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Into the Badlands packed a one-two punch with its return to television this week, delivering two episodes for its midseason return to the air, with the second one airing tonight — and if we thought the situation was going to be easier for our favorite characters, this series shows no signs of stopping, especially for the Widow (Emily Beecham), who got to experience a very personal vision of what her life would have been like if she'd always been in possession of the gift.

Spoiler Warning: If you haven't watched the Season three episode of Into the Badlands, “Raven's Feather, Phoenix Blood” you might want to turn back now. Besides, as we all know: No one escapes the Badlands.

Did you think I was making it all up when I said we got double the Badlands this week? You should all know you can trust me by now, because I never lie when it comes to this show. After this week, we'll be dropping back to your typical once-a-week airing, but let's just bask in all the goodness we get from back-to-back episodes for now.

What are the greatest questions in geekdom, and who shall debate them? Why, we will, of course. It’s kind of what we do in The Great Debate, SYFY WIRE’s recurring show that pits geeky comedians against each other to settle all of the burning questions that no one really asked.

If you’re like, totally clueless about what might have happened to Cher and Josh after she caught the bouquet (and he won the bet) in Amy Heckerling's classic '90s film Clueless, stars Alicia Silverstone and Paul Rudd have their own take.

Over two decades ago, Jim Lee was already a legend in the comic book industry from his run on the X-Men and co-founding Image Comics. In 1998, Lee sold his studio, Wildstorm, to DC Comics in order to focus on illustrating comics again. While he worked on a few projects in the intervening years, it wasn’t until 2002 that readers were able to enjoy his work on a monthly basis again.

Just when it looked like Oliver had found a new sister to bond with, things take a surprising turn this week as we learn a whole lot more about Emiko — and turns out she’s definitely no Thea Queen.

Spoilers ahead for “Inheritance,” the latest episode of The CW’s Arrow, which aired Monday,  March 25, 2019.

Turns out Emiko isn’t just working for the Ninth Circle — she’s running it.

For decades, the comics industry struggled with the perception that comics were just for kids, yet most people buying comics were men aged 20 and up. This led to a variety of failed attempts to get comics to readers aged 12 and below.

We're in a brand new week, and if you thought I was going to be about anything other than Into the Badlands returning for its final eight episodes, you are sorely mistaken. It's a bittersweet experience, knowing that the show is going to be over and done with soon, but you can bet I'm going to be here helping you to savor the time we have left; you can check out my recaps and exclusive post-mortems over here.

While Apple was busy making a play today for its own gaming service, the folks at Sony also unveiled a host of new games for both its VR and PS4 platforms, along with a host of other announcements at the company's State of Play Livestream earlier today. 

Michael B. Jordan will play a man who's more than 400 years old in Methuselah, a Warner Bros. Pictures project that has been in development almost as long.

“Who needs the trinity anyway? The Legends are super enough!” Our thoughts exactly. (Okay, not exactly; as much as we adore the Legends of Tomorrow, we also love Arrow, The Flash, and Supergirl.)

You may have noticed over the past couple of millennia or so that in some parts of the world, women get treated like total freaking crap. From big damn deals like human rights violations to little stuff like, oh, constantly devaluing anything perceived as feminine, the real world is a bonkers minefield of misery that no woman ever truly survives. The teen years are especially brutal, as girls are under immense pressure to be wise beyond their years, and are expected to react to situations and make critical decisions as though they were adult women with decades of life experience.

Clutching the Precious to set out on his own, Gollum will scurry across Middle-earth for a solo adventure in Lord of the Rings: Gollum, a just-announced new game from developer Daedalic Entertainment.

The big Apple Event took place today on their campus in Cupertino, and SYFY FANGRRLS was lucky enough to get a firsthand look at all the big entertainment news from the tech giant. We learned some official news about the long-rumored streaming service, as well as the info on the many upcoming exclusive series and films, and there were a few surprises along the way. A plethora of A-List celebrities like Oprah, Jennifer Aniston, Steven Spielberg, and J.J. Abrams made appearances too, and we're summarizing some of the most notable announcements.

Plenty of focus has been paid to representation when it comes to the creators of work across mediums, but when it comes to women in literature specifically, a new study shows how the authors are treated in the coverage and promotion of their work. 

It wasn't just Peter Parker who got bitten by a radioactive spider on that infamous field trip. Even hardcore Spider-Man fans often forget about what happened to his classmate Cindy Moon, aka Silk.

Submitted for your approval: the official Twitter feed of Jordan Peele’s reboot of The Twilight Zone for CBS All Access has posted two new episode-centric trailers taking you to another dimension not only of sight and sound but of mind. The first one is for "The Comedian," starring Kumail Nanjiani.

It's been 20 years since The Matrix first stunned the world with its game-changing action style, a brilliant blend of balletic martial arts moves and groundbreaking visual effects. The fight scenes were like nothing most audiences had ever seen before, but making all that action happen wasn't as simple as just hitting a button and downloading all those slick Kung Fu skills.

