Year: 2013
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Movie Review – The Wolverine
Adaptation movies are such balancing acts, especially with comic book movies. Alienate the fans, and the negative backlash on the geek sites will wash you away. But the superfans alone do not bring in the box office numbers (just look at Joss and Serenity) so you can’t hew too close to the source if it…
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Legend of Korra Book 2 Trailer!
Okay, we FINALLY have something to sink our teeth into here, but we have to wait until September to for Book 2 to start. Â So let’s obsess over the trailer! Korra and Tenzin meditating. Â Spirit world connection! Unalaq bending. Â Such beautiful animation. Looks like…A FUNERAL?? Â Who are you killing, Bryke? The next part looks like…
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Book Review – The Ocean at the End of the Lane
I’ve been staring at thie text entry box for this review for days, at various times. Gaiman’s books can be deeply affecting, and The Ocean at the End of the Lane is no different. I’m even having trouble re-reading it to do the review as I am feeling what happens to the young protagonist a…
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Movie Review – Pacific Rim
Ah, Pacific Rim. Â The movie every geek wanted to see, but it’s ‘underperforming‘ despite that. Â There are many reasons being bandied about (no big stars! being the most prominent). Â For me, Pacific Rim did exactly what it was supposed to. Â And it cuts through a lot of the crap we’ve come to expect with a…
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Book Review – The 47 Ronin
The 47 Ronin adapts a classic Japanese story of Bushido, the Samurai code of honor. Â This particular adaptation is in graphic novel form, having been written by Sean Michael Wilson and Akiko Shimojima handling the art duties. Â It follows the tale of a group of samurai, disgraced and left leaderless after their lord had assaulted…
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Book Review: Crucible (Star Wars)
I am quite out of date with the Star Wars ‘Expanded Universe’ stuff, as I’ve mostly kept to Timothy Zahn and a few other notable books after being burned by KJA. But I was cruising NetGalley for books to review, and they had a couple of Star Wars books in the mix. This, Crucible was the first. …
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Why you should be reading Hawkeye
I went a long time without reading an actual comic book. Â I gave up on them when they started to get too expensive. Â They cost a buck when I did most of my collecting, and individual issues routinely go for $3-4 now. Â But I really wanted to get into them again thanks to the pure…
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Movie Review – Despicable Me 2
Thanks to the fine folks at Buffalo.com, my 5 year old daughter and I saw Despicable Me 2 last night. It’s got a lot to live up to, as the first is one of our favorite movies as a family, and one of the most-quoted. I’m happy to report that, for the most part, Despicable…
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Star Trek: Deep Space Nine Rewatch – Season Three
DS9 Rewatch: Season One, Season Two Note: To save my sanity, from here on I’m only going to cover the episodes that stand out to me, or ones I have a really funny comment on. Season three again starts with a multi-part episode, and it’s important. Founders! The Dominion! THE DEFIANT. I fucking love that…
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Get to know an MMO – Star Wars: The Old Republic
A continuing series where I look at current MMO games from a Free to Play perspective (as I’m too much of a cheapskate to pay for a monthly fee unless the game is REALLY good). I wanted to try this as soon as I’d heard of it – a new Star Wars game from Bioware? Great! …
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Book Review: Abaddon’s Gate
Abaddon’s Gate is the third book in James S. A Corey’s Expanse series, and it kicks a whole heck of a lot of ass. James Holden is haunted – literally. Miller is dead, but that doesn’t stop the detective from appearing to Holden again and again, each time speaking nonsense, or possibly a warning, to…
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Book Review – The Tyrant’s Law
Daniel Abraham’s The Dagger and the Coin series has gone from a bonus title included when I bought Leviathan Wakes to a day-one read. I really, really enjoy Marcus Wester’s chapters as he and Master Kit hunt the Spider Goddess (and the reveal there, wow). Cithrin gets caught between the advances of Geder and trying…