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2017 – 2018 Television Schedule

Posted by John Klein III on September 8, 2017
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2017%E2%80%9318_United_States_network_television_schedule

I keep finding myself thinking about the upcoming Fall Television season.

I’m using the above Wikipedia page to keep track of upcoming shows that we are interested in, if you want to follow along.

Sunday

I doubt I’ll be watching CBS’s Wisdom of the Crowd but it has Monica Potter of Parenthood and Head Over Heels fame, I’m glad she got another series not too long after Parenthood ended.

I am tempted to give FOX’s Ghosted a chance as I’ll watch anything that has Adam Scott in it and  Craig Robinson is always funny, so the two of them should work wonders together.  I doubt it makes it a full season, but I’ll give the show a couple episodes.  I’ll probably end up watching it by myself.

Looking ahead at a few series, I’m glad that America is finally coming around to the British way of doing television, with ten or 13 episodes making up one season.  Not every series needs 22 episodes, and even those series, probably could do without one or two episodes.

I’m definitely going to follow Star Trek : Discovery onto CBS All Access.  15 episodes sounds like it will be pretty stellar.  Pun intended!

Count me in with FOX’s The Orville, at least the first episode.  I imagine how involved Seth MacFarlane is with this, this being his show, it should be super watchable.  Adrianne Palicki probably isn’t coming back to Agents of SHIELD, any time soon.  Not like we are watching that show anymore, with my wife’s ban on Joss Whedon continuing.  Plus, we are so far behind on shows that, even when that ban lifts, Palicki might be back on that show or in today’s modern television era, her contract might have availability for that show.

Monday

We’ll be watching ABC’s Dancing with the Stars, expect a post regarding that cast once that is known.  Which should be soon, I imagine as the season is set to start in the middle of September.

We’ll be skipping The Good Doctor, good that kid from Bates Motel got a new gig so quickly.  West Wing’s Richard Schiff is part of that show, which is nice.

Bobby Moynihan’s comedy version of This Is Us, CBS’s Me, Myself & I is a show I’ll be passing on.  He left SNL for this (or it timed out that way) so I hope it works for him.

My wife is still watching Scorpion, it does seem like a good show, the few segments I’ve seen of it.

We’re still on for CW’s Supergirl.  We’ll probably watch Arrow and Legends on Netflix, unless we can squeeze those shows in (and if we can finish Arrow in time).

CW sets two-night event for four-way superhero crossover

Entertainment Weekly states that there will be a proper four part crossover in November, so no word on any secret two-parters like Flash and Supergirl last season.

I’ll be watching FOX’s The Gifted, the new X-Men series.  Hopefully it is good.  I’ll be watching it just for Amy Acker, if for nothing else.

We’ll also be watching The Voice, now with Miley Cyrus and Jennifer Hudson.  Cyrus has proven herself on the show but the clips seem to be turning Hudson into someone that makes me weary of her inclusion.  I’ll be missing Alicia Keys but she did win a season, so she has to go.  That’s the rule.  I see on the Wikipedia page that Kelly Clarkson will be a coach, replacing the Gwen Stefani / Cyrus coach position.

Dancing and The Voice, in the Fall, is what puts us so far behind on our television watching.  At least Dancing is once a week (I hope they never go back to two nights) and it is good pretty much from the start.  I wonder how many Blind episodes of The Voice will there be.

I deifnitely have no interest in Young Sheldon, on CBS, and I can’t imagine that show lasting a full season.  It is going to be this odd little footnote into the series.

Tuesday

We’ll be watching ABC’s Black-ish, they added another baby, so I wonder how many more seasons will there be.  Tracee Ellis Ross keeps winning awards, and the only one to do so, so expect those wins to earn another season for the show.  Will this be Yara Shahidi’s last season?  I know Zoey is supposed to be “off to college” but she’ll probably still pop up from time to time.

I like the idea of ABC’s The Mayor, but I’ll hold out an opinion until I see a trailer for it.

I do like Jason Ritter, but I’m not sure we’ll watch ABC’s Kevin (Probably) Saves the World.  Maybe if it gets high praise reviews, we’ll give it a shot.

Still be watching CW’s The Flash and keeping an eye out for Legends of Tomorrow in November.

We’ll be watching FOX’s Brooklyn Nine-Nine.

We’ll be sticking with The Voice on NBC and of course, This is Us.  We really love that show.  The short season means no filler too, which is outstanding.  Once Upon a Time and Revenge as really killed my buzz for 23 episode series.  Be it comedy or drama though my patience with comedy seems to be greater.

NBC’s Law & Order True Crime is tackling the Menendez Murders (for some reason), my wife got caught up in the original case, so we’ll probably give this eight episode series a look.  Though, whenever I think of this show, I always think of that incredible skit from SNL.

First Got Horny 2U

Thanks to Saturday Night Live for hosting that video!

So good!

That show has Anthony Edwards, Sam Jaeger and Healther Graham in it, so that’s cool.

Wednesday

We’re still in for ABC’s The Goldbergs.  I’ve been eagerly awaiting this show’s return as I’m all about Bryan Callen now and he did an interview with Bill Goldberg with Fighter and the Kid, where they confirm that Goldberg is playing Callen’s Coach Mellor’s brother.  That should be super fun.

Thanks to The Fighter and the Kid for hosting their own videos.

It is a pretty good episode.

I’m still working on my Fighter and the Kid post, the way I have it now, it has like 30 videos in it and I really don’t think all of those are necessary, so I’m still tweaking it.

