This week’s Danger Gal Friday post profiles Echo from the Joss Whedon series Dollhouse and portrayed by Eliza Dushku. Dollhouse was centered on the theme
Read MoreIn the new NBC series The Cape, cop turned crime fighter Vince Faraday plays dead to protect his family as he goes after corporate kingpin Peter Fleming. The muckraking blogger Orwell calls Faraday to this adventure just as he is about to take a job for Fleming’s privatized police force under the Ark Corporation. When captured by the super villain Chess after discovering Fleming’s illegal import of the deadly explosive L-9, Faraday is framed for the murder of Palm City’s new police chief and believed to be Chess himself. Faraday must let the world believe he’s dead in order to clean up Palm City as The Cape.
Read MoreThis week’s Danger Gal profile is of Deunan Knute from the anime movie Appleseed, based on the manga of the same name created by Masamune Shirow.
Read MoreThis week I’m recapping the last two episodes of Stargate Universe: “Visitation” and “Resurgence.” This week’s action-packed Stargate Universe episode “Resurgence” takes the series in a whole new direction from last week’s ephemeral “Visitation.” Last week the ghosts of Caine’s group — who had previously been left off on the “Eden” planet — haunt the ship, but in contrast the mid-season finale reveals some double-crossing aliens, brings back Telford, and shows us a new and improved Chloe.
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