By Chris Snellgrove | Published 30 seconds ago While the Battlestar Galactica remake is filled with great bad guys, the most compelling villain isn’t some Cylon infiltrator or tin-plated soldier. Arguably, the best villain is Tom Zarek, someone who rises from political prisoner to Vice President before leading a mutiny and ultimately getting killed. Fans have generally imagined him as someone who hates his frequent onscreen sparring partner Laura Roslin, but when discussing a plot that begins with the Season 2 episode “Fragged,” Zarek actor Richard Hatch verified that “even though Zarek’s highly competitive with Laura Roslin, he has tremendous respect for her.” How Tom Zarek Is Battlestar Galactica’s Best Villain For a bit of context, “Fragged” is an episode in which Commander Adama has been shot, leaving the alcoholic
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By Chris Snellgrove | Published 40 seconds ago One of the reasons that the horror genre often feels stale is that bored directors have run out of new ways to surprise us. After all, how scary can something be when you can always guess everything that’s going to happen? If you want some spooky twists from a man you can never fully predict, you’re in luck: M. Night Shyamalan’s Trap is now streaming on Netflix. Trap On Netflix Before you stream Trap on Netflix, you should know it has a deliciously simplified plot involving a man taking his daughter to a concert featuring her favorite singer. Unfortunately, the entire event is a massive police operation intended to trap a ruthless serial killer. And since that killer happens to be dear
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By Chris Snellgrove | Published 20 seconds ago While it’s a great episode in most respects, many Star Trek: The Next Generation fans have learned to hate the episode “Booby Trap.” That’s because of a creepy subplot in which Geordi LaForge begins falling in love with a hologram of fellow engineer Leah Brahms, and he makes things insanely weird (we’re talking incel: the final frontier) when he runs into the real woman in a later episode. However, those fans should know that it could always be worse: originally, this hated plot was going to have Picard interacting with Brahms and ultimately saving the day. Why Star Trek Almost Made Booby Trap Worse Having the lead actor participate in this cringeworthy Star Trek storyline may very well have made “Booby Trap”
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By Chris Snellgrove | Published 29 seconds ago The Deep Space Nine Season 1 finale “In the Hands of the Prophets” inadvertently made Star Trek history by breaking with The Next Generation tradition of season-ending cliffhangers. This helped the spinoff establish its own identity, but an early idea for this episode would have ruined the finale by tying it directly to the adventures of the Enterprise-D. That’s because the DS9 producers toyed with the idea of making this finale a TNG crossover in which Picard, Sisko, and their two crews would have to fight off a Cardassian invasion. Deep Space Nine Finale Nearly Became TNG Crossover On paper, this would have given the first Deep Space Nine finale a connection to “Emissary,” the premiere episode that featured a memorable cameo
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By Chris Snellgrove | Published 26 seconds ago For better or for worse, Disney mostly has the market cornered when it comes to animated musicals, so if you don’t love the musical stylings of films movies like Frozen or Moana, you’re out of luck. Once upon a time, though, a different studio altogether put out one of the best animated musicals in film history, one that has only grown more popular in the last few years. The movie is The Road to El Dorado, and you can now stream this quirky comedy for yourself on Netflix. The Road To El Dorado On Netflix If you’ve never seen The Road to El Dorado, you may need to know what it’s all about before firing up your Netflix account. This film is