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Season: 1 / Episode: 1 / Starz

***Spoilers Be Calling from The Other Side Like Adele***

Off rip, the sky is falling, b. Or rather, that was sky, that was glass followed by a body. Fireworks going off, but also gunshots so that shit sounds like a Harmonix rhythm game or some shit. French SWAT all up in the highrise and this shit look like a bloodbath. Ayebody dead, fam. Ayebody except one woman curled up in the shower, Leaving Las Vegas-style. Police like, we taking her to the station cuz she might have seen some shit. They find a bag from “the other side” full of visas, money and shit, but the killer they are pursuing is ghost and left them nothing but video game violence to clean up.

Apparently some deal was going down and dude is on the phone talking about the police are there. Oh. So… these muthafuckas ain’t exactly on the up and up. Well, don’t matter now cuz dude that was apprehending the woman, got his fuckin’ throat slit for his trouble. Dude on the phone turn around like, “Oh, muthafucka”. She timed that gunshot with the fireworks to get that 5 star rating on the solo and put dude down. Wig off. Picks up bag. And we outchea.

Howard playing some dude in Go, teaching him the lessons of life or some shit. He goes to work and you can’t bring shit up in here. Leave your phone at the door. Jewelry, watch, all that shit in the locker. Get fitted for your gray ass suit and red tie. This for real seem like some 1960s Gattica shit. Howard sit down in a room with some glass and an equally boring looking muthafucka on the other side. They share some code back and forth on some super spy shit. But like… the part of the spy shit they usually leave out of cool movies.

Howard got a meeting upstairs with folks who seemingly live much more interesting lives because they are allowed to make noise and shit. Howard trying to get promoted to strategy. Yeah… no. Dude’s resume is spotless, but ain’t nobody trying to give him that level up. Some dude half his age is like, yeah, if it was gonna happen, it would’ve happened by now.

Howard up in the hospital visiting his wife. Who… ain’t breathing on her own. Dude comes in, give Howard some paperwork about taking ol girl home. Basically, for Howard, things are as bad as they have ever been.

Howard tries to go to work the next day and got that Heisman at the gate. Shit is reading all red on the scanner, so he gotta get escorted to the back where it looks like they disappear muthafuckas. Dude from “Housekeeping” start to question him until the millennial comes in again to brief him. Apparently some dude from “the other side” will only speak to Howard with some valuable intel.

And the dude from the other side is… Howard. Who is immediately disappointed in Howard. He like, oh no, don’t tell me I’m a square in this world? What are you, the fuckin’ janitor? They got you in the mailroom reading stamps? Housekeeping saying Howard in Black ain’t worth the time, but Howard in Black is like, nah, you better listen up. Dudes start dying if you don’t take this seriously. And also, get Howard up to speed. Get that man a drink, a lap dance, something. Cuz this interface accountant shit ain’t working.

So, of course Howard is freaking the fuck out. New Millenium runs it down to him about this portal to the other side that opened during the cold war. Before he shoves off, Housekeeping talkin’ about Emily Silk is on the kill list. Emily being Howard’s wife. But yeah… just go back to your job, Howard, we got this.

What?!?!

Up in the club, Howard’s coworker just trying to get some R&R in fam. Just trying to get his flirt on. Dude lures him away to a back room and locks him out so that our assassin can merk him in cold blood and escape out the back. So hopefully more POC are involved cuz the only one we’ve met so far got his brains making a Jackson Pollock on the wall behind him.

Howard in Black BAAACK. Dude crossing back over, making his way through inter-dimensional customs. Howard hosting the tea party with HIB, Peter the Millenial, and Housekeeping. Howard serving crumpets and shit while the other three talkin’ about politics and murder.

Baldwin is the assassin that has been getting her murder off on the 616. They think that she is going to go after Emily, Howard’s wife (cuz HIB’s Emily died of cancer years ago). So HIB gonna go in Howard’s place at the hospital.

Of course, intelligence is like, yeah, after HIB murders Baldwin, we murder HIB, [wipes hands clean emoji].

A tale of two Howards up in the apartment before showtime and this shit is awkward. Howard wants to know why they are so different and HIB wants to know why Howard been a punk all his life. They start comparing notes about their Emily’s. In the Ultimate Universe, they’ve been married for 28 years. HIB is like, sheeit, we eloped fam. Also, probably not 28 years. Shit got mad sad for a second. Not gonna lie.

They on the lookout for Baldwin, but it ain’t Baldwin that shows up. It’s Eric, Emily’s brother, trying to strong-arm Howard into signing the paperwork to release Emily. But yo, Eric got the wrong muthafuckin’ Howard today. Howard calls Eric’s bluff and gets all up in his personal space. Eric got to be like, “who this dude think he is?” Other Howard muthafucka, that’s who.

