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Monday Mix-Up: The New ‘Lost’ Spin-Off!

Sad that you’ll no longer spend your free time with The Others? Wish you could curl up on your couch with some Doritos, and visit with those crazy survivors of Oceanic Flight 815? Wish that they had a never ending set of alternative realities after they set off that bomb? Well fret no more you DHARMA loving dudes and dudettes. This fall ABC is bringing a LOST spin-off to the air that will bring you right back into the large and crazy world of LOST. We got a special sneak peak here folks, so click play and get ready for the mystery to continue…

20 Endings We Better Not See On ‘Lost’

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  • May 23, 2010

lostcast-8667482Tonight, “LOST” finally comes to an end. The saga of warring brothers, mysterious lights, smoke monsters, time travel, dimensional anomalies, lost souls and power-hungry manipulators will at last wrap up and answer many (though I doubt all) of our questions.

Whenever a series finale comes along, one can’t help but think about how other shows, film franchises and book series met their end or introduced some final twist in the last scene. So while I may have liked a couple of these when they were done in OTHER shows, here are the endings I definitely don’t want to see happen tonight in any way, shape or form:

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Saturday Morning Cartoons: Big Guy And Rusty

In 1995 Geoff Darrow and Frank Miller brought us a wonderful comic. It starred an “Astro-Boy-esque” boy robot, Rusty, and his American counterpart… the metal capped, gun filled beast know as the Bug Guy. Four years later, in an attempt to fill their waning Saturday morning block, then chocked to the gills with “Goosebumps” reruns and “Big Bad Beetle Borgs”… fox ordered up 2 seasons worth of goodness. The show had it all. Skeezy businessmen with talking monkeys, even scientists, giant robots, even gianter monster, and enough explosions to rattle the brain of any good-hearted sugar-coated kid looking for his next fix of boom-booms.

In addition, the series boasted some heavy hitting voice talent, including Clancy Brown, R. Lee Ermey, Kathy Kinny, Steven Root, and Nancy Cartwright. While the show obviously ended in 2000, thanks to the internet, we can bring you the amazingly patriotic theme song  below, as well as graciously link you to the entire series, which you can watch for free over at Hulu (better do it soon, you never know when they’ll take that away…). So folks, without any further explanation, enjoy a big ole’ dose of the good stuff. Now take yer’ medicine.

Ten New Laws On the Books in Arizona

So, it seems every day as we open our papers, turn on our TV’s, and fire up our computers… Arizona is adding law after law that makes our jaws drop. If Arizona were itself a TV show, it just jumped a shark, and added several new adorable “cousins” to liven up it’s image. From requiring President Barack Obama to present his birth certificate in order to run for re-election in the state, to it’s newest law allowing police the ability to pull over anyone they suspect of being an illegal immigrant… we’re not sure who’s writing the laws in the state. According to our sources though, it appears to be none other than state captive Norman Osborn. After his depantsing at the hands of the newly formed Avengers, our embedded agent at S.H.I.E.L.D. found documentation that as his back-up back-up plan to leading project H.A.M.M.E.R., Norman decided to get into villainous legislation writing. Who knew Arizona would be his biggest buyer! The following list was sent to us by our agent, laying out 10 new laws Normie has planned for the state to vote into law:

1.Police officials will be allowed to pull over anyone they suspect of owning Spider-Man merchandise. The detained will be searched, and if they have anything pertaining to the wall-crawler, they will be paddled in the bottom until they cry uncle.

2.Fast Food chains will have to present documentation with all nutritional information for their food on demand. Fast Food chains will also have to add at least 3 oz. of liquid ‘Globulin Green’ to all food products. For health reasons.

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Review: ‘Strange New World’

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  • May 21, 2010

strangenewworldcover1-5495517Gene Roddenberry spent the 1970s attempting to create new series and while many got as far the pilot film, none ever went to series. By the end of the decade he was frustrated and gave up, tying himself to [[[Star Trek]]], riding that cash cow to the end of his life.

His first attempt was 1973’s [[[Genesis II]]], a take on post-apocalyptic life on Earth, starring Alex Cord as Dylan Hunt (a name that got recycled). The CBS movie of the week looked good and almost made the schedule when the network opted instead for [[[Planet of the Apes]]]. Roddenberry continued to rework the notion, revising it into[[[Planet Earth]]], and switching from CBS and Cord to ABC and then rising action star John Saxon.  After that aired and failed, Roddenberry wisely walked away from the idea in favor of [[[Questor]]] and [[[Spectre]]].