How are they going to work Hayley Orrantia’s Erica into the upcoming season?  Or does she have one more high school year left?  She’s going to Georgia for college so she should only appear for the holiday episodes and a phone call now and again, right?  I’m going to miss her on the show.

We’re still watching Modern Family, still not enough Alex for my taste.  That show has to be ending soon too, right?  Their lack of award nominations tells me that the industry is moving on and the writers seem to be right behind them too.

My wife moved ahead with Designated Survivor so she’ll probably keep with that show.

Speaking of which, CBS’s Survivor’s theme is Heroes v Healers v Hustlers.  We’ll be watching it, I like the competition elements but I do lose interest in the parts surrounding the comps.  Tribal is still good, but it takes me longer and longer to learn people’s names, with each new season.

I’m all in with CW’s Riverdale, Luke Perry is going to survive the gun shot, right?  Right!?!  Probably the only season finale that I’m still thinking about.  Flash was okay but it is clearly going to resolve itself before minute the fifth minute.

My wife will be watching FOX’s Empire.  I’m not sure if she watches Star, it sounds like she does but I don’t know.

Thursday

My wife is still watching ABC’s Scandal and How to Get Away with Murder.  I know it is Scandal’s final season.

We still really enjoy CBS’s Life in Pieces, we do miss that show when it is Thursday and we want to watch the episode but we have to wait until Friday to do so.

We’re catching up with CW’s Arrow but not sure if we’ll be watching it live.

There are times when I wouldn’t mind catching up with FOX’s Gotham.  Orville being on Thursday is a nice sign of confidence.  The Sunday timeslot must have been a premiere night.

I’ve also been tempted to get caught up with NBC’s Superstore.  I’m not sure if I’m watching Will & Grace, I wasn’t the biggest fan of the show, towards the end, but I do like these reunion series that we’re getting now.

Friday

ABC’s Once Upon a Time is being “treated” to a time jump, so don’t expect that show to get renewed.  I’m not sure if we’re even attempting Inhumans, it doesn’t look like any Whedon is involved with this show so maybe we’ll give the first episode a look.  I do like it only being eight episodes.

We still watch CBS’s Blue Bloods, I like the show and I’m glad it continues.  It is one of those rare shows where they can just keep releasing season after season, like an old school procedural.  Though Frank always seems like he’s ready to retire, which would probably be the last season.  I wonder if they are going to do more with Erin and Jamie this season, outside of the two spotlight episodes that they have to get.

I really want to watch Crazy Ex-Girlfriend on the CW, but it is so hard to see an episode on Netflix.

. . .

I guess that’s the 2017 element of the 2017 – 2018 Television Schedule.

I still see series listed By Network, that are not included in the above chart.

ABC has a Dancing with the Stars Junior competition that I’m sure my wife is going to love.

The CW is having Black Lightning, which is NOT part of the Arrow-verse so I’ll probably be passing on that until it is considered part of the Arrow-verse.  Seems pretty dumb to not be included in the fun but Greg Berlanti said that they can jump in at any time, which is really nice of him.  I completely understand wanting to stand on their own feet but it just feels like a shame to not be included, especially being on The CW.  Might as well be on FOX with Gotham.

FOX has New Girl that I didn’t see above, which is also on its final season.  They are bringing 9-1-1 back, now with, Angela Bassett.  FOX also has The Resident that Emily VanCamp is in, she was the only reason to keep watching Revenge and after rewatching Civil War, I could be up for watching her new series.  She looks to be the main nurse on that series but fourth listed on the Wikipedia page.  Though I don’t recognize the first two names, I do know Bruce Greenwood.  I looked them up, the top guy is Logan from Gilmore Girls and the other was in the fourth season of Agents of SHIELD.  I still don’t recognize him.

NBC, the network that spurred this post, has The Awesome Show, with Chris Hardwick.  Which reads, to me, like his Wall renewal contract stated he get a show that is more in line with his actual interests.  It’ll be six episodes, like his BBC show was.  But without the pop culture, it looks like.

I’m not tempted by The Brave show, at all, though it is getting all the Hulu advertising.  Odd for a show that doesn’t have a September or October start date.  Oh, I missed it above, it is on Monday nights, after The Voice.

I wonder if my wife will watch Ellen’s Game of Games.

NPH is hosting Genius Junior, a kid quiz show, in prime time!

They also have Good Girls with Christina Hendricks (maybe on a show I’ll actually watch) and Mae Whitman!  Hey, Matthew Lillard is on it too!  Retta of Parks and Recreation fame is the third lady of the series.

Amy Poehler and Nick Offerman are going to host a reality show, Handmade Project, which might be interesting.

Reverie is a show with Person of Interest’s Sarah Shahi as well as Dennis Haysbert, so that could be good too.

And, finally, due to alphabetical order, NBC’s Rise!  The show that I’m super eager for!  It stars HIMYM’s Josh Radnor as the teacher that inspires a city, via the high school drama department.  It also features Moana’s Auli’i Cravalho as well.  I’m surprised Disney didn’t throw a series at her but I’m glad to have her involved in this show.  Still no release date.  Here is an interview with Josh Radnor, regarding the show –

Thanks to Josh Radnor Videos for hosting the above video.

It is only a minute long but from the upfronts, it sounds like the trailer was well received.

https://www.nbc.com/rise?nbc=1

Hopefully the main page gets updated soon.