In the middle of making Eric shit himself, HIB gets the call that Baldwin might be on her way up. HIB pulls the gauge and is like, yo, you a prick, but I’m trying to save your life here so sit down and shut the fuck up.

Baldwin walking into the trap but notices that the flowers ain’t been refreshed at the nurses station (Howard forgot to mention that detail in the routine). So now this shit is a stand-off cuz Baldwin knows the jig is up.

Baldwin starts to run and bullets start flying. A couple nurses might have been killed in the filming of this scene. Probably was working a double, too. So now it’s a chase and everybody hunting Baldwin in this hospital. Baldwin getting cornered and is like fuck this and jumps out a second story window. Yo, she straight up Agent 47 in this muthafucka, man. She hits the ground, double taps a couple of guards and keeps it fuckin’ moving. She think she in the clear until she sees Howard handcuffed (lol, for his protection) in the vehicle. She bout to send Howard to the next world before HIB deliver that shot and puts one through her cheek. She take off cuz of course, HIB is out of bullets.

Howard rushes up to make sure his wife is ok. Ya know, still in a coma. Eric is all the way freaked out. Howard tells him to get on a plane and Eric is like, shit, I was trying to leave an hour ago, bruh.

They drop HIB off at customs and he says they gonna try again at some point, so he’ll be back. Howard tells St. Peter that he wants the promotion he should’ve gotten because 1) There’s a vacancy and & 2) They really need him so there really ain’t another choice.

HIB over in the Ultimate Universe going to a bar while Howard drinking at home alone. But of course HIB is there to meet someone, namely Ultimate Emily. Yeah, so that cancer shit (at least dying from cancer) was a lie. Though it does seem that he messed something up cuz Ultimate Emily got a lightweight cold touch. So yeah, seems like there’s a lot of shit we don’t know yet.

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January 22, 2018

Counterpart Recap: The Crossing

http://blacknerdproblems.com/counterpart-recap-the-crossing/

Season: 1 / Episode: 1 / Starz

***Spoilers Be Calling from The Other Side Like Adele***

Off rip, the sky is falling, b. Or rather, that was sky, that was glass followed by a body. Fireworks going off, but also gunshots so that shit sounds like a Harmonix rhythm game or some shit. French SWAT all up in the highrise and this shit look like a bloodbath. Ayebody dead, fam. Ayebody except one woman curled up in the shower, Leaving Las Vegas-style. Police like, we taking her to the station cuz she might have seen some shit. They find a bag from “the other side” full of visas, money and shit, but the killer they are pursuing is ghost and left them nothing but video game violence to clean up.

Apparently some deal was going down and dude is on the phone talking about the police are there. Oh. So… these muthafuckas ain’t exactly on the up and up. Well, don’t matter now cuz dude that was apprehending the woman, got his fuckin’ throat slit for his trouble. Dude on the phone turn around like, “Oh, muthafucka”. She timed that gunshot with the fireworks to get that 5 star rating on the solo and put dude down. Wig off. Picks up bag. And we outchea.

Howard playing some dude in Go, teaching him the lessons of life or some shit. He goes to work and you can’t bring shit up in here. Leave your phone at the door. Jewelry, watch, all that shit in the locker. Get fitted for your gray ass suit and red tie. This for real seem like some 1960s Gattica shit. Howard sit down in a room with some glass and an equally boring looking muthafucka on the other side. They share some code back and forth on some super spy shit. But like… the part of the spy shit they usually leave out of cool movies.

Howard got a meeting upstairs with folks who seemingly live much more interesting lives because they are allowed to make noise and shit. Howard trying to get promoted to strategy. Yeah… no. Dude’s resume is spotless, but ain’t nobody trying to give him that level up. Some dude half his age is like, yeah, if it was gonna happen, it would’ve happened by now.

Howard up in the hospital visiting his wife. Who… ain’t breathing on her own. Dude comes in, give Howard some paperwork about taking ol girl home. Basically, for Howard, things are as bad as they have ever been.

Howard tries to go to work the next day and got that Heisman at the gate. Shit is reading all red on the scanner, so he gotta get escorted to the back where it looks like they disappear muthafuckas. Dude from “Housekeeping” start to question him until the millennial comes in again to brief him. Apparently some dude from “the other side” will only speak to Howard with some valuable intel.

And the dude from the other side is… Howard. Who is immediately disappointed in Howard. He like, oh no, don’t tell me I’m a square in this world? What are you, the fuckin’ janitor? They got you in the mailroom reading stamps? Housekeeping saying Howard in Black ain’t worth the time, but Howard in Black is like, nah, you better listen up. Dudes start dying if you don’t take this seriously. And also, get Howard up to speed. Get that man a drink, a lap dance, something. Cuz this interface accountant shit ain’t working.

