Killjoys SN2 EP5 – ‘Meet The Parents’

Welcome back to Killjoys! I have two episodes to catch you up on, since sometimes life happens. So you will be getting a total of three episodes this week. In Meet the Parents there are two story arcs running more or less in parallel. We learn more about Pawter’s background as she and Johnny meet her parents, and we encounter more intrigue as Khylen meets the Jaqobis father.

Shazam-Based Musical Game Show Coming to Fox

Mark Burnett – Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images

With the end of American Idol, Fox is adding a new interactive musical game show based on Shazam app from Mark Burnett, Fox Television Group chairman and CEO Dana Walden announced Monday at the TCA (Television Critics Association) summer press tour.

Beat Shazam centers around individuals competing to identify a particular song, similar to the way the Shazam app helps users find out the title and artist behind a track. Contestants that are successful will then have to go up against the app for the top prize. Burnett and Jeff Apploff (Don’t Forget the Lyrics) will be executive producers, and Shazam Entertainment Limited will be a partner on the series, so far no premiere date has been announced.

Shazam was founded in 1999 and since then there have been more than 25 billion Shazam queries, and the app currently has hundreds of millions of monthly active users from all over the globe.

The article was originally published by The Hollywood Reporter

First Look At Adam Lambert As Eddie In The Remake Of ‘Rocky Horror’

Adam Lambert / Photo: Billboard

Fox is remaking the cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show and is giving the fans another taste of the up coming remake, however we won’t be seeing Meatloaf in this remake but we will be finally getting a look at Adam Lambert in action as “Eddie.”

In the clip, we see Brad (Ryan McCartan) serenades Janet (Victoria Justice) before proposing in “Dammit, Janet!” The scene then segues to Annaleigh Ashford rips it up as Columbia for “The Time Warp” and Reeve Carney as the hot looking Riff Raff, before sliding into Laverne Cox’s showstopper, “Sweet Transvestite” as Frank-N-Furter.

The American Idol alum Lambert, bursts into the scene like a bat out of hell on a silver black phantom bike and declares his love for rock ‘n’ roll in “Hot Patootie-Bless My Soul.” Directed by Kenny Ortega, Rocky Horror airs October, 20 on Fox.

Watch the trailer below:

 

[UPDATE] Lucifer Season 2 Cast, Reel and Air Date

 

Michael Imperioli is the latest member to join the cast of Fox’s Lucifer for season 2, Imperioli has earnt his wings and is set to play angel Uriel (the middle child). Ildy Modrovich announced the news at the TCA (Television Critics Association) summer press tour. Modrovich says “Amenadiel is the older brother, Lucifer is the little brother who got all the attention, and Uriel is the one lost in the middle,” Lucifer’s showrunner Joe Henderson, told TVLine that “He’s (Uriel) has got a big chip on his shoulder, and that will be a big part of him coming down.

At SDCC 2016 Fox showed off a new reel and trailer for up coming season 2 and I have to say it looks bloody good folks! Just to recap season 2 will bring with it three new cast members, a forensic scientist Ella Lopez (Aimee Garcia), Devils Mum Charlotte (Tricia Helfer) and Angel Uriel (Michael Imperioli).

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Cast Breakdown

Uriel (Lucifer’s Middle Brother)

Uriel is an angel that resides in Heaven, being a member of the Heavenly Host.

History

Not a lot is known about Uriel’s past, except that he is extremely old like any other angel. He is the one that welcomes the souls of the deceased righteous mortals through a speech,  which Lucifer finds “worse than hell”.

Powers  and Abilities

• Immortality – As an angel, Uriel cannot be killed by conventional means, and has thus lived for many years.

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Not long to wait now, we can all get our fix of the handsome devil Lucifer on Monday, September 19th at 9pm! Check out the new reel and trailer for season 2 below.

GISHWHES Isn’t Just For Supernatural Fans!

First off, I’m sure if you’re not a Supernatural fan, you’re asking, “What is Gishwhes?”.  It’s an acronym for the Greatest International Scavenger Hunt the World Has Ever Seen….but it’s soooo much more.  It’s fun, creative, interesting, embarrassing, and kindness all rolled into one big friendship building event.

