Happy New Year, Lovelies!
It’s nearing the end of the first month of the year and I’m officially back to bring you guys the latest in nerdy nummies. While some of this news isn’t so “new,” for the sake of this post, let’s pretend you haven’t seen it yet because I’ve got some feelings I’m ready to share. Are you ready? Cool, let’s get started! Continue reading
Hello, my darlings!
I am back today to tell you guys about my fabulous time at the Penny Dreadful Season 2 premiere screening in TriBeCa. But before I tell you what it was like, let me give you a little bit of background on how I got there…
As some of you may know, I’m an avid live-tweeter. I’m more of a rabid live-tweeter. And one of the many shows that I live tweet happens to be, well, Penny Dreadful. Anyway, as I previously mentioned, my tweet was featured on the show during their New Years Day marathon and as such, I’ve been on their radar for a bit. Well, don’t you know that the great people at Showtime reached out to me and Black Girl Nerds — the site that I do some Penny Dreadful coverage for — and not only sent us some serious swag, but invited us to join them for the Season 2 screening in New York! I’ll show you the swag later, but now on to the event. Continue reading
I’m back, ladies and gents. Yes, I know it’s been almost a month since I last wrote to you and yes, I feel deeply sorry about it. I’m already starting the year off bad, but I promise you — it was not done in vain. I’ve got some pretty exciting projects in the wings, one of which will definitely rock the socks of some of your readers. But, let’s move on to tonight’s post, shall we?
As the title suggests, the upcoming X-Men flick, X-Men: Apocalypse has cast the actors who will play the younger versions of Cyclops, Jean Grey, and Storm. If you can recall, about a month ago, Latino-Review got its hands on the list of Hollywood yougins testing for the spot and the results are as follows: Continue reading
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‘Ello, friends!
It’s the second day into the New Year and I’m quite excited to see what 2015 has in store for me and my blog. And while I’m slowly lining up the next steps I’ll need to take in order to get closer to my goals (whatever they may be at the moment) and further myself in this world, I have to say that 2014 was filled with quite a few golden nuggets: Continue reading
‘A lo, ladies and gents!
I’m back again when another installment of all the things I’m diggin’ and why you should be diggin’ them too. For tonight, I’ve decided to take a look at some of the shows that are coming soon to a TV near you and which ones have actually got me ready to set my reminders for its premieres.
So, first on my list of TV shows I’m interested in:
Penny Dreadful
Synopsis: “Explorer Sir Malcolm Murray, American gunslinger Ethan Chandler, and others unite to combat supernatural threats in Victorian London.”
Status: Season 1 premiere on May, 11 at 10 p.m. (Showtime)
Why I’m Interested: Like some people out there, I can go for a good re-imagining of Gothic novel characters. If you haven’t seen the first episode of this new show, then you probably should. It looks like it’s gearing up to give you a good mix of characters we’ve seen from books/movies like Dracula, and Frankenstein, but all cleverly mixed together a la The League of Extraordinary Gentleman. The other reasons that I’m looking forward to this show: Eva Green (my goddess) and the return of Josh Hartnett. I’m already interested to see which characters (famous or not seen on paper) we’ll encounter on this show (spoiler: we meet one in the series premiere) and to also see how they all connect in some larger supernatural scheme of things.
Did I mention Eva Green was going to be in it, too?
Bottom line: If you like a good Gothic horror story re-imagined in some form, then this might tickle your fancy.
Next up…
Gotham
Synopsis: “The origin story behind Commissioner James Gordon’s rise to prominence in Gotham City in the years before Batman’s arrival.”
Status: Season 1 premiere in Fall 2014 (FOX)
Why I’m Interested: I’m always up for a good Batman-inspired something or the other, and this time we’re not going to see the caped crusader, but instead Commissioner Gordon before her was the Commissioner. Ooooh. From the extended trailer, we also see that we’re going to get a black female mob boss in the form of Fish Mooney (Jada Pinkett) and we’re going to see all our favorite bad people — Riddler, Penguin, Cat Woman, Poison Ivy, and the Joker (yes, the Joker!) — before Batsy got his claws in them.
Bottom line: This looks like the makings of a good origins show, so I’m gonna give it a chance.
And last, but certainly not least ,
Hieroglyph
Synopsis: “A notorious thief is plucked out of the prison to serve a Pharaoh obsessed with maintaining power.”
Status: Season 1 premiere (FOX)
Why I’m Interested: This show’s got my interest for the fact that it’s set in Ancient Egypt and/or is Ancient Egyptian themed. As a child, I wanted to be an Egyptologist, so finally seeing something of a culture in history that I adore ON TV is exciting to me. As it stands, we’ve had period shows from The Renaissance (Da Vinci’s Demons), Victorian, England (Penny Dreadful, Dracula), Colonial Times (Black Sails), Reign of the Tudors (The Tudors, The White Queen), and even Ancient Rome (Rome) and Ancient Greece (Xena, Hercules). Finally, Ancient Egypt is getting some shine. Oh, and Condola Rashad is playing Queen Nefertari, so that’s a win-win for me too. Don’t know what to expect, but I’m willing to watch it and see where it goes.
Bottom line: If you’re a history buff, then you should probably give it a shot.
And that’s what I’ve got for this week’s upcoming TV edition. Tune in next week to see if your show tops my list, and remember if you’ve got any suggestions, feel free to send them my way.
Until then,
Got a show you’re anxious for? Let’s chat about it in the comments and connect on Twitter to live-tweet these upcoming shows!
AljaTheWriter 