The Flash SN2 EP14 ‘Escape from Earth-2’

So it’s time for this weeks review of the flash and we find are selves back on Earth 2 to find out if Cisco and Dr Wells can save Barry and also if Jays condition can be helped by Caitlin.

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At the beginning of the episode we see Zoom going around the city in search of Dr Wells by handing out pictures with the words bring me Wells on them. We then see Dr Wells watching the news and a clip of a building with the words bring me Wells in flames on the side of it.

Cisco arrives to back at Star labs to fill Dr Wells in on the sequence of events and that Barry has been taken prisoner by Zoom. We see Earth 2 Barry has woken up from being knocked out at the beginning of the last episode. Just as Dr Wells and Cisco are about to explain what has been going on Zoom arrives and the trio head for Dr Wells hidden time room, Zoom manages to figure out where the hidden room is and enters but the three of them are nowhere to be seen it turns out Dr Wells has some sort of visual gun that projects a fake wall to hide behind.

The three of them leave Star labs and head to the police HQ where they fill Earth 2 Iris in on what has been happening. Earth 2 Barry has an alga rhythm to triangulate a point where a meta human may be hiding and uses it to track down Killer Frost in order to gain her help in finding Barry.

The the four of them head off to the woods on the edge of the city to track her down. At the beginning she does not seem to be interested in helping them and attacks them all instead and eventually they manage to surround her before she can hurt Iris. After Cisco manages to talk some sense into her by stating that Zoom killed the man she loves and she agrees to show them where his hideout is located.

We see Barry and Jessie trying to figure out what the other prisoner is tapping on the glass of there cell. They eventually figure out that he is using a form of alphabet that POW prisoners used to communicate. They get as far as Jay and Barry asks if the person means Jay Garrick and they start nodding but then seems upset when Barry states that he didn’t come with them.

Just as they are about to try and get some more information out of there cell mate Zoom turns up and advises the prisoner not to talk to them again. Barry advises Zoom that he will find a way out of his cell and destroy Zoom, just as he finishes his threat Zoom phases through the cell wall and advises Barry he only needs him barely alive to steal his speed force and proceeds to give Barry a beating. He then rushes off in search if Dr Wells and Barry seems to think he has shown him how to escape although Barry tries many times to try and phase through the wall but cannot seem to replicate the effect and it appears this is down to a frequency issue much like in the last episode with Ciscos powers.

Dr Wells, Cisco, Iris, Barry and Killer frost arrive at Zooms lair and it appears to be a huge cavern dug into a cliff side that only a speedster would be able to reach well apart from Killer frost who creates a giant frost column for them to climb up. The team finally reach Barry and they manage to free Jessier but Barry is still unable to phase through the cell wall and advises the team to leave him behind. Earth 2 Barry is not having any of it and advises him that he can do anything he puts his mind to he just has to believe he can do it as Barry concentrates on what he wants he manages to phase through the wall. Barry does not want to leave the other prisoner behind but before he can figure out a way of setting them free Zoom arrives and thanks killer frost for bringing them all to him. He then pushes Dr Wells and the others out of the way and grabs Jessie by the throat and says “I told you I would kill you in front of your father” but before he can kill her Killer frost hits him with a freeze blast.

Cisco thanks her for her help before she advises him that he should get out of there while he can as she is not sure how long she can hold Zoom. Barry promises the other prisoner that he will be back for them. The team arrive back at star labs and Dr Wells advises Iris and Earth 2 Barry that they need to leave Central city to avoid Zoom coming back for them, Dr Wells also tells Jessie that they also need to leave as they won’t be safe on Earth 2 and they plan to go back with Barry and Cisco just as the alarm is sounded it appears Zoom has managed to escape from Killer Frost’s ice blast.

Back on Earth 1 we have seen the return of the meta human Geomancer who has still been causing issues there and has been destroying buildings in order to try and bring out the flash. We see Caitlin has been working on a better version of Velocity 8 after she discovered the last time they used the formula is caused more harm to Jay’s cells she eventually creates Velocity 9 and gives this to Jay when Geomancer collapses a hospital and Jay manages to save everyone involved.

Geomancer eventually tracks Jay down too Star labs but as he is not around he settles for trying to hurt Caitlin and Iris he knocks Caitlin unconscious and then turns his sites to Iris, just as he is about to causes another tremor he is whacked with a shock collar it appears she wasn’t as badly hurt as we thought and Joe arrives to take Geomancer to jail but in causing all the tremors he has caused the last breach to become unstable. Jay says that the only way he they can fix the breach is for Jay to causes a vortex around the breach while Joe resets the containment walls and this is successful just in time for the Velocity 9 to wear off.

Cisco and Jessie are the first two through the portal but it appears Barry and Dr Wells are taking longer than they should be and we go back to Earth 2 to see Zoom holding Dr Wells by the throat. Dr Wells reaches in his pocket and grabs a syringe before plunging it into Zooms chest just as Barry manages to grab Dr Wells and head into the portal and make it back to home. Jay is waiting on the other side the the implosion device to close the breach as he chucks this into the breach the whole team are celebrating but as Jay has his back to the breach Zoom thrusts his hand through Jays chest and drags him back to Earth 2 much to the horror of the group and the episode comes to an end.

