "What are we going to do?" I half expected Eric to say, "First, we're going to stop talking." Look I totally get funeral sex, I've seen that John Cusack movie like nine times. Obviously this makes me an expert. But after a whole season of man-child Eric, and now the scared, "re-living the death of Godric" Eric (WHO IS ALREADY DEAD, GODRIC HAS ALREADY DIED SO WHO CARES IF CASPER GODRIC DIES?) I feel Eric-starved. What happened to the "Don't use words that I don't understand." creature? Or sex dungeon Eric? We would like old Eric back now, please. Pretty please.
Con: Jason and Sookie have a meeting at the fairy circus. When are we going to learn why the fairies have a nightclub/circus? Was this explained, and I missed it? When the lease is up, will it just immediately become a gay bar on the lower east side in NYC (please)? Is this where gay clubs come from?
Con: Oh good, another meeting in the Vampire Conference room. They really do get a lot of use out of this set don't they? Makes Merlottes feel like Hoth, just because it has been so damn long since we've seen something new.
Pro: Bill's serious face.
Pro: Surprise twist: The new General character is fucking awesome. Finally someone with a bit of common sense. The General comes in with a back up plan (video of Russell and Steve's Fraternity slaughter date), immediately tells Bill and Eric off (because seriously, how the hell should he know who these two idiots are) and then lets them all know that they are all out of their fucking minds. And they are, totally, out of their gourds.
But that was the plan, right? To make anyone who leans in any sort of religious direction just a wee bit look like a total lunatic? Where do the Creaster Vampires (Christmas/Easter Vampires) fit into this world? My guess? They don't. It's no God or Crazy God in Ball's world. But thank goodness someone was called in to dispense actual knowledge upon this Vampire Conference room of naked blood god insanity. Naturally, the General was immediately killed for the crime of possessing logic in True Blood-town.
Pro: Roselyn's hair and lipstick look absolutely fabulous this episode. Go on, girl.
Pro: Jessica is trying to lull Jason into trusting her about the whole "I'm going to turn you into a vampire" winky wink.
Pro: Jason's last words as Jessica bites him are "Fuuuuuuu…"
Con: Bill is giving everyone a security detail. Security detail for you, security detail for you, security detail for you…. Ugh, Bill sucks.
Pro: Jason is actually asleep, not dead! He shoots and splatters the Vampire Security lickety-split. Jessica lets him know that Russell is after his sister's blood, and slips in the fact that, oh yeah, she probably maybe loves him. Good timing. It's actually a really fun, sweet scene. Poor Jessica.
Pro: Meanwhile, at Fangtasia all of that terrible vampire has been cleaned up. Pam forbids Tara from ever speaking about it again — because obviously, Tara doesn't give a crap about anything she doesn't understand and is all "fuck the Authority." Then Jessica shows up, and Pam says Baby Vamps like three times and I get this tingling sensation in my toes… there's going to be a Baby Vamp Sleepover, isn't there?
Pro: The most stylish vandalism ever. Of course True Blood gets fancy vandals. Oooh we hate vampires so hard. Wait, don't forget to make the roof drip with blood!
Pro: Eric kills his security detail with the steering wheel.
Pro: Ha, ha, yeah I forgot they could fly. Why do they even use cars then?
Pro: Have Luna and Sam been naked this entire season? It feels like it. Do you think they read their scripts hoping for clothes? Have they been on every set naked at this point? Do you think Luna's daughter was horrified that her mom and her new boyfriend showed up naked to get her out of Vampire Jail?
Con: What the shit is this?
Con: No seriously, WHAT THE SHIT IS THIS?
Con: Hold up, hold up, hold up. This is supposedly the world's oldest and wisest fairy, who has lived as many beings and in many realms, and all she wants to talk about is Ke$ha? This isn't even timely anymore. Or funny. Or good. This is bad. Really really bad. Like ugh, my Dad got drunk at my boyfriend's apartment and won't stop talking about High School football again, bad. This is embarrassing for all of us. And to think what this creature could have been. Can you imagine if they attempted to think outside the box? Like a commenter below suggester, what if they used a larger than life Drag Queen, can you imagine Sharon Needles in this role? Floating around shooting fairy light out of her eyes. Anything would have been better than, "John Cougar Mellencamp, for or against?" Against, elder fairy, against.
