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Comic Book Review – Airwolf: Airstrikes
Yet another IDW/Lion Forge comic that exists in a strange netherworld between reboot and continuation (much like the previously reviewed Knight Rider), this Airwolf: Airstrikes trade paperback is an anthology of mostly-unrelated stories starring a helicopter that sort of resembles the Airwolf you remember, starring people that at least have the same names as the…
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Agents of SHIELD Recap – S03E04 Devils You Know
The action-packed fourth episode of Agents of SHIELD starts with…domestic bliss? A happy Inhuman couple making dinner gets a knock at the door and it’s Alisha, the Inhuman who can make duplicates of herself. She’s there to recruit them to Coulson’s team. A big change from when she was on the side of Jiaying. Unfortunately…
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Agents of SHIELD Recap – S03E03 A Wanted (Inhu)man
Agents of SHIELD continues to spin multiple plates each episode, but all of the storylines are still interesting. This time around, the ATCU outs Lincoln as an alien threat on TV, and Daisy and Mack try to go to the rescue. Lincoln reaches out to his AA sponsor for help, and it seems to go…
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Agents of SHIELD Recap – S03E02 Purpose in the Machine
Episode 2, Purpose in the Machine kicks off right where the premiere left off, and keeps up the breakneck pace. After an open that shows old English dudes sending some poor sap into a room…with our monolith. Mostly so one of them can tell us “no one ever returns!”. But we know our Simmons is…
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Agents of SHIELD Recap – S03E01 Laws of Nature
I’ve got a bit of free time on my hands, so I am going to try and write more – and I thought I’d start recapping some of my favorite shows. First up, Agents of SHIELD! AoS season two dealt with the Inhumans, and the fact that Skye (now known by her real name, Daisy…
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Comic Book Review – Knight Rider (Lion Forge)
I’m fairly easy-going about adaptations, especially compared to the internet at large. Still, there’s something that doesn’t sit right with me about Lion Forge’s version of Knight Rider. If you squint, it sort of resembles the source material. There’s a talking car, and a guy named Michael Knight is driving it. Aside from that, this…
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Book Review – Firefight (Brandon Sanderson’s Reckoners #2)
I enjoyed the first book in the Reckoners series (Steelheart) despite some silly YA trappings that felt like they were there just to check a box on a form (let’s have some new slang for the kids!) but I’m a sucker for some good comic book action, and I like the hook here. In Sanderson’s…
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Lightning Movie Reviews – Ant-Man, Ultron, Minions
I have some catching up to do, so you get some quick thoughts on some recent flicks. Avengers: Age of Ultron – The first movie was so successful, so it would’ve been difficult to meet expectations here. Ultron definitely was a half-step down but still had some great action and humor. Ultron himself could’ve used…
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Inside Out and When Marnie Was There
I’m late posting this, but I saw both Inside Out and When Marnie Was There with the kids, and boy was THAT an emotional wringer. But in the best way. Seeing them both that close together makes for an interesting comparison – both movies focus on a girl dealing with the emotions of adolescence. Riley…
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Movie Review – Tomorrowland
We saw Tomorrowland, and quite enjoyed it. It felt to me like a throwback to the 80s kid adventure movies, with a modern budget. It isn’t perfect, but the visuals and the solid kid actors make it worthwhile. The story centers around two people – Frank Walker, seen both as a 12 year old inventor…
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Our Free Comic Book Day 2015 Haul!
Above you can see the picks both me and my kids picked out for Free Comic Book Day 2015! I didn’t get to get out early so I missed a couple of the free books I wanted (the Dark Horse sampler with the Avatar: The Last Airbender comic, and Terrible Lizard) but we still got…
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Book Review – Star Wars: A New Dawn
Are you watching the new Star Wars cartoon, Rebels? Do you want to know more about Kanan? Well, it takes quite a while to get interesting, but A New Dawn is your jam. There’s insight into Kanan (then under his real name) and his training as a Padawan before Order 66, the first meeting with…
