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Binge Watch Wednesdays - BBC Emergency Edition!

1/14/2015

by Lindsey

Doctor Who

Rumor has it many Netflix BBC shows are about to expire at the end of the month!

So, what should you binge watch before it’s gone?

Our top picks are Doctor Who (2005-2012) and the spin off series, Torchwood.

Torchwood

(Other BBC series on the chopping block are Luther, Fawlty Towers, Black Adder, the original British version of House Of Cards, Wallander, Coupling, Top Gear, and the new cult hit Black Mirror.)

Seriously, if you haven’t jumped on the British sci-fi fan bus, THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE.
Well, at least on Netflix streaming.

Watch 3 episodes and try to stop yourself from falling in love!

Also expiring are multiple My Little Pony episodes. This isn’t just for kids, they’re fun for adults too.

So whether you prefer Brit or Bronie, binge watch these shows before they disappear!

Note: There are rumors that BBC and Netflix are playing contract hardball and they might not disappear after all, but better to be safe than sorry!

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Throwback Thursday: The X-Files

1/8/2015

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by Jen

Before Joss Whedon gave us Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Chris Carter won the hearts of sci-fi geeks everywhere with The X-Files. Viewers followed FBI Agents Mulder and Scully (David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson) as they researched mysterious happenings that may or may not have had alien origins.

The show aired on FOX for a total of nine seasons, from 1993 to 2002, and spawned two movies - with rumors of a third still floating around the internet.

I remember when the X-Files first came on the air. Though I’d been raised on various Star Trek incarnations and developed what my mother thought was a morbid taste for true-crime shows, I’d never encountered anything quite like this - and I was hooked from the start. I generally preferred the monster episodes to the ones that focused on aliens, but I tuned in every week almost without fail to see what Mulder and Scully would stir up.

It’s especially fun to spot the now-famous guest stars in various episodes. MTV.com has a comprehensive list of the 54 best celebrity cameos in the series, but I’d also add Seth Green in the episode “Deep Throat” and Gotham’s Donal Logue in “Squeeze”.

The villains hold up pretty well - William B. Davis’ Cigarette-Smoking Man is a quietly menacing presence, Eugene Tooms is horrific in “Squeeze,” and don’t even get me started on “Home” - I still can’t bring myself to watch that masterpiece on the horrors of inbreeding again. Mulder and Scully’s allies seem to have held their own over time as well, particularly The Lone Gunmen and Mitch Pileggi's Skinner.

Nostalgia (and Netflix recommendations) led me back to the X-Files recently, and I’ve been watching the show again beginning with the first season. It’s a little funny to see how much technology has changed from the early 1990s to today - in one episode, secret agents take Mulder’s camera and rip the film out; today’s audiences would wonder why he didn’t just take photos on his phone and post them on Instagram before any government agency could shut him down like that!

There are three episodes that always stand out in my mind: “Bad Blood”, featuring a guest appearance by Luke Wilson; “Chinga”, which was written by Stephen King; and “How the Ghosts Stole Christmas”, a poignant episode featuring Lily Tomlin and Ed Asner as ghosts in a haunted house.

Whether you believe The Truth Is Out There, or that we should Trust No One, the X-Files is still a great show to revisit today.

Sound off in the comments - what was your favorite X-Files episode?

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New Tuesdays - 1/6/14

1/6/2015

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DVDs/ Blu Rays
Horns
Boyhood
Archer Season 5
Get on Up
No Good Deed

Books
Sorceress Of Darshiva (The Malloreon Book 4)
by David Eddings
Golden Son: Book II of the Red Rising Trilogy
by Pierce Brown
Lycan Fallout 2: Fall of Man
by Mark Tufo
Half A Prayer (The Tome of Bill Book 6)
by Rick Gualtieri
Foxglove Summer: A Rivers of London Novel
by Ben Aaronovitch
Strands of Sorrow (Black Tide Rising)
by John Ringo

Video Games

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