Gishwhes was started by Misha Collins, who plays Castiel on Supernatural, five years ago for fans of The Show to raise money for Random Acts (a charity started by Collins).  But, it’s grown to be a huge event in a very short time.  The Hunt just ended a few days ago and already I can feel the post-Gishwhes euphoria that is settling over the famdom.  Gishers are sharing their pictures, videos etc. of their experiences, and it’s awe inspiring.

I was unable to participate this year, and I was totally bummed about it because last year it was a life changing experience for me.  I did so much more (with the help of my team) than I ever thought I’d be able to do … but this anxiety filled, introverted geek made new friends and ventured out into public to do good deeds.  I even made and wore a dress made entirely out of construction paper and posed next to a hot rod for a picture… because Misha asked me to (for an item).  My team didn’t win.  Hell, we didn’t even make the honorable mentions list, but we had so much fun.

This year, the team with the most points will accompany Misha on an all expense paid trip to Iceland.  Notice that I didn’t say “the winning team”?  That’s because all the teams are winners.  And, I don’t mean that in an everyone-gets-a-participation-medal type way.  Every participant in Gishwhes wins fun and happiness … and gets good human bonus points.

So, if you’ve ever wanted to wear clothing made entirely of food or perform a puppet show at a Children’s Hospital… and have a ton of fun while doing it, what are you doing next year, say about the first week of August?  Wanna be on a Gishwhes team with me?  Because come hell or high water, I’m gishing next year.

Just try and stop me.

**Learn more about Random Acts here.  And learn more about Gishwhes here.**

Lucille Ball Gets A New Statue Not So Scary!

We all know (or at least I hope most of you) the timeless works of the one and only Lucille Ball. She is the classic beauty from the ever so famous TV show ‘I Love Lucy’,  ‘The Lucille Ball Show‘, and ‘The Long, Long Trailer‘. Well, this actress was commemorated in the park of her home town by  an artist by the name Dave Poulin in 2009. But he unfortunately jacked up the look that is our ageless beauty so badly that he actually received some death threats. Well what do you expect, this is Lucille Ball, you screw up an icon like her, you bound to get shanked, man. This statue was then taken down thanks to a site called, ‘I Love Lucy, remove the statue’. Thankfully they redid that bad boy and now have one that is not so disturbing (yes the expression “don’t blink” definitely comes to mind here…)

Well now here we are again, with a new statue of our Lucy, and this time, the artist (not the same guy as before) nailed it. The statue was unveiled on August 6^th 2016, while fans chanted “Lucy, Lucy.” And there, in the Lucille Ball Memorial Park, Lucy’s hometown of Cueloron, NY, she stands in a polka dot dress, portraying the elegance and smiles that she would give us all in her time on and off the screens. And who do we thank for the remake of our red-headed legend? None other than artist Carolyn D. Palmer. She was quoted to say “I not only wanted to portray the playful, animated and spontaneous Lucy, but also the glamorous Hollywood icon.” And I’m sure you all will agree with me when I say, she did so in deed.

August 6^th would have been the TV icon’s 105^th birthday, and each year on this day, she is remembered by a comedy festival in nearby Jamestown. And as for the Scary Lucy statue, they plan on keeping this bad boy, and placing it else where in the park, (which I will never visit in fear of being placed back in time somewhere, or getting my neck snapped) as this too was a part of Lucy history and should still be displayed ^_^

Deleted Scenes For Suicide Squad Leaked!!

 

We all heard about how there were some issues for Jared Leto concerning all the deleted scenes from the movie. And after looking at these deletions, I side with the rock star. Now don’t get me wrong. I loooooooooooooooooooooooooved this move, having just seen it on Sunday the 7^th, but the scenes may have given some more depth to other of the characters and story of this fantastic movie.

Now we all know that its pretty normal for the Hollywood biz to show trailers with extra scenes that may not be in the movie. But it seems that the trailer that was shown at San Diego Comic Con may have shown the movie to be much more dark than it is now, cutting out scenes to make the movie more fun. If you visit the reddit site, there is a person on there by the name of Naydawwg who posted the extended alternate cut of Suicide Squad that you may never see. And it seems to be a lot more than expected.