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Arrow SN4 EP13 – ‘The Sins Of The Father’

So it’s time for my review on the Arrow and this week the story revolves around Oliver’s mission to save Thea’s life and the feud between Malcolm and Nyssa for control of the league of shadows. Also in the episode we have more flash backs of Olive’s time on Lian Yu and we also get to learn more about Felicity’s dad aka The Calculator.

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So at the end of episode 12 we saw Nyssa approach Oliver advising him she has a cure that will save Thea in the form of an elixir called the lotus but in order for her to give it to Oliver he would have to kill Malcolm Merlyn. Now Nyssa’s request is brought from selfish need as the only reason she wants Malcolm dead is so that she can gain control of the league of shadows. Oliver pleads with her to give him the cure to save Thea he even brings up the fact that they are husband and wife and that Thea is also her family.

Oliver arranges a meeting with Malcolm to try and talk him into giving up his leadership of the league in order to save Thea’s life. Malcolm is not very interested in giving up his leadership as he does not believe that Nyssa has the lotus elixir and tells Oliver that he may be very handsome but he’s not very smart. Oliver sends Laurel to try and reason with Nyssa in order to try and gain the lotus or at least some form of proof that she actually has the elixir. Laurel tries to appeal to Nyssa sense of family values by trying to bring Sara into the conversation as well as tells her that everything that has happened has been because of her Father. Nyssa gives Laurel a sample of the lotus which she takes back as proof and in wasting no time Oliver gives itto Thea in front of Malcolm and we see her chest wound heal.

Malcolm agrees to meet with Nyssa to hand over the ring giving her leadership of the league but in true Malcolm style this is all a ploy and we see a group of assassins come from behind him and a fight ensues between both sides. Nyssa flees with her group of assassins and Malcolm and his team give chase only for there path to be blocked by Oliver and Diggle telling Malcolm that if he wants Nyssa he will need to go through him. Back at Arrow HQ we see a very angry Oliver trying to figure out why Malcolm has done this and the team are unable to locate him or his assassins until Felicity advises there has been breach and someone is with Thea, Oliver rushes down to her aid only to find Malcolm checking up on her.

Oliver asks Malcolm if being Ra’s al Ghul is more important to him than the life of his own daughter, Malcolm replies that the reason he is reluctant to give up his position is that he knows what the league is capable of in the hands of the wrong people. He then says to Oliver ‘What would you do if Damian Dahrk told you to hang up the hood and let him complete his plan for Star city in order to save his son William?’ Oliver has a shocked look on his face which Malcolm notices and says ‘I’m Ra’s al Ghul I know everything there is to know about you’

Oliver sends Laurel out again to try and locate Nyssa and bring her to Arrow HQ in order to try and find another way to make her part with the lotus. Laurel eventually tracks her down and refuses to let her pass unless she can see reason this is short lived as some of Malcolm’s assassins show up to try and take out Nyssa and her men a fight ensues in the street and there are casualties on both sides and even some of the public are hit with arrows.Oliver and Diggle arrive to lend a hand and once the assassins have been seen to Oliver knocks Nyssa unconscious and takes her to a cell at the HQ. We find out that Nyssa is scared that she will not be able to defeat Malcolm on her own and this is why she has been asking Oliver to do this for her it is finally decided that there is only one way to end this and that is in true league style of a trial by combat.

The smoke signal is sent and both sides and all of team arrow arrive on a roof top for the final show down, Malcolm makes a remark that in the interest of Nyssa’s dignity they shall forgo the removal of shirts. Just as the trial is about to begin Oliver shouts wait and announces that as Nyssa’s husband he will fight in her place in the trial much to the shock of everyone involved. The fight starts and after a very even fight between the two Oliver gains the upper had and disarms Malcolm sending him to his knees, Oliver takes the final swing of the sword but instead of killing Malcolm he chops off his hand with the ring on and hands it to Nyssa. Nyssa gives Oliver the rest of the lotus elixir and we see Thea brought back from the brink of death completely unaware of what has happened.

At the end of the episode we see a meeting between Oliver, Nyssa, Laurel and Malcolm only to see Nyssa drop the ring of the league of shadows into a fire and advising all three of them that she has disbanded the league and that her father will no longer be responsible for hurting anyone else. Malcolm turns to Oliver after this and advises that he is not going to kill Oliver as this would be to quick of a mercy and that he has other plans to make him suffer before his death. It doesn’t take long and we see Malcolm meet up with Darhk and advise him that there is someone Oliver Queen loves more than Felicity and that is his son William. (Maybe Oliver would have been better off killing Malcolm when he had the chance.)

