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Saying you communicate with microbes is like saying you communicate with sand. I mean, maybe you can, but so what? They ain't got nothing to say. "Oh, hey, I'm an E. coli bacteria. I'm five days old and my entire universe is a 0.1mm patch of counter top..."

I'd be 100% fine with a live action (well, CGI) genie who wasn't imitating Ed Sullivan and Howard Cosell. Of course, now we'll get one saying "Aw, Heelll NAWH!!"

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It worked out pretty well for Merlin in Disney's Sword in the Stone.

According to James Gunn, he was in the process of having Adam Warlock in Vol 2 but it was too many characters to juggle and ultimately had to cut. Though between Gunn and Kevin Feige they say that Warlock will appear in the future, but not before Avengers: Infinity War. Now, combine this with Gunn confirming he will return for the third movie and there being a direct follow up to conclude Infinity War, my guess would be he'll be introduced in Guardians and play a main role in the Avengers ultimately taking out Thanos. Presumably taking the Soul Stone at some point. After all, he is important to the storyline these movies are recreating.

Also cut from the theatric release, apparently Nathan Fillion had more than just a photoshoot for the movie portraying Simon Williams in all those movie posters. Fillion posted a picture on his Instagram, stating it's "From a scene you won't see in Guardians of the Galaxy: Vol 2." Looks like it'd be Wonderman as Arkon the Imperion. Here are the movie posters and marquee again if you forgot, which will possibly still show up.

Some Guardians of the Galaxy spoilers, now that the movie has screened and spoilers are leaking online intentionally and unintentionally. Spoiler I'm going to go ahead and say "Called it," and multispoiler it so anyone wanting to remain surprised can still do so. SpoilerSpoilerNear the end of the movie Ving Rhames and Michelle Yeoh appear, and the credits confirm they're SpoilerCharlie-27 and Aleta Ogard, Stallone's Stakar's wife (and second Starhawk) respectively. They're both "original" Guardians of the Galaxy, from the 31^st century.

One of the songs from the soundtrack, Guardians Inferno by The Sneepers featuring The Hoff. I have no words for it. Spoiler


David Dastmalchian confirmed that he'll return as the Russian Hacker Kurt in Ant-Man & The Wasp. Considering Michael Pena confirmed a while ago that he'd be returning as Juan Punch Man Luis that only leaves TI to confirm his return to the Three Wombats. And their return all but confirms the next movie will also involve a heist in some way.

Looks like last year's revival of X-Files was successful enough for Fox to revive it again, as production on the next chapter in the event series will begin this summer, and the series is slated to air during the 2017-18 season.

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Samurai Jack: SpoilerAshi and her sisters' skin tight black outfits appear to have been just their skin covered in soot/darkness. I still think there's more than a Daughter/Sister relationship in the making here. He was a little flirty with her after saving her from the Samurai-Spirit and seeing her not in her black outfit. Though I think I recall reading something from Genndy saying that this would wrap up Jack's story and it would be sad... so I don't really expect much if anything to happen between them in that sense.

Scaramouch is back, kind of. And I've come around a bit to the light hearts parts. Scara saying the guy looks like a penis. Ashi joining in dancing at the "Lady Gaga"esque (at least, that's what it reminded me of) samurai celebration concert.

A handful of cameos, but all (or, most of the main ones) from the first few episodes of the first season shown on Adult Swim prior to the new season release. Almost like it was planned to only show that much. Popeye and what I think was Astro as well.

Is it just me, or does Ashi's animation style make her look like a monkey at times? Jaw and lips extended very far out under her nose, head sloped back.

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How can someone like Supergirl with super senses not smell the moment something in the oven starts to burn and remove it? Nygma losing it in Gotham was amusing, and I'm not wondering if shooting and dumping Oswald in a river is going to be the show's running gag.

According to Kevin Feige Thanos' motives "will be similar to what they were in the Infinity Gauntlet in various ways," which to me means he's trying to score a booty call with Death.

Warner Brothers gave a press release about their very own DC-exclusive direct-to-consumer digital service, which will launch in 2018 with two original series: the live-action superhero drama series Titans and the long-awaited third season of Young Justice.Star Wars: Episode IX now has a confirmed release date of May 24, 2019, and both Harrison Ford and Steven Spielberg will return for the next Indiana Jones film, which has been dated for July 10, 2020.

Sorry Tirith, but it looks like NBC has pulled the plug on Powerless. According to executive producer Patrick Schumacker the show won't air for the next two weeks, and will be replaced by Superstore. So, you know, not even by something better. No other details at the moment, but during the last round of renewal announcements Powerless wasn't mentioned. I was personally holding out until the Adam West episode, but if that doesn't show up then I'll be disappointed. If it is axed, it'll join Constantine and a Wonder Woman pilot that never got off the ground.

Timon and Pumba will be voiced by Billy Eichner and Seth Rogen in the live action Lion King ... which, sure, okay. They were pretty much potheads in the cartoon anyway.

Edited, Apr 25th 2017 3:52pm by lolgaxe

Flash: SpoilerHR: I was about to check one of the most important boxes in a man's life!

Flash: SpoilerMallfoy was already Alchemy, being controlled by Savitar, right? And I'm not sure if I'm on board with it being any version of Barry. That'd be like it being a future version of Iris or something.

SpoilerI could see Eddie, maybe. But was Frost/Snow ever really close to him? Close enough to react that way instantly. I was thinking yesterday what about Ronnie. At this point Frost may still be Snow enough that if Ronnie were to show up she would unquestioningly go to him.

Edit: SpoilerAnd what better way to be forced into the Speed Force than, after already being charged, absorbing a nuclear blast.

