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Another classic group gets a new chance, and the tales of courageous mice keep a’coming!

1. Freedom Fighters #1. During my review of this comic, I’m going to get to ride one of my favorite hobby horses, so please bear with me.

Here’s the synopsis of this series: “A new call to arms begins as Uncle Sam and the Freedom Fighters return in an all-new, action-packed ongoing series helmed by the writing team of Justin Gray & Jimmy Palmiotti with art by Travis Moore and Trevor Scott.”

Right off the bat, let me say that I liked the book. The art is great, the pacing is good, and the basic storyline is enjoyable. But I have a big concern that has haunted this team for me in the past.

I think the political discussion that we have had for some time now, turning people we disagree with into villains and bad guys, is something we need to reconsider. Now, let me clarify that—I have no problem at all with discussing issues, including racism, health care, Social Security and the environment, for example. I get into real problems when one side sets itself up as heroic and then denigrates the other as villainous. Sadly, this book does that in this issue. I’m not interested in calling Democrats “brainless” and Republicans “heartless,” for instance. When one drops down into the level of personal or group attacks, that leaves me totally cold.

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Official Synopsis For Third Season Of ‘Merlin’ Now Online

An official synopsis for the third season of Merlin has been released online via Farfarawaysite, which was formerly known as Merlin’s Keep.

You check out some images from the series here, and below for your reading pleasure is the synopsis for the third season, which will see a return for some of last years bigger guest stars, and will include a new spin on Merlins relationship with the Dragon.

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Marty McFly And Doc Brown Reunite for New ‘Back To The Future’ Games from Telltale Games

Films’ co-creator and writer Bob Gale consults on new platform for all-time great series

At 88 miles per hour, Back To The Future took millions of spellbound viewers on a high-flying voyage across the space-time continuum in a trio of wildly inventive tales that broke box-office records around the world.  To celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Academy Award®-winning cinematic franchise that generated nearly $1 billion worldwide, Telltale Games will release a new game series this winter as part of the milestone soon after the Blu-ray debut and DVD release of the Back to the Future 25th Anniversary Trilogy on October 26, featuring all-new restorations of the classic films.

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No Daleks In Next Series Of Doctor Who!

If you’re one of the few Doctor Who fans like myself, who are a little tired of the Daleks popping up in pretty much every series. You’ll be pleased to know that the next season, which will premier  in spring of next year. Will not include the Daleks.

Speaking at last weekends Edinburgh TV Festival, the Doctor Who producer revealed that there were no plans to use the Daleks in the pending season, although work on the 2011 series is not yet complete.

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Warner Games confirm titles for MCM Expo

Warner Games have confirmed that they will be attending the next London MCM Expo, which is held at Excel on 29-31 October and closes out the month-long London Games Festival. The publisher says that visitors will be able to get hands-on with a pair of exciting new titles – Batman: The Brave & Bold and Super Scribblenauts.

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Director, Philip John Teases Season Three Of Being Human

Philip John, who is amongst the list of directors working on the third season of the hit BBC THREE series Being Human has promised that the third show will have a strong sense of humour in its third series.

Talking in an official Video Blog for the BBC the director praised the abilities of the show’s guest cast, singling out Spooks star Nicola Walker.

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True Blood Finale Teased By Cast

The True Blood cast have been doing a bit of teasing of late. Especially when it comes to the season three finale of the series, which fans are having to wait a whole week for.

In a recent chat to Empire Online various cast members hinted at what fans can expect, and also revealed that some aspects of this years storyline will lead into the next season.

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Gerry Anderson’s Space:1999 come to Blu Ray

Don your flares, set your ray guns to stun and prepare to take off on a High Definition journey on the Eagle transporter with the Blu Ray debut of Space: 1999 – The Complete First Series. The cult Gerry Anderson live action series is available to own as a 7-disc set from Network DVD on 11th October 2010 in the UK – the first time that the series is available in High Definition anywhere in the universe and this set comes packed with out-of-this world special features. Read more »

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Sylvester McCoy In Talks To Star In ‘Hobbit’

Sylvester McCoy, who played the Seventh Doctor in Doctor Who, has reportedly opened talks to appear in The Hobbit, he told the Argyllshire Standard, according to theonering.net.

“I am being cast in The Hobbit. We’re currently in negotiations,” he said. “There are two of us under consideration. It’s not the Bilbo role, but could be bigger.”

So which role is McCoy up for? “He is in contention with another actor for one of two Wizard parts,” the site reports. “We know Ian McKellen will like to return as Gandalf, and we’ve heard some rumblings of Radagast the Brown having a bigger role, so if you put two and two together — is Sylvester McCoy up for Radagast the Brown?” Stay tuned!

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BBC Doesn’t Take Paul Cornell’s ‘Pulse’

Even though popular scribe Paul Cornell’s star is on the rise as the writer of Lex Luthor’s Action Comics, the BBC has announced that they will not commission Paul Cornell’s Pulse as a television series, according to digitalspy.com.

The pilot episode for Pulse, described as a “hospital sci-fi horror,” apparently didn’t win over the BBC execs, so they passed on the show.

“The decision about which series to commission was not determined solely by audience numbers. BBC Three looks hard at Appreciation Index responses, how good they thought a series might be,” said BBC Three controller Danny Cohen. ”Pulse got an okay AI. There’s a range of reasons. It’s about which one you think creatively – instinctively–has the most mileage.”

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‘Walking Dead’ To Stumble Into Second Series?

The first episode of the comic-to-television show The Walking Dead has yet to air, and already rumors abound that a second season of the AMC zombie drama is in the works, according to digitalspy.com.

According to Fangoria, the show’s cast and crew will return to Atlanta in February of 2011 to begin shooting new episodes. Of course, a second series of the program hasn’t been made official yet, even though showrunner Frank Darabont has previously hinted that he had planned beyond the intial six-episode season. He also noted that a potential new run would likely feature 13 episodes. Perhaps they will use more plotlines from Robert Kirkman‘s popular books to challenge and scare viewers.

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