Also in this episode we see a flashback once again of Oliver’s time on Lian Yu and we see that Oliver is still locked away in his cell with Vlad’s sister Taiana caring for him. Oliver is trying to make amends with Taiana for killing her brother and opens up about how he ended up on Lian Yu and the fact his dad sacrificed his life in order for Oliver to live so that he could correct his wrongs. He also shows her the stone that he brought out of his vision from the last episode stating that this is something that Reiter needs to find what he is looking for. She waste no time in grabbing the stone from Oliver and demanding to speak to Reiter immediately as he arrives he states that he is not usually summoned by his prisoners but Taiana states that she has something that he wants and shows him the stone he grabs it from her and disappears.

We later see him return to thank him for the last piece of the map and he can now finally find what he has been looking for on the island, He also advises Oliver that he must rest and regain his strength as they start the dig tomorrow. Oliver looks a little confused by this as Reiter states that what he has been looking for is not in the heavens but in the ground beneath them.

The third story arc we see in this episode is between Felicity and her father who also happens to be the calculator. It starts off with the pair meeting for coffee and Felicity trying to find out why her father has left it for so long to make contact with her, he answers with he could not contact her due the police and FBI looking for him. He then states that they are not that different this is something that Felicity takes offence to as he was planning on killing thousands of people and she does what she does to stop people like him. He advises her that he never  intended to carry out the explosion and that he had put fail safes in place to stop that happening, this proves to much for Felicity and she decides to leave but before she can he hands her a flash drive with all the things he has done since he disappeared to show he has been doing some good.

Felicity calls her mum and as she arrives she can see that something is troubling her and Felicity comes clean and advises her that her father is back and that he said he has changed and wants a relationship with her. Her mum advises her that he is not a good man and will never change who he is, Felicity decides to put this to the test and invites her farther to Palmer tech to have an all access tour of the building. As you would imagine they end up in the tech lab of the building and he seems very interested in the work she has been doing since she has been there.

We later find out that after her father had left the lab he has planted a bug that was trying to download all the data files from Palmer tech so at least Felicity now has her answer on whether or not she can trust her father. Felicity invites him back to Palmer tech and immediately confronts him about this actions, just as he is trying to defend what he has done Felicity interrupts him and says she does not want him to be part of her life and that she had not other choice. He turns around to see Captain Lance arriving with two officers to place him under arrest for the crimes he has committed.

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‘Kingsman 2’ Title and Plot Details Revealed!

Kingsman: The Secret Service, the crime/sci-fi/spy movie released in 2015, raked in over $414 Million world-wide and received positive critical reception as one of the most bonkers spy movies to be released. Based on the comic book The Secret Service by Dave Gibbons and Mark Millar, the story focuses on members of a secret spy society trying to thwart a megalomaniac billionaire (Samuel L Jackson) who is planning a mass genocide. It was a welcome refresher in terms of British spy movies from the broody, super slick James Bond, and it’s no wonder that the sequel has been highly anticipated.

Today, details of the sequel have been released.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle is the official name of the movie and (much like it’s predecessor) the plot sounds absolutely insane.

The plot will see Eggsy (Taron Egerton) and Merlin (Mark Strong) head to the U.S.A. to work with the “Statesmen” – who’s secret hideaway is disguised as a whiskey distillery. Once there, they will be greeted by Ginger (Halle Berry) who will lead them to combat with the movies villain, Poppy (Julianne Moore.)

Matthew Vaughn, director, said whilst discussing the sequel with Empire that while he doesn’t see the need for another Church scene, this movie will feature “other sequences you’ve never seen before.”

Sadly, at this time Colin Firth has not been confirmed for the sequel, though Vaughn has mentioned trying to find a way to bring Harry Hart back to the movies – further casting for Kingsman: The Golden Circle is yet to be announced.

Kingsman: The Golden Circle is currently set for release on June 16 2017.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. SN3 EP13 – ‘Parting Shot’

This review contains spoilers.

Last weeks episode finished off with Hunter and Bobby in the belly of a plane that Malick is riding off in, after his success in turning Anton Petrov to his “cause” and convincing him that Phil Coulson is the head of Hydra.

The episode opens on Bobby and Hunter being interrogated by Russian authorities. After a small sequence, we cut to Bobby and Hunter elsewhere – and a caption reads ’34 hours before’ – instantly, I’m excited. I’m a huge sucker for narratives where you’re presented with a current situation, and then the rest of the time is spent showing you how the characters got there.

Kickass, really great things about the episode:

This was a really Hunter and Bobby centric episode, and seeing them work together was actually really great. We haven’t had a hugely intense look at them working together in SHIELD so a whole episode dedicated to them? Awesome.

It was also cool to see them discuss their relationship in terms of SHIELD, and them bringing up the sacrifices they’ve not only made as a couple (never getting to go away together, no honeymoon), but as people – namely, the fact SHIELD constantly makes alliances with people they shouldn’t, Ward being a prime example. They constantly talk about the ‘Greater Good’ but then they end up getting damaged later.