Gif via peachiex.
Pro: Hey Alcide! Jeans and no shirt. This works for us all.
Pro: "Baby Vamps" is said four times in this conversation.
Con: Alcede's Dad is trying to force yet another plot line into the second-to-last episode of this season. I don't care that you stole money from your pack and are now a "lone wolf." I just want to pet you and cup your wittle face — because he has one blue eye and one brown, like a puppy.
Pro: Your moment of Lafayette.
Gif via Buffy Pierce.
Pro: THERE IS A BABY VAMP SLEEPOVER HAPPENING RIGHT NOW! *RUNS AROUND HOUSE SCREAMING* Do you think they steal special True Blood from Pam's office and play with each others fangs????
Pro: Pam's waist in this dress. Pam on the throne. And Pam's hair. Love it. Love it. Love it.
Pro: Roz comes into the bar to find out what happened to her Progeny The Worst, and is really excellent at it. The scene where she sniffs out Jessica and leers "Your Daddy's looking for you!" is beyond excellent. I was actually afraid of a vampire again. Remember when we used to be afraid of vampires on this show? Roz needs more camera time, she is an interesting character and I wouldn't mind seeing a lot more of her.
Gif via I'm Here for Sookie.
Con: The fairies decide they're going to fight Russell. They are absolutely terrible at it. This is their plan: Send defenseless Jason to lead them to the fairies? Why couldn't they just leave a note at Sookie's house? That way, Russell doesn't have any leverage. Awful.
Pro: Hunk Sandwich! Yay! Also a pro: Jason's freak out when Russell pops up and takes his gun. Not totally sold on the whole Jesus remark, a little too easy especially with all this crazy religion in the air. But that's OK. It's still being delivered by Dennis O'Hare, and for that we are all grateful.
Pro: "Who knows how to show you a good time?" "YOU DO!" *Boop* I so desperately want to go on a double date with these two gents.
Pro: All the vampire food (people) are naked. OBVIOUSLY.
Con: Bill kills some nameless vampire from the Authority. Which means he's totally bat shit crazy, and into this religion. Boooo. I think we can all see where this religion plot line is going now. Also, Lilith, your end game blows.
Con: Why can't the rest of the Authority smell the blood of the Authority member Bill killed?
Pro: This whole episode I just kept thinking Jessica = Sad Puppy.
Con: Bill hits Jessica. Bill sucks forever.
Pro: More Russell time. Steve and Russell smell fairies and run around like my cat when I open a can of food.
Pro: Russell kills the Elder Fairy, THANK GOD. Guess she doesn't "got this." Woof.
And that's pretty much it. Russell is now "turbo charged" and will most likely try and eat all the fairies. Which, that's ok. Maybe Andy's fairy baby mama will birth a savoir fairy or the last fairy or just another complicated plot line that will have to fight Alcide's dad, I don't know guys. What I do know is that Eric is no longer trapped in the Vampire Business Office of endless meetings. He's back to doing what he does best, sexing things. So please go forth and sex more things for the big finale next weekend!
Screengrabs via Home Of The Nutty.
A new internet cat video has decapitated the Meow Mix theme, and now sits alone on the Iron Throne of internet awesomeness. We give you a cat singing the Game of Thrones theme song. You're welcome.
Things we learned from The Avengers gag reel: Joss Whedon is excellent at breaking up fights, Captain America is adorable, Loki is the master of many voices, and Hawkeye doesn't know beans about Star Trek. Taken from the soon-to-be-released Avengers DVD, this might actually be the most hilarious bloopers footage we've ever seen.
EDIT: Video removed at Disney's request.
The Avengers DVD and Blu-ray will be released on Sept. 25.
