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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 5×08- “What’s Past is Prologue”
The Flash (5×08)- “What’s Past is Prologue” 100th Episode Written by: Todd Helbing & Lauren Certo Directed by: Tom Cavanagh In case you’re unaware of the significance, traditionally when shows reach one hundred episodes they are made available to syndication meaning that local stations can buy the rights to previous seasons to air locally. Traditionally this is where a lot shows become truly profitable to the studio as most shows ride that razor’s edge between success and cancelation. What this means in this age of seasons going up on Netflix as the shows go along is unclear to me but that’s not why you came here. Speaking of tradition, most shows mark the occasion in one of three ways.…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 5×07- “O Come, All Ye Thankful”
The Flash (5×07)- “O Come, All Ye Thankful” Written by: Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza Directed by: Sarah Boyd I know what you’re thinking. Flash episode, just before the winter hiatus the crossover episode looming on the horizon, and using the title of a famous Christmas Carol… It’s the Thanksgiving Episode and you’d be right. Anyway, I’m back from the Land of the Rising Sun and as I said, the winter hiatus is coming up so I’ll loop back around and pick up the two episodes I missed then but for now let’s get this week’s episode squared away. So what do we have for our Thanksgiving episode? Well at…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 5×04- “News Flash”
The Flash (5×04)- “News Flash” Written by: Kelly Wheeler & Lauren Certo Directed by: Brent Crowell We open on the night of the Particle Accelerator Explos- Enlightenment (Sorry! Force of habit! But as we see later in this episode the Satellite Crash has become the Particle Accelerator Explosion 2.0 so it’s an honest mistake.) And some idiot is running around livestreaming it on her phone before Nora saves her and I’m so glad she ends up being our villain of the week because I hate selfie video people. Forgive the old man moment but you kids look both beyond self-involved and beyond idiotic doing it. Back to today and Iris…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 5×03- “The Death of Vibe”
The Flash (5×03)- “The Death of Vibe” Written by: Jonathan Butler & Gabriel Garza Directed by: Andi Armaganian Welcome back, let’s go kill Vibe! After our first real glimpse of the Flash Museum in the future it’s time to give a more in depth introduction to Darth Malgus… I mean Cicada. Totally Cicada, I don’t mean that they totally aped his look from a video game character at all because that would be mean and if you’ve learned anything about me these last four plus years it’s that I’m kind to a fault… SHUT UP! So anyway, in the future Cicada has achieved Jack the Ripper like status because he…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 5×02- “Blocked”
The Flash (5×02)- “Blocked” Written by: Eric Wallace & Judalina Neira Directed by: C Kim Miles Episode two! Let’s go! Here’s an obligatory picture of Anakin Skywalker pouting to complete the joke and we’re rolling! So the episode opens with Cicada flashing back to killing Gridlock then it’s over to the West Home where Barry and Nora are hiding everything she told her father… Hold on! Scratch that, they’re telling everyone what she told Barry last week! What’s this?! Open and honest dialogue between the team about stuff that affects all their lives? I don’t know what to say… but Iris does. She gives Barry’s twenty-five year disappearance the…
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FLASH SPOILER Review: Episode 5×01- “Nora”
The Flash (4×01)- “Nora” Written by: Todd Helbing & Sam Chalsen Directed by: David McWhirter HEY! Long time no see! Well maybe not that long, but it does feel like it’s been a while! The leaves are turning, the dew has turned to frost and Season 5 of the Flash is getting started. Season 5 is a high risk/high reward season in the life of any show. Some shows like Deep Space Nine had a lot of their best episodes in Season Five. Other shows… Kill off their best character… In favor of creepy incest pairings and dragons and you NEVER, EVER forgive anyone involved because that son of…
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FEATURE: The Wrestling Streaming World Tour Part Four
FEATURE: The Wrestling Streaming World Tour Part Four Japan Welcome back, time to talk about Japanese pro wrestling or as it’s called by fans of Japanese wrestling; Puroresu. I should get this out of the way. I LOVE Japanese wrestling. I love the athleticism, I love the sports-like feel, and I love the tradition. Also, there’s a lot of promotions in Japan, nearly fifty. And a lot of them have some sort of streaming service or a channel on YouTube or Twitch and if we start talking about bootleg streams… *ahem* that number gets even higher. So, I have to be really selective. (My personal favorite promotion, Pro Wrestling NOAH…
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FEATURE: The Wrestling Streaming World Tour Part Three
FEATURE: The Wrestling Streaming World Tour Part Three The UK and European Scene When I was a kid watching wrestling and a wrestler showed up from Europe in general or especially the UK I knew one thing, this person was going to beat the hell out of people. You need not look any further than Stephen “William” Regal and Fit Finlay to see why. The European style is often referred to as Strong Style, which means there’s less high-flying and more striking and submission holds. Strong Style wrestlers often gain a reputation as being especially tough. In the late nineties and early 2000s the scene went through some down years…
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FEATURE: The Wrestling Streaming World Tour Part Two
The Wrestling Streaming World Tour Part One US/Canada It goes without saying that here in the US and Canada that the WWE is King but we’re not here to talk about them. In the US, outside of WWE there’s four promotions you really need to know about (Five if you count New Japan’s expansion but we’ll get there.) Those four promotions are: Ring of Honor, Impact, Chikara and Shimmer. There’s two other things I’ll mention but they’re not quite promotions in the same way. Ring of Honor, depending on who you ask, is either the Number Two or Number Three Promotion in the US. They were started in the early…
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FEATURE: The Wrestling Streaming World Tour Part One
This is the beginning of a series entitled “How WOBAM Spends Their Summer Vacation” where we introduce you to some fandoms outside of our usual scope. Keep Checking in for More! The Wrestling Streaming World Tour: Why Now is the perfect time to get into Professional Wrestling outside of WWE. It’s the summer. All your favorite TV shows are on summer hiatus. The next Comic Book Movie is Ant-Man 2 in July. But you’re looking for something to whet your geeky appetite for longer than two hours. Well, your old Uncle Jason has something he thinks you should try. Come over here, let’s have a talk. I’ve made my…
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