I sometimes find the match pairings from Screw Attack to be questionable. I have no question why they’re pitting the Dragonball Z fembot character against Carol Danvers: they’re both chicks with boobs and blond hair. It’s just sex. There’s nothing thematically interesting nor an organic narrative available. I imagine the internet was hoping for this….Read more
an observation for the Batman 1966 tv show about villains
Since the recent passing of Adam West it feels right to compose, share and/or steal various observations on the television show that both made his fortune and his fame. Michael Bailey writes about the 1966 Batman series: One of the things that I like about this series as an adult is that when villains are introduced…Read more
Black Lightning crashes Superman’s Funeral
SNL did this skit back when Superman died fighting Doomsday I interviewed Black Lightning’s creator about 15 years ago and he said that he’d kiss Sinbad for the job he did on this one.
you might need money on Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
“It’s my money, Jake! If you want to bid at the auction, use your own money.” “I’m Human, I don’t have any money.” “It’s not my fault that your species decided to abandon currency-based economics in favor of some philosophy of self-enhancement.” “Hey, watch it. There’s nothing wrong with our philosophy. We work to better…Read more
My First Time with Buffy
I’ve just started watching Buffy the Vampire Slayer, a 19-year-old show I never saw before. I’m 8 episodes in and it’s already getting annoying how there is no accumulated history in that Smallville/Murder, She Wrote/X-Files way. The death toll for this small school is already catastrophic, the principal has been eaten, one girl had her…Read more
Superman’s Debut and Real-World Deaths
A joke on “Archer” made me aware of the death of Michael Findlay. A sexploitation film director of the 1960s and 70s, he was slashed to death by a helicopter on top of a New York City skyscraper. While boarding passengers and preparing to take off, with the blades spinning, the accident caused the helicopter…Read more
MLK told Nichelle Nichols “don’t you dare leave the show”
Every Martin Luther King Day a good Star Trek fan should listen to this story and know this story. The most beautiful member of the original regular Star Trek cast, Nichelle Nichols, played the loveliest member of the crew. I don’t have to tell anyone that Nichelle Nichols plays Uhura. My title may spoil the…Read more
Pardon our pixels!
Yes, I know. We’re back to the default theme. But hey, at least the site is back up! Back in August, I was informed that there was an infection of some of the WordPress files in ALL of my blogs (including some that are effectively invisible!), and if I didn’t purge the infected files my entire…Read more
Patrick McNee is dead
Patrick McNee the actor famous to most of us for playing John Steed on the original Avengers television show, passed away today. From Variety: Patrick Macnee, famous for his role on “The Avengers” British TV series, died Thursday of natural causes at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 93. Macnee, who played John…Read more
The All-Important Soundtrack
An excellent soundtrack will work so well that you aren’t aware of how it’s manipulating you. Oh, you’ll hear it and perhaps enjoy it, but you aren’t truly cognizant of how essential it is to the experience until you see raw footage and realize most of the emotional thrust of a moment was the music. …Read more
Doctor Who is on Disney XD?
This strikes me as extremely wrong but I cannot place my finger on exactly why. Just based on the clips this appears to start in the second season of the Welsh series with David Tennant. Perhaps they are just promoting it that way.
International Star Wars Day
I obviously have nothing prepared.
‘The Problem’ of DC wanting to be Marvel
Ask Chris #172: ‘The Problem’. This not only gives you a great recap of DC and Marvel history, it explains why DC is so dark and serious now. And it’s on the money.
Now this is how you tell a ghost story!
I’ve been meaning to post this for ages: Now that’s what I call …[spoiler]Use of the Unreliable Narrator,[/spoiler] am I right?
Review: “Parallel Man: Invasion America” #1
Full disclosure right up front. Christopher “Chris” Jones is a friend that I see at the Midwest Comic Book Association cons in Minnesota, and we’ve known each other for about a decade. We talk on Facebook, but I’ve never had him over for dinner or helped him move, so that’s made clear our level of…Read more
Is Ares the Teen Idol in Question?
I was skimming TitanTV.com for tonight’s broadcast television schedule and I clicked the episode for tonight’s Wonder Woman on MeTV. I found the title and the summary of the episode to be remarkably incongruous. Wonder Woman WSYMDT2 – 47.2 – Sat, 8/09, 8:00 PM 1 hr “My Teenage Idol Is Missing” 9/22/1978, Action, Sci-fi, Fantasy,…Read more
Pinky and the Brain at Dragon Con
Here is a convention panel with Maurice LaMarche and Rob Paulsen. I love to hear my favorite cartoon characters cuss.
Remember DM of the Rings?
I remember DM of the Rings. Now scroll to the bottom there, or I’ll just link to the first one. Now Lord of the Rings is such a basis for so many tropes, elements, and now-cliches in more or less half of the genre that we cover here, or perhaps ALL OF THE GENRES we…Read more
Iron Giant as Superman
Nothing I can say can really match the quote I used…. well, I could write something that is as good, but the theology seems inappropriate for this blog….. maybe on Apologies Demanded. From Jim MacQuarrie: The Iron Giant is the purest illustration of faith ever recorded. It’s not just that the giant chooses to be…Read more
SHAZAM: The Art of the Deal!
from the author/artist/cartoonist Mark Engblom: One of my favorite comic book concepts has always been Captain Marvel and the power of SHAZAM. A clever synthesis of modern and ancient mythology, the story of Captain Marvel began in Whiz Comics #2 (1940) as orphan Billy Batson was drawn to a mysterious underground chamber. He was met…Read more