It’s pilot season, and already casting shows that there is an unprecedented number of minority leads in broadcast dramas:
The spy couple at the center of J.J. Abrams’ “Undercovers” for NBC is played by Gugu Mbatha-Raw and Boris Kodjoe. “Undercovers,”…
Happy Fandom Friday! Each week, I highlight an aspect of the various fan communities that have sprung around mostly movies and TV shows, but sometimes books, games, or even just memes, if the level of dedication is awesome enough.
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Didn’t understand the “flash-sideways” in last night’s two-part season premiere? Bob Degon at the ever-excellent Clique Clack posts his take on the start of Season 6, back after a painful nine months:
Well, there was just about everything that we…
Need a quick refresher on the show before its sixth and final season premieres? Check out this guy’s family reenacting the key scenes from the first five seasons, from the smoke monster to “we have to go back to the…
Don’t read unless you’re up to date on LOST… Now that she’ll be negotiating with aliens in V, what’s to become of Elizabeth Mitchell? EW <a href="“>caught up with her and producers Damon Lindelof and Carlton Cuse:
On the decision…
In response to overwhelmingly positive audience reaction, MGM has decided to move Cabin in the Woods, the horror flick written by Joss Whedon and Drew Goddard and directed by Goddard, forward nearly a year. The movie, originally slated for February…
Well, what do you know — the show, which spawned countless spin-offs in the film and TV realm, celebrates its 43rd birthday today. Hop on over to ONTD for the video fun.
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I stumbled upon this fascinating piece from Fraggmented, wherein John Seavey explores what he calls the “metastory trap” in Season 1 of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse and how fans agonizing over the season’s bigger mysteries failed to appreciate the killer moments…
Thanks to Spoiler TV for compiling these clips from the Heroes Season 3 DVD. Although I haven’t tuned in for a while, I can still appreciate the lengths to which it goes, creatively — and of course, there must be…
One of my favorite sites, io9 consistently delivers fresh, insightful material in the sci-fi realms. This recent piece, which sets up Shakespearean men as ideal molds for our recent sci-fi characters, is no exception.
Charlie Jane Anders attributes drastic transformations,…
