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Babylon 5 returns to broadcast TV on Comet TV tonight!
by Doc on Oct.01, 2018, under Television
Babylon 5 appears to be making a resurgence through available means lately, having appeared on Amazon Prime this past Spring, and now it returns to the airwaves tonight on Comet TV.
Comet TV can be often be found on a subchannel of one of your local broadcast stations. Check their website to see where it might be in your area. Don’t have a broadcaster or don’t have an antenna? You can still get Comet TV via Roku, Apple TV, YouTube TV or even streaming on the web site!
Alas, there still appears to be no movement within Warner Bros to do anything new with the show. But perhaps if it becomes popular via these various channels, they may see the light at the end of the jumpgate… <*>
HotShot Trailer: X-Men: Dark Phoenix
by Doc on Sep.30, 2018, under Movies
Oh, my…I think this will be far and above better than X-Men: Apocalypse…in theaters June 7, 2019.
Star Trek: Short Treks “Runaway” trailer
by Doc on Sep.27, 2018, under Television
Star Trek: Short Treks is a series of four stand-alone short episodes of Star Trek: Discovery that start next week on October 4th on CBS All Access as a lead-in to the return of the show early next year, and each will focus on a particular character. The first of these is “Runaway”, starring Mary Wiseman as Tilly.
HotShot Trailer: Fantastic Beasts: The Crimes of Grindelwald
by Doc on Sep.25, 2018, under Movies
In theaters November 16th
Wait, Nagini is a WHAT?!?
HotShot Trailer: Bumblebee
by Doc on Sep.25, 2018, under Movies
In theaters this Christmas.
HotShot Trailer: Doctor Who Series 11 – Premieres October 7th
by Doc on Sep.20, 2018, under Television
Hot off the presses! Premieres Sunday, October 7th…
ABC gives big commitment to female superheroes show from Marvel and Wonder Woman writer Allan Heinberg
by Doc on Sep.19, 2018, under Television
Despite Disney focusing a lot on its upcoming streaming service, they aren’t leaving their broadcast network out in the Marvel cold – Deadline reports ABC has given a production commitment for a series about female superheroes written by Allan Heinberg, the scribe behind Wonder Woman. No title or description has been given so far, but it is expected to focus on some lesser superheroes within the Marvel universe.
Heinberg has worked on various Shondaland series for ABC, starting with Grey’s Anatomy in 2006. And for Marvel Comics, he co-created and wrote Young Avengers and Avengers: The Children’s Crusade with co-creator/artist Jim Cheung. For DC Comics he re-launched Wonder Woman in 2006 and co-wrote JLA: Crisis Of Conscience.
Disney and Marvel plan Avengers-centric limited series for streaming service
by Doc on Sep.19, 2018, under Television
Variety is reporting that Disney may be stacking the deck for its upcoming streaming video service by starting early development on some limited series based around characters in the Marvel Cinematic Universe – and Loki and the Scarlet Witch are likely the be first.
The plan is for a number of limited series – generally 6 to 8 episodes each, and are expected to feature the same actors as have appeared in the MCU as well. Marvel Studios will produce and MCU shepherd Kevin Feige is expected to be fully hands on for the development. This differs than the previous network and Netflix efforts, which have focused on other characters or secondary characters from the MCU.
They would join a Star Wars series from Jon Favreau and a High School Musical series, along with original movies and recent releases.
HotShot Trailer: Captain Marvel
by Doc on Sep.18, 2018, under Movies
Coming March 8th, 2019
Space: 1999 actress Zienia Merton, 1945-2018
by Doc on Sep.14, 2018, under Obituaries, Television
We are sad to learn of the passing yesterday of actress Zienia Merton, most known for her role as Analyst Sandra Benes in Space: 1999, per her publicist and friend Barry Langford. Merton also appeared in an early episode of Doctor Who, “Marco Polo”, which is unfortunately one of the remaining “lost” episodes.
Anyone who follows me knows I was a big fan of Space: 1999, and there was something about Merton’s character that despite the relatively minor role was memorable, and was one of the few carried into the severely retooled second season of the show. And she even took part in the fan-produced “conclusion” of the series, “Message From Moonbase Alpha”, which featured her alone in a recorded message to Earth telling that the crew of Moonbase Alpha were finally forced to abandon the moonbase and make a new life on a planet.
And the irony of the date of Merton’s passing was not lost on me…September 13th, 2018 – 19 years after the moon was blasted out of orbit…