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STRANGER THINGS Season 1 Gets Remade Into a LEGO Highlight Reel

Even though Stranger Things season 2 is already on the verge of production, it’s still going to be hard waiting for the next story. But the Stranger Things fans haven’t let go of the show, and it seems like there’s almost always something new popping up as a tribute to Netflix’s latest signature series. Now, the first season has been remade as a LEGO highlight reel!

Bookshelf Productions has released its LEGO Stranger Things video, which primarily focuses on the early part of the season. In fact, it takes about two minutes to get past the events of the first episode! It’s by no means a comprehensive overview of the show to date, but there are spoilers in there for anyone who hasn’t watched the series.

Almost all of the major characters are represented in this video, even poor, doomed Barb, who sits on the side of the pool while the Demogorgon sneaks up on her. One of the more frustrating omissions in this video is that it left out most of the final battle with the Demogorgon, while leaving us with only a glimpse of Nancy, Jonathan, and Steve’s confrontation in the Byers’ house.

That said, most of the show’s iconic moments are here, including Mike’s Christmas lights message for his mom, Joyce; and the famous van flipping scene from late in the season. Even in LEGO form, it’s just a bad idea to mess with a telekinetic girl like Eleven.

What did you think about this video? And which moments from the first season do you want to see recreated in LEGO? Leave us a message in the comment section below!

Image: Bookshelf Productions

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Who Will Be the Cyborg Superman on SUPERGIRL?

Earlier this season, Supergirl finally introduced Tyler Hoechlin as TV’s latest Superman. And now, the series is poised to introduce the Cyborg Superman, one of the biggest villains to menace the House of El. The CW has confirmed the Cyborg Superman will make his first appearance on the series in the seventh episode of the second season, but it’s been less forthcoming about who will portray Supergirl’s new nemesis.

Via ComicBook.com, the official description for “The Darkest Place” says that “Supergirl (Melissa Benoist) heads out on a solo mission to rescue Mon-El (Chris Wood) who has been captured by CADMUS. While fighting to free Mon-El, Supergirl comes face to face with Cyborg Superman.” Given that no guest actor was listed for Cyborg Superman, we’re guessing that it means he is someone whom the audience has already met on the show.

In DC’s comic book universe, Cyborg Superman was introduced as Hank Henshaw, an astronaut whose body was destroyed after he and his crew went on a doomed space mission. Henshaw’s mind lived on inside of Superman’s birthing matrix, and he took on the Cyborg Superman identity after the real Superman was killed battling Doomsday. For a while, the Cyborg even fooled the general public into believing that he was the real Superman while the other three replacement heroes were impostors. The Cyborg exposed his true nature during an alien invasion that destroyed Green Lantern’s hometown and nearly turned Earth into a new War World. After Superman’s eventual return from the dead, Henshaw continued to use the Cyborg Superman body to battle the Man of Steel.

David Harewood was cast on Supergirl as Hank Henshaw, which teased his turn into the Cyborg Superman last season before revealing that he was secretly the Martian Manhunter. While the real Henshaw’s death would seemingly rule out his being the Cyborg Superman on this show, there’s always the possibility that Henshaw isn’t as dead as we were led to believe. Even in comics, the deceased heroes and villains rarely stay that way. Why should it be any different on TV?

More recently, DC’s New 52 Cyborg Superman was re-envisioned as Zor-El, Supergirl’s father. We suspect that connection may remain with the TV series, simply because it gives Supergirl/Kara Danvers a more personal stake in the battle against him. Robert Gant briefly played Zor-El on Supergirl, and he could potentially return.

But our money is on Dean Cain, the former Superman from the ’90s series Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman. On this show, Cain has portrayed Jeremiah Danvers, the missing father/adoptive father of Alex and Kara. We already know that Jeremiah has been held by CADMUS for decades, and it would be almost too irresistible to see him wearing the Superman “S” again, even if the Cyborg Superman only uses it as a way to mock the last children of Krypton. Jeremiah’s Cyborg Superman would also be great choice for the main “Big Bad” of this season.

