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And Legends of Tomorrow episode 100 isn’t dialing back on the weirdness. The episode bears the unwieldy and unpronounceable title of “wvrdr_error_100<oest-of-th3-gs.gid30n> not found” for one thing, but that’s not the biggest news about it. No, instead expect a celebration of 100 episodes featuring long-departed fan favorites, a unique perspective on the show’s early seasons, and much more. “Our 100th episode is a retrospective of six seasons,” Legends of Tomorrow showrunner Klemmer tells us....

Sometimes Inside No. 9 is funny, sometimes it’s thrilling, sometimes it’s touching and sometimes it’s a bit scary. The series seven finale ‘Wise Owl’ has gone for borderline harrowing. Satirizing 1970s and 80s-style public information videos, the episode is intercut with animations that resemble the ‘Charlie Says’ series which supposedly taught kids how to stay out of danger but many decades later proved to be Gen-X nightmare fodder. The host is Wise Owl, who must always be trusted and listened to, who teaches kids that pylons are dangerous (the actual public information video this particular short is aping was live action and involved a kid flying a kite near electricity pylons and getting fried....

Yet, that presents a possible major issue for the entirety of the Yellowstone Universe. While 1883 has been a major success for both Sheridan and the network, Yellowstone season 4 suffered. Many fans saw it as unfocussed, starting with a massive action piece that promised a vengeance-fueled arc of Dutton violence, but instead fizzled, as it was predominantly utilized as a launchpad to introduce this expanding television catalog. Within season 4 of Yellowstone, Sheridan had flashbacks of 1883, slowly introducing these new characters, as well as planting the seeds for yet another spin-off, 6666, as original Yellowstone favorite Jimmy (Jefferson White) was shipped off to Texas to become a real cowboy at the legendary ranch....

Kamp Koral is a SpongeBob prequel that will present all your favorite characters in their “under years” as young campers at the titular Kamp Koral. The series is set to arrive on March 4 on the newly rebranded ViacomCBS streaming service Paramount+. ViacomCBS has not been stingy in doling out bits of the prequel. During this year’s Super Bowl, Kamp Koral received a lengthy first look. Now Nick has provided another exclusive peek at the show to Den of Geek in the form of a full trailer....

“We were thinking it’d be nice if we could make a film that was kind of a curiosity, but if you saw it years from now you wouldn’t know anything about where it came from.” This quote from a 2009 interview with Lake Mungo director Joel Anderson proved to be strangely prescient. Anderson was speaking ahead of the film’s screening at the Brisbane Film Festival – the movie had already premiered at the Sydney Film Festival, played South by Southwest in the US, and would go on to tour several more festivals before eventually finding its way onto DVD....

“A copy of Incredible Hulk #181 graded CGC 9.8 realized $146,000. This comic is a significant key issue, with the first full appearance of Wolverine following a cameo in the previous issue. Created by Len Wein, Roy Thomas and John Romita Sr., Wolverine went on to join the X-Men in Giant-Size X-Men #1. The character has become a fan-favorite, starring in multiple animated series and films. Recently, actor Hugh Jackman revealed that he will return to the role for the film Deadpool 3, officially debuting Wolverine in the Marvel Cinematic Universe....

“Most musicians would be content to shape the sound of pop in one decade—like how Elvis Presley shook up the ’50s or The Beatles owned the ’60s. But not Kenny Loggins. After helping to invent the supremely chill, lightly funky sound known as ‘yacht rock’ in the ’70s, Loggins went full speed into the ’80s and took the highway to the danger zone of movie soundtracks. The gambit paid off in a big way....

“Pokémon UNITE just might be the second coming of Red and Blue, but there’s a catch. Before Pokémon, turn-based role-playing games were still a niche genre in North America. Thanks to the series’ easy-to-digest game mechanics, cute monster designs, and a strong marketing campaign, Pokémon Red and Blue found mainstream popularity in the west and paved the way for countless other RPGs.” Read more at Inverse Arthur holding his fist memes have never been more acceptable than now....

“In an interview with Jamie Wilson, head of the prosthetics department on The Rings of Power, and Lindsey Weber, an executive producer for the series, we get more details on how the forces of evil will operate in this period of Tolkien’s vast fantasy saga. ‘We spent a lot of time talking about what it would mean to be an Orc in the Second Age. It felt appropriate that their look would be different, part of a wilder, more raw, Second Age, Middle-earth, closer to where the First Age ends....