Shannon Purser of Riverdale and Stranger Things (she’s Barb) will have a recurring role in it, which seems awkward.  Is she only in six of the ten episodes?

Marley Shelton will be playing Radnor’s wife on the show.  I know her as being the object of affection from Trojan War, though she had no chance against Jennifer Love Hewitt.  She’s in Pleasantville and Never Been Kissed but I don’t recognize her from those films.  I still need to watch Sugar and Spice as it has James Marsden in it.  I’ve seen clips of Bubble Boy, so I know she’s The Girl in that film.  She’s The Customer in Sin City, whatever that means.  From in W, a horrible film.  The deputy in Scream 4, which might be familiar.  Shelton has these great eyes, which do leave an impression, which helps me remember her.  So I’m as familiar with her as probably a small margin of people but she should be good in the role.

This all reminds me that I still need to watch Mercy Street.  I started the first episode, months ago, and didn’t even get to the Josh Radnor scene!  I did like seeing Mary Elizabeth Winstead, again, I don’t see nearly enough of her work.

. . .

Going down the Renewals and Cancellations section.

ABC’s The Middle is ending, a show I’ve seen like three minutes of.  Scandal is ending.

CW’s Originals is ending, my wife likes that show too.

New Girl is ending and probably about time for it too.

I thought there would be more shows to confirm.

. . .

So that’s the list of what we’re mostly watching and what a few things I know I’m already not tempted by.

Entertainment Weekly’s Top 100 X-Men list

Posted by John Klein III on December 23, 2016
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http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/05/21/x-men-best-worst/

By Darren Franich

My comments follow then a clean list after that. Some of his write ups are funny and others are just confusing. It seems to me, that if you don’t really know a character, just don’t rank them. I wouldn’t mind seeing a list of the Top 32 X-Men, if the write ups all are sound.

100. Maggott – You can always tell something from a list with who they rank at the very bottom. Sets the bar, every character should be better than this one. Which they should be. We’ll see!
99. X-Man/Nate Grey – I really liked Nate Grey when he was friends with Spider-Man.
98. Rachel Summers/Phoenix – ooof, the lowest I’m hoping my favorite characters are ranked. Seems a bit extreme. I get the impression this fellow doesn’t like anything that isn’t pure mainstream X-Men.

97. Pete Wisdom – Credits Warran Ellis for the creation but also calls Pete Wisdom – Gabmit without the cards. I’ve never thought of Wisdom quite like that. I always thought of him more like Wolverine with hot claws.

96. Joseph, the Magneto Clone – He isn’t a fan of clones. Who is, though? Really?
95. Dr. Cecilia Reyes – He docks points for being in the same team as Maggot, that is quite the range of stink Maggot has.
94. Strong Guy
93. Wild Child – References Wild Child’s time with X-Factor, so Mr. Franich is probably a fan of the X-Men during the 90s, which is going to explain a lot, I’m sure. Particularly, the mid-90s. I only read a handful of that X-Factor run, and I didn’t even remember that he dated Shard, Bishop’s sister.

92. Stacy X – A character that I have no real history with.

91. Random – Who even remembers this guy? I always think of his trading card, when I do.

90. Meggan – Oh no, the second lowest Excalibur member!?! Can Captain Britain be too far behind? I take it that he didn’t really read Excalibur as who thinks she is boring? 89. Caliban – I take it that he doesn’t really know Caliban (at all) with this write up – “Ohhh, that’s from Shakespeare!” At least write something regarding the Morlocks.

88. Copycat – Never really thought of her as a ‘copycat’ of Mystique, including blue skin and power set. Now that is an insightful comment.

87. Boom-Boom/Boomer/Meltdown – Never thought of her as a Pre-Jubilee character before. I do wish that Tabitha, like Kitty, didn’t run through a gauntlet of names. I’ve always been more partial to Meltdown, myself.

86. Sway – a character whose first appearance is followed by her last appearance ranks 14 slots higher than the lowest person? Crazy times.

85. Slipstream – This is what I’m getting at, why rank them, and how do you justify them ranking higher than a character that can be given five sentences.
See “Lifeguard.”

84. Lifeguard – Ditto.
See “Slipstream.”

83. The Guy With The Face From X-Men: 2099 – Points for remembering 2099, a title I still have no connection with. I was a big Spider-Man 2099 fan but he never had an appearance by the X-Men in his title so I don’t know them. I’ve checked a slew of websites and Kitty nor any other X-Man of note, ever is referenced in that series, so I’m not seeking out any issues.

82. Dani Moonstar – The lowest ranked New Mutants and arguably, one of the best. He implies that he did some research and couldn’t find any hardcore New Mutants fans who like her, but I know that there are a bunch of them. I even know that I’m in the minority of ranking her third in the Top 3 Best ones.

81. Juggernaut – I have only read ‘hero’ Juggernaut in the pages of New Exiles.
A semi-decent X-Men villain who got goodified into a pretty inessential X-Men hero. Since only his “goodness” record is counted, he doesn’t rank very high. But even if you count the “badness,” he’s most famous as an Internet meme.

80. Micromax – Barely an Excalibur member. I wonder what website did he gleam all of this information from.

79. Magma – Second lowest New Mutant Member. I’m okay with ranking her the lowest, her origin story has been re-written far too many times.

78. Mimic – I do like Mimic, shame that Marvel just keeps him as a sad sack.

77. Vulcan – I do share his disdain for all things ‘space’ when it comes to the X-Men. It gave us Lockheed, isn’t that enough!?!