So, of course Howard is freaking the fuck out. New Millenium runs it down to him about this portal to the other side that opened during the cold war. Before he shoves off, Housekeeping talkin’ about Emily Silk is on the kill list. Emily being Howard’s wife. But yeah… just go back to your job, Howard, we got this.

What?!?!

Up in the club, Howard’s coworker just trying to get some R&R in fam. Just trying to get his flirt on. Dude lures him away to a back room and locks him out so that our assassin can merk him in cold blood and escape out the back. So hopefully more POC are involved cuz the only one we’ve met so far got his brains making a Jackson Pollock on the wall behind him.

Howard in Black BAAACK. Dude crossing back over, making his way through inter-dimensional customs. Howard hosting the tea party with HIB, Peter the Millenial, and Housekeeping. Howard serving crumpets and shit while the other three talkin’ about politics and murder.

Baldwin is the assassin that has been getting her murder off on the 616. They think that she is going to go after Emily, Howard’s wife (cuz HIB’s Emily died of cancer years ago). So HIB gonna go in Howard’s place at the hospital.

Of course, intelligence is like, yeah, after HIB murders Baldwin, we murder HIB, [wipes hands clean emoji].

A tale of two Howards up in the apartment before showtime and this shit is awkward. Howard wants to know why they are so different and HIB wants to know why Howard been a punk all his life. They start comparing notes about their Emily’s. In the Ultimate Universe, they’ve been married for 28 years. HIB is like, sheeit, we eloped fam. Also, probably not 28 years. Shit got mad sad for a second. Not gonna lie.

They on the lookout for Baldwin, but it ain’t Baldwin that shows up. It’s Eric, Emily’s brother, trying to strong-arm Howard into signing the paperwork to release Emily. But yo, Eric got the wrong muthafuckin’ Howard today. Howard calls Eric’s bluff and gets all up in his personal space. Eric got to be like, “who this dude think he is?” Other Howard muthafucka, that’s who.

In the middle of making Eric shit himself, HIB gets the call that Baldwin might be on her way up. HIB pulls the gauge and is like, yo, you a prick, but I’m trying to save your life here so sit down and shut the fuck up.

Baldwin walking into the trap but notices that the flowers ain’t been refreshed at the nurses station (Howard forgot to mention that detail in the routine). So now this shit is a stand-off cuz Baldwin knows the jig is up.

Baldwin starts to run and bullets start flying. A couple nurses might have been killed in the filming of this scene. Probably was working a double, too. So now it’s a chase and everybody hunting Baldwin in this hospital. Baldwin getting cornered and is like fuck this and jumps out a second story window. Yo, she straight up Agent 47 in this muthafucka, man. She hits the ground, double taps a couple of guards and keeps it fuckin’ moving. She think she in the clear until she sees Howard handcuffed (lol, for his protection) in the vehicle. She bout to send Howard to the next world before HIB deliver that shot and puts one through her cheek. She take off cuz of course, HIB is out of bullets.

Howard rushes up to make sure his wife is ok. Ya know, still in a coma. Eric is all the way freaked out. Howard tells him to get on a plane and Eric is like, shit, I was trying to leave an hour ago, bruh.

They drop HIB off at customs and he says they gonna try again at some point, so he’ll be back. Howard tells St. Peter that he wants the promotion he should’ve gotten because 1) There’s a vacancy and & 2) They really need him so there really ain’t another choice.

HIB over in the Ultimate Universe going to a bar while Howard drinking at home alone. But of course HIB is there to meet someone, namely Ultimate Emily. Yeah, so that cancer shit (at least dying from cancer) was a lie. Though it does seem that he messed something up cuz Ultimate Emily got a lightweight cold touch. So yeah, seems like there’s a lot of shit we don’t know yet.

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January 22, 2018

Episode 100: Behind the Scenes at ‘DC in D.C. 2018’

https://thenerdsofcolor.org/2018/01/19/episode-100-behind-the-scenes-at-dc-in-d-c-2018/

Over the Martin Luther King holiday weekend in the Nation’s Capital, Warner Brothers and DC Entertainment held the first ever “DC in D.C.” event, bringing together the stars and creators of television and comics to celebrate and honor the diversity of the DC Universe’s superheroes. We also finally announce a Patreon and ask you for your support!