The seventh episode of Supergirl season 2 will air on Monday, November 21.

Who do you think will be the Cyborg Superman on Supergirl? Share your theories below!

Image: DC Comics

Why There Should Be a HAWKEYE Netflix Series

In a recent interview with IGN to promote Arrival, Jeremy Renner hinted once again that he would be up for a Netflix series dedicated to the Avengers’ resident archer, Hawkeye. Even though it may be difficult to schedule with Renner’s big-time movie star career, this is a great idea. As he’s one of the few heroes of the MCU to rely on zero superpowers, a 13-episode season of Hawkeye would give us some insight into what it’s like to be the most normal part of an abnormal world. Netflix has done some amazing and grounded storytelling of heroes with powers, helping the audience to feel their humanity, but fans deserve a story that also showcases the extraordinary in those without powers.

Hawkeye said it best in Avengers: Age of Ultron, “The city is flying. We’re fighting an army of robots. I have a bow and arrow. None of this makes sense.” A more self-aware statement has never been said. Hawkeye understands that he is in over his head. He’s fought off an alien invasion, as well the above-mentioned army of robots. He even went toe to toe with an Infinity Stone when he fought the Vision in Civil War. So far, all we have received are one-liners from Hawkeye as to what he feels about all of it. A TV series could give us more insight into what he is thinking as he is heading into these epic battles, knowing that he is going to be outgunned almost every single time, but going in anyways.

When Hawkeye goes off with his teammates, he is leaving a LOT behind in the form of his wife and three children. For most of the Avengers, all they have are each other, so it’s easy for them to jump into the fray. What drives a man with so much to lose to take those same risks? Netflix would provide the venue, possibly via flashback, as to why Hawkeye would still be an Avenger while being a husband and father. It would also provide an opportunity for Laura Barton’s character to be developed more, showing the audience what emotions come with seeing a loved one fight the battles that no one else can.

From the Kingpin to the Purple Man, and to some extent even the Punisher, the villains of the Netflix TV universe are the most interesting and developed in the MCU. Since Hawkeye doesn’t have an arch villain of his own (like Red Skull or Loki), this would give Marvel the chance to either take a lower-tiered villain and give him or her a makeover (much like they did with Batroc in Winter Soldier) or even create an original character from scratch to put Hawkeye through his paces.

Also, for a few years in the comics, Hawkeye was dead and a young girl named Kate Bishop took up the mantle of Hawkeye. Today, they both share the name, with Clint acting as Kate’s mentor of sorts (most of the time it’s vice versa). Netflix would not only be the perfect place to introduce her character, but also set Kate up as Clint’s eventual replacement as Hawkeye in the MCU. Clint has referenced wanting to retire in his last two appearances (which he obviously failed to do), so being able to have someone he can trust take his place could make that decision even easier. Doing this would also add to the growing diversity that Marvel is slowly but surely trying to achieve with their properties.

But would that sort of crossover make sense? Well, the Netflix Marvel series are the most grounded of any of the MCU properties. Every series so far has taken place in New York City, with no mention of outer space or another dimension. But with Hawkeye being the most grounded of the Avengers, his potential Netflix series would be a perfect link between the epic scale of the movies and the somewhat more reality based stories of the TV shows. Ironically, this would be the hardest point to achieve with this Netflix series. With Defenders currently filming, then each one going off to film their individual seasons, would there be time to fit in meeting an Avenger? The other concern would be the PG-13 world of the movies colliding with the borderline R-rated TV shows. How would families that go to see these movies together react when one of the Avengers enters the world where violence seems to reign supreme? Netflix would have to decide either to leave Hawkeye as a series separate from the Defenders,  or else address the violence enacted by these characters should they appear. I feel that Marvel has the creativity necessary to create these interactions without making it seem like fans are watching watered down versions of Daredevil, Jessica Jones, or Luke Cage.

