Last week’s episode of DC’s Legends of Tomorrow followed Rip Hunter on his downward turncoat spiral.

New Jersey Christmas Day 1776 

Rip has his accent and hair back and is now commanding the British army. The former Captain gives his new comrades modern weapons to defeat the Americans. He then takes it upon himself to kill General Washington in order to attract The Legends attention. Rip wants to lure them to him so he can kill The Legends and take the fragment of the spear of destiny and give it to Eobart Thawne.

Timeship Inside The Vortex

Ray sets up a chore chart to keep the ship clean. Sarah and the team learn about the death of General Washington. She knows its “a trap” and tells them to be careful and play it safe when they are in the field.

Pennsylvania Christmas Eve 1776

The team arrives at a Christmas Eve party at Washington’s estate. Mick sets the place ablaze and Sarah takes Washington out of there by gun point when they are ambushed by British soldiers. Rip uses some sonic device to find the timeship and turn off the power and coincidently kill Ray’s suit.  As Sarah, Mick and Washington try to escape they are surrounded by Rip and a few of his men. Rip shoots Sarah and then takes Mick and Washington hostage.

Timeship 1776

Jax carries Sarah back to the timeship to the med-bay. Firestorm attempts to merge to get the ship’s power back on but they can’t. Rip’s sonic device fried their merging device. Sarah then puts Jax in charge while she is out of commission. He sends Amaya and Nate to save Mick, Washington and the turncoat Rip while he and Ray work on getting the timeship back up.

Pennsylvania 1776

While on their rescue mission Nate tries to explain Tinder and modern relationships to Amaya. They are then ambushed by a few soldiers and Nate falls off a nearby cliff and into the river. Amaya channels her seal powers to save him. Unfortunately he gets hypothermia and he needs skin to skin contact to warm him up. He says this isn’t how her pictured getting her naked. Lmfao! The two finally hook up a little while later.

Over in the British camp Washington gets Mick’s life spared.

Timeship 1776

Turncoat Rip breaks into the ship and Jax sets up booby traps for him and his gang. He is chasing Jax around the timeship in order to get the fragment. When he finally finds Jax, Rip offers Jax his father’s life in exchange for the spear fragment. Jax says no. The only way he will get it is if Rip pries it from his cold dead hands.

Jax figures out how to turn the auxiliary power back on and Rip tells Jax The Legion of Doom freed him. Jax blows up another booby trap and escapes Rip. While this is going on Ray is being chased by a rat. Keep in mind he is still in miniature form.

Even though Jax escaped Rip, Rip still managed to find Martin and Sarah. Once again Rip kills Sarah by breaking her neck even after Jax told him where to find the fragment of the spear of destiny. Rip grabs the fragment of the spear from his telescope and exits the ship. Jax follows him, on a mission to murder Rip for what he has done.

Ray saves the day and gets the timeship back online. This brings Gideon back online just in time to save Sarah.

Pennsylvania 1776

Mick and Washington escape by fighting side by side. They get a little help from Amaya and Nate and they all escape the British army by fleeing.

Sarah is alive and finds Jax with a gun pointed at Rip. She makes Jax let him go and the turncoat gets away with the piece of the spear. Back at Washington’s estate Mick tries to get Washington to update the criminal justice system but is interrupted by Amaya and Nate. Washington and Mick then hug it out and Washington lets Mick know that the letter to his wife Martha was actually a battle plan.

Timeship Inside The Vortex

History has been restored and Mick has a statue of himself in Pennsylvania that he can thank Washington for. At the close of the episode the team has a Christmas party and celebrate their victory.

Ray gives Mick the rat as a Christmas present and Nate gives Amaya a pair of ruby slippers. Amaya lets Nate know that she still thinks teammates shouldn’t fraternize and he agrees even though he definitely wants a relationship with her.

Other tidbits from the episode:

Mick’s voice over for the opening. “Who writes this crap anyway?”

Hitler ruined The Wizard of Oz for Amaya. She had to ship out with the JSA before she could finish the movie.

When The Legends return on February 21st:

The Legends head to medieval England. Camelot!