76. Petra – The X-Men’s Terra.

75. Shard – Can’t believe someone from a forgotten era of X-Factor is the bar set at 75. 74. Lady Mastermind – She was awesome in Mike Carey’s run of X-Men. I take it the writer didn’t read that with his pithy description – “Like Mastermind, but a lady this time.”

73. Hope Summers – He nails the ‘place holder’ for Jean until Jean comes back. I really hope she just stays dead. Marvel just needs to tell people that she really isn’t coming back. Her and Uncle Ben, it is over people.

72. M/Penance – He nails how complicated M and Penance’s origins are. That wasn’t the best era of Generation. This is the first two person ranking of the list. So we are now at 101 X-Men.
71. Darwin – Clearly a man who has only seen the First Class film
70. X-23 – I like that he reveals he his a game with Marvel vs. Capcom 3. I would play those games but no Kitty Pryde and I’m not much of a fighter game player.

69. Widget – Maybe he is a fan of Excalibur, he knows that Widget was a future Kitty Pryde combination. I still wonder if that was the plan from the very first issue or not.

68. Lockheed – Poor Lockheed deserves a much higher spot! At least in the Top 50! His description for the dragon harkens to him not being over X23 yet. Also, he is clearly a member of the X-Men. “Kitty Pryde’s pet dragon. Arguably not an actual X-Man, partially because he’s a pet and partially because he doesn’t even have an alternate-universe future clone.”

67. Polaris – Overly harsh review of Polaris, or extremely simple take.

66. Sabretooth – I also liked Exiles Sabretooth. Really the only version of the character that I am actually excited to see.

65. Daytripper/Magik/Amanda Sefton – Are we not beyond referring to Amanda as Magik? It isn’t the best era for the character.

64. Pixie – His description clearly indicates that he never read any of her crucial storylines.

63. Bishop – Only time I’ve read Bishop was in X-Treme X-Men where he was an actually good character.

62. Thunderbird and Warpath – Ooof, borderline racist, perhaps? We are now at 102 X-Men.

61. Moira MacTaggert – I like that her Wikipedia page is longer than the page for the First Minister of Scotland.

60. Sage – I don’t get people’s love for the character. You’ll read people going on about Original 6 as she was always working for Xavier in the Hellfire Club. I liked her in X-Treme X-Men where that Xavier backstory is hardly referenced. She was good in Exiles now too, that I’m thinking of it.

59. Mondo – The lowest ranked Generation X member. When I read ‘Mondo’ I usually think that is Skin’s real name, which may be racist on my part. I don’t really know that character.

58. Armor – The other Joss Whedon / John Cassaday character
57. Hepzibah – I never think of her as an X-Man as she is more of a Starjammer to me. Did not know her name originates with Pogo – whatever that is.

56. Karma – Makes sense to be on the lower end of New Mutants characters.
55. Xorn – Sounds like he at least read the Morrison run, which is the cool thing to do as a new X-Man fan. Marvel did no favors to how much they ran over the Magneto is Xorn storyline.
54. Beak

53. Synch – First Generation X member to die and the second lowest one. He writes that Generation X is so cool it makes X-Factor look like Excalibur, so that really sums up that guy the best.

52. Dazzler – I do wish that a Dazzler CD did come out. That would have been something.

51. Northstar
50. Wolfsbane – The ‘like Feral except boring’ is also very telling. So this character is better than 50 other characters but not better than 49?

49. Banshee – His description seems all over the place. He is all things to all people.

48. Cypher/Doug Ramsay/Douglock/Warlock – Overly tries to make their origins complicated. Plus Douglock was always just Warlock. 103 X-Men.
47. Captain Britain – Implies that Excalibur is a minor part of his history except that it is the defining era of his history. The only time he has been not Excalibur was when he was part of MI-13.

46. Nocturne
45. Bedlam – Who even remembers X-Force’s Bedlam?  

44. Fantomex – If there was a Fantomex television series, I may actually get the character finally.

43. Rictor – He makes a big point about calling Karma a lesbian but doesn’t mention Rictor being gay? The huh?

42. Cannonball – Interesting insight with Cannonball being the top student to being low man on the pole.

41. Sunfire – Does his costume look like Aquama’s costume but with fire? I don’t see it. 40. Angel/Archangel – The lowest of the Original Five and at 40, ooof!
39. Maverick/Agent Zero – Was he ever an X-Man? He was mostly Team X and solo when not.

38. Forge – His description makes him sound like a guy who doesn’t like Donatello?

37. Angel Salvadore – Unless Angel has the same powers as Oya, I believe he has the two characters confused.

36. Domino – I have no history with the character
35. Chamber – The guy leaves off all of the complicated silliness that happened to Chamber Post-Generation X – for the best.

34. Siryn
33. Illyana Rasputin/Darkchylde – I would have liked Magik being in the Top 25 or even Top 30. Is her life “somewhere between Michael Moorcock and Labyrinth and God of War”? Might have to think about that.

32. Sunspot – He’s nothing like Sunfire!

31. Longshot – How the heck he isn’t ranked closer to Domino is beyond me with how much this guy doesn’t care for luck powers.

30. Marvel Girl/Jean Grey/Phoenix/Madelyne Pryor – OOOOF!!! Jean Grey and Madelyne Pryor are nothing alike! Did not expect her to be the second lowest Original Five member! 104 X-Men. 105 if you want to count Phoenix as a separate one, some do. 29. Danger – More popular than her Armor creation sister.