While there is no word as to what Hawkeye’s fate will be following Infinity War, the possibility of a Netflix series could turn the least powerful Avenger into the most compelling.

So what do you think? Would you check out 13 episodes of “Hawkguy”? Let me know on Twitter or sound off in the comments below.

Images: Marvel/Disney/Netflix

Here are a few more things a potential show could cover:

Marvel at This Incredibly Intricate OVERWATCH Cosplay

It’s probably no surprise that we here at Nerdist absolutely love fandom of any sort. And when a die-hard fan takes their love of something and applies it to other nerdy endeavors (say… combining the love of video games and cosplay) well we just can’t help but gush about it for all to see! So when something like this Euro Cosplay award-winning Pharah cosplay design from Overwatch comes along, we simply have to celebrate how awesome it is.

Created by professional gamer and cosplayer Germia from the Czech Republic, this Anubis form of Overwatch’s Pharah looks about as accurate to the game skin as anyone could get it. Not one to just look the part, Germia’s armor comes complete with servos that activate her wings and shoulder-mounted missiles making her someone we definitely wouldn’t want to be up against in combat. As purveyors of cosplay ourselves, we’re hard-pressed to find anything that isn’t spot-on to the game version. Other than, you know, functioning flight capabilities and ballistic weapons systems.

For any aspiring cosplayers out there, Germia is awesome enough to document the builds that go into her final outfits in fairly thorough detail on her Facebook page. There, you can view her galleries of this and other builds that all offer insight into how everything is put together. What really impresses us is the integration of remote controlled servos and how compact everything appears to be.



There’s not a thing, as far as we can see, that seems to be compromised in terms of form and function over fitting lights or mechanical flourishes into the designs. In our book, Germia is doing some fantastic work and we can’t wait to see what she comes up with in the future.

What characters from Overwatch would you love to see in cosplay form? Let’s discuss in the comments below!

Featured Image: Blizzard Entertainment

Scientist Builds Robot Designed To Intentionally Inflict Pain

Legendary sci-fi novelist Isaac Asimov didn’t invent the concept of robots, but his Three Laws of Robotics have proven to be a popular way to address the potential threat of humanity’s artificial creations. Seven decades after Asimov introduced his Three Laws, the art of robotics hasn’t yet achieved its peak. But now, a scientist has created what may be the first non-military robot that was specifically built to break Asimov’s First Law: “A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.”

Via Fast Company, robot designer Alexander Reben spoke about his tabletop First Law robot, which he unveiled earlier this year. Somehow, we don’t think that Skynet will enlist this device in its eventual war on humanity. It’s just a simple machine that detects when a fingertip has been placed on its sensor. Once that happens, the robot will either stab the person with a needle or it will take no action at all. It’s not an automatic response, and it’s not really a decision either. But Reben argues that the randomness of the robot’s assault makes it unique.

“No one’s actually made a robot that was built to intentionally hurt and injure someone,” said Reben. “I wanted to make a robot that does this that actually exists…That was important to, to take it out of the thought experiment realm into reality, because once something exists in the world, you have to confront it. It becomes more urgent. You can’t just pontificate about it.”

The report did point out that robots have actually killed a handful of humans during industrial accidents. But it wasn’t as if those machines had a thought process or an artificial intelligence telling them to destroy their makers. They were simply tragic mistakes. Even Reben’s machine is pretty crude by the standards of modern robotics. It may strike randomly, but it doesn’t really think.

It may not be currently possible to create an autonomous robot that could actually decide whether to kill or spare humanity, but the idea that it could eventually be real is terrifying. But it’s not as if scientists are unaware of how dangerous it could be, and Reben appears to be trying to start a conversation about how to deal with that long before it becomes a reality. On his website, Reben added that “now that this class of robot exists, it will have to be confronted.”

