Category: Media

  • Movie Review – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    Movie Review – Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice

    The elephant in the room, right?  Yes, I saw BvS: DoJ.  I don’t hate it, but there hasn’t been a comic book movie that’s ever elicited a wider range of reactions from me.  For every cool moment or visual, there are long stretches where my only reaction is a sigh or eyeroll or double facepalm.…

  • Comic Book Review – The Vision #6

    Comic Book Review – The Vision #6

    Creative Team: Writer:  Tom King Art:  Gabriel Hernandez Walta Colors:  Jordie Bellaire Letters:  Clayton Cowles Much of the unease and tension in The Vision thus far has come from what we haven’t seen as much as what we have.  Tom King and company pulls that trick again here in The Vision #6.  Again, we get…

  • Comic Book Review – Black Panther #1

    Comic Book Review – Black Panther #1

    Creative Team: Writer:  Ta-Nehisi Coates Art:  Brian Stelfreeze Colors:  Laura Martin Letters:  Joe Sabino Over the years with my sporadic obsession with comics, I mostly missed comics featuring Black Panther.  It was the same way with a lot of important characters – I think they only exposure to Hank Pym was in his ‘Dr. Pym’…

  • Stop making Batman v Superman about Marvel versus DC

    Stop making Batman v Superman about Marvel versus DC

    If there’s a thing in comics fandom I hate right now it’s this adversarial tone a lot of the chatter takes on nowadays.  A spirited debate is fun, no doubt, but this isn’t that, it’s just angry people shouting at each other.  It’s there in sports now, video games, even politics.  There are certain groups…

  • Book Review – The City Stained Red (Bring Down Heaven #1) by Sam Sykes

    Book Review – The City Stained Red (Bring Down Heaven #1) by Sam Sykes

    I became aware of Sam Sykes mostly via Twitter, and his interactions with Myke Cole, Daniel Abraham and other authors I followed.  He was funny, and when the first book in his new series was discounted, I took a shot.  The City Stained Red, book one of the “Bring Down Heaven” series, follows an adventuring…

  • Comic Book Review – The Vision #5

    Comic Book Review – The Vision #5

    There was a discussion on Twitter the other day by some comic creators, about how the phrase that got them to ignore a review the quickest was “nothing happened”.  I would not be surprised if some of those comments were made about this issue of The Vision…but they’d be completely wrong. Now, there’s little action,…

  • Comic Book Review – Black Widow #1 (2016)

    Comic Book Review – Black Widow #1 (2016)

    The best description I’ve seen for this new Black Widow comic is it’s the cold open to a new James Bond movie, but starring our favorite super-spy.  It’s pure action.  Seriously all we learn is, Widow steals *something* from SHIELD and busts out of a helicarrier.  That’s all we know, but it’s A-OK because that…

  • Agent Carter – A Missed Opportunity

    Agent Carter – A Missed Opportunity

    note: spoilers abound for Agent Carter season 2 Agent Carter’s second season just ended, and I’m sad.  There was a lot of fun to be had – Howard’s always good for a laugh, Jarvis is perfect, and their take on Whitney Frost as a villainous Hedy Lamarr was interesting.  One thing that didn’t help was…

  • Comic Book Review – Power Man and Iron Fist #1

    Comic Book Review – Power Man and Iron Fist #1

    And now for something completely different!  Although Power Man and Iron Fist does feature another character we first spotted the live-action MCU version of in Jessica Jones, Luke Cage, teaming back up with his old partner Iron Fist.  But don’t tell Luke that, it’s just a favor for a friend, and how well does that usually work…

  • Comic Book Review – Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat #1

    Comic Book Review – Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat #1

    So I grabbed Patsy Walker A.K.A. Hellcat because I enjoy reading Kate Leth’s commentary on comics and her perspective, and I have to admit it’s more fun than I thought.  Plus, I got a solid sampling of Brittney L. Williams’s art, which works for me (she’ll be doing a Legend of Korra comic in the future).…

  • Movie Review – Kung Fu Panda 3

    Movie Review – Kung Fu Panda 3

    I previously held up Kung Fu Panda 2 as an example of how a sequel should be done.  I don’t think Kung Fu Panda 3 reaches those same heights but it’s still a fun ride. Kung Fu Panda 3 picks up not long after 2 – Po is living his ideal life as the Dragon Warrior.  He…

  • Mobile Game Review – Marvel’s Avengers Academy

    Mobile Game Review – Marvel’s Avengers Academy

    Marvel’s latest mobile game is Avengers Academy, which is one of those thing where they reimagine existing characters (hero and villain) as teenagers.  It works well here, as it seems like there’s some time travel-type shenanigans hinted at as far as the story goes.  It’s by TinyCo, and if you’ve played one of their other…

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