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· by Rick Lewis · Nov 28, 2017

Where and when Amazon should set its new Lord of the Rings TV series

Tolkien famously spent a lifetime filling in details of the Lord of the Rings universe all the way back to the birth of the very first angel before time began, so Amazon has no shortage of possibilities. Fortunately, Agony Booth has narrowed down the options to the three absolute best.

· by Shelby Mena · Nov 24, 2017

Your fanfic comes true! Smallville's Chloe now leads sex cult

Knowing what we know now, Ms. Mack’s IMDB page starts to look more than a little like a cry for help.

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· by Susan Velazquez · Nov 15, 2017

Riverdale: Go Greased Lightning!

According to Jughead, everyone is wearing a mask—metaphorically speaking, of course. The Black Hood just happens to wear his literally and he’s pretty happy with it. This stands in sharp contrast with Betty’s metaphorical mask, which is quickly unraveling and…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 14, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery "Into the Forest I Go"

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Lt. Stamets is the key to powering the Discovery’s spore drive, but it’s been doing strange things to him, and he’s afraid to tell his boyfriend Dr. Culber. Lt. Tyler was previously held captive…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Nov 8, 2017

Riverdale: Betty's Black Hood Blues

The episode picks up right where we left off, with Betty receiving a call from the Black Hood. He reveals that he was at the town hall meeting, but didn’t hurt anybody… yet. He tells Betty that he wants to…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Nov 8, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery "Si Vis Pacem, Para Bellum"

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Mutineer Michael Burnham accepted a bridge post on the USS Discovery, the Federation’s not-so-secret weapon in its war against the Klingons. Captain Lorca and Lt. Ash Tyler pulled of an escape from a Klingon…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Nov 1, 2017

Riverdale: Let's get ready to rumble!

In real life, if a dumb but well-meaning 16 year old kid posed shirtless with a bunch of his friends bragging about how he was going to take down a local murderer, he would have been laughed out town. In…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 31, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery “Magic to Make the Sanest Man Go Mad”

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: The USS Discovery has a super-secret spore drive that gives it the edge over the Klingons, and a crucial element of the spore drive is Lt. Stamets injecting himself with “tardigrade DNA” and strapping…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Oct 26, 2017

Riverdale: Lil' Crime Stoppers

Jughead informs us that every fairy tale has essentially the same warning: don’t go into the woods because there’s nothing but trouble there. Examples include Little Red Riding Hood meeting a hungry wolf and Goldilocks finding the three bears’ house.…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 24, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery “Lethe”

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Michael Burnham was Starfleet’s first mutineer, yadda yadda yadda, she grew up as Sarek’s “ward”, blah blah blah, Captain Lorca brought her to the USS Discovery which is the only Starfleet ship with a…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Oct 18, 2017

Riverdale: Death diner for cutie

I have only one thing to say about the townspeople of Riverdale: these hoes ain’t loyal. Pop’s Chock’lit Shoppe has been open since the 1950s and it’s the local hangout for kids and adults alike. But you have one little…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 17, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery "Choose Your Pain"

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Michael Burnham, allegedly the first mutineer in Starfleet history, was invited by Captain Lorca to join the crew of the USS Discovery, the only starship outfitted with a super-spore-powered drive allowing the ship to…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Oct 12, 2017

Star Trek (TAS) “Bem”

The Stardate is 7403.6, which now that I think about it, could be the date this script was finished or something. It makes me wonder now how many Stardates are actually secret codes, like somebody’s telephone number or some hot…

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· by Susan Velazquez · Oct 11, 2017

Riverdale: Daddy in a coma

“Our story is not over,” begins Jughead’s narration for the season 2 premiere of Riverdale. Hell yeah, it isn’t! Welcome to the town where there’s creepy wig rooms, strange obsessions with maple syrup, dramatic funerals, and an absurd amount…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 10, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry"

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Burnham was stripped of rank and sentenced to life in prison, but still somehow ended up on the USS Discovery and became roommates with lovably awkward Ensign Tully. The ship’s captain Lorca revealed the…

· by Steven Birkner · Oct 5, 2017

Top 6 metafictional TV episodes

Metafiction in TV and movies is a technique or style that’s getting a lot of attention these days. Whether writers feel comfortable going meta due to audiences demanding increasingly sophisticated material, or due to the way that new forms of…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 3, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery “Context is for Kings”

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Michael Burnham, first officer of the USS Shenzhou, tried to save the ship by incapacitating Captain Georgiou and ordering a preemptive strike on a Klingon ship. It was too late, because dozens of other…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 28, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery “Battle at the Binary Stars”

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: We met Michael Burnham, first officer of the USS Shenzhou, and her commanding officer Captain Philippa Georgiou. While investigating damage to subspace relays, the Shenzhou encountered a big-ass Klingon ship populated by some of…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 26, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery "The Vulcan Hello"

Here we are at last: the first new Star Trek TV series in 12 years. The pilot episode, titled “The Vulcan Hello” (which sounds like something Star Trek characters would travel to Risa to have performed upon them) aired last…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 23, 2017

Star Trek: Enterprise “These Are the Voyages...” (part 2 of 2)

Previously on Star Trek: Enterprise: As the Enterprise-D searched diligently for a shipwreck containing a top secret device that could have potential far-reaching consequences for relations between the Federation and the Romulan Empire, Riker was play-acting on the holodeck…