While speaking with Fast Company, Reben elaborated on his hope that experts in ethics, engineering, law, and philosophy will eventually “come together…[and] solve some of these problems that no one of them can wrap their heads around or solve completely.” In theory, that could happen…it’s just not very likely. We don’t live in a world that easily handles these theoretical issues before they become actual problems. Asimov may have had the right idea about how to handle the issue of robotic ethics, but there’s no way to make sure that future inventors will follow his suggestions.

How do you feel about Reben’s robot experiment? Let’s discuss in the comment section below!

Image: Alexander Reben

Weekend Earworms: Baseball Songs for Any Occasion

An estimated 92% of us experience earworms. Despite the annoying times we can’t get a chorus or a hook of an overplayed pop song out of our heads, getting a really good earworm stuck can be one of the best things, ever. We here at Nerdist are dead set on bringing you those types of songs—even if only for the weekend. So shove this into your grey matter!

Well, the city I call home is surprisingly still standing after the Chicago Cubs won their first World Series in over 100 years. As I’ve explained before, I’m not much of a fan of watching sports, but I do enjoy the celebration behind something so historic. The Cubs winning has brought a smile to almost every Chicago resident over the past few days and it was a sight to see the massive amount of people that showed up for their victory rally. Continuing on with that celebratory mindset (and since Nerdoween is sadly over) this week’s column is chock full of baseball tunes!

John Fogerty “Centerfield”

I’m not going to pretend there is a “definitive” baseball anthem because the personal preferences surrounding baseball related music are just about as varied as fandom for a particular team. However, as someone without a favorite team, I suppose today’s picks are as impartial as possible. I simply decided on songs that exude baseball nostalgia even for those who aren’t fans. John Fogerty’s 1985 hit “Centerfield” surely fits that criteria, as it’s one of those songs that we all seem to learn by osmosis, never really paying attention to it but still, somehow, knowing all the words. Okay, well maybe just the chorus.

Dropkick Murphys “Tessie”

Alright, I know how divisive this song (and Red Sox fandom) can be. Along with Neil Diamond’s “Sweet Caroline”, these two songs are probably two of the most invasive earworms in the baseball world. Having lived in Rhode Island till 2008, I know first hand how deviously these can work their way into your head. BAH BAH BAHHHHH!!!! Dammit. I’m sorry. It’s the Diamond song. Get’s me every time. However, even if you’re not a fan, “Tessie” is a song to be appreciated. At first listen you may only think it’s an everyday punk song about the Red Sox, but the story behind it is what makes it so neat. Taking its name and a good portion of the lyrics from an early 1900s song “Tessie (You Are the Only, Only, Only)”, it revitalized a centuries-old Boston tradition: annoying the crap out of people.

The original song was used by the Royal Rooters fan club to taunt the Pittsburgh Pirates during the 1903 World Series and, at least anecdotally, was said to have worked by one of the Pirates. Other than that neat bit of history securing my fellow New Englander’s reputations as the OG trolls of America, you’ve got to admit the song is catchy and one hell of a rally cry for the Boston Red Sox.

Vulfpeck “1 for 1, DiMaggio”

If you’re a fan of this column, you’re probably aware of my recent obsession with Vulfpeck and the infectious pop/funk they produce. So it’s got to be kismet that they recently released a new album that just so happens to have a song about baseball on it. Is it wrong to want this song to be incorporated into every ballgame somehow? Maybe, in addition to the 7th inning stretch, teams could incorporate some sort of 4th inning dance party to this song.

Terry Cashman “Talkin’ Baseball (Willie, Mickey & The Duke)”

Is it too presumptuous to think that almost everyone with access to the internet has, at some point, heard some part of this song? I’m sure this is played at every MLB ball field or adjacent bar in America in some capacity. Those who haven’t heard it, rare as they may be, are most likely otherwise covered by hearing the parody from the 1992 episode of The Simpsons “Homer at the Bat.” What’s not to love about a song that recounts all manner of Baseball players and events from the MLB? Nothing, that’s what. This song is great.