28. The Stepford Cuckoos – I like to just to refer to them as the Cuckoos. Are their names from Philedelpha Story? I thought Morrison just wanted their names to spell out SPICE.

27. Iceman – Glad Bobby didn’t make Top 25! Middle of the Original Five.

26. Feral – With the comment about Feral earlier in the Wolfsbane description, I thought for sure she would rank higher. I’m not that familiar with her as I didn’t read early X-Force.

25. Jubilee – I’ve never seen her described as the Dazzler of the 90s, as she’s usually the Kitty Pryde of the 90s. Also, the 25th Ranked! Every one following her is top quarter! I suppose she could be a combination of the two.

24. Shatterstar – Another character that has his origin completely screwed with.

23. Artie and Leech – I do like them paired together, as that’s how I think of them. 105 / 106 X-Men.

22. Psylocke – For all the grief other characters got, he is pretty kind to her and her complicated status quo change.

21. Legion – Sounds like he read Spurrier’s fantastic X-Men Legacy run.

20. Magneto, Age of Apocalypse edition – Wow, a ranking for a character at 20 who has essentially eight appearances. That is impressive.

19. Marrow – Wow, at 19!

18. Kitty Pryde – Oh no at 18! Kitty not being in people’s top 10, I can get, but not even Top 15? Bonkers. I do like how he references that a certain age group would rank her higher. I take it he must be 22 or so.

17. Jamie Madrox the Multiple Man – He must be a fan of Peter David’s X-Factor to rank Jamie so high. Doesn’t state that but it can be the only way.

16. Emma Frost/The White Queen – What is it with people ranking Emma over Kitty? Trying to score points?

15. Husk – How in the name of Sam Hain is Husk ranked so high? I imagine we are getting to his real favorites now and he is ranking them below where he would actually put them but doesn’t want people to over judge his list (too late).

14. Mystique – For someone whose hero standing is in question, sure is ranked pretty high. Though points for reading both X-Men Unlimited 4 and Get Mystique by Jason Aaron, the Wolverine arc.

13. Professor X – Interesting take on how he is more Kirk than Picard. I’m all for Xavier remaining dead for quite some time. Like Jean, he works better as a memory to motivate others into action.

12. Havok – The writer can relate to Havok, so I can’t say anything about that. Relate-ability is as subjective as it gets.

11. Colossus – Boo to Colossus! At least he isn’t in the top ten. I also really enjoy the X-Men arcade game.

10. Blink – Me thinks she is in the top ten just to tie into the Days of Future Past film. Even diehard Exiles fans wouldn’t put her in the top ten X-Men, would they?

9. Deadpool – Diehard Deadpool fans worry me. I went through my phase but now I’m move on and Deadpool and I rarely cross paths.

8. Gambit – I do like how this gentleman makes movie references, now I need to rewatch Rounders and see if that is how Gambit is. I don’t hate Gambit like others do. He was part of the 35th Anniversary Team and I liked him there. He was crazy on the 90s X-Men Cartoon so my exposure to him as is pretty limited. He was great on Wolverine and the X-Men too.

7. Beast – Second highest Original Five. It dons on me that I really only like one of these five or the group as a concept. Clearly the list creator hasn’t read any Beast in the past few years.

6. Cable – Cable, I should have known hadn’t shown up on the list and was due any moment. I just like the Joe Casey / Ladronn run on the title. Besides that, like Gambit, my exposure is pretty limited.

5. Nightcrawler – Now the top five begins and Kurt deserves his spot.

4. Rogue – I don’t get people’s love for Rogue, she’s cool and all but some people are hardcore fans.

3. Storm – I feel like this list and my typing of it has taken too long. Usually I have a running tally in my head and start anticipating which mutants should be next. Storm keeps surprising me with how many people rank her as the highest X-Woman. Is she? Not to me, not since the 80s.

2. Cyclops – I would have swapped one and two but that’s just the era we live in now. Apparently the guy read AvX, and he is right – Cyclops is on the verge of being awesome again! He’s already there but for anyone who thinks he is still the straight lace kid – they are in for a surprise.

1. Wolverine – Wolverine is number one. It was going to be him or Cyclops. Wolverine is one of those characters that really is all things to all people. It takes someone listing all of Logan’s traits to fully see how far Marvel has taken the character. Some descriptions from Darren Franich – “Built on a grab-bag of personality traits and powers that feel assembled by accident — claws, healing factor, amnesia, Canadian-ness — Wolverine has been variously presented as a scuzzy uncle and a heartless romantic, a man without a past and an immortal icon existing throughout time. He’s a barfight samurai, hilarious comic relief and/or a bruised leader dripping with gravitas. He can be self-consciously “cool” — a fifth grader’s idea of a grown-up — but he can also be a tragic figure, his own worst enemy.”

 

A list that feels like a lot of clutter but I would have a hard time making a list of 50 so 100 seems like a daunting task.

