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io9TrailersThe Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It‘s First Trailer Puts Satan on Trial
In 1981, Arne Johnson claimed not guilty to the count of murder by reason of demonic possession. It didn’t work, but it sure as hell looks like it’s going to work as a movie. The Devil Made Me Do It may be the eighth film in the overall Conjuring universe (the Conjurverse?) but it’s a … Continued
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io9TelevisionA Giant Evil Gorilla Tried to Kill Obama on Legends of Tomorrow and That Wasn’t Even the Ridiculous Part
A gorilla tried to kill Barack Obama, history was forever changed because of one woman’s hypocrisy, and John Noble reprised his Lord of the Rings role in what might be the weirdest inside joke I’ve ever seen. Yup, it’s just another day on Legends of Tomorrow, folks. If you’re not watching Legends of Tomorrow, you … Continued
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Sleepy Hollow hires John Noble full-time, because they are not stupid
Good news, Sleepy heads (Is that what Sleepy Hollow fans call each other? If they don’t, shouldn’t they?) The show has added John Noble as a full-time cast member for season two, along with Lyndie Greenwood, who plays Abby’s sister Jenny. I don’t really know why Greenwood wasn’t a full-time cast member for season one … Continued
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Sleepy Hollow’s “Sin Eater” is an Everytrope Gift Basket
You’re probably familiar by now with the madcap trope-deployment rate of the magic-cop show Sleepy Hollow. Turns out if you leave the show unattended for three weeks, those tropes back up — and when you turn the TV back on, it’s a cross-dimensional guest-star-heavy hyper-flashback Masonic suicide pact with sin-eater assist. (“You’re welcome.” – Sleepy … Continued
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io9Listen to the Fringe cast’s real accents in this farewell video
If you’re still jonesing for more Fringe, consider this your last methadone shot — Fox just released this video of the cast saying goodbye (sometimes in their native Australian accents) to the fans. It probably would have made more sense for Fox to post this before January 18th, when the Fringe finale actually aired, but … Continued
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io9TelevisionSo now we know what Fringe was really about, all this time
The producers of Fringe promised a couple years ago that there was a meaning to the show that they hadn’t fully shared with us, which we would understand when we saw the final episode. And after last night’s final showdown with the Observers, that meaning seems pretty clear: Fringe was a show about fatherhood, and … Continued
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Fringe is the story of a family doomed to tragedy
Last night’s episode of Fringe contained a major callback to the show’s very first season — and yet, it underscored just how much Fringe has changed since then. By now, the story of Walter Bishop and his son from another universe, Peter, has become a byzantine tragedy. And last night’s episode made it pretty clear … Continued
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io9TelevisionI’m calling it now: The Fringe team will beat the Observers with human decency
And no, that headline isn’t a spoiler, because I have no inside information. But Fringe has already given us a clear hint about where the show is going: The telepathic bald Nazis from the future will be defeated, not by becoming as ruthless and monstrous as they are, but by reclaiming our compassion and humanity. … Continued
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At last, Fringe shows us a world where Walter Bishop is a hero
Part of the fascination of Fringe over the past four years has been seeing Walter Bishop atone for his many sins, partly by grappling with their lasting consequences. A lot of the worst stuff the Fringe Division had to cope with was due, one way or another, to Walter’s mistakes. So it’s really fascinating, once … Continued