Well, I’m still not a baseball fan (sorry to almost everyone I know), but there’s a lot to love about the game and the music it inspires. What are your favorite baseball-oriented songs? Share them in the comments below!

Image: Fox

Bill Murray Sang Alongside the Chicago Cubs on SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE

The extent of Saturday Night Live‘s take on Chicago team sports used to begin and end with “Da Bullsss” and “Da Bearss,” and feature Chris Farley faking a heart attack after stuffing his face, but like everyone else in America (except perhaps diehard Cleveland fans), they just couldn’t stay cynical in the wake of the Chicago Cubs‘ massive underdog victory this past week.

Not that they didn’t try, necessarily–the team’s Anthony Rizzo, David Ross, and Dexter Fowler initially appeared on a skit that involved humping a dead grandmother, played by Aidy Bryant:

Fortunately, that wasn’t all. At the end of Weekend Update, in a moment bizarrely set up as the finals of The Voice (though not, we were informed, the famous show by that name), Rizzo, Ross, and Fowler appeared again, but this time they had a fourth man on the team.

Arguably upstaging fellow alumnus Dana Carvey, who had returned earlier as the Church Lady, Bill Murray led the Cubs players in a rousing rendition of “Go, Cubs, Go!”, in an attempt to outdo his rendition of “Take Me Out to the Ballgame” at game 3 of the World Series…which he did in his version of Daffy Duck’s voice. This time, however, there was no need to fire up the crowd, as victory had already been achieved, and the fans were happy to see one of the show’s earliest breakthrough stars back home. So it’s all fairly chill and joyful. Check out the footage above.

Even if you’re not a Cubs fan, Bill Murray in a funny hat is worth watching. His fun was infectious.

Were you happy to see Bill Murray again? Should he have done more? Go, readers, go, to comments below and let us know.

Images: NBC

STAR WARS REBELS Recap: Meet the “Imperial Supercommandos”

Warning: This recap contains spoilers for the Star Wars Rebels episode “Imperial Supercommandos.” Jump into hyperspace and away from this page if you haven’t watched the episode yet.

Star Wars Rebels has been hinting recently at more of Sabine’s backstory and Mandalorian history. We met Fenn Rau in season two and learned Sabine was part of House Vizsla; now, “Imperial Supercommandos” has brought one of those aspects back into play. The Rebels have been holding Rau since they started using Concord Dawn as a waypoint of sorts, and Sabine has been continually trying to get Rau to join their cause. Some drastic action makes Rau see her point of view in this episode.

When the Rebels lose communication with Concord Dawn, Sabine, Ezra, Chopper, and Rau go to investigate. I viewed this as another example of how the Rebellion has a desperate, “we’ll take anyone or anything that breathes” attitude towards recruitment. Rau’s not exactly a prisoner, but he’s not free to come and go. I understand he’s important to Concord Dawn, but I don’t know whether I would have allowed him to be part of the recon mission. But go he did, and when Ezra slacked on his guard duties, Rau escaped. Obviously. It’s okay though because Rau escaping meant Chopper giving Ezra grief for screwing up, and I’m always pleased to see those scenes.

Rau got the Phantom II to Concord Dawn but discovered the Mandalorian base was in ruins. It had the smell of a trap, and sure enough, the Empire arrived within minutes. However, they didn’t send a fleet of Star Destroyers–they sent a fleet of people. Enter the Imperial Supercommandos, Mandalorians that have pledged allegiance to the Empire.

The leader of the Supercommandos is an interesting fellow. Viceroy Gar Saxon, voiced by Ray Stevenson, has appeared in the Star Wars universe before. He showed up in the comic Darth Maul: Son of Dathomir as part of the squad responsible for extracting Darth Maul from the Spire on Stygeon Prime. Years later, he’s still working whatever angle will give him the most power and he has his eye on Concord Dawn and Fenn Rau.

