The BvS Ultimate Edition Won’t Win Over Haters
Check out my review of the theatrical release for my full thoughts on everything I found good and bad in the original film. This feature is solely focused on whether the Ultimate Edition makes BvS a better film and what new material appears in this edition.
Major SPOILERS follow.
The Ultimate Edition of Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice neither makes the original version of the film any better nor worse. It just makes its already convoluted story longer (it's 2 hours, 54 minutes long before the end credits roll). This version offers a lot of little moments and extensions of plot threads that, even when revealed in their Ultimate length, still don’t do much to make any more sense or to justify why those elements were even there to begin with. The BvS Ultimate Edition isn't like the multiple cuts of Watchmen or Blade Runner that offer viewers entirely new movies to experience.
Person of Interest: The Top 10 Episodes
Warning: Full spoilers for Person of Interest's five-year run follow.
If you asked people who'd never watched CBS' Person of Interest what they thought the show was about, you'd get a lot of different answers, and likely none quite close to the truth. A lot of this disparity had to do with the incorrect way the show was marketed, while some of it also was the result of a show that continuously evolved over the years - transforming from a somewhat straight forward surveillance state procedural into a much more serialized sci-fi saga about two warring artificial intelligences and the human pawns they sacrifice -- or who sacrifice themselves to stop them -- along the way.
AMC Renews Preacher for Season 2
Preacher will return in 2017 for a 13-episode second season, AMC announced today.
The adaptation of Garth Ennis' comic book series premiered on AMC in May, with Dominic Cooper as the titular preacher Jesse Custer, Joseph Gilgun as the vampire Cassidy, and Ruth Negga as Tulip O'Hare. The first season will run for 10 episodes, the fifth episode "South Will Rise Again" having been the most recent episode to air. The show tells the story of Custer, a Texas preacher who becomes infused with an entity known as Genesis that gives him the ability to command others to do whatever he says.
Super Mario RPG Comes to Wii U Virtual Console Tomorrow
The Super Nintendo classic role-playing game Super Mario RPG: Legend of The Seven Stars is hitting the U.S. Wii U Virtual Console on June 30, Nintendo's website has revealed.
Super Mario RPG will cost $7.99 when it releases tomorrow and allow for off-TV play. The Square-developed SNES title first released in 1996 features Mario and friends journeying around the Musroom Kingdom to reclaim the titular Seven Stars and repair Star Road. The title later reappeared on the Wii Virtual Console in 2008.
Netflix Releases BoJack Horseman Season 3 Trailer
Netflix has released a new trailer for the upcoming third season of its animated comedy BoJack Horseman.
The trailer (below) gives a taste of what's to come in Season 3, as BoJack rises to movie stardom after filming Secretariat in season 2. BoJack returns having achieved a new level of fame but he continues to question whether he can actually ever find happiness.
BoJack's twelve-episode third season releases exclusively on Netflix on July 22.
The series principal voice cast returns with Will Arnett as BoJack, Aaron Paul as Todd, and Alison Brie as Diane, among others. IGN recently named the animated series the ninth best Netflix original series.
Arrow Introducing Character With Green Lantern Connection
Arrow's fifth season has gained a new cast member whose character bears close ties to DC superhero Green Lantern.
According to TV Insider, Carly Pope will star in a recurring role on The CW's hit show, as a journalist named Susan Williams, who's "looking to make a name for herself" by writing a story about Oliver Queen. DC Comics fans will know Williams' comic book iteration as the wife of Hal Jordan/Green Lantern's younger brother Jim Jordan.
Carly Pope in The Tomorrow People
Game of Thrones: Directors for Season 7 Announced
The lineup of directors for Game of Thrones' seventh season has been revealed.
Unlike the prior seasons of HBO's fantasy drama, EW reports that only four directors are involved in Season 7, which makes sense given showrunners David Benioff and D.B. Weiss' desire to have two shortened final seasons. HBO still has yet to officially announce that is what is occurring, though perhaps they will during the show's upcoming San Diego Comic-Con panel.
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll: Denis Leary on Season 2’s Hamilton Parody
On Thursday, June 30th, Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll returns to FX for a brand new season of bawdy rock comedy as Denis Leary's has-been lead singer Johnny Rock continues to try and mentor a recently discovered talent - his own daughter Gigi (Liz Gillies).
Can the former frontman for the Heathens put aside his own selfish need for fame in order to let those around him shine or will Johnny's fears and self doubt get the best of him like they did decades before when his on-the-rise band imploded before ever really making it?
Leary spoke to me about what to expect from Season 2, including a hip hop musical starring Campbell Scott, new career possibilities for Johnny's longtime girlfriend Ava (Elaine Hendrix), and how the death of a close friend sends everyone spiraling.
12 Monkeys Renewed for Season 3
Great news for 12 Monkeys fans today, as Syfy has renewed the continually cool and creative series for Season 3. The news comes via EW, who reveal the show will be back for a 10-episode season next year.
12 Monkeys executive producer Terry Matalas, who developed the acclaimed series -- based on Terry Gilliam's 1995 film -- with Travis Fickett, tells EW, “Syfy and UCP have been incredible creative partners, and I’m thrilled that we are going to tell the next — even more twisty and emotional — chapter of this time travel adventure.”
NBCUniversal Cable’s Chris McCumber says, “In two short seasons, 12 Monkeys has become a cult favorite series. Terry and the cast and crew have brought to life a rich world not confined by boundaries of time, with multi-dimensional characters whose motivations for saving the world are deeply personal and intensely relatable. It’s exactly the type of smart, on-the-edge-of-your-seat entertainment we want to bring to Syfy viewers.”
Street Fighter V’s Cinematic Story Mode Hits PSN Early
The cinematic story mode for Street Fighter V has launched earlier than expected today on the PlayStation Network, and is currently available for download.
The PlayStation Store page lists the item as A Shadow Falls, the title previously announced for the separate story expansion that base Street Fighter V game. Taking place between Street Fighter IV and III, the expansion will depict the battle between Shadaloo and the World Warriors.