The Flash Racing Back to Television

So, was that talk of a Flash movie for 2016 premature?

DC Entertainment may be iffy on the big screen for properties that aren't Superman or Batman. But on television, things couldn't be clearer. In the wake of Arrow and its huge success on the CW (The only DC project you can use the term "successful" to describe that didn't involve Christopher Nolan), the network is settling on the Scarlet Speedster as their next big superhero themed TV project. They are expected to discuss it at their big TCA presentation today.

Arrow co-creators Greg Berlanti and Andrew Kreisberg and DC leech Geoff Johns will write the pilot, with the character possibly being introduced on the series and then spun-off. For those of you old enough to remember, this would be the Flash's second foray into television. Many of us were introduced to the character in the 1990 CBS series starring John Wesley Shipp, AKA Dawson's dad.

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Chilling First Teaser for "Homeland" Season 3

 

From EOnline and Showtime's Official Youtube comes the cryptic, chilling, and short teaser for "Homeland"s return on September 29.

I guess I better watch Season 2 now.

"Homeland" stars Damien Lewis, Claire Danes, and Mandy Patinkin

"Carrie and Saul begin to pick up the pieces of their shattered professional and personal lives" and are soon "swept up in the political and media firestorm surrounding...the search for Brody's whereabouts." 

Homeland returns Sunday, Sept. 29 at 9 p.m. on Showtime. 

'Dexter' Final Season Recap - Scar Tissue

So after this week's Dexter, we find ourselves 1/3 of the way through the show's final season, and to say things are getting a bit nuts is an understatement.

Masuka learned he has a daughter (played by Friday Night Lights' Dora Madison Burge), Quinn not only passed the Sgt exam but then screwed up his chances defending Deb's 'honor', and of course, Deb got herself out of her rut with Dr. Vogel's help only to try and kill Dexter in the process.

Let's start off with the most important element of this week:  Deb trying to kill Dexter.

I don't know about you, but when Deb got all 'at peace' and lovey dovey toward both Quinn and Dexter, I knew something was up.  Especially after just seeing her father, Harry, admit on video that he couldn't live with himself any longer after realizing what Dexter had become.  This should sure be a hell of an opening next week as we'll have to deal with the repercussions of Deb not only attempting to kill Dexter, but deciding to save him too.

Onto this season's killer, one of Dr. Vogel's former patients.  I thought it was quite interesting that this guy was about two feet from shooting Dexter by surprise and yet our favorite serial killer had no idea he was there at the time.  Probably the closest we've seen Dexter to actually getting knocked off (well, until about 30 minutes later).

Oh Quinn, you bastard you.  You pass the Sgt exam with flying colors, celebrate with Jaime and Batista, then somehow screw the whole thing up by socking another officer who was bad mouthing Deb (also your ex-girlfriend) in front of your boss and current girlfriend.  Way to go (though hey, I probably would have done the same thing).

What about Dr. Vogel and her secret agenda to study Dexter?  I knew something was up about this woman from the beginning and I still don't believe we've learned everything.  And her caring and nurturing attitude toward to somehow get her to realize she's a good person?  Please.  I think she wanted her to try and kill Dexter.  But we shall see.

Notes:

• How about Masuka hitting on his own daughter before realizing, well, it's his own daughter.  Hilarious.

• This new character of Cassie who likes Dexter after meeting him for a total of 10 seconds and one dialogue exchange?  Please.  She's going to serve some purpose of getting killed-off soon enough.

• Why do the writers feel the need to bring in a new character to the police force in the last season?  Is it because Deb's not there anymore?  I'm talking about this 'King' person who's also up for Sgt as well.  Common, it gets a bit annoying when we have to listen to her talk and have a purpose to the story when we know she's only there to fill a void.

We will see next what happens next week when we get the aftermath of Deb's sudden urge to kill Dexter and what this new killer has for Dr. Vogel after he kidnaps her.

