The Crystal Ball (Fantasy Listings for the Week Ahead)

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The Crystal Ball (Fantasy Listings for the Week Ahead)

Posted on 17 April 2009 by Brent Hartinger, Editor

In this regular TheTorchOnline.com feature, we gaze deep into a mystical crystal ball to predict the future! Or at least we run down the fantasy-themed entertainment offerings for the week ahead:

TELEVISION

Who knew? The CW has canceled Reaper, but there’s a slight possibility it might return either as a syndicated show (airing on some CW stations), or as an online program. In any event, two new episodes remain this season (the CW, Tuesday, 8/7 C).

This week on Deadliest Warriors (which matches famous warriors from history and uses science to determine who would win), a Shoalin monk faces off against a New Zealand Maori warrior (Spike TV, Tuesday, 10 PM).

And the weekend, of course, brings “Reckoning,” the season finale of Legend of the Seeker (various times and stations, check local listings). Here’s a preview:

Another week, another seven days where there’s nothing really “fantasy” on the Sci Fi Channel (which claims to feature “sci fi and fantasy”).

AT THE MOVIES

Night at the Museum: Battle for the Smithsonian opens on Friday. Check out our full coverage later in the week!

OUT ON DVD

This week sees the release of yet another DVD edition of The Lord of the Rings, this time in “wide-screen” with assorted extras.

Also out is The Possessed, a “horror” documentary about America’s “first documented possession,” in 1865, and Outlander, about aliens crash-landing in the time of Vikings, starring The Passion of the Christ’s Jim Caviezel.