 

The List Proper

100. Maggott

99. X-Man/Nate Grey
98. Rachel Summers/Phoenix
97. Pete Wisdom
96. Joseph, the Magneto Clone
95. Dr. Cecilia Reyes
94. Strong Guy
93. Wild Child
92. Stacy X
91. Random
90. Meggan
89. Caliban
88. Copycat
87. Boom-Boom/Boomer/Meltdown
86. Sway
85. Slipstream
84. Lifeguard
83. The Guy With The Face From X-Men: 2099
82. Dani Moonstar
81. Juggernaut
80. Micromax
79. Magma
78. Mimic
77. Vulcan
76. Petra
75. Shard
74. Lady Mastermind
73. Hope Summers
72. M/Penance
71. Darwin
70. X-23
69. Widget
68. Lockheed
67. Polaris
66. Sabretooth
65. Daytripper/Magik/Amanda Sefton
64. Pixie
63. Bishop
62. Thunderbird and Warpath
61. Moira MacTaggert
60. Sage
59. Mondo
58. Armor
57. Hepzibah
56. Karma
55. Xorn
54. Beak
53. Synch
52. Dazzler
51. Northstar
50. Wolfsbane
49. Banshee
48. Cypher/Doug Ramsay/Douglock/Warlock
47. Captain Britain
46. Nocturne
45. Bedlam
44. Fantomex
43. Rictor
42. Cannonball
41. Sunfire
40. Angel/Archangel
39. Maverick/Agent Zero
38. Forge
37. Angel Salvadore
36. Domino
35. Chamber
34. Siryn
33. Illyana Rasputin/Darkchylde
32. Sunspot
31. Longshot
30. Marvel Girl/Jean Grey/Phoenix/Madelyne Pryor
29. Danger
28. The Stepford Cuckoos
27. Iceman
26. Feral
25. Jubilee
24. Shatterstar
23. Artie and Leech
22. Psylocke
21. Legion
20. Magneto, Age of Apocalypse edition
19. Marrow
18. Kitty Pryde
17. Jamie Madrox the Multiple Man
16. Emma Frost/The White Queen
15. Husk
14. Mystique
13. Professor X
12. Havok
11. Colossus
10. Blink
9. Deadpool
8. Gambit
7. Beast
6. Cable
5. Nightcrawler
4. Rogue
3. Storm
2. Cyclops
1. Wolverine

Big Brother 17 – Wednesday – August 7, 2015

Posted by John Klein III on August 13, 2015
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Who wins POV?  Will they use it?  Let’s Get Excited!

Episode 22, BB Comics comes back!  That gets me pretty excited.  I doubt I will recognize any of the names but here is hoping there are a few websites that have the artists available.

I adore Steve talking to the Live Feeders!

Vanessa feels like she may be a target, this week.

Jackie ends her service in the Big Brotherhood, and stripes off her armor!  James can’t handle himself.

Shelli is concern about what happens if she chooses “Houseguest Choice” as it would make sense if she choose Vanessa, but no one wants her to play and risk her being safe.  John says she can choose him.  John goes and tells Steve the plan of Vanessa.  Steve is torn, as he wants to tell Vanessa but he knows that isn’t smart.  John says that Steve can choose him.

Liz is starting to have feelings for Austin, he is breaking her down.  Julia is disgusted by it, as am I!

Veto Players!

Becky – Austin
Shelli – Houseguest Choice – Vanessa
Steve – Meg

Not the greatest grouping of players.

John is the host.

BB Comics!  YAY!

The comics are –

John is Dr. Drill
Shelli is the Puma
Steve is The Engineer
Jackie is The Super ShowGirl
James is Super Camo
Austin is Austin the Barbarian
Liz is the Bikini Bandit
Vanessa is the Mad Hatter
Meg is the Big Apple
Julia is the South Beach Savior
Becky is the Trianiac
Audrey is The Blanket
Clay is Mister Perfection
La’Vonne is Momma Day
Jace is The Bro
Jason is Mylantor
Jeff is The Salesman

So happy to see this comp back!

Everyone seems to be pretty cool with their own covers.  Shelli is ten years older than Clay.

The order (shown at least) was –

Meg – Becky – Shelli – Austin – Steve – Vanessa

I have already forgotten about Jeff, Da’Vonne and Jace.

Their shirts say “I Heart BB Comics” me too!

The BB Comic logo is a homage to the old school DC logo, that I sort of miss.

Meg – 15:37
Becky – 17:02
Shelli – 25:31
Austin – 21:20
Steve – 13:57
Vanessa – 21:44

Steve wins!  Awesome!

Audrey’s should have been titled, The Wet Blanket!

I feel like they haven’t shown the comic book bedroom, in a while, as it looks completely different.

It could be more of a comic book room –

This years Big Brother house is bigger than ever with an additional 155 square ft. of living space. Houseguests will enjoy a modern "steel" beach house where the downstairs depicts the sea and the upstairs is all about the sky. BIG BROTHER airs its two-night premiere on Wednesday, June 24 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) and June 25 (8:00-9:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network. Photo: Sonja Flemming/CBS ©2015 CBS Broadcasting, Inc. All Rights Reserved

Vanessa is grilling James, about what the plan is.  James doesn’t handle it well

Vanessa confronts Becky, about what her replacement nominee is.  Vanessa breaks down that it has to be her or John, and John is a closer friend of Becky’s.

Vanessa ruins Jackie, Meg, Austin (for some reason) and James’ good time by barging into the room they are in and reconfirms that her deal with them is still good.  Of course it is, they say.  She leaves and they all laugh.  Becky is growing tired of Vanessa’s paranoid feelings.  Except that they are justified feelings.

Steve goes through the motions of ‘debating’ if he will use the Veto.  He will, as he isn’t an idiot.

 Becky nominates . . . VANESSA!!!   Do not miss Thursday’s episode, there will be so many fights!  Becky gets real with Vanessa, so she knows she is the target.

