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  • Check It Out – Ellis To Pen Astonishing Spin-Off

    Check It Out – Ellis To Pen Astonishing Spin-Off

    True to form, Marvel is continuing it’s dubious strategy of relentlessly expanding on any remotely well received idea it puts forth – this time by building on their “Astonishing” line of titles. Fortunately, Marvel recognizes that the line, with it’s austere origins, is a breed...

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  • Caprica – so far

    Caprica – so far

    There’s something about threes. Be it part of some divine plan or the tiniest facet of some great cosmic probability, three’s have an odd prominence in everything from games of chance to music theory. And of course, they crop up constantly in the underlying structure...

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  • Check It Out – Patton Oswalt Lands on Caprica Tonight

    Check It Out – Patton Oswalt Lands on Caprica Tonight

    First Fox’s Dollhouse and now Caprica; unrepentant nerd and incomparable comic genius Patton Oswalt seems to be getting a kick out of using his Hollywood credibility to land roles in the best sort of geek fare. Tonight marks his first appearance on SyFy’s Battlestar Galactica...

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  • Check It Out – Dan DiDio’s Dumbest Idea Yet

    Check It Out – Dan DiDio’s Dumbest Idea Yet

    It’s a bold superlative, I know – especially since we’re talking about the guy who greenlit the return of Jason Todd – but apparently DC’s executive editor is out to set some kind of a record for terrible and callously profit driven ideas. What crime...

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    Welcome To The Killing Streets:
    “Homicide” – Seasons 1 & 2

    “Homicide is the major leagues, the center ring, the show. It always has been. When Cain threw a cap into Abel, you don’t think the Big Guy told a couple of fresh uniforms to go down and work up the prosecution report. Hell no, he...

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  • Check It Out – “Walking Dead” TV Series In The Works

    Check It Out – “Walking Dead” TV Series In The Works

    It looks like AMC is upping the ante in their quest for supreme dominance in all things TV drama related, having just green-lit the pilot for an adaptation of Robert Kirkman’s acclaimed series The Walking Dead. The notion of adapting a compelling and well crafted...

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