The fight scenes this episode were incredible – they were really wonderfully choreographed, as per usual with this series, and there were some really stand-out moments – slow-mo Daisy kicking ass, Daisy and Bobby fighting together, and Bobby and Hunter fighting off security guards. It’s just awesome.

The episode twist, of going from Espionage to Assassination real damn quick. I loved that the initial plan was infiltration and intel gathering, because SHIELD is in a terrible position, and if Russia thought America was coming in hostile on them, it would cause a lot more problems for just SHIELD. I also liked this weeks Inhuman – a man who could manifest his shadow as a sentient being. He was also a political Inhuman, and the first of his kind.

Enjoyable family moments I loved:

So first things first, MACK IS BACK. After his mysterious just not, being around at all for the last episode, I was glad to have him and his sarcastic quips back. I also have a note about this particular exchange;

“You’re going to need some transport, is that going to be a problem?”
–Insert Hunter punching a Russian man in the face-
“No, I think we’re good.”

What we also learn from this episode are that Hunter and Bobby are the King and Queen of bullshitting. The detective interrogating them says something along the lines to Hunter of “It’s impressive. How you can talk about absolutely nothing and make it sound like information” – that sounds an awful lot like most adults.

FitzSimmons are BACK! Finishing each others sentences and working together again – it’s really fantastic to see and it made me really excited. This was especially heightened by the fact that Hunter apparently shares nature documentaries about the planet dying with the two and gets them to watch them so they can all sit and discuss it together – absolutely adorable.

I think we all also know the ultimate team moment of this episode: the ending. But I’ll come to that later.

The “meh”/”why.” stuff;

 This episode didn’t have many moments I didn’t like – but one moment I did sigh at was May’s speech to Hunter about how she’s still angry about him shooting Ward even when it could cost Andrew (SN3 EP4 – Devil’s You Know) – but then she talks about how SHIELD is for the great good? Don’t get me wrong – anyone and their dog knows Hunter’s choice was driven mostly by vengeance for Bobby, but considering Ward was the head of Hydra, and he had a metric tonne of weapons at his and Hydra’s disposal, I would honestly say he made a better call than risking Ward getting away. So I feel like that moment was a contradiction – but, it did lea to Hunter and May being friends again, and Hunter making quips later to her that she smiles at.

Overall, I really liked this episode – I feel like it’s my favorite so far of 3B. The narrative was great, the cinematography and fight choreography was really something else, and it was one of those great episodes where the team act like a family. I also felt like this episode, while seemingly filler, moved character issues forward a bit more. We had a major change in the teams layout, and it also gave a close look at just how precarious a position that SHIELD is in right now. This precarious position is only more heightened by the fact Malick has political influence all around the world – making him all the more formidable, because he is untouchable.

The final scene of this episode with The Spy’s Goodbye broke my heart. It was such a bittersweet ending, and by the time the second shot had been purchased for Hunter and Bobby’s table, I was an absolute mess.

It was such a beautiful way to say goodby to two really significant characters from the SHIELD roster, two agents that have come so far and become such an integral part of the team. It really solidified that these people aren’t just spies who work together – they’re a unit, they’e friends and they love each other. This final scene was so perfect, and a fitting farewell to two great Agents – for now, at least.

Seeing as their was no hide nor hair of HiveWard this episode (which surprised me considering his huge dramatic ending in The Inside Man), I imagine next episode will bring him forward. Given the ending of the episode featuring Malick’s daughter who wants to meet “someone” – and I can only assume that someone is Hive.

I’m hoping that from this point on, with the new team and information, we’ll start to see major progress and we’ll build up to an incredible, action-filled finale that this show has now become famous for.

Erin Stegeman’s Latest Project A ‘Bates Motel’ Parody

G’day guys! I have something a little special for the Bates Motel fans among us, yesterday I had the pleasure of doing a Q & A with Erin Stegeman, if her name sound familiar that’s because she is the master mind behind OUAT Rock Opera (which by the way is on tour at the moment and selling out fast, so if you’re in the US do yourself a favour and go see it!) and our fearless leader interviewed Erin about OUAT Rock Opera. So as you all know I am a huge fan of Bates Motel and resident Bates blogger for Skatronixxx.com , My latest Q& A with Erin was about a new project she has been working on which is a Bates Motel parody the first episode is Normero’s First Date

As a huge fan of  BM  I absolutely loved it and the cast were awesome and nailed it,  if you pay close attention you will see Erin and her Hubby make an appearance. Head over check it out, you be glad you did!

Will post the links at the bottom of the page, so please head over and give Erin and cast some love.

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1) Was there any alcohol consumed during the planing of Normero’s First Date?

Hahaha!! No, quite the opposite. I was in the middle of working on another project and took a break to go for a walk. I had been watching season 3 (rather re-watching) in anticipation of the season 4 premiere, which was just a few days away. So, it was fresh in my head. The idea just sort of came. I wrote it later that day, sent it to my producer, Peter Frintrup (who also shot and edited it), and we were on set a few days later. I find that’s how most of my stuff happens.