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Season 3 of The Flash premiered tonight [Tuesday, October 4^th] on The CW. Last season The Flash went back in time to save his mother from being murdered by The Reverse Flash (Eobard Thawne). This action altered the timeline and created an alternate universe, “Flashpoint”.

In the “Flashpoint” Barry and Iris no longer know one another, however she is still a reporter. Joe and Iris also don’t get along in this universe. Joe is an alcoholic on the verge of losing his job at the precinct. Barry is also no longer The Flash in this universe. Kid Flash has stepped into that role. Barry comes face to face with Kid Flash while Kid Flash is in a battle with The Rival, another speedster. Barry unmasks Kid Flash and discovers he is Wally, Iris’s kid brother.

Turns out Iris and Wally are running their own brother/sister crime team, taking out Meta-Humans invading Central City. Barry reveals himself as The Flash and offers to help the duo take down The Rival, however they decide to go another route first.

Meet alternate universe Cisco, billionaire tech mogul and richest man in the world. Far from his goof-ball counterpart in Barry’s original universe, Cisco isn’t as warm and welcoming in this alternate world. He doesn’t even want to help Kid Flash but Barry won’t have any of that. He shares a personal story he remembers about Cisco and peaks the billionaire’s interest. Barry then kidnaps Caitlin Snow, who is a pediatric ophthalmologist and not a bio-chemist. After bringing everyone together Barry really gets to see how badly he messed up the timeline. No one is the same. They all have different lives and barely know one another. Back in Barry’s world everyone worked together and were best friends.

Things only got worse for our speedster. The timeline begins to disappear and Barry starts losing his memories. Trying to get an idea of what is going on Barry visits The Reverse Flash in the cell he is keeping him in. Thawne lets him know that the more he uses his speed, the faster he loses his memory. Eventually Barry won’t remember he is The Flash and this alternate world will be set in concrete. Unfortunately for Barry, the only way to reset the timeline is to let The Reverse Flash travel back in time and kill his mother…. again.

Barry has to make this sacrifice in order to save Wally who was fatally stabbed by The Rival. Unlike Barry, Wally is not healing quickly. Something a speedster should be able to do. Barry must defeat The Rival in order to have a shot at saving Wally’s life. Luckily Joe arrives on the scene and shoots The Rival saving both Barry and Wally just in the nick of time. Barry then reveals himself and Wally to Joe as The Flash and Kid Flash.

Ridden by guilt Barry is forced to let The Reverse Flash go in order to correct the timeline. The two go back in time to the night when Thawne killed Barry’s mother, however this time Barry doesn’t stop him. He lets Reverse Flash kill his mother and they are both transported back to Barry’s universe. Everything checks out on Thawne’s end but not on Barry’s. He still managed to alter the timeline.

Did Barry do permanent damage? Where’s Iris? How come Joe and Iris don’t talk anymore? What else did Barry alter?

At the very end of “Flashpoint” The Rival, who has not yet emerged into his villainous character, is awoken by scratching of glass on a mirror and a demonic-like voice.  Etched into his mirror is the word “Alchemy”.

Ladies and gentleman Dr. Alchemy has arrived!

Next Week:

It looks like a crossover is coming!!!! Barry heads over to Star City to enlist help from Felicity and possibly other members of Team Arrow.

Barry learns what other relationships he has altered back in his universe.

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For those that missed the event or didn’t live close enough to attend, here are some of the trailers/teasers/promos you missed:

The Vampire Diaries season 8 teaser:

This trailer compiles snippets of previous Vampire Diaries villains like Klaus, Katherine, Rebekah, Kai and Silas and leads us to a sneak peak of evil herself. We only see a hand coming out of a pool of blood. Who is this evil entity and what havoc is she wreaking on our beloved characters? Check out this in-depth article on season 8 to find out.

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Season 8 premieres Friday October 21^st on The CW.

The Originals season 4 trailer:

Season 4 of The Originals jumps 3 or more years into the future. Hope is now a toddler who can talk. The trailer kicks off bits of Klaus’s past detailing his wrong doings, how he and his family became vampires and a voice over of him detailing the agony and pain he has caused those around him. We then see exactly where Klaus left off last season; buried alive in a brick wall by Marcel. The trailer ends with Hope asking her mother, Hayley if they are going to go get her dad. It’s time to wake up the family and introduce them to a grown Hope.