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Caught up on Arrow: SpoilerGood news, Felicity is paralyzed again... Or at least for a few moments until they fix her nanobot circuit board thingy that lets her walk. It got dull for a while there, but I think I'm actually liking this Prometheus/Adrian thing.

Samurai Jack: SpoilerI think the shortness of this season and wrap up of the story is kind of hurting it. Ashi vs Army of Lizard people was fun. The fight with her Mom was fine. But it all moves so fast, and progresses so quickly. Mom brings up the big question, "He killed your sisters" and it's just kind of ignored.

I can't put too much thought into the speed though. It's inevitable given the circumstances, and focusing on it will just risk ruining it for me.

But, I wish they hadn't Magicked Jack back into his old self. I feel they should have Magicked the sword back into his possession, and the sword just given him a confidence / meaning to clean himself up.

Just a bit more flirting between Jack and Ashi near the end. And the description of next week's episode hints a bit more toward that.

American Gods: SpoilerGood Start. An old goddess absorbs a man thru her vagina. Wednesday recruits the main character with some assistance from Leprechaun. And what appears to be one of the "New" Gods makes an appearance. And he appears to be modelled after a Technology loving Millennial.

A fun little story of the real Viking's first arrival in North America.

I'm interested. Will stick around for more.

Edited, Apr 30th 2017 10:10pm by TirithRR

Set up American Gods. Thankfully most shows on the premium channels repeat each episode a million times so had no trouble watching the first episode. SpoilerMr Wednesday was amusing start to finish, but I'm wondering if we're supposed to be surprised by which God he is or not. Which, the show's fight scenes are brutal. Felt pretty bad for Moon Shadow. When it rains it pours, right? Only the first episode, but compelling and interesting enough to stick with.

In Gotham, it's a bit weird how SpoilerAdult Ivy acts more like a kid than Kid Ivy did. Not that it's a negative, really liked her this episode. Her and Penguin's B Plot was more interesting than Gordon's and Bruce's A Plot with the Owls. There was a Wonder Woman trailer, which was pretty good for a trailer. I mean, if I didn't already have reservations about the movie I'd certainly be excited for it. Spoiler
Lucifer is back, too. Looks like he's back to his sneaky plots. Should be interesting. Still need to watch Supergirl. Spring. Way too many shows.

Tomorrow The Dark Tower trailer should be showing up.

The Defenders teaser, featuring Spoilerthe Zelda-esque pot that they put Elektra in at the end of Daredevil S02., as well as a number of other Defenders related teasers. Spoiler


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SpoilerThey didn't show anyone coming to the rescue, just the faceless Anons exploding into gore and then the credit roll. I don't think it was Leprechaun, he seems more the beat people to death with his fists type and not tear / slash them to death. Seems like a cliffhanger where you'd introduce a new character the next episode. While the trailer is tomorrow, Matthew McConaughey and Idris Elba both released a couple of teasers. I'm not familiar with the source so I couldn't tell anything but it's not really that much anyway, though Idris reloading his revolvers is pretty hot. Just ignore the second half of the videos. Spoiler
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SpoilerI might have bruised myself from the facepalm I endured caused by that reveal.
AoS: SpoilerI knew something was coming, and I still had bitch tears. For what it's worth I've listened to a couple of books while reading comics. Not a conscious decision, I set my mp3 player to random, they start playing and I don't stop them. Pride & Prejudice & Zombies and Make Love! The Bruce Campbell Way were the latest to rotate in.

First Defenders trailer. SpoilerI want the Luke and Danny fight, though I could do without yet another Hallway Fightâ„¢. I love how the scene of Danny punching Luke and his face distorting is almost exactly the same as the scene from Luke's series where the guy punches him and breaks his fist. That's pure pottery.


And the Dark Tower trailer. SpoilerConsider my intrigued.


Josh Gad just tweeted a picture of The Penguin, and now a floodgate of speculation is crushing the various sites I follow. Just on the surface there's a Batman movie and two TV series in the works that he could be hinting he's cast in. He could be campaigning for the role, which is something actors do now. Or he could be dicking around.

Hulu has officially ordered Marvel's The Runaways to series, and released a cast photo. Gert looks better than I had anticipated, though Molly looks exactly as anticipated. And the fact she's not wearing a hat of some sort absolutely infuriates me. Like Superman without the red undies angry. No surprise at the lack of Old Lace, though she better show up if they know what's good for them. There's a leaked trailer, though no guarantee how long it'll survive. SpoilerMolly is wearing a hat in it. Though the fact remains that Molly never removes the hat. Never. Still rage.

Though I do concede that the trailer looks remarkably like it's following the comics, at least the first origin arc. Which is good.

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Having absolutely no knowledge at all about The Dark Tower, I'll say that the trailer looked decent enough. Though, the story didn't seem particularly original. Pretty standard fantasy fair by the looks of it. I might give it a watch, I haven't decided. The Defenders trailer was more or less what I expected. At first they all don't get along, but eventually learn to trust each other and fight together for the greater good. Also, not terribly inspired, but I'll probably watch it. I need to get around to watching Luke Cage and Iron Fist before August comes around though.

I haven't seen the first episode of American Gods, so I can't say much about it. I found out that the the entire first season will only get to about a third of the way though the book. Considering the book is only about 400 or so pages, there is going to a lot of filler in there. I might hold out until the end of the season and binge this one.

Sounds like movie theaters may have received two other Dark Tower trailers to show starting this week. I expect to see one during GotG 2, as the theme of the movie would fit well. More so now that aspects of those two other characters may not be involved.. Not sure if they'll show new footage or if it will just be remixes of the existing trailer.

I'm going to see Guardians Friday. My last vacation day before traveling for 6 weeks. Though I do usually try to spend a Saturday or Sunday night checking out new movies in the cities I travel to. Just cause it beats being stuck in a hotel all night.