Month: July 2014

First Teaser For Syfy’s Answer To “The Walking Dead,” “Z Nation”

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LMdvVh89wN8

Stars Harold Perrineau, Tom Everett Scott, DJ Qualls, Michael Welch and Kellita Smith.

“Shockwave, Darkside” Premieres in August

Stars Sonequa Martin-Green (The Walking Dead), Mei Melancon (X-Men: The Last Stand) and Bill Sage (We Are What We Are).

Sorry! Here’s the Museum of Science Fiction survey link!

Go to survey!

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Fill out survey – have a voice in the Museum of Science Fiction’s preview

And check out this article at Wired.

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Museum of Science Fiction & DC Public Library Team Up

This is pretty great.

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Lenny Henry Gives Advice To BAME (Black, Asian, And Minority Ethnic) Filmmakers (Video)

Brilliant talk on need for people of color not just in front of the cameras but behind them…as well as POCs in decision-making and greenlighting positions. Note, also, advice to POC film makers about how to represent.

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Akame ga Kill! The Best Anime of Summer 2014

Great review! Thanks, Nerdophiles!

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Akame ga Kill!

Cast: Sora Amamiya, Soma Saito, and Yukari Tamura
Director: Tomoki Kobayashi
Episode Numbers: 24
Genres: Drama, Action, Anime
Based On: Akame ga Kill! manga by Takahiro

Rating: ★★★★☆
Review Spoilers:  Low
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To be frank, most modern anime disappoints me to a certain degree. In the popular shōnen genre, characters have become incredibly one dimensional, plots recycled to the point of staleness, and I feel like I’m being forced to be sympathetic to the characters as opposed to actually caring about them. 

“Akame ga Kill!” has blown me away though. Casually deciding to try out the series, I was told that it was addicting and one of the better animes of Summer 2o14 and I’m going to have to agree with that. “Akame ga Kill!” tells the story of Tatsumi, a young teenage who goes to the Imperial Capital with the hopes of working for the…

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Trailer for Kevin Smith’s “Tusk”

Starring Justin Long, Genesis Rodriguez, Haley Joel Osment, and Michael Parks.

CBS Moves “Extant” to 10 p.m., Away From Summer’s Top Show

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Oops. Almost forgot about "Extant." Not a good sign.