The Originals will have a Mid-Season return in 2017. No specific date has been released yet.

Once Upon A Time season 6 trailer:

Last season Regina removed the Evil Queen side of herself and proceeded to crush it. Unfortunately, as we all know, the Evil Queen did not in fact die. She is alive and well and is out to get revenge on Regina for trying to push her away. How long can Regina keep her at bay? Will she revert back to her evil ways? What does this all mean for the residents of Story Brooke? Another evil is still lurking in Story Brooke as well. Mr. Hyde has his heart set on ruling Story Brooke and making it his home. We will see him team up with the Evil Queen to get what he wants?

Season 6 will premiere Sunday September 25^th on ABC.

DC Legends of Tomorrow season 2 trailer:

The Time Masters are gone and The Legends are left to pick up the pieces and keep history intact. They must guard history and protect it from time criminals. In this trailer we also meet Rex Tyler a member of The Justice Society of America (The pre-Justice League group). We also catch a glimpse of what is sure to be an epic battle between Damien Darhk and The White Canary (Sara Lance). It looks like The Legends will be meeting a lot of new faces from the DC Universe, especially now with the mention of the Justice Society of America.

Season 2 premieres October 13^th on The CW.

The Flash season 3 trailer:

Last season Barry went back in time and saved his mother, altering the world he once knew. In this alternate universe Barry no longer knows Joe or Iris and Cisco is now the richest man in America. In this trailer The Reverse Flash is back and informs Barry everything he is witnessing is a mirage. We also get a clip where Alchemy is written on the wall. For those not familiar with the DC Universe, Dr. Alchemy aka Mr. Element aka Albert Desmond is a notorious chemist with a personality disorder who uses talents as a chemist to create elemental weapons. According to Deadline, as Desmond, he works in the forsenics lab of Central City’s Police Department. Doctor Alchemy also possesses the Philosopher’s Stone which once belonged to Merlin. By pressing the stone it allows Doctor Alchemy to transmute any element into any other element (ie: Steel into rubber or healthy oxygen into deadly carbon monoxide). He also possesses the power to transform the human body, having once turned The Flash into a being of water vapor.

Kid Flash also makes an appearance in the trailer. Will we see Kid Flash and Barry team up to defeat Mr. Element and restore everything back to the way it was?

Season 4 premieres Tuesday October 4^th on The CW.

Game of Thrones season 7 teaser:

This teaser gives a unique insight on the production of Game of Thrones. We get a glimpse of the craftsmanship that goes into creating this spectacular television series. A treat we don’t normally get to see.

Season 7’s release date has not yet been announced but we do know that this season will not start in April like it normally does. Due to weather delays and a need for snow, it looks like we may not see it air until May or June.

Arrow season 5 trailer:

In the aftermath of defeating the Ghosts and Damien Darhk, Oliver assembles a new team of heroes to help protect Star City. These members were inspired by Oliver’s relentlessness in spite of adversity and his ability to defeat Darhk. Oliver begins training these new vigilantes in order to help the city and keep his promise to Laurel to not revert back to his old ways of wanting to handle everything himself. We also see clips of Oliver in Russia and the rise of a new villain.

Season 5 premieres Wednesday October 5^th, 8/7c on The CW.

Wonder Woman trailer:

Bada** woman alert! Warner Bros and DC Films are definitely doing Wonder Woman justice in this film. Gal Gadot perfectly embodies the bada**ery that is Diana Prince. The slow-mo shots of Gadot in action in this trailer are incredible. This trailer is giving us high hopes about the film in its entirety.

Wonder Woman hits the silver screen June 2^nd, 2017.

Justice League trailer:

This trailer alone has turned me into SUPER GEEK! Aquaman, The Flash, Batman, Wonder Woman and Cyborg all coming at you while The White Stripes’s Iggy Thump plays in the background. Barry Allen is quirky and hilarious in this trailer. Aquaman is quite frightening and Cyborg is well your typical Cyborg. The IMDB cast listing for this movie is also swoon worthy. There are rumors of Iris West and The Joker making a cameo in this film. I may be reading too much into this but if an Arkham Guard has been cast in this film it must mean we are heading to Arkham Asylum at some point, which happens to be the last place we saw The Joker. Coincidence, maybe? Or maybe not?