 

OK you guys, here is the list of what was deleted. (**SPOILER ALERT!**) Go watch the movie if you haven’t already and compare to the list below, and tell us what you think. I personally feel that more on the Croc would have been nice for sure, but regardless, after seeing the movie, I think I may go back and see it again one or two more times ^_^

you guys, here is the list of what was deleted. Go watch the movie f you haven’t already and compare to the list above, tell us what you think. I personally feel that more on the crock would have been nice for sure, but regardless, after seeing the movie, I think I may go back and see it again maybe one or two more times ^_^

There were of course some from the San Diego ComicCon release as explained before :

• In early cuts, the movie’s opening detailed June Moon’s possession by Enchantress in real time. Reshoots reshuffled the scene to be later in the movie in flashback form in favour of a new opening centered on Deadshot.
• Deadshot in the prison cell, watching the rain fall and thinking about his daughter.
• El Diablo observing the flame of a lit match, before putting it out due to his vow to no longer use his powers.
• El Diablo being escorted to a training center by being placed in a tube that fills with water to quel his flames, and then unceremoniously dropped onto the ground.
• Early interviews showed Captain Boomerang’s racism and sexism, but the movie is light on examples of such behaviour, which have apparently been deleted. Most of them were reportedly directed at Katana, to whom Boomerang is attracted to.
• Early reports indicated more backstory for Killer Croc, revealing that he entire life as a social outcast due to his physical appearance and has convinced himself that he is beautiful in his own way. Croc crossed paths with Batman while working as muscle-for-hire for numerous Gotham’s crime bosses, while secretly planning to take over one day. There were also scenes displaying his affinity for making sculptures out of discarded materials. Aside from jokes about Croc viewing himself as ‘beautiful,’ one of these were retained in the final cut.”
• Also deleted was a scene where he becomes sick at the helicopter escort to Midway City, throws up half-digested pieces of goat, and then eats them again, disgusting the nearby Navy Seals.
• Early cuts reportedly included a passing reference to Slipknot a being serial rapist, likely to further paint him as unsympathetic to the audience ahead of his own death.
• More scenes of Rick Flag and June Moon’s romantic relationship, including him reading the files of the Suicide Squad recruits after Waller delivers them to him.
• Another scene where Flag and Moon are out on a date.
• Extended scene of Joker interrogating Captain Griggs, including the line, “I can’t wait to show you my toys,” which was in every trailer, but was removed from the movie.
• Joker and his men escaping after shooting up a restaurant. Harley, who is already affiliated with the Joker, follows them on a motorcycle and intercepts their car. Joker bangs his head against the glass in frustration.
• Joker and Harley then get into a fight, which ends with Harley pointing a gun at Joker’s head. Joker sweet-talks Harley into lowering the gun, charming her, then backhands her across the face. Afterwards he sweet-talks her again and they kiss.
• Extended Ace Chemicals scene where Harley jumps into the chemicals. More bits of dialogue from Joker.
• Extended Batmobile chase scene with more interaction between Joker and Harley. One of the examples, presented in all the trailers, is the Joker punching the roof of his car.
• Harley using her baseball bat as a mock gun to play shoot at invisible foes.
• Extended scene of Joker breaking into the nanobomb manufacture facility to arrange for Harley’s neck-bomb to be disabled.”
• More interactions between Harley and Boomerang. Early cuts apparently included her really disliking him despite growing affectionate to all the other members of the squad.”
• Extended bar scene with Harley taking everyone’s orders. Deadshot calls for a shot, Katana wants whiskey, Croc and Boomerang settle for beer, Harley asks Diablo wants and he prefers water which she jokes, “is a good idea.” The scene was featured in the trailers, but in the movie it cuts directly to Deadshot’s speech about them all almost pulling the mission off.”
• Removed several scenes with the Joker to repaint his relationship with Harley as more loving rather than abusive.”
• Joker and Harley get into an argument after he rescues her in the hijacked helicopter. In early cuts he reportedly pushes her out to kill her, then the helicopter gets shot down. This was apparently reworked into the helicopter getting shot down first and Joker pushing her out to save her.”
• Joker returns during the final battle in the subway station, face half-burnt from the helicopter crash, which apparently leads to a brief altercation with the Squad. He calls for Harley to escape with him but she refuses for once in order to help her friends, and the Joker escapes after throwing a live grenade at the group to cover his own escape.”