People did drink on set though. We forgot to replace the liquor in our prop bottles with water and decided to just let it go. I was one of the bar patrons, and towards the end of the shoot we did like 4 takes where we all cheers each other and then take a big swig. I had to take a break after we were done to down some water and potato chips before the next set up.

2) As a huge Bates Motel fan I absolutely loved Romero’s First Date, was it a one-off or will we see more of the Bates family?

Thank you!! I’m glad fans of the show are liking it – that’s who this is for! I’m letting the internet make the decision to continue for us, as they did with OUAA. I love the show, and I certainly have ideas for these characters, but it’s an expensive hobby. If the demand is there, we will absolutely supply!

3) Where did your inspiration come from, and which character do you Identify with, if any?

I’m a bit of a romantic. I get these “couple crushes” on tv characters and my imagination just likes to put them in these ridiculous scenarios. Plus, I’m an emotional blonde and my husband, whose name is Ace Marrero, is an even-keeled Latin man…so…lots of bizarre similarities there.

As much as I wanted Normero to come to fruition I thought, “These two would NEVER be able to just do dinner and a movie like a normal couple. She’ll be wondering if Norman’s killing someone, and he’ll probably show up in his sheriff uniform because Romero lives in that thing.”

4) The Actress and Actor in the parody nailed Norma and Romero right down to their mannerisms, how long did it take them to get it right?

They were rock stars, and I met them both that day on set. Like I said, we had about 3-4 days between concept to shoot, and I don’t think either of them were familiar with the show…maybe Vanessa had seen an episode or two. I sent them a bunch of videos to watch and went over most of the details while we shot. There was so much they did on their own – they both came to set ready to roll. Vanessa had binge-watched the first season and brought that blue dress to wardrobe, which was such a cool addition. Ashwin even did Romero’s underbite in several takes. It didn’t quite make the edit, but it was super freaky how similar he was to Romero. The crew and myself even called them Vera and Nestor on accident a couple of times. Couldn’t have asked for a better pair.

5)  Currently you’re on tour with your OUAT Rock Opera and I have to say the trailer was awesome! (If I lived in the US I would definitely be going). Do you think we might see a Bates Motel Psycho Opera in the future?

That would be excellent! I’m 100% open to that if the demand is there. I do have a sketch in mind for them that involves music.

6) Will we see any other TV shows destined for your parody genius in the future ?

Yes! My YouTube channel (erinstegeman) is currently expanding to include parody content across all kinds of genre shows and pop culture. We have a few sketches in the wings. I have literally watched all of Netflix, HBO, and Amazon…so I’m ready!

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Check out the hilarious video below:-

Also see some of the pics from Erin visited a very familiar site!

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Lucifer SN1 EP – ‘ A Priest Walks into a Bar ‘

Let see what our handsome Devil got up to this in this weeks episode of Lucifer……

After Maze betrayed Lucifer, she is definitely not his favourite person right now. She convinces him meet with a visitor that is asking after him. Lucifer meets with the mystery man and to his surprise the mystery man is a Priest. He was told that Lucifer was the man to see when you have run out of options. The priest suspects the head counsellor of the local youth centre is using the kids for his drug ring and requires Lucifer’s assistance to uncover the truth. He has a vested interest in one youth in particular, Connor, to which Lucifer is suspicious of the priests intentions.

The dynamic crime duo, Chloe and Lucifer go to the youth center to speak with the head counsellor. After knocking repeatedly and no answer Chloe looks thru the glass panel in the door and sees there has been a struggle, with one swift kick the door swings open and the find the body of the head counsellor. With suspicions falling on the Father, Chloe and Lucifer talk to two teenagers that frequent the youth center and but say that no way the Father could have done this. Lucifer is still suspicious of him and a background check reveals he had quite a wrap sheet be for becoming a priest.

Whilst all of this is happening, the Palmetto mystery is starting to unravel slowly, Malcolm is keeping tabs on Dan and now he’s fit for duty Malcom requested Dan as his partner, his first job “dirty job” for Dan is to acquire a had gun that can’t be traced so Dan get one from evidence locker. The priest is the target of a failed drive by attempt and requires a place to hide…..where better than LUX? Where all priests go to experience all things holy and safe. It is at this point the unlikely comrades strike up a friendship over non lit cigarettes and a love of the piano. Lucifer has a friend! The Father gets a call and when Chloe and Lucifer can’t find him they know he’s in trouble and head to the church where they find Conner holding a gun at the Father and the other youth counsellor (Spider) telling Conner to kill him, Conner can’t and drops the gun, Spider fires and the Father takes a bullet to the chest. Amenadiel calls on Malcom while he’s have a feast at a diner and reminds him why he brought him back. Lucifer takes The Father’s death hard and Chloe ditches dodgy Dan to go be with Lucifer.

Is our Devil is starting to win Chloe over?  What your take on dodge Dan and the Palmetto case?

