Category: Media
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Movie Review – Kubo and the Two Strings
We saw Kubo and the Two Strings a while ago, but I’m just gathering my thoughts on it now. Â It’s quite possibly my favorite Laika movie, and that’s saying something as Coraline gets a ton of play, especially this time of year. Â Kubo deals with complex feelings with mind-numbingly gorgeous visuals. Â It’s the sort of…
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New Amazon Pilot: The Tick
The Tick is both blessed and cursed by TV. Â Blessed because very few comics from such an obscure source would get not one, not two, but three tries at a series. Â Cursed, because the first two attempts were both on Fox and had plenty of network interference/mismanagment. Â The third try may just be the charm,…
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Happy Birthday Star Trek
50 years ago today yesterday, the first episode of Star Trek (now known as ‘The Original Series’) aired.  Sci-fi fandom hasn’t been the same since.  Hundreds of episodes of TV across five decades, scores of books and comics, big budget movies, video games, copycats and parodies, Trek holds a special place in our pop culture.  Star…
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Movie Review – Storks
We saw Storks at a preview screening, and it had some really cute parts and fun actiony bits. Â However, I think they just had no idea how to start the movie to get to those bits and just decided to use the “I’m giving you the company as long as you don’t screw up this…
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Comic Book Review – The Ultimates: Omniversal Volume 1
Start with the Impossible Creative Team: Writer: Â Al Ewing Art: Â Kenneth Rocafort Colors: Â Dan Brown Letters: Â Joe Sabino The Ultimates had my attention from the start, by putting together a team starring heroes I love – Captain Marvel, Ms. America, Black Panther, and Monica Rambeau – and oh yeah, GALACTUS is on the cover. Â Add…
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Game Thoughts – No Man’s Sky
I’m not calling this a review as I’m not that far in, but I already have a lot of complicated thoughts about No Man’s Sky.  Here they are in no particular order: Is it any good?  I don’t…know?  Seriously, I can see how some people can tune into it – there is something zen about scooting around…
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Movie Review – Pete’s Dragon (2016)
Full disclosure: Â if I saw the original movie as a kid, I don’t remember it. Â This version of Pete’s Dragon starts out in the most Disney manner ever, with Pete (Oakes Fegley) losing his parents but being rescued by Elliott. Â Pete lives in the forest for several years with Elliott, until he’s found by Grace…
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Movie Review – Star Trek Beyond
I’ve got a bit of a love/hate relationship with the “Kelvin-verse” Star Trek movies. Â I really like the cast, and have come to grips with the fact that, since it’s not a TV show, the movies need to shade a bit more to the action side of things than the more cerebral Trek episodes. Â Still,…
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Movie Review – Ghostbusters (2016)
I’m happy to report that I have seen the new Ghostbusters movie and did not, in fact, experience the death of my childhood.  We all enjoyed it quite a bit.  Sure, there’s a few bits that don’t land but that’s true of the original Ghostbusters if you can manage to view it without the rose-tinted glasses…
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TV Review – Voltron: Legendary Defender Season One
I know for a fact that I watched the original Lion Force Voltron when I was a kid.  I’m fairly certain I had the toys, too.  But I wasn’t a Voltron obsessive, and I’m hard-pressed to remember much more than the barest bits of the show now.  You know, five lion bots, “and I’ll form the…
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Why Wolverine: Weapon X Makes More Sense Than Old Man Logan
For a long time, the rumors were persistent that Hugh Jackman’s final turn as Wolverine would be inspired by the Old Man Logan comics by Mark Millar and Steve McNiven. Â It never made a ton of sense to me, unless the only bit of inspiration taken from it was the name (similar to Age of…
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Comic Book Review – The Vision #8
Creative Team: Writer: Â Tom King Art: Â Gabriel Hernandez Walta Colors: Â Jordie Bellaire Letters: Â Clayton Cowles Last month, the cover shown for this issue (shown in part above) seemed to indicate the arrival of the Avengers and the beginning of the final battle. Â Well, as usual expectations are twisted. Â There IS a new arrival, but it’s…