The first trailer for X-Men ’97, which is set to air on Disney+ this year
Disney announced X-Men ’97 a few years back. As the name implies, it takes place in 1997 and is a direct sequel to X-Men: The Animated Series, which ran on Fox in the mid-1990s.
Not only does it reunite the cast and characters from the original show, but it is also done in the same animation style as well. There are no 3D renderings or obvious CGI to be found. We took a deep dive into this trailer to see what we could find. As always, we reserve the right to cry and complain if our predictions are wrong.
Veteran actor Carl Weathers passed away at the age of 76. His career spanned nearly 50 years and consisted of TV, feature films, drama, action, comedy and just about everything in between.
Veteran actor Carl Weathers passed away this week at the age of 76. Before breaking into acting he played in the NFL as a Linebacker for the then Oakland Raiders. We have assembled a good but by no means definitive, list of his work to pay tribute to his career
Today marks the 45th Anniversary of The Dukes Of Hazzard first airing on CBS. Many Gen-Xers have fond memories of gathering around the TV on Friday nights. To celebrate, we have this encore presentation of the first-ever episode of Nostalgia Trip which talks all things Dukes. All of the show notes can be found here, including a map of Georgia that would show where Hazzard County would be if it existed.
We heard the announcements and the rumors. We then heard more announcements and rumors… And now we hopefully have the correct announcements and rumors concerning the future of Star Wars on the big screen.
Two legends in their respective fields passed away five years ago this week in the form of Stan Lee and Roy Clark. Stan Lee was of course the major force behind Marvel Comics for decades and created some of the most popular superheroes of all time. Roy Clark was a legendary country musician perhaps best known as one of the regulars of the musical comedy series Hee Haw.
Not only is this Day 23 of National Podcast Post Month, but it is also the 60th Anniversary of Doctor Who! We celebrate this milestone by going back to where it all began. Join Seth and Mark as they bring their signature blend of knowledge and humor to “An Unearthly Child”, the very FIRST episode of Doctor Who!
November 22, 1987: Gas was 90 cents per gallon, The Running Man was #1 at the box office, Dirty Dancing topped the Billboard album charts, and Chicago residents had a very weird and possibly creepy once-in-a-lifetime TV event…
That evening, two separate cases of signal piracy occurred. The first instance happened to Chicago’s famous WGN Channel 9 TV station. However, this was during the local 9 PM News and not part of the national Superstation feed. An unknown individual managed to hijack the TV feed and broadcast a video wearing a Max Headroom mask.
This seemingly normal TV news segment turned very weird and potentially creepy
Then a few hours later, another hijacking happened. This time, it was on Chicago’s PBS affiliate, WTTW Channel 11. It also happened during a broadcast of the 1977 Doctor Who story Horror Of Fang Rock.
This late-night incident is even creepier and possibly NSFW
It’s also worth noting that TV was vastly different than it is today. Regular network television was broadcast to analog antennas, not like the encrypted digital signals we have today. This was also long before the internet, let alone streaming services, became commonplace.
Now, 35 years later, the identities of the perpetrators remain unknown. The case was never officially solved, though many theories and tributes have surfaced since.