I’m not positive if Ezra intentionally gave himself up so Sabine and Rau could get away from the Mandos, but it’s what happened. He fed lies to Saxon during interrogation and tried his best to fly casual, as it were. Saxon knew Ezra was lying about being a scavenger working with Hondo and about being Lando Calrissian, but as he pointed out, he learned useful information from Ezra’s fibs.

The only way Saxon got any information out of Ezra was to threaten Chopper. It’s an intriguing tactic. Based on what we saw of AP-5’s treatment in “The Forgotten Droid,” I get the impression the Empire doesn’t view droids in the same way as the Rebellion. Threatening an Imperial’s droid likely wouldn’t elicit any response, but if you threaten a Rebel’s droid? They see the act as you wanting to hurt a friend. I’m sure the lesson is taught in How to Be an Imperial Tool 101 at the academy.

While Ezra was being questioned, Rau went through the stages. He was angry with Sabine and blamed her and her cohorts for Concord Dawn being destroyed. Then he realized he would have been killed if he would have been on the planet when Saxon and his commandos attacked. So, he agreed to a truce in order to get away in one piece. In a move that surprised absolutely no one, he stole the Phantom II and ditched Ezra, Sabine, and Chopper at the first opportunity.

Sabine improvised and flew off with her new jetpack towards Saxon’s ship. Chopper had a jetpack of his own to get by, but he and Sabine had to take turns carrying Ezra. Since Ezra’s usually one of the most powerful person people in the crew because of his Force abilities, watching him being towed along was rather amusing. Plus, the mad escape through the canyons of Concord Dawn was gorgeously animated and not like anything I’ve seen before in Star Wars. I’m not the biggest Mandalorian fan, but I can’t deny the sight of the supercommandos zipping around in formation while blaster bolts zipped through the air is exhilarating.

The Rebels landed near Saxon’s ship. Just as the situation turned from bad to worse, Rau came back. He had a change of heart (again, not exactly a shocking twist). Sabine barely got away, and with Saxon mentioning her mother and seeming so set about catching the traitorous Sabine, I’m sure we haven’t seen the last of him. When the Rebels have to face Saxon again, they’ll have Rau at their side because after seeing Sabine was willing to die for her new family, he found respect for her and agreed to join the Rebellion.

Are you more into Mandalorians than me? Head to the comments and share your opinion on the episode or come talk to me on Twitter.

Images: Disney XD

DIRK GENTLY Recap: “Enthusiasts” of Confusion (and Murder)

The phrase “one step forward, two steps back” normally has a negative connotation (outside of Paula Abdul songs), but that approach is the best part of Dirk Gently’s Holistic Detective Agency, because the show is at its most entertaining when it answers one question about the grand mystery, but that answer raises more questions, just like it was in this week’s third episode “Rogue Wall Enthusiasts.”

At this point the overwhelming number of clues, characters, timelines, events, and small mentions of even more additions to come (Patrick Spring had a pet rhino, and why mention that if we aren’t getting a rhino?) are so complex it would require a week to try and plot them all. I attempted to do that early on in this episode, with the great flashback scene featuring Lux DuJour and the “supreme soul” he called Rainey (they are “simply energy,” they need a new location for their temple, they have a cause, and they are looking for “another machine), but it’s not worth it. Not because it isn’t fun to try and piece it together, but because it’s so relentless and insane it’s more fun to embrace the confusion, just getting by with a general feeling of what is happening as a guide.

Yes, I am basically arguing that you should take a holistic approach to the insanity, so kudos to the show for pulling that off, but like Dirk said, “Absolutely no one has any idea what’s going on,” so why fight it? With literally anything possible it would be hard to make accurate predictions anyway. So long as you know that these “energy souls” are looking for a machine that seems to be an energy source, that’s good enough.