Check back for the next Episode: “Pops” SN1-EP10

I rate this episode: 🎬🎬🎬🎬

Lucifer SN1 EP8 – ‘Et Tu, Doctor’

Lucifer throws himself a birthday party as part of his rebirth, after burning his wings. Detective Decker goes to wish Lucifer a happy birthday, but he is disappointed when she shows up with Dan with her. The following morning Lucifer goes to apologize to his therapist Dr Linda Martin after their last visit, Dr Martin tells him he is making progress but Lucifer see that as the problem. Describes a new emotion he is feeling to Dr Martin as “a fat man siting on his chest” she asks if he gets that feeling when he is with Chloe? Lucifer says yes but manly when she with Dan (Chloe ex of sorts) could it be our handsome little Devil is experiencing jealousy? I think it is so, but the Devil doesn’t get jealous . He thinks its Chloe that needs therapy and asks Dr Martin to fix her.

The crime fighting duo, Detective Decker and Lucifer are at the office of a murdered therapist, who encouraged couple’s to cheat to save their marriages, Lucifer asks Decker if she has ever been to therapy for her issues with her pent-up anger, trust issues and attraction to boring douche bags? Lucifer sleep with a Judge to sign off on Dr. Martin working on the case ah the powers of persuasion hard at work.

Dr . Martin finds a lead in the case and Decker and Lucifer follow-up the lead. On route to the lead Lucifer asks Chloe why her and douche bag(Dan) split, she tell him because the job become more important than her rand their daughter, but lately something has changed in him, its funny how all of a sudden he wants to spend more time with Chloe and their daughter Trixie, he is clearly threatened by Lucifer. Chloe gets a call from Dr . Martin about the potential suspects, she says he may be dangerous not only to Chloe and Lucifer, but to Himself.

Arriving at his office, the Police and fire brigade are there and a weedy man Ricky is on the roof top of his building, threatening to jump, Lucifer goes up to talk to him and he tells Lucifer “you can’t stop me”, lucifer replies ” I’m not here to stop you if you want to jump go for it”, Lucifer says to Ricky I do have one question before you go, Im trying to understand jealousy and why you killed Dr Shaw? Ricky says he didn’t kill Dr. Shaw, even though Ricky made death treats against him, Dr. Shaw continue to see him. Lucifer realizes Ricky is just a sad human with not much going for him.

Once Ricky’s feet a firmly on the ground he tell Detective Decker and Lucifer that he seen Mrs Shaw to days ago but asked him not to tell her husband as she had a surprised for him, but when Detective Decker checked her alibi she was out-of-town and had an airline ticket, now with focus on Mrs Shaw Lucifer asks Dr Martin to meet him at his club to talk about the case, but in actual fact he wanted her to analyze detective Decker. Dr Martin arrives at Lucifer’s club and is met with the typical Maze attitude which is always switched to rude.

Chloe gets a call for dispatch from Dan, to meet him at her house, needless to say the Devil isn’t happy and has a little tantrum. When she arrives home she is shocked to see it’s not Dan but Malcom the dirty cop, he tells her that they are on the same team and that he thinks it was a cop who shot him, now this my own opinion but I think Melcome is right and I believe it could be Dan, there is just a suspicious air about him, I don’t trust him. Dr Martin and Chloe gang up on Lucifer and ask him why he is so obsessed with Dan lately, he accidentally spills the beans that he asked Dr Martin to fix her (Chloe). Lucifer gets Mrs Shaw to tell the truth and is surprised at what she has in the back of her car, she drove back into town with bags and bags of horse poo to throw at the woman she was accused of stalking Tiffany, Lucifer definitely got more than he bargained for. Dan shows up in the douchebage mobile as Lucifer called it, to see if Chloe was ok after her visit from Malcom

Lucifer takes off, and talks to the therapy group for Dr. Shaw’s patients, held by Dr. Medina and when Lucifer works out he’s the killer Dr. Medina attacked Lucifer holding a knife to his throat, its then that Lucifer realizes he’s not in the same position but we all know he’s kidding himself. Chole and Lucifer talk about her secret case and she mentions Malcom come to see her and that he believes he was shot by a cop. The go the to The Paddock Bar, and spot Palochy’s car, the bar is shut but the door is unlocked (apparently according to Lucifer). The club is pitch black, they find Palochy with a shot through the mouth and out the back of his head, they find a suicide note saying he was on the take, I think it was staged. Lucifer is on to his Brother and his new position as a Doctor a few rooms down from Dr. Martin. Melcome texts Dan to meet him and lets him know, that he knows Dan shot him. Lucifer confronts Maze and tells her there done, because she betrayed him.

Be sure to check back for the next Episode “A priest Walks into a Bar”

I give this episode: 🎬🎬🎬🎬

Supernatural: The Hellatus is Over! SN11 EP 16 – Safe House’

S11E16  Safe House

Written by:  Robbie Thompson

Directed by:  Stefan Pleszczynski

 

I’m so happy to be able to report that The Hellatus is over!  And, the cast and crew really knocked it out of the park this time with two of my favorite characters returning, Bobby (played by Jim Beaver) and Rufus (played by Steven Williams).  They’re not just my favorite; they’re two of the Famdom’s favorite too.