It’s no secret that Ororo Munroe is a FANGRRLS favorite. This is a woman that has been around the world and even a pretty fair amount of the galaxy yet she remains perhaps the most emotionally grounded X-Man. She’s an omega level mutant and finds herself regularly seated at tables of Marvel’s most powerful players. She has done everything from pickpocket to queen. She is kind of the best.

You might recognize Nolan North from his voice, because it's Desmond Miles from Assassin's Creed, a character he also sort of looks like. He could probably do a sick Desmond cosplay.

Today, Apple released more exciting details on its upcoming ad-free subscription streaming service, which is officially called "Apple TV+" and will launch in the fall. Over the last several years, the tech company has been ordering/developing a full docket of original genre programming.

Game of Thrones has come a long way over the past eight years, and for proof, all you need to do is look back at Season 1's biggest moment. In hindsight, it's not exactly as "big" as it might've seemed. 

Apple is making a big move into gaming. At a special event at the Steve Jobs Theater in Cupertino, California, Apple unveiled a unique video game subscription service, Apple Arcade, for all iOS devices: iPhones, iPads, Macbook laptops.

If you were a kid in the late '70s then you likely had Star Wars fever, meaning that anything space-related was a big deal in your life. You wanted the giant Millennium Falcon toy that nobody had enough money for. You pretended those metal structures at the playground were spaceships. You probably also watched Battle of the Planets.

One of the reasons why Cory Doctorow is an intriguing interview subject is that he always has more to say about the really big ideas behind his writings. At C2E2, Doctorow was essentially there to plug his new book, Radicalized, a collection of four novellas. Naturally, Doctorow did promote his latest work, but he did it within the framework of a conversation that touched upon much deeper themes. Among other topics, Doctorow shared his belief that both optimism and pessimism are fatalistic. Instead, Doctorow places a much higher value on hope.

As if Netflix didn’t have enough horror series keeping fans up at night, the streaming service just released production photos from Uma Thurman’s upcoming horror show Chambers — and they won’t be helping anyone’s insomnia.

Jean Grey is easily one of the most misunderstood characters in all of genre history, and it’s pretty easy to see why that is. Her first many years were spent as “the girl” of the X-Men during the Silver Age, then when she finally got a truly iconic storyline with the Phoenix Saga, she was later retconned right back out of it. References and reboots of that story have been occurring and repeating themselves for decades at this point, and so for potential new fans of Jean Grey, there hasn’t been a whole lot to hang onto when it comes to definitive character arcs.

Just a few years ago, Black Panther wasn't considered one of Marvel's A-list superheroes. But after his debut in Captain America: Civil War and his blockbuster solo film, T'Challa has finally taken his place among Marvel's elite characters.

What's the first thing you do when you find out you've been cast as the latest addition in a long line of live-action Supermen? Go to Vegas, obviously.

That was only one of the insights that actor Tyler Hoechlin shared with SYFY FANGRRLS during our chat at C2E2, when asked about where he was and what he was doing when he learned he'd won the recurring role of Superman on The CW's Supergirl — later to become an appearance across the entire Arrowverse during the "Elseworlds" event that spanned all four of the network's superhero shows.

We’ll still be able to wax on, wax off, and paint the fence — at least for now — but Cobra Kai and other scripted YouTube Premium series are getting plenty of buzz as conflicting reports swirl about the web giant’s plans for more original content.

March is Women's History Month. And while here on SYFY FANGRRLS we celebrate women's achievements throughout the year, we're going above and beyond for the upcoming month with a limited podcast series called Forgotten Women of Genre.

When the cast of the podcast and web show Critical Role launched their first Kickstarter campaign, they were looking for $750,000 to fund two episodes of an animated show based on their game of Dungeons & Dragons. They started the fundraiser with modest ambitions, uncertain how much their fans would be willing to shell out.

Like many other great directors, Jordan Peele likes to make cameo appearances in his films. Unlike many of those directors, he chooses to make his cameos offscreen only.

**Spoiler Warning: There are spoilers for Us below.**

Since the theatrical release and mixed reception to Justice League, director Zack Snyder has been steadily dropping little tidbits about his grand plans for the DCEU that we'll never get to see.

Before the Marvel Cinematic Universe, there were the Blade movies — films in which Wesley Snipes plays the eponymous Marvel character, a half-human/half-vampire daywalker whose mission in life is to be cool and kill vampires. The first movie was a cult success when it came out in 1998, so it was only natural that a sequel, Blade II, hit theaters four years later...

The upcoming western/horror film The Wind chronicles the psychological torture of life on the isolated American plains. Now, ahead of the film's release on April 5, you can experience what life was like with a playable eight-bit video game trailer.