We've got two Walking Dead deleted scenes: one that is real, and one that is fan-made. Both should have been included in last season's undead epic. We don't know what's better, Daryl's new super-burn, or watching the gang kill a bunch of walkers, Office Space style.
Our only note? We wish it was in slow motion.
Last night, The Breaking Bad Art Project opened at Gallery1988 in Los Angeles, featuring a collection of gorgeous meth-friendly art. But "Breaking Bad: The Animated Series" might just be our very favorite. Check out a collection of the beautiful artwork.
"Breaking Bad: The Animated Series" by Ian Glaubinger.
"Emilio's Disposal" by Dave Perillo.
"Breaking Bad" by Chris Delorenzo.
"Lily of the Valley" by Phantom City Creative.
"Jesse Pinkman" by Rhys Cooper.
"Breaking Bad Prints" by Mike Mitchell.
"Superlab" by Kevin Tong.
We're completely obsessed with Karen O's contribution to Tim Burton's Frankenweenie soundtrack. It's sweet, poppy, retains the Oooweeeeoooohs from old timey black and white horror flicks, and sounds like it was stitched together from great love songs of our past (Mickey & Sylvia's "Love Is Strange" and maybe even a bit of Queen). Kind of like the movie's little dog, who is a collection of dead beloved animal parts.
In an interview with Rolling Stone Karen O described her collaboration with Burton:
"Tim wanted an unconventional unconditional love song. My music inspiration came out of the same era of B-movie fright film references, sprinkled throughout the film. I went in the direction of exotica and calypso stylistically, because it's quirky, good vibes music of that era and when you throw in a theramin solo it's a marriage made in heaven. I remember Beetlejuice introducing me to the genius of Harry Belafonte's calypso record so I wanted to give a nod to that too. We ended up with a love song for the end of the film to the film! Frankenweenie is so special, it's an unbelievable honor to be involved with it."
Above is only 30 seconds of the entire song, go and listen to the whole thing over Pitchfork, it's totally worth it. Here's the full rundown form the soundtrack, including a track song by Winona Ryder!
01 Karen O - "Strange Love"
02 Neon Trees - "Electric Heart (Stay Forever)"
03 Mark Foster - "Polartropic (You Don't Understand Me)"
04 Passion Pit - "Almost There"
05 Plain White T's - "Pet Sematary"
06 Kimbra - "With My Hands"
07 AWOLNATION - "Everybody's Got a Secret"
08 Kerli - "Immortal"
09 Grace Potter feat. the Flaming Lips - "My Mechanical Friend"
10 Imagine Dragons - "Lost Cause"
11 Grouplove - "Underground"
12 Skylar Grey - "Building a Monster"
13 Robert Smith - "Witchcraft"
14 Winona Ryder - "Praise Be New Holland"
Oh, Grimm, what are we going to do with you? So many things we love — and so many things that make us go glassy-eyed and realize, "Oh yeah, we're watching TV."
I do love this show. It has absolutely grown on me, I applaud the more ambitious two-part storyline — and I especially adore the gorgeous concept art of the lovely Wesen that was released this week. But... last nights episode left me a little cold. Thank goodness Renard took his shirt, and then turned different colors — so not a total loss.
This week picked up right where last week left off, Nick is wrestling a big kitty! Actually, before we get started I need to point something out. In the "last week on Grimm" recap, Pilates Wolf calls Nick's Mom a bitch! Did I hear that right? No. No. No. No. No. No. No. No. He is our little gentleman. In the corner for 15 minutes, Pilates Wolf. That is somebody's mother! Moving on, so Nick and his Mom make quick cat meat of the giant kitty. The End.
Then Nick's Mom kills the Hexenbeast Mom. She likes to kill things.
Nick is taken into custody by the FBI, and just like the giant kitty plotline, that whole mess is quickly wrapped up in a manner of minutes. Apparently, everyone in Portland is bad at their jobs.
Meanwhile Renard reveals his true skin as some sort of sexy lizard beast, I'm into it. Then the Capatin drinks the purity potion HexenMom mixed up, coughs up smoke, and turns red.
See!