This was another MotW episode that will make you never want to do home improvement projects again.  The best line of the show happened even before “Then” appeared on my screen.

Knock, knock, knock.  Bobby flings open the door and there stands Rufus.  “Oh, good.  You’re home.  Listen, you gotta help me bury a body.”  Now, that’s #FriendshipGoals right there.  Of course, that scene is actually a flashback from S6E4 Weekend at Bobby’s…. but that doesn’t change the fact that it’s still the best line in the episode.

Sam and Dean investigate an attack on a child that left the little girl in a coma in the hospital and soon learn that Bobby and Rufus handled the same case a “handful of years ago” back when The Boys were trying to stave off The Apocalypse.  The entire episode is filled with scenes from both investigations as The Boys’ hunt mirrors that of the “Elder Statesmen”.

There are so many great moments that bring on cases of The Feels.  Once we learn that the MotW makes you see things that will keep you sad and heartbroken to make your soul weak and easy prey, Bobby is shown his boys (Our Boys) dead at the bottom of the stairs.  His response of “Oh, God” is full of pain and hit the whole Famdom hard… right in The Feels.  But, the one that hit me the hardest, was when Dean sees Bobby coming down the stairs.  *Smack* Right upside the feels… no no… I didn’t need those, I’ve got plenty more.  Thanks a lot Robbie Thompson (liberal use of the sarcasm font right there).

Oh Chuck, how I’ve missed Bobby, and even Rufus.  Thanks so much CW for the little visit with them… and showing us once again that just because you die on Supernatural, doesn’t mean you’re dead.

Speaking of Chuck, I made a small error in an earlier article.  In my defense, it was in the middle of Spring Hellatus and I was suffering severely from Winchester Withdrawals.  But, I said that the episode with the return of Chuck (played by Rob Benedict) was due to air on March 30th.  Actually, the episode S11E20 is due to air on MAY 4th.  Sorry about that… just another symptom of Winchester Withdrawals.

Next week, it’s the episode entitled Red Meat.  How could I forget it’s the one where Sam gets SHOT!  We’ll also see the return of Billie the Reaper (played by Lisa Berry).  Can’t wait to get smacked in The Feels again.

An Interview With British Director, Writer And Vfx Artist Luke Armstrong

 

It’s interview time on http://www.skatronixxx.com, this time we feature highly talented and all round nice guy Luke Armstrong. Luke is a friend of top supporter of the site Johnny Sachon and has worked with him on various projects in the past.

I approached Luke for an interview and he said yes. I thought Luke would be an interesting person to interview for the site, given his background in the film industry. After all how many people can say they’ve worked with Groot and James Bond? But that’s enough spoilers from me. Let’s read on and find out some more about Luke Armstrong!

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1) Can you tell us how you got into being a screenwriter / director?

I started making films on a little camcorder at age 14 having been into photography from a young age,and it became an obsession. Over the years I made stacks of silly films & VFX sketches with my friends and eventually I ended up doing a degree, winning some awards for my films and doing VFX professionally. Now I do a bit of both!

2) You’ve worked on top Hollywood films such as ‘Guardians Of the Galaxy’, ‘Edge Of Tomorrow’, ‘Iron Man 3 ‘Spectre’’ and ‘Skyfall’, what was it like working on such big films and do you have any interesting stories from working on these films?

Yeah it was a dream to work on some of those, particularly the Bond movies for me ­ I loved them as a kid, and seeing my work on the big screen and name in the credits of Skyfall was a highlight! It’s been a privilege working with the best in the business.

Lots but I’m sworn to secrecy. I think I can say I’ve been sent to set a few times. Once I went to Warner Brothers at short notice for Edge of Tomorrow. I walked right in between Tom Cruise and Doug Liman ­ I had no idea they were there, until a few moments later they went for a take, called action and he started talking! He is an incredible actor.

3) You worked with friend of ​www.skatronixxx.com ​Johnny Sachon on the movie ‘Shadows’, what was it like working on the film and are you still going to produce a feature length version?

I did! I enjoy working with him, we bounce ideas around and I think we enable each other. We recently made another short called ‘The Service’ which is a spy thriller (You can see Shadows & The Service here: http://inspired­-pictures.co.uk/). He’s a very good actor and I still think I have yet to get the best out of him as a director; I tend to neglect him on set because he’s so involved in the projects we do ­ and there is no time to finesse things on short films, but we’re actively working on the feature. It’s in the development phase at the moment and things are coming along nicely ­ I don’t like to say too much but I’m looking forward to being able to talk about it more soon!

4) How do you feel about Hollywood producing more and more sequels to tried and tested films, rather than perhaps giving fresher ideas a shot?

I think there’s no harm in sequels, some of the most beloved films are sequels or prequels; i.e. Star Wars, the Bond films ­ the Marvel films. We’re voting for them with our wallets. I would definitely like to see more small and medium sized films getting made too, and given a decent chunk of cash for marketing & theatrical run!