Others, though, didn’t give up and tried with Saxon one final time in [[[Strange New World]]]. While the earlier attempts were released as a part of the Warner Brothers Archive program in October, only this week did this final act become available.

The common denominators are that the PAX organization sent astronauts into space in a state of suspended animation. Meantime, Earth was devastated and when the explorers awoke, they had to survive in a world they no longer recognized.

Airing March 23, 1975, we get an info dump narration to open the story of Strange New World, clearly lifted from the opening lines of Star Trek. Similarly, the [[[Enterprise]]] Bridge sound effects that open the telefilm make you think there’s still a Roddenberry connection which there most certainly is not.

Say what you will about him, but when he envisioned the future, he did his homework and researched where we were and where the experts thought we were headed. You see a lot of that especially in Genesis II. Writers Ranald Graham, Walon Green, and Al Ramrus did none of that and as a result the state of the Earth makes little sense after a series of meteors destroyed civilization as the astronauts knew it 180 years earlier.

Saxon, this time, is called Captain Anthony Vico and is accompanied by Dr. Allison Crowley (Kathleen Miller) and Dr. William Scott (Keene Curtis). The movie is actually two stories, neither of which is very good. In the first half, they encounter a utopia only to discover that there comes a price – with the ability to reproduce eradicated, the eternally youthful-looking people have resorted to cloning themselves for an endless supply of body parts. Of course, for some bizarre reason, each swab for more genetic material weakens the donor and eventually, the problems of aging become apparent. The hope is to refresh the supply by capturing our intrepid heroes.

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The Point Radio: V Is Back And Anna Is Happy

V got the green light for a second season on ABC, and nobody is happier than series star MORENA BACCARIN. The leader of The Visitors shares her feelings on the show and her character in the first of a two part interview here, plus more happy/sad news from the TV Networks and DC has their 75th Anniversary well covered.
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Is Captain America Unamerican?

Tip of the hat to Yahoo! Movies for finding out our national hero, Captain America, will be filming his autobiography not amongst purple mountain’s majesty… he’ll be filming in limey Britain!

A wag of our finger to Marvel Films who, in the interest of saving a few Ben Franklins, moved production to the land of fish and chips. Our collective hearts weep at the thought of Steve Rogers hurling his mighty vibranium-iron alloy circular disk of patriotism to vanquish vile villains inside a faux-America set housed inside some sound stage; Washed over in the gray malaise of London fog. We can only hum a few bars of “Yankee Doodle” before our voices crack, at the mere notion that Steve Rogers, chock full of super-soldier serum, is punching Hitler on anything other than good old-fashioned American soil. And don’t go telling us that Captain America didn’t punch Hitler in America. We know he didn’t. But in our minds, we all know Cap should be thwapping the Third Reich on a Hollywood set, minutes away from succulent fish tacos and the best menudo money can buy.

We know the economy is rough these day, ComicMix Nation. And yes, the state of California imposes huge taxes on filming in L.A. And yes, we know Britain offers up to a 25% tax credit incentive to bring productions to it’s limp-wristed shores… And we might be ok if that figgie-pudding eating Edgar Wright filmed his supposed Ant-Man feature in his home country (cause face it, no one cares about Ant-Man. Not even Ant-Man cares about Ant-Man.), but face facts, America. Captain America should be filmed where all good American summer blockbusters are filmed:

Canada.

The Next Season Of ‘Smallville’ Is The Last. So What Do You Need To See?

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Just in case you’ve not been knee-deep in the most current TV news, allow us to share some tidbits about your favorite CW drama with super people. That’s right, next fall, the tenth season of Smalleville will be the last. How do we know? Well, ole’ Clark himself, actor Tom Welling told Hollywood Life. The 33 year old actor was quoted as saying “Season 10 of Smallville will be the last season.”… Seems pretty straight forward to us, and the CW confirmed it at the upfronts. With many fans wondering how long the show was going to go on (after series regular Michael Rosenbaum left, and several disappointing storylines), it seems as good a time as any for the long running drama to take a bow.

