Would you watch Connect Four: The Movie? Want to see clips from two upcoming CW shows? Will DC finally make a Justice League movie? Is there a conspiracy against Latino actors on TV?
Every week we share a few links we found in the blogosphere to get you up to speed.
1. Trivia Question
In the television series Battlestar Galactica (2004), there was a seductive blond Cylon named Number Six (Tricia Helfer). What famous 60’s television character was she named after?
(Answer at the end of the post)
2. Motivational Geek Quote
“The best way to find out where you are from is find out where you are going and work backwards.” – Doctor Who
3. Links
- Considering none of the Avengers have a secret identity, Closet Geek Gurl asks a good question “Do heroes who hide behind an alter-ego make the best superheroes?”
- Blastr says a Fan spends 14 months building insanely detailed Iron Man armor The saddest part is he can’t even wear it since he designed it for someone taller and thinner.
- io9 has a link to the Intense First Clip From The CW’s New Superhero Show Arrow!
They also have a clip from the Beauty and The Beast reboot.
- Blastr says Whedon ‘torn’ over directing Avengers 2? But—why?
“You know, I’m very torn,” Whedon said. “It’s an enormous amount of work telling what is ultimately somebody else’s story, even though I feel like I did get to put myself into it. But at the same time, I have a bunch of ideas, and they all seem really cool.”
He’s used to creating his own worlds and now he has to work on someone else’s. I don’t think anyone else could do it justice though. Should he write and direct Avengers 2?
- Blogtor Who has a great list of 10 Planets The Doctor Should Revisit like Gallifrey
- Not surprisingly Fox Passed on The Punisher television show
- Empire says Scott Z Burns Writing the Rise of the Planet of the Apes Sequel
- Awake co-starred Latino actor Wilmer Valderrana and Huffington Post is asking CSI: Miami,’ ‘Rob’ And ‘GCB:’ Why Are So Many Shows Starring Latinos Getting Canceled? It seems a little early to call it a conspiracy to me. What do you think?
- /Film has an Infographic from “The Art of Marvel The Avengers” called Official Timeline Of The Marvel Cinematic Universe
- E! Online said The Avengers Made $1 Billion, So Will Batman and Superman Do a Justice League Movie Now? Now that Nolan is leaving Batman could this happen?
- io9 has The Real Secret Behind Awake’s Compelling Drama The show’s been canceled, but it’s not too late to watch it.
- Film School Rejects reports on someone who saw clips from the Superman prequel ‘Man of Steel’ and it Looks Like a Superman Comic
One quote says, “The former was Clark Kent grabbing a truck with a crying man inside of it while flying through the middle of a tornado. It looked incredible. Henry Cavill can fly, and he can hold a truck in one arm. Zack Snyder brings his usual visual flair, but somehow is still unlike anything he has made before. It felt like a Superman comic. Real heroism.”
- MTV Movies Blog showed us Darth Vader holding the Death Star in Darth Atlas
- Mania says A Villain Named for Iron Man 3 is Savin (aka Coldblood-7) played by James Badge Dale
- Comics Reader has a review of Essential Classic X-Men Vol. 2 #1
- Star Trek.com has an interview with Star Trek V actor Laurence Luckinbill (Sybok) Saying Why Nimoy was mad at him. It involves evil twins.
- Best Sci-Fi Movies has a retro-review of Judge Dredd Movie
- DSNG’S SCI FI MEGAVERSE has a post on the sweetest hybrid you’ll ever see. BMW I8 SPYDER – THE EXOTIC HYBRID BEAST
- CaptainSciFi has an impressive trivia question this week if you watch Star Wars: the Clone Wars
- Born For Geekdom wrote a brilliant article More Famous Female Duos of TV and Why I’m Still Talking About This
- The Film Doctor “The humans, what can they do but burn?”: 5 notes on The Avengers
- Film-Book has a link to the entire first episode of the new Disney animated series TRON: UPRISING and it’s amazing.
- The Galaxy Junkyard: Image of the Day: Darth Vader vs Dr Who
- Reid Kemper’s Science Fiction Blog has a review called The Hunger Games Movie — Digested
- Retro-Zombie has an awesome Zombie Lego video
- The Sci-Fi Gene tells Why Andrew Stanton (John Carter) Is Wrong About Movie Budgets
- TARDIS Newsroom has Doctor Who: The Eternity Clock Introduction to the Game
- Fan Companion has a nice overview of Voyager 2×3 “Projections”
- M.Pax wrote a guest post at Allan Douglas’ blog about The Firefly connection to her novel
- Vibrant Oxymoron has a sweet piece on Sucrose and it’s effect on Vulcans. I didn’t know Vulcans get “drunk” after ingesting chocolate.
- Wired.com has come up with 10 Toy-Based Movies Ideas That Would Blow Away Battleship
- ScienceFiction.com says Joss Whedon Wants More Women Avengers
4. Trivia Answer
Number Six was named after Patrick McGoohan’s character in the television series The Prisoner. In a Q&A he said, “Number Six was specifically a homage to ‘The Prisoner,’ but the rest were assigned their numbers randomly.”
Bonus Question: What modeling competition did Helfer win in 1992?
What do you think of this week’s news?
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that was the coolest post, ever… so much stuff!
must have my iron man suit, does it come in a XXL!
Lot of news today! I did know The Prisoner. Bummer the guy can't wear his own suit. And DC has insisted they will never make a JLA movie – but they should!
Thanks Jeremy. It was a good week
If hes smart he'll start selling those.
Alex, a JLA movie needs to happen
There's a ton of stuff going on. I think that Darth Vader would completely own Dr. Who (sorry Dr. Who fans). I didn't know that about Six, but I did enjoy the Prisoner. And I predict the CW's version of Green Arrow will only succeed if they follow the Smallville formula (which I'm sure they will). Lots of angst between the love of Green Arrow's life but they can't be together for seasons and seasons…pop music, and hot hot men.
Michael, the sonic screwdriver can do anything…unless Vader chokes the life out of him.