Double Eviction!  Now we really can’t miss it!  Those are the best!

. . .

I like how these comics are cover priced $2.99, it would be more believable if they went $3.99.

Thanks to this website for having the covers!

Last Hero Standing in Big Brother 17 Comics

BB17 Comics Becky Trainiac BB17 Comics Jackie Super ShowGirl

BB17 Comics Julia South Beach Savior BB17 Comics Liz Bikini Bandit

BB17 Comics Shelli Puma

http://www.ew.com/article/2015/08/12/big-brother-17-comic-book-covers

Entertainment Weekly states the cover artists are –

Michael Borowski, Henry Hsing-Kuei Liao, Stephen Schaffer, Andy Smith, and Brad Vancata

I can’t find out which artists have done which covers, yet.

I do like how Liz and Julia’s are a combined hero.  Liz is the evil twin!

This website –

http://www.buddytv.com/slideshows/big-brother/big-brother-17-comic-book-covers-77952.aspx

has the covers in higher quality.

Bendis’ Entertainment Weekly Guardians of the Galaxy Interview

Posted by John Klein III on July 26, 2015
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http://www.newsarama.com/25285-bendis-on-guardians-of-the-galaxy.html

Newsarama hipped me to Bendis’ interview over at Entertainment Weekly – which is pretty great that EW has gone out of their way to cover comic book titles.  Goes to show how serious the Marvel films have changed the game.

http://www.ew.com/2015/07/20/brian-michael-bendis-guardians-interview

We get confirmation that Kitty Pryde will be Star Lady, which seems like a silly name, but I also like the direction they are taking her.  So it seems like the team really isn’t affected by Secret Wars 2015, Gamora said she was leaving the title at the end of the last issue of the series.  I take it, the interviewer didn’t actually read the comic, though why Newsarama doesn’t explain that, I’m not sure.  Gamora is going to go after Thanos.  Quill is going to be the President of Spartax, which is probably going to an interesting direction.

Bendis does make the “Jews in Space” which I’m far more comfortable quoting him, but someone had to state it.

EW Kitty Pryde as StarLady Schiti Guardians of the Galaxy

Big Brother 17

Posted by John Klein III on June 24, 2015
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I haven’t wanted to talk too much about Big Brother 17, for a couple reasons.  It looked like, for the first time ever, that we were not going to be able to watch it.  This was due to us dropping cable and switching over to HuluPlus, which naturally doesn’t have CBS – which is completely lame!

This year, the live feeds, done through CBS, so now (for the low price of six dollars per month) we get like 6,500 episodes including every one of Big Brother – past and present!  So we haven’t been able to see if the first episode comes out live or do we have to wait but for anyone who was a fan of the Big Brother posts last year, they are coming back!  If not just slightly delayed!

I really enjoy them and they caused a nice spike in visitors to this blog, so I’m going to try it again.

The three best websites to find Big Brother news are –

http://big-brother-17-blog.blogspot.com/

http://www.hamsterwatch.com/

http://bigbrothernetwork.com/

I’ve decided to follow all three on Twitter, so my feed is going to be all #BB17 for three months.

If you like charts and such (I know I do!) the official Wikipedia page will be pretty handy.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Big_Brother_17_%28U.S.%29

I could never be counted amongst these, but can you imagine?  I like to think that I do pretty good summaries and have decent reactions to events.

They have announced the cast –

http://www.cbs.com/shows/big_brother/cast/

They seem like decent enough people.  There are a few stunt castings but I don’t recognize any of the three.  Austin Matelson is a professional wrestler but a quick Google search reveals that he is barely one, working in the WWE through their NXT subdivision, so he will probably be given a quick shot at something, once this is over.  I’m sure that depends on him and how much he promotes the company.  Hopefully he remembers that there are hundreds of cameras on him and doesn’t say anything negative about the company.

Here is the Wikipedia page for anyone who might want quick summaries on the rest of the cast –

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Big_Brother_17_HouseGuests_%28U.S.%29

Vanessa Rousso is another stunt casting, as she is (apparently) a world famous poker player.  Another house guest is, Da’Vonne, who is a poker dealer, which I imagine is Production’s way of forcing a quick alliance or some tension.  Though, if I was Vanessa, I would just tell people that she’s famous, up front as no one likes a liar.  Especially at the beginning.

The third stunt casting, as CBS is always on the cutting edge, is – Audrey, who is the first transgender houseguest in the American Big Brother franchise.  Which I’m completely cool and supportive, I wouldn’t blame her for not coming out about that, right off the bat but I can see Production instructing slash guiding her to do so.

Here is hoping that these houseguests are fun and can keep the drama at a cool simmer.

Audrey, Jason and Steve are all super fans, so hopefully their fandom leads to calculated game moves and some caution at the offset of the game.  Don’t play too hard at the beginning.

One of the big twists this week, is that guests will be coming – once a week – to provide the new twist, each week.  Which is merely Productions way of having fan favorites return, in an oh so clever way.  Hopefully they get Britney Hayes to return!  I’m sure they will get her and Rachel and Jeff is always around.

Another twist?  There are 14 known houseguests but 16 keys and such, so two are a mystery.

The season is to last from June 24th to September 23rd, the longest season, by one day!  That’s 98 days!  Which doesn’t mess up my summer plans for S&FwM that much, except for July but I should know the schedule and how we’re going to be watching it, by then.