Thanks largely in part to some revitalization from DC Comics guru Geoff Johns, who contributed to the season high ‘Absolute Justice’, the series gained back some lost steam with fans during it’s 9th season. Name dropping “Apokolips”, adding “Checkmate” and Amanda Waller didn’t hurt either. But with Clark still donning his “Neo-Lite” black trenchcoat and silver sparkle Superman tee-shirt combo… will the final season break the original series law of “No Flights. No Tights.”?

Well ComicMix’ers season 10 is just a summer away. So we ask you, what do you want to see in in the final Smallville episodes? Clark don his signature eyewear? More Justice-League Lite? More JSA? A showdown with Lord Darkseid? How about a return of Michael Rosenbaum? Let us know in the comments below!

DCU Figure Line Wave 15 Hits the Shelf, Later This Summer

Kudos to the king of nerd collector sites, Mattycollector.com for bringing us up to speed on the newest line of figures to hit shelves as part of the DC Universe line of toys this summer. Continuing to bring DC fans a plethora of their favorite golden, silver, and modern age heroes and villains, Mattel is bringing a wave of 7 figures (with a few chases which we’ll describe in a bit) for you to put down your hard earned cash for. Collecting them all this time will nab you the mighty Legion of Super Heroes villain Validus, complete with see-thru-brain head!

Wave 15 (yes, 15!) of the figures include:

  • Starman – Your choice of either the golden age Ted Knight version or his son Jack in his modern garb. Each Starman comes with their respective Cosmic Staff; Ted also comes with his Stellar Energy Pistol. No clue yet which is considered the chase. But we’re counting on you super collectors to get both anyways, right?
  • Raven – Joining that Beast Boy and Cyborg on your shelf comes this fan-choice figure. She comes with high heels and well toned arms. And a big blue cape.
  • Jemm – The crimson skinned Saturnian is in the line, probably to be a stitch in the side of…
  • The Martain Manhunter – That’s right! In case you don’t have him from the JLI set, the JLA Classified Set, or any other set… get your mitts on a little J’onn J’onzz for yourself. He comes in two flavors in the wave… double fisted, or a chase figure packed with a “Martian head sculpt” and a “Martian weapon hand”. Nope, we don’t know what the weapon hand looks like either.
  • OMAC – This one’s for the king, baby! Jack Kirby’s mohawked mighty one man army corps makes his way into plastic kids… scoop him up!
  • Sinestro Corps Batman – Sure it was only drawn into one panel… but we’ll be damned if it wasn’t a cool panel! The Sinestro Corps Dark Knight comes with a translucent bat ring construct.
  • Golden Pharaoh – For the true collector, Golden Pharaoh was a figure release in the original Super Powers action figure line. He comes packed with his Mystical Pyramid Staff and sports a manly translucent purple torso.

Megan Fox out of ‘Transformers 3’

It seems Hollywood is rife with debate on the news that token Tn’A actress Megan Fox will not reprise her award schwing worthy role in the Transformer Threequel. The debate? Whether Fox herself chose not to be a part of the Bay directed blockbuster, or if the ‘Godard of Explosions’ simply chose not to bring her back.

As reported by Yahoo! Movies and Deadline Hollywood it seems Boom-Boom-Bay was the one who chose not to bring back Fox, citing several issues leading to his decision. Could it be because the Juliard trained heroine of Transformers and Transformers 2: Revenge of the Robo-Rappin’ Robots equated working with Bay to working for Hitler? Perhaps. Maybe it was Fox’s insinuation during interviews for her Oscar nominated performance in Jennifer’s Actually An Evil Monster, But You’re Here Just To Look at Her Body that Michael Bay’s sets were “dangerous”, and that the director “[is] like Napoleon and he wants to create this insane, infamous mad-man reputation…”

Bay left no comments on his website regarding the matter, leaving studio reps to communicate with the press. Reps from Paramount stated that “in order to take Shia’s character – Samuel James Witwicky — in a new
direction, it was better if Sam wasn’t tied down to a love interest.”

In response, Megan’s people told People Magazine that “it was her decision not to return. She wishes the franchise the best.”

When asked for a comment the leader of the Autobots, Optimus Prime, added… “I will miss working with Ms. Fox. Her headlights put the spark back in my matrix. But we are confident the human leader Bay will provide us with a new human sacrifice for the all-spark for our next filmed venture.”

Look for Transformers 3: More Stuff Explodes and You Won’t Understand What’s Going On Anyways 3D to hit theaters and IMAXes in July of 2011. 

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