Grade: B-

Comic-Con 2013: Walking Dead Season 4 Trailer

Any more disappointments on The Walking Dead and I'll be like Rick as pictured above.

Season four premieres this fall. I have little doubt we will all keep watching, for no other reason than to bitch. It's what we Internet people do. But I'm getting bored with the whole thing and this new trailer does it no favors.

Finally. "The Simpsons" To Appear On "Family Guy" Fall 2014

In what seems like something that should have happened many years ago, The Simpsons & Family Guy are finally going to collide into one cartoon nervous breakdown. 

The crossover episode of Family Guy will involve Peter & and the rest of the Griffin clan embarking on an good ole' fashioned road trip eventually winding up in Springfield, home of The Simpsons.

In "The Simpsons Guy" episode of "Family Guy," Peter (Seth MacFarlane) and the Griffins get out of dodge and end up in Springfield, where they are greeted by a friendly stranger named Homer Simpson (guest voice Dan Castellaneta), who welcomes his new "albino" friends with open arms. The families get along famously: Stewie (MacFarlane) becomes obsessed with Bart (guest voice Nancy Cartwright) and his old-fashioned pranks; Lisa (guest voice Yeardley Smith) takes Meg (Mila Kunis) under her wing and is determined to find something - anything - at which she excels; Marge (guest voice Julie Kavner) and Lois (Alex Borstein) ditch housework for a little bonding; and Peter and Homer fight over the best beer in town - Pawtucket vs Duff.

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'Dexter' Final Season Recap - What's Eating Dexter Morgan?

After last week's phenomenally well-done 2nd episode of Dexter's final season, this week we have our first taste - as well as a reminder - that this is indeed the end for Dexter Morgan and things are never going to be OK again.

Rather than get into too many details like I feel I did last week (though I'm still trying to introduce you to what new plot points will be developing this season), I'm going to basically give you the important facts and highlights that happened this week.

We start off the episode with the reminder that Dexter still has a son named Harrison - in a sequence that harkens back to the infamous Rita reveal - but soon jump to good ol' Deb, drunk off her ass in her car and sleeping peacefully until a cop finds her.  Little to Deb's realization, she's hit a pole and sure enough, gets arrested.

This leads us to everyone's favorite jerk-off/yet nice guy, Quinn, who while sleeping comfortably with Jaime, gets a call from Deb to come bail her out.  Quinn - of course still in love with Deb - comes right away after lying to Jaime that he needs to go to work.

Quinn comes to the rescue, bails Deb out, then we get a nice little dialogue scene where Quinn basically implies he still has feelings for Deb...and Deb might too.

Meanwhile, Dexter's still trying to figure out what happened with what he thought was Dr. Vogel's killer/stalker after he finds the guy that certainty hung himself, on the floor at his cabin with half his head blown off.  Miami Metro is there to investigate the scene, and of course, Dex gets curious.

I had a theory last week that Dr. Vogel is behind this so-called 'new killer' in town, but seemingly was put to rest when we find the good doctor getting an anonymous text message to look outside and finds two boxes with brain pieces in each, one addressed to her (Dr. Vogel) and the other addressed to him (DEXTER!).

After talking this new development over with Dr. Vogel, Dexter gets asked a not so friendly question from the good doctor herself:  Why didn't he kill Debra after she learned who he really was?

Dexter of course exclaims that he loves Deb and that he can never kill her, but somehow can't describe why exactly he does love Deb.  Only to be poised by the idea from Dr. Vogel that he needs Deb to exist, and that he really is selfish to want to help her.

Fast forward to Dex trying to help Deb and pick her up from this dark hole she's gone down, Debra realizes how much of a good person she really is and decides to - in a drunken fashion - go to the police station and confess everything about killing LaGuerta.  Fortunately, Quinn is the one to find her and - foolishly - thinks Deb is delusional and completely out of it (though he does call Dexter for help).

Dexter is able to come in - along with Dr. Vogel - and save the day by, probably for the first time ever, giving Deb a shot to knock her out, and get her out of the station before she can confess to anyone else.

