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For Thanksgiving, Heroes Embraces Mutant Family Dysfunction [Heroes Recap]
Monday's episode of Heroes , "Thanksgiving," represented one of those rare moments when everything wrong with this show suddenly became right. It was a soapy tale of three intertwined, dysfunctional mutant family dinners - and it was old-fashioned freaky fun. For some reason, everything ...
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Do Some Naked Yoga And Let The Lizard Queen Soothe Your Worries [V Recap]
Let all your worries slip away, as Morena Baccarin 's Anna gives a naked inspirational speech about living fluidly, in a fairly dead-on parody of motivational tapes. What do you think: Should the makers of last night's V be without regret? Watching "It's Just The Beginning" a second time, I ...
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Doctor Who And The Concept Art Of Mars [Concept Art]
The Mars base in Doctor Who 's latest adventure looked almost too neat and tidy — but it originally looked a lot junkier, as this newly released concept art reveals. And click through to see guns, pencil drives and gadget gloves. [ BBC Doctor Who Site ] The "gadget glove" concept ...
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The Science Of Science Fiction Gets Its Own Mythbusting Show [Physics Of The Impossible]
Will we ever get real-life teleportation devices? How invisible will an invisibility cloak make you? What are the rules for plausible time travel? A new television series will look at technologies found in science fiction and what could become fact. The Science Channel has just announced a ...
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David Tennant's Final Whos Add Some More Fanservice [Doctor Who]
Just how much can outgoing showrunner Russell T Davies tie up in his final two Doctor Who specials? How about answering a question no-one even knew they had about a throwaway line from Torchwood ? Spoilers! Remember being told that Martha Jones was on her honeymoon during Torchwood: Children ...
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FlashForward Halts Production: Is The Show In Danger? [Flashforward]
Has FlashForward become the next show to fall afoul of network micromanagement? ABC have halted production on the series until after Thanksgiving in order to — according to an official statement — "boost the writing." This news follows both the show's steady fall in the ratings ...
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Tomorrow's V Asks Who You'd Rather Have As Your Mom: Erica Or Anna? [V Preview]
It's the final V of 2009 tomorrow night, and we've already watched it. The resistance ramps up, the Vs move forward with their nefarious plans, and Chad is a man-whore. But mostly, it's all about the cult of Morena Baccarin . There are minor spoilers for tomorrow night's episode, "It's Only ...
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Tomorrow Night's V Asks Who You'd Rather Have As Your Mom: Erica Or Anna? [V Preview]
It's the final V of 2009 tomorrow night, and we've already watched it. The resistance ramps up, the Vs move forward with their nefarious plans, and Chad is a man-whore. But mostly, it's all about the cult of Morena Baccarin . There are minor spoilers for tomorrow night's episode, "It's Only ...
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Joshua Jackson To Fight UFOs in the 1970s [Ufo]
Fringe star Joshua Jackson is taking his ongoing fight against extra-terrestrial freaky fringe science to the movie screen. He's signed on to headline the big screen version of 1970s British series UFO . Jackson, who despite his Fringe smirks and long dramatic pauses will always be Pacey ...
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Fringe's Jackson To Save Earth From UFOs [Ufo]
Joshua Jackson is taking his ongoing fight against extra-terrestrial freaky fringe science to the movie screen. The Fringe star has signed on to headline the big screen version of 1970s British series UFO . Jackson, who despite his Fringe smirks and long dramatic pauses will always be Pacey ...
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Ben 10 And James Bond Team Up To Save TV From Thanksgiving [What To Watch]
Some of your favorite shows take a Thanksgiving hiatus, meaning you might need to talk to your relatives. But fear not: V has a huge cliffhanger, James Bond and Ben 10 are back, and Heroes will probably be inappropriate again. Monday If you'd rather not think about Turkey Day, you may want ...
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We're Getting A Bit Winded From SGU's Space Aerobics [SGU Recap]
Stargate Universe , what are we going to do with you? After last week's challenging episode, you give us a mind-numbingly dull and frustrating episode, which could have ruled. Instead, we were treated to more pointless sex scenes and stir fry. My heart is broken with this series. And after ...
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On Supernatural, We Take Family Snapshots Before the Apocalypse [Supernatural Recap]
Last week's episode of Supernatural , "Abandon All Hope..." was jam-packed with action and heartbreak. Lucifer is back, engineering a mega-slaughter in Missouri, and the brothers find a strange ally in a homoerotic demon. Written by Ben Edlund , this story was full of beautifully weird ...
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Does V Mean We Love The '80s Too Much? [V]
With Watchmen , GI Joe , Transformers and now V , American pop culture seems stuck in a particular part of its past. Why are we so fascinated with taking things from the 80's and making them our own? Written by David Grossman Everyone gets nostalgic. What's odd is when an entire society wants ...
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Grafitti! Green Lantern! Sandman In A Gas Mask! It's Your First Smallville: Absolute Justice Tease [Smallville]
It's enough to warrant a "TV Movie Event" and a special subtitle, but does the appearance of Smallville 's Justice Society of America actually look good? Click through and judge for yourself. I'm one of the more cynical Smallville viewers around, but dammit if this doesn't look promising. ...
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Batman's Cannonball Run To Awesome [Brave And Bold Recap]
Oh, Batman: The Brave and The Bold , clearly you know the way to my heart: A guest-star filled episode featuring heroes and villains having to race each other in special vehicles for the fate of the planet? Yes please. Last night's "Death Race To Oblivion" was exactly the kind of thing Brave ...
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Doctor Who Meets 2001 [Youtube Trawl]
What if Doctor Who had starred in Stanley Kubrick's 2001: A Space Odyssey ? A new fan video shows a potential crossover between the two, and dodgy CGI-David Tennant aside, we like what we see. The video, 2001: A Who Odyssey , creates a CGI mashup between the 1968 movie and "The Wheel ...
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What We've Learned About Fringe's Observers [Fringe Recap]
They've been lurking in the background for the entire series, and last night, Fringe 's bald Observers finally stepped into the limelight. Here's what we learned about the mysterious beings who've been spying on the Fringe team. They can catch bullets. The ability to catch bullets probably ...
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Steven Spielberg To Bring Stephen King's Dome Horror To Life [Under The Dome]
Last week we learned that Stephen King 's brand new book Under The Dome , about a town sealed off by the government, is getting an HBO miniseries. Now Steven Spielberg has stepped in to make sure it's a success. DreamWorks TV and Spielberg will executive produce the miniseries based on the ...
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Missed Connection: Help The Doctor Find Her Companion, Dr. Horrible [Love]
From Chapel Hill, NC: "We met at a party just off Franklin Street. You were dressed as Dr. Horrible, and I was the Doctor. We chatted for awhile, but then my friends took off while you were distracted." [ Craigslist ] Thanks for the tip Lay, and for letting us use our powers for good.  ...
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