*(this was taken from the reddit/ Naydawwg part of the site)*

 

Saturday Morning Cartoons On Skatronixxx

Miss your childhood? Waking up Saturday mornings grabbing a bowl of cereal turning on the TV and watching hours of cartoons? Well we all do so we have the vlog for you!

@darrick_scott takes us on a journey through the 80’s and 90’s cartoon that you may or may not have watched. From Transformers all the way through Pokemon. Each week we will discuss one of your favorites so make sure you bookmark Skatronixxx.com and Subscribe to our Youtube channel. Leave a comment and tell us what cartoon you miss the most. You never know Darrick may just use your suggestion.

Man Of Steel 2 Is Finally On Its Way!

Fresh off the box office success of Suicide Squad, a report from The Wrap confirms that Warner Bros. has put Man of Steel 2 in active development. Man of Steel was released back in 2013 to mixed reviews but became a box office hit. Since then it has become a cult classic, and most people see Henry Cavill as the definitive Superman. Warner Bros. kept quiet about a sequel and instead green lit the production of Batman V Superman which landed in theaters earlier this year.

Warner Bros. put two untitled DC films on schedule for an October 2018 and November 2019 release. It is possible that one of those slots belongs to the Man of Tomorrow. There are no details about the story released yet. It is believed though that Zack Snyder will not return to direct as he will be tied up with Justice League 2. It is still unclear how the ending of Batman V Superman will factor into next year’s Justice League, but whatever the case may be, the film seems to be in good hands with Geoff Johns now moderating the DC Universe.

Clearly Warner Bros. have faith on the DC Universe as the films continue to rake in tons of cash despite dismal reviews. Does Man Of Steel 2 being in development excite you?

Suicide Squad Snubs Critics, Shatters Box Office Records.

Despite the scathing reviews Suicide Squad has been acquiring of the past week, it’s at least safe to say the film will be a financial success. Critics have been totally blasting the film, some even going far as to say it’s worse than Fantastic Four. Personally, I had a good time watching the movie. I acknowledge all the flaws but wouldn’t go far as to call it a bad movie.

Suicide Squad opened in theaters worldwide excluding China (where a release is highly unlikely) over the past weekend. It completely obliterated the records that had been set by Guardians of the Galaxy back in 2014 for the month of August. The film had a massive $20.5 million in Thursday previews and a gigantic $65+ million opening day. That shattered the preview record set by Guardians for the month of August. It went to make an estimated $135.1 million opening weekend, besting 94.3 mil set by Guardians in 2014. Internationally, the film also did some great business bringing in over 133 million for a global total of more than $268 million. While this might seem like a lot, the film has some ground to cover for it to recoup the massive 185 mil budget and added marketing costs. Commenting on the film’s perfomance, Warner Bros. executive vice president  Jeff Goldstein said, “It bested anything we could have expected. The marketing campaign was brilliant and the perfomances from Will Smith, Margot Robbie and Jared Leto were just extraordinary. They’re fun and wicked and fans enjoy it”

It does seem like there’s a great divide between critics and fans. The film has a 26% critics rating on Rotten Tomatoes while fan ratings sit at a good 74%. That begs the question of whether should you really listen to critics and not see a movie if they hate it, or should you go see a movie and form your own opinion despite bad reviews? It does feel like every time DC puts out a new movie critics are ready to hate it. Good thing they aren’t the ones buying the tickets, or the DC Universe would be doomed.

Either way, I am excited to see more comic book movies that dare be ambitious and take risks instead of being formulaic. Wonder Woman is the next epic set in DC Universe, and it looks like it’s gonna be fun. Only time will tell whether the movie is good or nay.