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A twisted figure crawling out of a tunnel. A giggling crowd of masked watchers. A reassembling corpse. What could be behind you, just waiting for you to turn around? |
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A NEW YORK TIMES Bestseller! Considered the greatest graphic novel in the history of the medium, the Hugo Award-winning story chronicles the fall from grace of a group of superheroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the superhero is dissected as an unknown assassin stalks the erstwhile heroes. This edition of WATCHMEN, the groundbreaking series from Alan Moore, the award-winning writer of V FOR VENDETTA and BATMAN: THE KILLING JOKE, and Dave Gibbons, the artist of GREEN LANTERN, features the high-quality, recolored pages found in WATCHMEN: THE ABSOLUTE EDITION with sketches, never-before-seen extra bonus materials and a new introduction by Dave Gibbons. |
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Longtime Batman and Eisner Award-winning writer Scott Snyder co-writes with rising-star writer Tom King! EVIL 365: Gotham City faces the threat of the Calendar Man! |
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NEW STORY ARC “LINES WE CROSS” It is time for Dwight to step up. |
By: Haylee Fisher (@haylee_fisher)
Only the multi-talented Ming-Na Wen could have portrayed the many different versions and facets of Melinda May on Agents of SHIELD this past season. At Heroes and Villains Fan Fest in Atlanta last weekend, she not only showed her funny and serious sides (her panel ran the gamut!), her grateful side and her tenacious side (she injured her knee in May!), she also showed her mothering side, making sure all of her fans got the chance to have a moment with her and even left candy on her table for them to take with a note that read “Love, Ming.”
While she couldn’t reveal too much about season 5, premiering this December on ABC, she was able to reflect on season 4, detailing what went in to playing all the distinct Mays, what it was like kissing Coulson, and why she’s so appreciative of her fans, plus she offers the teeniest, tiniest scoop about the upcoming 100th episode of Agents of SHIELD.
The weird thing is they were different beings, but they were very much still May. So to try to find different levels of stoicism was a huge challenge. Hydra May was more sinister and she was all about revenge and killing the Inhumans, and LMD May was really more about having a mission and yet slowly discovering who she was. There were a lot of different layers, but they were all so subtle, so I’m just glad the audience caught it.
[Laughs] I can’t give that away! You can try! But you know, it’s so fun to have a relationship where it spans five years and gone to different levels, and yet ultimately, as much time as they spend with each other, they never take that next step. We’ll see, we’ll see.
Without giving away the plotline – ha ha ha – it’s going to be interesting to find out about these characters and who they are. Because they’re outsiders altogether. So how they are going to help the SHIELD agents get out of space or just deal with the aliens and monsters and things will be part of this world.
I was a little nervous when I first heard about it, but looking back now, it really makes sense. And our writers are so incredible, and our visual effects team is so integral in these storylines. They can really make things look terrifying. For me, I think it really ties in with the Kree and the overall universe.
He was wonderful! He was like a kid in a candy store. He was so excited, and like with everything Clark does, he out his whole heart into it. He was very focused and thorough, and being an actor, he’s able to see that side as well.
It’s really fun, and I’m glad they were able to show it, because it ties in to the injury that I sustained in season 4. I tore my ACL and meniscus, and I thought I would be limited. I had the surgery in May and was back to work in July. So that’s two months! But they facilitated when the real world interfered and I was more limited. But then I thought I’d do less fight scenes because of that limitation, and that is NOT the case. She’s going to be a badass.
I know! I know, and I’ve always been so proud of that panel!
It just means a confident woman who knows what she wants and doesn’t let anyone deter her from where she needs to go. She’s heroic and capable and intelligent and is just a strong woman. That’s being a badass. You don’t have to know how to fight, you just have to know how to win.
It’s both an honor and a humbling experience. And a fun experience! Because we live in a bubble when we’re shooting and so it’s just so nice to be able to get the feedback from the fans about how much my portrayals of Mulan or even on ER have helped not just to entertain but to inspire and heal and give them strength to persevere in whatever situation.
It’s wonderful. That’s why I love coming to cons. It’s just a chance to interact with them.
When we had the flashback scenes where it was young May and Coulson fresh out of the academy. That was a lot of fun because it really showed a different side of them and how their relationship has evolved and that they’ve been through so much together. Of course the Bahrain stuff was really great. And the kiss was odd.
Right! But I loved the LMD moment with the LMD Coulson. That moment and scene with their confrontation and the LMD Agent May coming to the conclusion about what’s right and wrong.
Oh my gosh. We’re about to get the script next week, and I know it’s a big, epic episode. I just hope it’s going to make people laugh and cry and get excited.
Exactly. A lot of surprises and twists.
Agents of SHIELD returns with a two-hour premiere episode December 1 on ABC.