5) Do you have any fun stories from set?

When we were filming ‘Shadows’, we had paid to close a street to film a shootout between the Police and our characters. In the middle of the gunfire, this girl came out and told us she was moving house and a lorry was coming any minute ­ right in the middle of where we were shooting. We hadn’t planned for that and only had one day at the location to get everything shot ­ I was cracking up with laughter. You couldn’t make it up! Well the lorry turned out to be a small van, and we got our police stunt guys (in costume, with replica weapons hanging from their necks) to move all her things out of her house and into the van. She was amused and so were the small crowd of local residents who had gathered to watch us! it was all over within five minutes and we got back to the less serious business of filming.

6) You’ve been round the festival circuit, can you tell me anything about what these festivals are like, and how someone would go about entering a film into a festival?

Its all about picking the right festivals and finding out what they offer ­ if you want exposure, or awards, you may enter different festivals than if you want to sell your film. You may want to choose festivals that recognise films for awards at the end, and are competently run. Some don’t, and aren’t!

We had one experience where a festival invited us for a test screening at the cinema they were using all was correct. When it came to screening, they used a different screen and our film was badly cropped!

It can be devastating when you take the time to make decisions about fine details, get into the cinema and see your film is being projected wrong ­ the picture is cropped, the sound is off or whatever; after so much effort went into framing that way or mixing the sound so it wouldn’t be too quiet.

It’s also important to choose festivals that are a good fit for your genre. If you make a sci­fi film it is much harder to distribute on the festival circuit than a more classical drama ­ there are just less festivals willing to accept them. There are services out there like withoutabox and film freeway that will make life easy for you when submitting.

7) Can you tell us about the Sci­Fi London ’48 Hour Film Challenge’ ?

It involves a lot of caffeine, hysterical and delirious behaviour in the middle of the night ­ suddenly the most mundane things become hilarious when sleep deprived at 4:30 am. It’s more about the doing than the end result I think. Everyone should try it at least once. We had a blast! Here was our entry from last year:

8) What can we expect to see from you in 2016?

I’m working on a music video for an insanely talented musician which should be all wrapped up in the next couple of months. I’m also working on the Shadows feature of course, which is taking up a lot of my time. Watch this space ­ http://www.lukefilm.co.uk

9) Tell our readers one fact about yourself that they may not already know?

I lived in England, Scotland, Texas, and Singapore as a kid.

10) Finally what advice would you have for an upcoming screenwriter / director ?

Just make films ­ have fun doing it, hone your craft and don’t worry about what people will like. You can do it with next to nothing. Listen to feedback, and any bit of good advice you can get from anyone in the industry can be really valuable. I enjoy watching my friends films and meeting other filmmakers and asking them about their experiences. Filmmakers always have fun stories from set.

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For more information about Luke, check out his IMDB page here and find out more about his upcoming projects on his homepage as well.  Don’t be shy go say hi, check out Luke on twitter here and tell him ‘Skatronixxx sent me’.

Trailer Review: Alice Through The Looking Glass

Starring: Johnny Depp, Sacha Baron Cohen, Anne Hathaway, Helena Bonham Carter, Alan Rickman, Mia Wasikowska

Director: James Bobin, Writer: Linda Woolverton, Producer: Tim Burton, Music: Danny Elfman

Following on from the huge success of Alice in Wonderland, Tim Burton returns us to the world of Alice and her friends. This trailer offers us a sneak peek at what has happened to Wonderland following the events of the last film. It appears that the land down the rabbit hole is in trouble and the Mad Hatter desperately needs Alice’s help.

Just as Alice in Wonderland was, this film looks to be as visually stunning as the last, yet it presents a darker edge. As you’d expect from Tim Burton, his wild imagining of Lewis Carroll’s fantastical tale takes us through epic landscapes exquisitely imagined through some of the best CGI work that has, arguably, remained unmatched since his last ‘Alice’, blending live action with the cartoon-like, often hallucinogenic, imagery that has become his trademark.

With a stellar cast that brings Johnny Depp and Helena Bonham-Carter back together (lets face it, it wouldn’t really be a Tim Burton film without these two stunning actors together!), this new film also brings new players to the stage. Sascha Baron-Cohen plays Time and looks (from the trailer alone) to bring his unique style to the film. Also, it’s a chance to hear the unmistakable tones of Alan Rickman for perhaps his last role before his untimely death earlier this year.

Lets face it, based on the previous film that Tim Burton produced from the deliciously bonkers source material, who could argue that this is probably going to be one of the most anticipated films of 2016 that ISN’T based on a comic book character………

This is definitely going to a be a firm favourite of anyone who loved the books and the previous film. At the end of the day, who doesn’t love a bit of escapism?? If you haven’t seen Alice in Wonderland, for goodness sake watch it before this comes out. You won’t be disappointed and it appears that this new offering isn’t going to disappoint either, based purely on the trailer alone.

Watch the trailer here:

Alice Through the Looking Glass is released in cinemas UK-wide on 27th May 2016.

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