Justice League hits theaters November 17^th, 2017.

The Walking Dead season 7 trailer:

Season 7 premieres October 23rd on AMC.

Doctor Strange trailer:

Get ready to go on a trippy ride into the many universes of Marvel’s Doctor Strange. Benedict Cumberbatch (Sherlock, The Imitation Game), Rachel McAdams (The Notebook, Mean Girls) and Mads Mikkelson (Hannibal, Casino Royale) star in the film. As per IMDB, Marvel’s “Doctor Strange” follows the story of the talented neurosurgeon Doctor Stephen Strange who, after a tragic car accident, must put ego aside and learn the secrets of a hidden world of mysticism and alternate dimensions. Based in New York City’s Greenwich Village, Doctor Strange must act as an intermediary between the real world and what lies beyond, utilizing a vast array of metaphysical abilities and artifacts to protect the Marvel cinematic universe.

This visually spectacular film hits theaters November 4^th.

American Gods first look trailer:

Starz network brings Neil Gaiman’s fantasy novel of the same name to life. The central premise of the novel is that gods and mythological creatures exist because people believe in them. The power of these mythological beings has diminished as people’s beliefs wane. New gods have arisen, reflecting America’s obsessions with media, celebrity, technology, and drugs, among other things. The series man character, Shadow, is a convict who is released early due to his wife being killed in a car accident. After the funeral Shadow meets a man called Mr. Wednesday who seems to know a lot more than he should about Shadow’s life. Warning Shadow that a far bigger fight is coming, he enlists his help and forever changes his view of the world around him.

The series premiere will be sometime in 2017 on Starz.

Legends of the Hidden Temple: The Movie trailer:

Nickelodeon is bringing back some 90s nostalgia with their Legends of the Hidden Temple: The Movie, bringing the game 90s kids grew up on to life. Kirk Fogg, host of the original game show, makes a cameo in this film playing himself as he leads a tour of the temple. The three siblings on his tour break away and find themselves immersed in a real-life Legends of the Hidden Temple game. Let’s go Green Monkeys!

The TV movie premieres this November on Nickelodeon.

The LEGO Batman Movie trailer:

The LEGO Batman movie is a spin-off of The LEGO movie focused on Batman voiced by Will Arnett. Batman must grow up and take responsibility for himself and the young orphan he forgot he adopted. This orphan becomes Robin (voiced by Michael Cera), after he rips off Reggae Man’s pants of course. A cute, kid friendly Batman and Robin origin story.

The film hits the silver screen February 10^th, 2017.

Marvel The Defenders teaser:

Netflix pops out another Marvel hit with Marvel The Defenders. Daredevil, Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, and Iron Fist unite for The Defenders, an Avengers-esque superhero team-up set in Marvel’s Television universe.

The series will premiere on Netflix in 2017.

Marvel and Netflix also teamed up for a sizzle reel featuring the likes of DareDevil, Jessica Jones and Luke Cage. We also catch a glimpse of The Punisher at the end of the reel. Check it out below:

That bone crunching at: 49. I can never unsee or unhear that….

Kong: Skull Island trailer:

King Kong returns to the screen. The film stars A-Listers like Tom Hiddelston (Thor), Brie Larson (Room), Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction, The Hateful Eight), and John Goodman (Roseanne, Monsters Inc.). This film centers on the origin of King Kong.

Kong: Skull Island hits theaters March 10^th, 2017.

King Arthur: Legend of the Sword trailer:

Staring Charlie Hunnam and Jude Law, King Arthur: Legend of the Sword is the origin story of King Arthur. Arthur, played by Hunnam, is unaware of his royal lineage until he pulls Excalibur from the stone. Arthur must unite the people to defeat the dictator Vortigern, played by Jude Law, the man who stole his crown to become king.

2016/17 is going to be an epic year for both the Marvel and DC Universes. There are plenty more trailers, teasers and promos to come now that SDCC has come to its conclusion. Stay tuned to RESPECT. Mag for more inside information and trailers galore.

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