Oct 01 2015
Watching genre TV in Australia has been a painful process over the last few years. If you want to stay above the line of the law, it’s involved a patchwork quilt of cable subscription, VPN streaming, US iTunes and recently launched streaming services like Netflix, Stan and Presto. The 2015/2016 season brings with it some …
Jan 26 2015
Welcome to Behind The Panels Issue 126, the comic book show that comes from a land down under, where women glow and men ponder…why the women are glowing. In this issue, Marvel announces they are ending all their universes. It seems like a pretty extreme way to get rid of Spider Island, but who are …
Jan 12 2015
Welcome back to Behind The Panels Issue 124, the comic book show that refuses to register and reveal our secret identities. In this issue, Channing Tatum is getting his own solo movie as Gambit. We can’t wait to see Jonah Hill as Wolverine. ALSO Scarlett Johannson is officially a Ghost in the Shell. We know she’s not …
May 06 2014
Perhaps quieting some of the confused outrage over a Batman prequel series landing on Fox, rather than Warner’s own CW network, Fox Broadcasting has dropped the first trailer for what could be this fall season’s hottest new show: Gotham. An extended trailer for Gotham introduces us to Jim Gordon, Harvey Bullock, a young Bruce Wayne and …
Mar 28 2014
Last year marked the 75th anniversary of Superman, and 2014 means that it’s been three-quarters of a century since we first learned of Bruce Wayne’s unfortunate childhood, and questionable choice of nocturnal activities during his adulthood. To celebrate, Warner Bros. Entertainment and DC Entertainment have announced 75 Years of Batman, complete with a new logo. …
Dec 18 2013
In this issue, it’s graphic novels galore, mid-season finales and enough Spider-man films to make you moist. PLUS our Kick Ass Pick of the Week, The Adventures of Barry Ween: Boy Genius by Judd Winick. Next Week: Father Christmas by Raymond Briggs. Your Hosts: Richard Gray, David McVay and Dave Longo If you are an iTunes user, subscribe for free …
Oct 01 2013
In this issue, we tell you what we think about Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Spoilers: most of it will be drooling. THEN Constantine gets the go ahead for a network TV series: Alan Moore must be rolling in his grave. All this, PLUS our Kick-ass Pick of the Week, Winter City by our special guests in the studio, …
Sep 25 2013
In what Deadline are calling “one of the biggest drama deals this season”, Fox has won the bid for Gotham, a series set in the titular city that will explore the early days of Batman’s Jim Gordon. It will be helmed by Warner Bros. TV and The Mentalist creator Bruno Heller, with a series commitment already in place. Presumably hitting …
May 12 2014
Behind the Panels Issue 97 – Amazing Spider-man: Family Business
Welcome to Behind the Panels Issue 97, the comic book show that took a bite out of a radioactive spider and then had to take two weeks off. In this issue, it’s the first trailer for Batman prequel series Gotham. In this one, a young Jim Gordon partners with Jar Jar Binks. THEN every comic …
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