Now while the bonkers mystery is the show’s strength, one of the other things it has done well is made all of the main characters likable. Even Dirk, who is profoundly needy, annoying, and generally incompetent (it feels like his successes are total accidents/fate as opposed to anything he does, no matter how many times other characters compliment him), is someone worth rooting for in spite of irksome traits. His joke about Farrah hating those walls was (intentional or not) a reference to Steve Martin’s great line from The Jerk (“He hates these cans!”), and that’s a great comparison for who this version of Dirk is. Both are naive, with a childlike innocence, who seem to be successful despite their shortcomings. If Dirk were less insecure he would be Navin, and that’s a good thing.

Todd, Amanda, Farrah, Bart and Ken, even the former Lux DuJour now bitter Gordon, are all characters that deserve some level of empathy, and that characterization helps the mystery, because it’s more fun to care about the people wrapped up in it.

That’s not to say there aren’t still some problems, ones that don’t seem to be going away; primarily this backstory for Dirk, the one with Project Blackwing. I’m sure it will tie-in, because I’m sure everything will tie-in, but it feels completely unnecessary. We don’t need to know everything about a character to be interested in them, and with so much else going on it feels like an element that isn’t as fun as the rest.

The same is true of the apparent budding romance storylines, between Dirk and Amanda and Todd and Farrah (though that seems far more one way). At some point even in a completely insane world, the things happen to these people would seem to make it so love wasn’t on their minds. When the Rowdy 3 were saving/protecting/sucking the soul/energy from Amanda (who the hell knows what that actually was–it’s great–and her visions during it were equally great), I was completely invested in what was going on. When she was fawning over Dirk I wasn’t. I wanted to just focus on Todd’s apartment being at the center of the city’s power source.

Those romantic subplots will end up mattering, but like Dirk and Bart’s Blackwing background it would be better if they never existed.

Overall though this was probably the best episode of the three, and with only five left the fact we are still having more questions raised means the insanity is only going to go up as we get closer to the end, which is great since that’s what the show does best.

Zachary Webb, three generations of the Spring family, the Rowdy 3, energy sucking souls, hammerhead sharks, rhinos, magical lightbulbs, murdered mothers and fathers, rare diseases, rock stars, secret rooms, the CIA, humans as dogs and vice versa. There’s enough madness there to keep us invested without romance and origin stories.

But what did you think of this week’s episode? Tell us in the comments below.

Images: BBC America

New BUCKY O’HARE Action Figures Are Coming From Boss Fight Studio

“Mutants, and aliens, and toads beware!” Captain Bucky O’Hare is making a comeback. Comic book legend Neal Adams has previously indicated that he’s working on a Bucky O’Hare feature film, but in the meantime, Boss Fight Studio is bringing Bucky and his crew home in the form of a new action figure line.

Via Figures.com, Boss Fight Studio announced that it will produce “highly-articulated 4″+ scale, collectible toys of Bucky O’Hare, his S.P.A.C.E. allies and Toad enemies!” There aren’t any prototype figures to show off yet, but given that the following promo art from Boss Fight Studio features Blinky the android, Bucky, and Deadeye Duck, they seem like the logical choices for the first wave.

Most of our readers may be understandably wondering who Bucky O’Hare is, and what the comic was about. Back in 1984, Adams’ Continuity Studios published the Bucky O’Hare comic book series, created by Larry Hama and Michael Golden. The comic chronicled the title character’s quest to overthrow an evil empire of toads in their alternate universe. Bucky’s crew included the previously mentioned Deadeye and Blinky, as well as a cat named Jenny, a baboon called Bruiser, and Willie DuWitt, a young boy from Earth who was inadvertently stranded in the Aniverse.

In 1991, there was a short-lived Bucky O’Hare animated series, which had a pretty catchy theme song that also explained the premise of the show.

Hasbro actually made a line of Bucky O’Hare action figures based on this show, but canceled the second and third wave of figures. Hopefully Boss Fight Studio will be able to complete the crew with its new figures.

Are you eager to see more of Bucky O’Hare? Let us know in the comment section below!

Images: Continuity Studios/Boss Fight Studio