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This past Sunday aired The Walking Dead’s mid-season finale, the final episode of AMC’s popular post-zombie apocalypse TV series until it returns on February 10th. While the regular characters had plenty of their own problems, the finale also introduced some new additions to the cast, including fan-favorite badass Tyreese. In the comic book, Tyreese was Rick’s right-hand man, but it’s unclear if Rick and Tyreese will have that same dynamic on the TV series. For now we can only guess how the second half of season three will play out and how Tyreese and his group will fit in at the prison with Rick and his.

In an interview, actor Chad Coleman, who plays Tyreese, talked about his character, how it differs from the comic book, and what season three will have in store for the cast of characters on The Walking Dead. It’s interesting to see a character like Tyreese in action. He still has a strong moral compass, when it seems like every other character on the series does not. Coleman revealed:

He’s an ex-football player and is a humanitarian. He’s someone who really values human life and is going to do what he can to maintain the sacredness of that. In this hyper-violent, post-apocalyptic world, he’s determined to hold on to his humanity and that’s pretty compelling. Having to negotiate that and to what degree he’s willing to exert force and things of that nature.

Great Scott! According to Back to the Future Part II, it will only be three more years until hoverboards are a reality. But for those who don’t want to wait that long, Mattel is currently selling non-working hoverboard replicas that look and feel exactly like the ones Marty McFly used in Back to the Future Part II. Check out a video review below…

To say that news and rumors over the cast and crew of the next Star Wars film are overwhelming is like saying the dictionary is wordy. Every miniscule related tidbit is being blown up to newsworthy proportions. What you’ve just read is my introduction into yet another example of this.

Understandably, any actor who has ever appeared in the series either already has, or will soon be answering that age-old query, “Would you be in Episode VII if they asked you to?” The latest to answer this question is young Obi Wan himself, Ewan McGregor, in an interview with Digital Spy:

When it was announced that Star Trek: The Next Generation was coming to Blu-ray, that was enough to get any die-hard Trekkie excited. That excitement built even further with the word that the TNG eps would be getting the same treatment as the Original Series sets, getting a massive digital restoration and having much of the effects work replaced with snazzy new versions. The result was a first season release that any SF fan would be happy to add to their collection. The much-anticipated second season of The Next Generation hits shelves today, and unfortunately it’s being greeted with a chillier reception thanks to effects restoration work that is said not to live up to the high standard set by the first release.

Garth Franklin over at Dark Horizons has rounded up the story, and it basically comes down to this: CBS Digital was responsible for the effects restoration on the first season set. However, because of the tight release schedule — CBS wants the whole series on Blu-ray by 2014 — CBS Digital simply doesn’t have the time or manpower to handle all the TNG sets. Because of this, CBS Digital is working on the odd-numbered seasons, while the even-numbered ones are being assigned to other post-production. Season 2 went to HTV Illuminate.