While waiting for the first full cast photo, Entertainment Weekly had some nice full body shots of the houseguests –

http://www.ew.com/gallery/big-brother-cast-portraits-2015?hootPostID=ef92bcb2de390a6e09e6db47ec673fac

None seem to be boob-tastic so that’s unfortunate but one never knows which lady will be fond of bikinis and laying about the pool.

One fun consequence of having the CBS All Access channel, on the Roku, is that we have the ability to watch all of the previous episodes of Big Brother.  My goal is to watch seasons two through seven – the ones I haven’t seen.

NYCC 2014 – Saturday

Posted by John Klein III on October 12, 2014
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http://www.newsarama.com/22395-nycc-2014-marvel-s-x-men-death-of-wolverine-the-logan-legacy-panel-live.html

Bendis confirmed that Ultimate Kitty Pryde will have a big impact in the All New X-Men Ultimate Visit. I wonder if that is a reference to her growing powers, if she still has that James Howlett will fight X23.  More hints that one of the team will stay behind.

Uncanny X-Men, sounds like Cyclops recruits Matthew Malloy but may lose some of his other recruits.

The Annuals dealing with what happened to Tempus, sounds like she is going to do some time traveling.  She will meet Killraven, who Bendis used for a bit when he relaunched Avengers properly.  She will also meet X-Men 2099, who I have no real experience with.

I can’t believe Wolverine dies on Wednesday, after months of build up.  Logan Legacy, I’m only scheduled to get the first X23 issue as Kitty was seen in the Preview art.

A weekly Wolverines weekly series is set to launch in January.  Seems silly to me as Marvel couldn’t even keep Death of Wolverine as a weekly series.  Does sound cool with the guest stars.  This couldn’t be one of those 52 issue weekly series that DC successfully produces?  If Kitty shows up, I will pick it up.

A slew of Post-Death of Wolverine one shots and miniseries, makes me suspect that I am not really much of a Wolverine fan.

If the Storm Death of Wolverine issues are as good as Nightcrawler’s one issue, I might be tempted to get those.  Not sure if one of them will be flashback heavy, but that would be preferred to me.

I wonder if we are going to see Magik at all during this Juggernaut arc of Amazing X-Men, at least in the flashbacks.  I’m going to have to keep an eye out for that.

http://www.newsarama.com/22400-nycc-2014-marvel-s-cup-o-joe-panel-live.html

The Cup of Joe Panel had the news I crave!  I’ve been mentioning that Marvel has enough cosmic titles, that they could do a fast crossover.  I even joked to go old-school and do bookend one shots.  Now, we are getting Black Vortex.  Which is currently being set up in Legendary Star Lord.  I stated I wasn’t that interested before and it would take something to get me hyped for it.  Now, here is that something.

They are billing it as a Guardians of the Galaxy / X-Men crossover.  The titles involved are – Legendary Star Lord / Guardians of the Galaxy / Captain Marvel / Nova / All New X-Men, plus two one shots makes seven issues.  I thought Cyclops would get involved and that could lead to him rejoining All New X-Men, especially as they are leaving someone behind in the Ultimate Universe visit.

Bendis hints that we might get Cosmic Kitty Pryde.  He also hinted at, over in a Comic Book Resources article, that Kitty will be undergoing a change in the upcoming Demon Hunters arc of Uncanny X-Men.  2015 should be a banner year for Ms. Pryde.

Quill and Pryde’s relationship is going to be tested.  Also, the Brood are returning in Black Vortex.  Hopefully Lockheed is involved in this crossover.

Once the New / Avengers Time Running Out leads straight to Secret Wars.

Some decent Questions for once.

The Ultimate Universe is going to be involved with Secret Wars, which we knew as Miles Morales was shown in the Secret Wars image.  Further hints that the final Incursion will involved the Ultimate Earth and the Proper Marvel Earth.

The Netflix series all take place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe.

Great quote from Dan Buckley – Every story in every book is leading to Secret Wars.

http://popwatch.ew.com/2014/10/11/black-vortex-marvel-comics-next-guardiansx-men-event/

Entertainment Weekly had a great interview with Sam Humphries, where he goes into great detail about Black Vortex.  It does seem to be his brainchild.

The official order is – Alpha / Guardians of the Galaxy / All New X-Men / Nova / Captain Marvel / Legendary Star Lord / Omega.  I only haven’t read Captain Marvel in this current era of titles.

Black Vortex starts in February 2015, can’t wait!

http://www.newsarama.com/22396-nycc-2014-guardians-x-men-crossover-in-black-vortex-event-and-new-star-wars-series-spinning-out-of-rebels.html

Is it just me, or does the Black Vortex logo seem like it is ripped from Ninja Turtles?

 Guardians of the Galaxy X-Men Black Vortex

http://www.newsarama.com/22408-nycc-2014-marvel-s-daredevil-on-netflix-panel-live.html

Daredevil panel sounds like it had some cool footage.  Still no release date, so we stand still on sometime May 2015.  Won’t be the first, as that is Avengers 2.

Rosario Dawson will be a Night Nurse, and not Elektra.

Sounds like Jeph Loeb has the order of shows – Daredevil / Jessica Jones / Iron Fist / Luke Cage / Defenders, so exciting!

My only problem is that the costume they show is straight from

Trial of the Incredible Hulk

1989 Daredevil Trial of Incredible Hulkjpg

Netflix

2015 Daredevil Netflix

Must be on purpose, right?  Probably just an homage and his first trial suit, then he will don the red suit.  I’m hoping