Now pure of heart, Renard kisses Juliette and she wakes up from her coma. Nick runs to her side (unaware of Renard's kisses) and DUN DUN DUN! Juliette doesn't remember Nick! It is the oldest trope in the book, and it's really, truly annoying. I'm not particularly surprised or worried about Juliette, because like all things Grimm I assume this issue will be disposed of nicely, and then everyone will go get ice cream. Except we won't get to SEE the ice cream trip, because I never get to see any world building that is fun any more. Just blood and bodies.
The whole episode felt like it had to finish what it started, but did so in a really cliche way. And that makes me sad. I loved the Beaver Village of last year, and the Hansel and Gretel black market organ harvesting episode. And yes, we were teased with a tiny bit more of the Royal Fairy Tale families, when Renard phoned his brother (the delightful James Frain) — but I need more!
Instead of having the two mothers fight and reveal absolutely nothing about the world they've been entrenched in for decades, why couldn't they fire off a few rounds of loaded statements? This could have been a bigger moment! Something that revealed a history, or at least a little about Renard's history. I assume that's why Nick's Mom is staying — to kill off Renard — but I really don't know why. Except that there is a device of absolute power, and they can't have it because they are lizards.
Meanwhile, all we've seen from Renard has been fairly positive. I'm sure this is exactly where we're meant to be with Renard, I just wish there was more. Perhaps when his brother comes in for the weekend, the blanket on the seven families will be pulled back. I just want to know why we should fear them, because right now all I see are two hot guys with a lot of money who own Castles. Castles.
Oh and the new titles worked this episode. Were they trimmed? I liked them a lot more this screening.
It's been a while since we've heard anything about Steve Pink's remake of the Troma classic The Toxic Avenger, but the latest batch of news is a total shocker. Rumor has it John Travolta is attached to the movie, and folks are speculating that Travolta is lined up to play Toxie himself. Whoa.
The industry site It's On The Grid has listed Travolta as a cast member for The Toxic Avenger, with no other actors currently attached. But the biggest surprise is the logline "Action-comedy remake in the vein of THE MASK... he's an environmental superhero...doesn't want it to be campy..." We're not sure how you pull off a serious Toxic Avenger, but we would really like to see someone try. Insanity!
[Via FilmDrunk]
Disney is hot to bring back the bronze-headed hero The Rocketeer. Vulture is reporting that the 1930s matinee hero homage and his trusty jetpack are being reexamined by Disney for a potential reboot.
And with Iron Man and all the superhero hullabaloo, it's no wonder the studio is hot for this flick. Plus, the success of Captain America proved that the public can still get into World War II retro action. But who should write and direct? Sources say Disney hasn't pegged that down just yet.
Ever wonder what happens to the companions when they're not whizzing through space and time with the Doctor? The BBC is going to show you — in a special five-part Doctor Who prequel, all about the lives of Amy and Rory, called Pond Life.
Arthur Darvill and Karen Gillan will be featured in their own 5-part collection of short webisodes which will appear at the start of the new season on September 1st, but will premiere online on Monday the 27th on the BBC1 YouTube channel.
[via The Guardian]
True Blood's scene stealer and recently out-of-the-coffin (and closet) vampire, Reverend Steve Newlin is stopping by io9 now! Join hilarious writer and actor Michael McMillian as he answers all of your burning questions about the good Reverend and his sweet pompadour.
Before he was devouring entire fraternity houses with Russell Edgington (the magnificent Denis O'Hare), Reverend Steve was running the anti-vampire league the Fellowship of the Sun. But now he's been turned and has come out as the public face of the American Vampire League. Quite a journey for this hyper-ambitious vamp!
And besides playing Reverend Steve, Michael keeps himself very busy penning the True Blood comic books and his own series, Lucid. Submit a question for Michael below in the comments. At 1:00 PST, he will will sign on and tackle each question. You know the rules — he's volunteered to drop by the io9 house, so be polite!
The discussion is over, thank you so much for participating Michael! Don't forget to watch the finale of True Blood this weekend on HBO.
