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Other heroes may be dark, brooding and intelligent, or invincible super-nice guys, but no one is as fun to watch as Spider-Man. More than most other super-heroes, he seems like a regular (if really intelligent) guy who is trying to juggle two lives without losing his sense of humor. I can relate to him better than any other super-hero I can think of at the moment. That relatability has a lot to do with the longevity of . . . → Read More: Radioactive Spider Blood – Tuesday TubeWatch Green Lantern – First Flight With characters that have as huge of an existing storyline as Green Lantern, it’d be easy for a movie like Green Lantern: First Flight to get lost in trying to add in all the cool stuff and cameos that could be covered. That isn’t the case here. This is a lean movie. At 70 minutes, you could actually argue that it’s too lean. But I still liked it. Everything I know about . . . → Read More: Review: Green Lantern: First Flight I don’t know a whole lot about Wolverine’s origins other than what is in the X-Men movies. For some reason I never read the comics versions. I’m pretty excited to see this. Plus, it’s got Gambit. I know some people don’t like him, but he was one of my favorite X-Men from the TV cartoons. Not sure how that helicopter thing is going to work out… that looks a bit cheesy in the trailer, but I’m willing . . . → Read More: Wolverine movie trailer Easily the funniest of these kinds of things I’ve run across… see more crazy cat pics
There needs to be a Hitman Monkey comic book. A depressed monkey running around whacking people… what’s funnier than that?! “Hitman Monkey: No Funny Business” Oh, man… that would have been an awesome background character in a Tick episode. He could have been in the background in every scene quietly taking out the “extras”. Monkey bomb (That reminds me… Tick needs to . . . → Read More: Hitman Monkey Slice of Scifi – Science Fiction TV & Movie News, Interviews & more » Animated Star Wars Moving Along The animated Star Wars series is on track. Some tidbits from Ron Coleman, animation supervisor for Industrial Light & Magic: Fifteen episodes are currently in various stages of production On further reflection there is one more thing I want to say about The Prince Of Egypt. The second trailer (included on the DVD) paints the film as a “triumph of the power of the human spirit”. In other words, they’re saying this movie shows how humans can do amazing things when they put their minds to it. That’s just wrong. Don’t get me wrong, here… I fully believe that humans can do amazing things when we put . . . → Read More: Follow-up review: The Prince of Egypt trailer It’s hard to do better than the Bible for your source material, so this movie had an edge already. In some ways it lived up to (and exceeded) expectations; in others, it left me slightly disappointed, but overall it was an excellent film. For those who may not know, the story is set in Egypt during the reigns of Seti (the first, I think), and his son Rameses. (If you somehow don’t already know the story, skip . . . → Read More: Review: The Prince of Egypt I was really hoping this movie would be better than it was. Alas, it wasn’t. After a promising beginning, dealing with the “death” of Captain America, and setting up some multi-decade intrigue, the movie’s plot devolved into nothing more than, “here’s a character, here’s his/her power, he/she isn’t a team player, now everybody get together and fight something.” They did attempt a small bit of character development, especially with Captain America and Bruce Banner/Hulk, but it was really . . . → Read More: Review: Ultimate Avengers In 1941 and 1942, Superman showed up in some great Max Fleisher cartoons. I just picked up a Volume 1 DVD at the Dollar Store and it was a bargain. These old cartoons are great. In some ways I thought they were superior to our current cartoons. Certainly the lighting and shading of these classics are more dramatic and cinematic. The characters also look more like real humans than today’s typical animations. They even take the time . . . → Read More: Review: Superman: Max Fleisher cartoon shorts (Originally posted Jul 31, 2005 on my older blog) I’ve been watching Justice League and Justice League Unlimited lately. This is good stuff. Mike got me hooked. I’d caught it while flipping channels from time to time, but never really followed it well, and certainly never knew the episode order. Now I’ve seen all four seasons in order and … wow. This Justice League is way beyond any previous incarnation. (Actually I suppose I should say “these Justice Leagues,” . . . → Read More: Review: Justice League |
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