Black Sails Cast on the Jack/Anne Bonny/Max Dynamic
Things have gotten decidedly tangled on Black Sails this season when it comes to the situation with Jack Rackham, Anne Bonny and Max. Longtime friends/lovers/pirates Jack and Anne suddenly had their relationship disrupted when Anne and Max began sleeping together... only for the vulnerable yet deadly Anne, not wanting to lose either of them, bringing Jack into bed with them. But this was hardly portrayed as a celebratory moment, but rather only muddled things further for everyone involved.
When I was on the set of Black Sails last month, I asked Clara Paget ("Anne Bonny"), Toby Schmitz ("Jack Rackham") and Jessica Parker Kennedy ("Max") what they thought about the situation and what their characters truly felt about one another.
Syfy to Air Leonard Nimoy Tribute Marathon
After the loss of Leonard Nimoy earlier today, two networks will air special programming blocks in tribute to the deceased Spock actor.
From 9 a.m. - 2 p.m. on Sunday, March 1, Syfy will begin a five-hour marathon of shows featuring Nimoy, beginning with a Twilight Series episode he appeared in and ending with the last original Star Trek cast movie, Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country. The full Syfy schedule can be seen below:
• 9 a.m. ET - The Twilight Zone: A Quality of Mercy
• 9:30 a.m. ET - Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification Part
• 10:30 a.m. ET - Star Trek: The Next Generation: Unification Part II
• 11:30 a.m. ET - Star Trek 6: The Undiscovered Country
American Horror Story: Hotel Takes Guests This Fall
American Horror Story: Season 5 now has its official title.
The news was revealed via Twitter that season 5 will be called American Horror Story: Hotel, with the first of 13 episodes to debut in October.
This October, will you check in to the Hotel? #AmericanHorrorStory pic.twitter.com/6gOwjCZHP9
— AmericanHorrorStory (@AHSFX) February 28, 2015
Just days ago, Lady Gaga announced that she would be headlining the season, most likely replacing Jessica Lange who has starred on the series since the show's beginning. Most recently, Lange portrayed Elsa Mars, matriarch of Fraulein Elsa's Cabinet of Curiosities in last season's American Horror Story: Freak Show.
Will Net Neutrality Give Us Everything We Wanted?
In the wake of this week's FCC Net Neutrality ruling, the Tech Fetish crew considers the potential mirror universes that we'll never know. We also discuss a wearable that harnesses kinetic energy, Pebble's next smartwatch, Hyperloop technology, and a smattering of news on bionic body parts. Oh, and Mark Ryan solved a long-running mystery. No big deal.
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The Problem with Going Dark and Gritty
This week a dark and gritty fan film titled Power/Rangers took the Internet by storm, sending quite a few 20- and 30-somethings into a tizzy. The bright and corny team of space ninjas was reimagined in a grim world full of things that get movies an R rating. While there were some detractors, including the original Green Ranger himself, the widespread praise of the movie, plus over a million YouTube views, shows that people love them some dark and gritty. Yet while this mature short film seems to have struck the right chord with many fans, the bigger movie productions continue to miss the mark.
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Supergirl Adds Two Familiar Faces to the Cast
Casting news for CBS's new Supergirl continues to role in, with the two latest cast members hailing from previous Superman adaptions.
Warner Bros. announced today that Dean Cain, who previously played Clark Kent/Superman in Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, and Helen Slater, who played Kara Zor-El/Supergirl in the 1984 film Supergirl, have been added to the cast.
Destiny: Bungie’s Listening To You
This week Jose is out again so Fran Mirabella III joins Destin Legarie and Laced up Lauren as they discuss the app that allows you to switch items between characters using your phone, the multiplayer adjustments, the leaked social area on the Reef and their 3 wishes for Destiny. What did they think? Listen and find out.
Thank You, Leonard Nimoy
Even Vulcans cry sometimes.
That’s got to be why I’m all choked up today. I mean, crying over the passing of a famous person, someone who I never even met? It is not logical.
Except this time, it is. Leonard Nimoy had a big impact on me, on my whole life, really. I don’t think I ever realized quite how much he affected me until now, however. It turns out both he and his alter ego, Star Trek’s Mr. Spock, helped to shape and inform who I am today.
As with many, many fans of his work, my connection with Nimoy began at a young age. I first started catching Star Trek episodes with my dad -- Sunday afternoon reruns on my local station, WPIX. Soon midnight airings followed, which you had to work really hard to stay awake for. (The Twilight Zone always followed at 1am for the over-achieving nerd.) Mission: Impossible and In Search of… were also in the mix during this time, again because my Dad turned me onto them. And looking back on it, I can see in these shows many of the ingredients that now make up my lifeblood.
The Red Sonja Movie Reboot Is Still Alive
The long-in-development feature film reboot of Red Sonja has reportedly hired a new screenwriter.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Christopher Cosmos has been hired to script a new film based on author Robert E. Howard's sword and sorcery heroine. Nu Image/Millennium are producing the film.
Red Sonja was previously brought to the screen in 1985 in a movie starring Brigitte Nielsen in the title role and Arnold Schwarzenegger (oddly enough as High Lord Kalidor and not as Conan the Barbarian). The character also appeared on the live-action Conan TV series.
Red Sonja has also been popular in comics books, starting in the 1970s with Marvel Comics and then a 21st century run from Dynamite Entertainment.