The Nerds of Color was lucky enough to get invited to participate, along with our friends from Joe and Patrick from New Release Wednesday, pictured above. So for this special 100th episode of Hard NOC Life, we’re giving you the sounds from the press room where we got to speak with Chris Chalk, who plays Lucius Fox on Gotham; David Harewood, who plays Martian Manhunter on Supergirl; Salim and Mara Brock Akil, the creators and showrunners of Black Lightning, novelist Alice Randall and artist Denys Cowan, who are both working to bring Milestone 2.0 back to comics; Brandon Routh, who plays Ray Palmer/The Atom on Legends of Tomorrow, Cress Williams, who plays Jefferson Pierec/Black Lightning on Black Lightning; and Oscar-winner John Ridley, who is writing The Other History of the DC Universe.

All this and more on Hard NOC Life! Watch it on your screen, hit “play,” and check this. Subscribe to all of podcasts in the Hard NOC Media family on Apple Podcasts and Google Play! Please support Hard NOC Media on Patreon.

As always, our official theme music is brought to you by the super team of Adam WarRock and Chops.


January 21, 2018

Things We Saw Today: Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Imitates Kate McKinnon’s Impression of Her

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Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg recently sat down with Nina Totenberg at Sundance to discuss her career, her life, and an upcoming film about her. As part of the discussion, Totenberg asked what Ginsburg thought about her periodic portrayal by Kate McKinnon on Saturday Night Live. “I liked the actress who portrayed me,” Ginsburg said, “and I would like to say ‘Gins-Burn’ sometimes to my colleagues.” Hearing RBG imitate McKinnon’s signature drawl is exactly the smile I needed today. You can see Ginsburg’s impression at either around the 58:40 mark in the above video or in the tweeted video below.

  • You can watch the premiere of Black Lightning FOR FREE on the CW app (if you live in certain regions).

  • Illustrator and cartoonist Joamette Gil has put together a list of everyone who has ever been nominated for the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame. She calculated that, of the 212 total people who’ve been nominated so far, only 18 have been women, of which 3 were women of color. You can see the names of the inductees and nominees at her website.
  • Hot Toys has a new figure of Henry Cavill’s Superman from Justice League., and his eyes light up with terrifying red LEDs to simulate heat vision. (via Nerdist)
  • Disney has chosen Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, director of 28 Weeks Later, to direct its live-action remake of The Sword in the Stone. So that cheery, colorful cartoon you remember might be gettin’ real gritty this time around. (via /Film)
  • Alas, Jason from The Good Place‘s beloved Jaguars will not be headed to the Super Bowl this year.

That’s all I’ve got for today, TMSers! What’d you spy out there?

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January 21, 2018

Slow-Ticketing Savvy: Jay Z’s ‘4:44’ Tour Becomes Highest-Grossing Solo Tour

http://www.blackenterprise.com/slow-ticketing-savvy-jay-zs-444-tour-becomes-highest-grossing-solo-tour/

Shawn “Jay Z” Carter’s 4:44 album has gotten a lot of buzz since it debuted this past summer, with themes of black economic empowerment, celebrity family feuds, infidelity, and social injustice becoming hot topics of discussion among fans and critics. (The album even inspired a financial fitness book by Ash “Cash” Exantus, a 2017 pick for BE Modern Man and financial literacy advocate who has created quite a buzz of his own.)

The momentum for 4:44 hasn’t stopped. According to reports, despite slow ticket sales, it was the highest-grossing solo tour, raking in more than $48 million in November and December for the 32-show tour.

Last year, Jay Z used a “slow ticketing model,” according to Billboard, “blocking out bots and scalpers that instantly buy up tickets by pricing premium tickets higher and closer to their actual value.” Lower-priced $6 tickets were being sold on sites like StubHub for less desirable seats. The result: When aggressive pricing is applied to front-row seats, VIP experiences, and platinum tickets, ticket resellers are faced with a major challenge because those tickets are closer to the actual market value—a major win for Jay Z and Live Nation in terms of capturing more revenue and creating little opportunity for brokers to hike up ticket prices for the best seats.

Some saw the low-priced tickets as a sign of soft interest in the tour but the rapper, along with Live Nation, has proven skeptics wrong with the latest gross earnings. Billboard also reports that average gross for the 4:44 Tour’s completed shows is up 21% over his 2013 Magna Carter Tour. Platinum-selling artists including Radiohead, the Weeknd, One Direction, and U2 have all presented sellout shows using the slow-ticketing model.

Jay Z’s use of the model comes as yet another major boss move the hip-hop mogul has made in the past year, having just cut another 10-year Live Nation deal that mostly covers his tour business and has reportedly shifted away from the full 360 model initially brokered. He also joined the likes of Kenneth “Babyface” Edmonds and Berry Gordy when he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame (with recorded congrats from former President Obama himself). And 2018 began with wins: The $810-million music industry leader was honored this month with four NAACP Image Award nominations, including one for “Entertainer of the Year,” and another for “Outstanding Album” for 4:44.

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