The gaming wars of the next generation have begun in earnest as Google’s foray into the world of video games has now served as a run-up to news of new offerings from console heavy hitters Sony, Microsoft, and Nintendo. Nintendo has long been the option for quirky, niche, and youth-skewing gaming, so its consoles have prized unique gameplay and convenience over raw processing power or online prowess.

What if, rather than being slowly subjugated and replaced by robots, The Stepford Wives had actually gotten to fight back against their oppressors? What if Samantha from Bewitched had joined a coven and bounced on suburbia? What if Offred in The Handmaid's Tale had been a witch with incredible power who freed herself in the first 20 pages of the book?

This year's C2E2 had a wealth of sci-fi and comic book panels and guests. But did anyone really think we'd pass up the opportunity to talk with the cast of Clueless? As if! While the 25th anniversary of the iconic coming-of-age comedy isn't until next year, Alicia Silverstone, Breckin Meyer, and Donald Faison were special guests on the Live Stage, where they shared their stories about the film.

There are few figures in contemporary film music more iconic than Danny Elfman, and few collaborations more lasting and fruitful than his with Tim Burton. From Pee-Wee's Big Adventure to Batman to Big Fish to Alice in Wonderland, their work has become synonymous with each other's, which is why it's no surprise that they reunited once again for Burton's live-action update of the 1946 Disney animated movie Dumbo.

Captain Marvel’s '90s aesthetic is so flawless it will send the nostalgic into fits of rapture. I, personally, lost my mind when Carol became the world’s first GameBoy modder.

But that pitch-perfect aesthetic means that it is easy to forget that Carol herself is not a woman of the '90s, but of the late '80s. That Nine Inch Nails shirt is mighty fine, but it doesn’t necessarily reflect Carol’s personal taste in music.

Snow has finally come to the deep south as The Walking Dead creeps toward another game-changing season finale. But when winter sets in, there’ll be fewer heads for it to descend on — thanks to the surprise exit this week of three characters whose deaths were almost impossible to see coming.

From NSFW imaginary friends to Mark Hamill's return to the small screen, it's a big week in TV. Oh, and that's not even mentioning more Lex Luthor and the season finale of the post-Rick Walking Dead.

Every month, SYFY WIRE will be bringing you the solicitations for all the upcoming comic books you need to know about. Today we have Dark Horse Comics listings for June 2019 single-issue comics.

Casual WWE fans may not realize it, but Kenny Omega and the Young Bucks (Matt and Nick Jackson) are three of the best professional wrestlers in the world. And they're not satisfied by the current wrestling promotions, so they're forming their own company: All Elite Wrestling. Additionally, AEW's first show will be Double or Nothing, the follow-up to their indie supercard, All In.

Before anything else happened, Overwatch voice actresses Jennifer Hale (Ashe), Lucie Pohl (Mercy) and Carolina Ravassa (Sombra) freaked out at a BOB in the audience. He couldn't have been hard to single out, since BOB looks like a friendly Cyberman if Cyberman had beards, mustaches and cowboy hats.

That should tell you something about how things were going to go down on the Live Stage.

On December 18, 2018, at 23:48:20 UTC, an asteroid entered Earth’s atmosphere above the Bering Sea, just east of the Kamchatka Peninsula. It wasn’t terribly big, but, since it was moving at a staggering 32 kilometers per second — about 115,000 kilometers per hour — its energy of motion (what scientists call its kinetic energy) was quite respectable.

If you don't know who Svengoolie is — skeleton pin, rubber chicken, top hat and all — you're probably not a horror fan.

The legendary host (or is it ghost?) also known as Jerry Bishop dropped by the SYFY WIRE Live Stage at C2E2 2019 to scare up some memories that have been haunting him from his 40 years on screen... even he can't believe his show and character have actually been lurking on TV for that long.

Over 25 years ago, Amy Jo Johnson became famous for playing Kimberly Hart, the original Pink Ranger on Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. While Johnson subsequently starred in Felicity, The Division, and Flashpoint, her turn as the Pink Ranger is still her best known role.

If there's one name that’s synonymous with the X-Men, it’s Chris Claremont. Back in 1975, Claremont joined the Uncanny X-Men creative team shortly after the book was restarted with new characters. Claremont guided the X-Men for the next 16 years while adding and co-creating dozens of Marvel’s most popular mutant heroes. It's an unmatched run and a legacy that still holds up to this day.

Spoiler Warning: If you haven't watched the Season 3 episode of Into the Badlands, “Chamber of the Scorpion” you might want to turn back now. Besides, as we all know: No one escapes the Badlands.

Badlands fans, you've been waiting long enough and now the moment is finally here: it's the midseason premiere! Best of all, this blessed return is only the first of a two-part premiere, with the second episode rolling out tomorrow night — so we get double our faves as the show charges towards what promises to be a bittersweet series finale. 

The wait is over, Badlands fans.

If you’ve been watching Star Trek: Discovery this season, you’ve been set up with high expectations for the rest of Season 2.

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