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After “Who do you think you are?” the second most popular question I get here at Fanboys of the Universe is “How old are you…exactly?” I understand the confusion. I write very openly and honestly about giving Shakespeare the idea to write in rhyming couplets, fighting in World War II (sometimes even on the side of the Allies), and handing…
Only a select few in this world can really wear overalls and make it work. Mario and Luigi. Season three Willow from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Farm boys in Bruce Weber photographs. For some, it just works. They were made to be strapped into a dated, horrid, denim one-piece. Missing from this list, and rightly so, is Shane, but he wears them anyway, in this week’s…
True story. I played with a Ouija board once at a party. It wasn’t really doing anything until this girl walked into the room, then it went nuts, moving erratically all over the board. We all freaked out, accused the girl of witchcraft and demonic possession and never touched the thing again. As freaky as that was, at least no one got stabbed in the neck with the…
If someone’s being sent out in the middle of the night to get killed by dinosaurs, then you know it must be a new episode of Terra Nova. Why do they keep doing that? You’d think after a while, people would either stop volunteering or simply refuse to be some dino’s late-night snack. Sure enough, a seemingly innocent soldier boy opens the door of a remote…
There’s an effective narration towards the beginning of “Save the Last One,” the latest episode of AMC’s The Walking Dead. It’s a story about young Shane, as told by Rick. The voiceover plays out over images of present-day Shane running from zombies in the school he’s gone to for medical supplies, and the careful pairing of the story and the action…
Before we start this week’s episode of Supernatural, we’re reminded again that Dean killed Sam’s childhood demon gal pal, Amy. Will this be the episode Sam learns the truth? I’m not telling…yet. This episode is called “Slash Fiction,” which is promising a lot. As soon as I saw the title, I started plotting it all out in my head,…
Episode two of AMC’s The Walking Dead, “Bloodletting,” opens as Lori confides in a friend that she and Rick have had a hurtful fight. She says it was mostly her doing the hurting. We soon realize this is a flashback to the same day that Rick was shot, hearkening back to the very first episode where Rick and Shane had a similar conversation. It’s a nice way…
Having exhausted all the dramatic possibilities of vampires, werewolves, witches and Kardashians, the powers that be are anxious to find the next big thing in entertainment. With two Snow White films in the works, a Grimm-inspired police procedural on NBC and ABC’s Once Upon a Time, you better polish those glass slippers and grab a dwarf or two, because we’re…
New York – October 25, 2011 - AMC announced today the renewal of “The Walking Dead” for a third season. Season two continues to deliver the strongest telecasts for any drama in basic cable history against Adults 18-49 shattering a basic cable record set nearly 10 years ago for a single drama telecast (“The Dead Zone”). “The Walking Dead” is based on…
Welcome back, Supernatural fans! (Supernaturites? Supernaturalists?) It’s another week and another reminder that Dean knifed Sam’s old flame Amy in the gut. By now, I think we can safely assume that little action is going to be a season-long issue. Is there anything Dean can do to make up for killing this extremely important girl we’ve never heard of…
This week’s episode of Terra Nova, “The Runaway,” gets underway pretty quickly, without much build-up, when Newt from Aliens shows up outside Terra Nova in the middle of the night. She’s run away from the Sixers, and she’s looking for the portal back to 2149. If she had only watched the pilot, she would have known that the portal is a one-way…
After several excruciating months of wondering what exactly Dr. Jenner whispered into Rick’s ear in the final episode of the first season, The Walking Dead returns! However, we’re no closer to finding out Dr. Jenner’s last words, though. Most people I know are assuming it’s news of a pregnancy involving Lori, but I’m not convinced that’s…
This week’s episode of Supernatural begins with a very pointed recap of last week’s episode. Think maybe the whole Amy thing might be a little more than a self-contained story? Proving that fact, “Defending Your Life” begins with Sam thanking Dean again for sparing Amy’s life. Oopsie. Yeah, that’s going to come back to haunt him. Probably…
In this week’s episode of Terra Nova, “What Remains,” a genetically engineered pathogen that induces amnesia has somehow been set loose in a remote research bunker. Since they’ve lost touch with the absent-minded professors, the folks at Terra Nova decide to come to the rescue. Jim senses this is more of a season two storyline, but he fails to stop…
In last week’s episode of Supernatural, Leviathans took over Sioux Falls general hospital, and Sam found that he could get a grip on reality by poking his wounds. All in all, good things to know. In “The Girl Next Door,” the boys find themselves incapacitated at Leviathan central, and it’s Bobby to the rescue, looking kind of sexy in a suit. Well,…
Where would the horror genre be without stupid white people moving into haunted/possessed/demonized houses? Sometimes they do it on a bet. Sometimes it’s part of a psych experiment. Sometimes they don’t know they’re moving into a haunted house until after they arrive. I try to give those stupid white people the benefit of the doubt, but then they…
