This article comes fromDen of Geek UK. Imagine the excitement its just before 9.30am on Saturday 2nd October 1976. Its almost like Christmas has come early, such is the anticipation. 28 year old Noel is cool and down with the kids. EarlyTISWASwas simply a machine for linking programmes on ATV in Birmingham. Indeed, it wasnt until 1979 thatTISWASwas networked. Both programmes owed much to shows likeZokko! The BBC were serving children very well on weekday afternoons....

This Thursday at New York Comic Con, BOOM! Also, Im going to be moderating it. Lets start off in 1991 with Valiant ComicsWWF Battlemania. The series lasted five issues, released bi-monthly. While nothing to set the world on fire, it at least had some admittedly cool aspects to it. Ad content continues below Each issue ofBattlemaniaincluded two stand-alone stories based on two wrestlers feuding. I recalled thinking that the Ultimate Warrior vs....

HBO’s Westworld Series Premiere is a barn-burning success that hits the trail galloping toward endless possibilities. Luckily, its happy tidings that this iron horse brings to town tonight in the firstWestworldepisode, The Original. For one of them, it is his first time in town while the other is an old pro. She even has something resembling a sincerely developed social life. Thus enters Teddy Flood (James Marsden), fresh off the literal train....

The picture will also soon be easily accessible around the globe since13thpremieres on Netflix on Friday, Oct. 7. However, this is both a blessing and a curse. Criminal and crime became as coded for politicians then as thug is readily used today. He ably states that ALEC no longer supports mandatory sentencing laws and is actually working to decrease mass incarceration. It gives us context to this moment were in, looking through the lens of race and culture....

ABC’s new Hayley Atwell drama is an entertaining enough Scandal-inspired drama, but it’s no Agent Carter. Its a tight, potentially fruitful premise made more urgent by the five-day period (why five days? stop asking questions, thats not what this show is about!) the district attorney has given the Conviction Integrity Unit to make a judgment on each case. The team is made up of a group of interesting characters greatly elevated by this cast of solid actors....

In 2012, CBS announced they would be producing a new series calledElementary. Fan-created images like the one above began to circutlate before the series even started. WhileElementaryhas always had an uphill battle, it manages to surpass expectations in many ways. However, the show became notorious right away as several years would pass between the three seasons. Because of this, the character development that the show has been able to produce feels much more organic....

We chat with Jane Goldman about working with Tim Burton to adapt Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children. (you might read David Crows reviewhere.) Jane Goldman:Yeah, almost. So you had a few meetings with him before you started to write the script? It was a really lovely collaborative, creative experience. Did you meet Ransom at all during these early stages? Did Ransom want to have any involvement with the process of making a movie?...

Ready for more than just 13 episodes on Netflix? We have a reading guide to Luke Cage comics for you! But its happening, and it aint just going to be one sorry two hour film. Oh, sweet Christmas no, its going to be thirteen hours of Marvel Netflix awesomeness. So why was Luke Cage an unlikely candidate for live action super stardom? Lucas escapes prison, changes his name to Luke Cage, and sets out to free his name....

We take our first peek inside the writers' room for Fox’s animated-live action sitcom Son of Zorn! This part of the walkthrough looks at episodes one and two fromSon of Zornsfirst season. In recent years, theres been a healthy trend of more unconventional and experimental comedies on web connection TV. One of the more recent examples is FoxsSon of Zorn. What were some of your major influences when planning out this series?...

Theres little sign of a new James Bond film yet, and Spectre has left lots of questions behind. So what now, 007? This article comes fromDen of Geek UK. But something wasnt quite right. Ad content continues below Bond Rises (Again) Lets go back a few years first. Even his swansong, the much-malignedDie Another Day, would gross just shy of half a billion dollars worldwide. A formula had been found, personnel were switched around, the films came along regularly....

Warning: contains major spoilers for The Walking Dead seasons 1-6. This article first appeared atDen of Geek UK. The world ofThe Walking Deadis a cruel one. Thats why you wont find much fun in the selections below. The world ofThe Walking Deadisnt really a birthday-parties-and-puppies kind of place. Its more a viscera-and-machine gun sort of deal. From literal pyrotechnics to acting pyrotechnics. Written by Scott Gimple before he becameThe Walking Deadshowrunner, Clear is a stunning TV episode....

Does that name ring a bell? It was based on a short story by William Gibson. I dug the mystique of it. I liked the soundtrack. I rented them from a Blockbuster. I watched them on the VCR in my room, which is analog technology… I dont know, seems kind of ironic now, doesnt it? Ad content continues below Anyway, both of these films werent what I expected them to be at all....

What do you think a show likeZornis trying to say? JOHNNY PEMBERTON:I think youre right about it that its familiaralmost pattern familiar. Maybe its even kind of mocking those particular tropes. I think its saying, Watch this and then buy the products that are advertised during the commercials. Laugh a lot, too. Laugh a lot while youre watching. Whats you take on Alan and how much of his father is in him?...