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Killjoys – What to Expect When You’re Expecting…An Alien Parasite

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Killjoys - What to Expect When You're Expecting...An Alien Parasite television review

“What to Expect When You’re Expecting…An Alien Parasite” is a fun episode that finally features all the core characters together under one roof. While trying to figure out how to help Johnny (Aaron Ashmore), more of Dutch‘s (Hannah John-Kamen) time in the Green is revealed (although still not how she managed to escape). While we still don’t understand why the Green crystallized following her return to the real world, we now know why Aneela stayed behind and what the Lady wanted from Dutch. As for Johnny, his attempt to kill himself not only revealed a way to de-Hullenize him but also how to deliver Delle Seyah Kendry‘s (Mayko Nguyen) baby, which it turns out isn’t a tentacle monster ready to enslave the human race. I don’t know if I’m relieved or disappointed.

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Firefly – The Train Job / War Stories

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Firefly - The Train Job / War Stories TV review

This week’s Throwback Tuesday post takes us into the black for more of Joss Whedon‘s Firefly. Although separated by several episodes, “The Train Job” and “War Stories” are connected by the team’s involvement with the sadistic criminal Adelai Niska (Michael Fairman) who hires Serenity and her crew to perform a job for him in “The Train Job” and proceeds to take his pound of flesh in “War Stories” for their failure to see the job through. Both episodes are character-driven and delve into the people who keep Serenity flying. In the first we discover that, despite being smugglers and outlaws, there is a limit to how far Mal (Nathan Fillion) and his crew will go. And in the second we see the complex dynamic in the Mal/Zoe (Gina Torres)/Wash (Alan Tudyk) relationship along with how far the rest of those aboard the ship will go when one of them is put in danger by a sadistic madman like Niska.

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Fantastic Four #1

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Fantastic Four #1 comic reviewThe Fantastic Four don’t actually appear in the first issue of their new series, at least not together. Nearly the entire issue takes place on Earth where the sudden appearance of the Fantastic Four logo in the sky causes very different reactions for the Human Torch (whose hope is dashed when he discovers the entire episode was nothing more than a prank of local kids) and the Thing (who knows all too well that his family is gone).

There are some nice moments here including a flashback to an earlier adventure where Johnny sang the family home from deep space, a long-overdue proposal and Johnny getting the sign he demanded (even if it is produced in the most cliched and hamfisted way possible moments after his temper tantrum). Even if they aren’t together yet, it does appear that the family is ready for a reunion.

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LEGO Designer Review – Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle #71043

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LEGO Designers Justin Ramsden & Crystal Fontan offer a look at the new Harry Potter Hogwarts Castle #71043 featuring a buildable microscale model of Hogwarts Castle, Hagrid’s hut, Whomping Willow tree, 4 minifigures, 27 microfigures, the Great Hall with buildable stained glass windows, and many more cool surprises which you can pre-order now for the low, low price of $400.

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