So overall, where does this leave us at the end of the third episode?  Well, Dexter thinks he's still in-control of both Debra and his double-life (which it's obvious he's not), Deb is finally starting to breakout from her funk and realize who she really is, Dr. Vogel is still scaring the shit out of me that she going to turn around and kill someone soon enough, and Quinn is becoming to the go-to good guy yet can't seem to please Jamie at home.

We'll have to see what happens next week.

Notes:

• A little plot point that I glossed over, the workout dude who is really a cannibal.  Kind of reminded me of the earlier Dexter years where he would basically have a killer-of-the-week that he would eventually get on his table and take care of.  Nice to see a glimpse of the Dexter of old.

• How funny was it when Batista let it slip to Jaime that Quinn really wasn't out on a case?  Poor guy just can't catch a break.

• Not too sure where this new guy Elway is going with Deb by giving her weird colored drink and stuff but something tells me he's going to start playing a bigger role once this season hits its final lap.

• Where was Masuka this week?

• Jennifer Carpenter's acting in that confession scene to Quinn?  Fantastic.  Still shocks me she hasn't won an Emmy.

Grade: B-

The News You've Been Waiting For - "Sharknado 2" Is Happening

In what might be the one and only true example of social media actually mattering to a film (sarcasm), Sharknado is getting a sequel. Twitter and other social media platforms were in hysterics over the SyFy film, which according to Nielsen was viewed by 1.369 million people on the average. The response was enough for SyFy who has announced that a sequel is in the works aimed at a 2014 release.

Executive Vice President Of Programming Thomas Vitale:

“Every once in a while, there is a perfect storm – on television. The fans are clamoring for a sequel. Or perhaps it will be a prequel."

In the sequel Sharks will be focused on Manhattan and SyFy is holding a contest to name the next installment. Simply tweet your ideas over to @SyfyMovies using #Sharknado.

I went with Sharknado 2: Sharks In The City

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Comic-Con 2013: Alex Ross-Painted Walking Dead Poster

This doesn't make up for that waste of time, piece of nothing for a finale and the general feeling the showrunners have no idea what they're doing. But this new poster for The Walking Dead, and its forthcoming fourth season, crafted by Alex Ross is pretty cool.

If you're at Comic-Con this weekend, grab yourself one. If not for you, then get it for me.

"Almost Red Band Trailer" For SyFy's "Sharknado"

Apparently a movie called Sharknado is debuting on SyFy. It's happening tomorrow night at 9pm, Right Coast Time. The story involves a hurricane that engulfs L.A. allowing for sharks to engage in an all out attack on the city. The onslaught is staged not only from their natural habit of the sea, but by land and air as well.

I have to check this out at some point, it's like Snakes On A Plane but with lower production value. Plus I want to see what the hell Tara Reid & Ian Ziering are going to say.

Check out the "Almost Red Band Trailer" below.

Poster For Stars Series "The White Queen" - Men Go To Battle Women Wage War

The White Queen is a riveting portrayal of one of the most dramatic and turbulent times in English history. A story of love and lust, seduction and deception, betrayal and murder, it is uniquely told through the perspective of three different, yet equally relentless women - Elizabeth Woodville, Margaret Beaufort and Anne Neville. In their quest for power, they will scheme, manipulate and seduce their way onto the English throne.

The year is 1464, before the Tudor dynasty ruled the country, and war has been ravaging throughout England over who is the rightful King. It is a bitter dispute between two sides of the same family, The House of York and The House of Lancaster.

The House of York’s young and handsome Edward IV is crowned King of England with the help of the master manipulator, Lord Warwick “The Kingmaker.” But when Edward falls in love with a beautiful Lancastrian commoner, Elizabeth Woodville, Warwick’s plan to control the throne comes crashing down.

A violent, high-stakes struggle ensues between Elizabeth, her most fierce adversary, Lancastrian Margaret Beaufort, and Anne Neville, the pawn in her father’s power game - each woman vying for the crown.