“It’s fair to say that when the cast of the upcoming Super Mario was revealed it led to a lot of chatter online. For one thing, it’ll be strange that a series of characters from a fantastical Nintendo world will have the voices of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars; it’s sure going to be intriguing when the film lands in the Holiday season of 2022. One of the surprise casting decisions was Seth Rogen as Donkey Kong, which naturally means we can expect DK to have a decent amount to say....

“If you were worried that the Peacemaker finale would be your last chance to see John Cena as the troubled, antiheroic nitwit donning his glossy chrome helmet, I have the best news for you: HBO has already renewed the series for a second season, which will also be entirely written and directed by James Gunn.” Read more at Gizmodo It looks like we’ll have to wait even longer for the HBO adaptation of The Last of Us to come out, as its release date will not be in 2022....

“If you have a hankering for some Bond, James Bond action, YouTube is, surprisingly, suddenly an appealing place to turn. As noticed by Slash Film, the first nineteen James Bond films are streaming, for free, on the platform. That includes the films starring nearly all of the Bonds: Sean Connery, George Lazenby, Roger Moore, Timothy Dalton, and Pierce Brosnan.” Read more at Gizmodo. The latest episode of Big Mouth tackles the blackness of one of its characters Missy Foreman-Greenwald, a first for the show....

One of the big hits at the 2019 Sundance Film Festival, Little Monsters follows the story of Dave (Alexander England); a man whose life doesn’t seem to add up to much, especially after his long-time girlfriend breaks things off, once and for all. In an attempt to garner favor with his nephew Felix’s kindergarten teacher, Miss Caroline (Lupita Nyong’o), Dave volunteers to chaperon Felix and his class to a local petting zoo....

Netflix‘s fantasy-horror series Locke & Key returned for its second season this month, and managed to genuinely take a big step up in terms of its storytelling and overall quality. There was a lot to love about Season 2, but with a Season 3 already greenlit at the streaming giant and filming underway pretty much back-to-back, things came to a rather strange end during the show’s sophomore finale. Having dealt with the murderous Dodge and having finally pulled their tormented Uncle Duncan into the fold – with mother Nina soon to follow – Season 2 set about wrapping up all the dangling threads of the series to date, leaving the audience wondering what could possibly come next for the Locke siblings of Keyhouse....

Grant Walker is a monster person. “I’m a monster person, indeed.” He confirms. “It’s definitely been there since I can remember.” Raised on a diet of Clive Barker and ‘80s horror, The Lord Of The Rings and painting Warhammer figures, Walker is just fascinated with monsters. So as Framestore’s VFX supervisor on Lovecraft Country, in charge of bringing the shoggoths to life, he’s in his element. “Misha [Green – creator] briefed us on the character of the shoggoth and it was basically supposed to be the ultimate guard dog....

The more innocuous Marvel movie event of the day is that a pair of movies from their 2023 schedule have switched places on the release calendar. Captain Marvel sequel, The Marvels, had previously been scheduled for release on Feb. 17, 2023. That is instead moving to July 28, 2023. That release date had been reserved for Ant-Man & The Wasp: Quantumania, which will slip into The Marvels Feb. 17 slot instead....

Watch the trailer here, in case you haven’t already, and then we’ll just point out a couple of interesting details… This trailer does a better job of setting up the overall concept of the Eternals than the initial teaser did. Basically, the Eternals are one of three races created by the Celestials (almost indescribable cosmic space gods), the other two being humans and Deviants. Think of this as Marvel‘s answer to Ancient Aliens....

You might have a friend or relative asking you, “What is WandaVision, exactly?” and folks, that is a loaded question. Especially if they haven’t watched many or any of the Marvel movies. How do you explain a plot about an ever-evolving sitcom reality that gradually falls apart due to the complicated and traumatic relationship between a reformed terrorist with too much power on her hands and a polite android who shouldn’t even exist?...

“You didn’t think you were the only magical girl in town, did you?” Agatha Harkness makes good on that line from last week’s episode in WandaVision episode 8, which functions as a trip through Wanda Maximoff’s entire MCU history. Not only does it reveal previously hidden (and crucially necessary) depths to her character and her relationship with Vision, but it successfully adds new elements to her established origin story. These new wrinkles pull from Wanda’s entire Marvel history, and have massive implications for magic users and even mutants in the MCU going forward....

What the hell is he doing? That was certainly my first thought while witnessing Matt Smith strut his stuff and show off a new beach bod in Morbius. I wasn’t alone. In the months since that dubious attempt at a superhero-vampire hybrid bled out on the multiplex floor, the scene has become a legend among the terminally online. Even before Morbius’ streaming release (and subsequent premiere on Netflix), watching Smith’s evil Milo the Vampire boogieing to “EKSE” was transformed into an instant meme....