The review embargo is now lifted and it doesn't look too promising. Normally Disney requires that the access media toe the line on their AAA releases but at a freshness rating of 71% it doesn't feel like anyone is getting their arms twisted over this one. This also means that the reviewers aren't happy about an insufficient Wokeness level. As they will reliably lie for something that is bellowing The Message.There is also the problem of the film's...
Ms. Marvel has defied my best efforts to write a review of it. There is just nothing there to comment on. It’s all very dull boring and tedious. Nothing really happens. I was left feeling bad for the lead actress Iman Vellani. If Bree Larson had put half the effort into being as likable Vellani has, I would have been making excuses for her performance in Captain Marvel. Vellani probably is the only genuine Ms. Marvel fan in all existence. Her story about how she made...
But it is not so much the absurdity as the evil of hereditary succession which concerns mankind. Men who look upon themselves born to reign, and others to obey, soon grow insolent; selected from the rest of mankind their minds are early poisoned by importance; and the world they act in differs so materially from the world at large, that they have but little opportunity of knowing its true interests, and when they succeed to the government are frequently the most...
What happened to you Sir Lenny? How did you come to this?JRR Tolkien Responds To Terrible Screen AdaptationAmazon’s LOTR Is On A RollDisaster! Amazon Now Owns The HobbitAmazon’s Lord of the Rings TrailerOf Mice and NDAsYeah, It’s Gonna Suck – Amazons Lord of the Rings (part II) Yeah, It’s Gonna Suck – Amazon’s Lord of the Rings
You’ve got better things to do on the Fourth of July weekend than read a blog and you know it. Why are you wasting your time here? Go have fun outside with your family.FIRSTI asked myself a question on my most recently regrettable trip to Walmart. What the hell kind of Chinese name is La Choy?Turns out it was Korean. The ancient secret is soy sauce and brown sugar!!!Ilhyeong New was born in Pyongyang in 1894...
For those of you who missed it. Here is a reprint of my Bounding Into Comics interview with the Main Man. The guy who Lobo runs from when he walks into a bar. The only known living descendant of Conan, Solomon Kane, Bran MacMorn and freaking Kull of Atlantis. The man whose preferred pronouns are Vengefully/Vindictively. The Rageaholic himself: RAZÖRFIST!!!DARK HERALD: Razorfist, you are launching a new book in your Nightvale series titled Death Mask,...
It is over. It is ended.DC Comics will not have a booth at San Diego Comicon. "(T)the company, headed by CEO David Zaslav, is making big changes to its approach to Comic-Con as its various divisions make their first appearances at the annual pop culture celebration in three years, due to the pandemic. For the first time, Warners, including DC, will have no presence on the convention floor, a move that breaks with decades of precedent. The company had one...
There was an unscheduled meeting of the Board of Directors on Monday. At the time it was assumed that it was in response to the disaster of Pixar's Lightyear. While I'm sure something about that was mentioned, it turns out the real reason was something else.Budget Cut Bob Chapek's contract was due to expire in February of next year. But it appears the BOD decided to end speculation early and renew Chapek's contract now for another three...
No, I didn’t invent this. I swear.More surprisingly, Daniel Kibblesmith had nothing to do with it, which I find kind of shocking. It’s just that good.No artwork yet but I can’t wait to see it.CBR so don’t click on it.“The story introduces readers to four new trans characters, all of whom are equipped with their own unique set of skills. The group includes Pity Girl/Nora (she/her), who has the ability to hypnotize people with sad stories; Aphelion/Reed (they/them), who has freezing...
Yay, it’s over.At least the episodes were short. It had that going for it. If nothing else.This entire mini-series is defined by three characteristics: undermining canon, internal inconsistency, and being wholly unnecessary. Let’s take a quick look at the very first time we met Obi-Wan in 1977. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CQfR8WD_YYM Kenobi is quickly established as a Gandalf/Merlin/hedge-wizard-in-general figure. If he ever was a fighter, his bad-ass days are clearly behind him. He’ll be a teacher and advisor but that is going to be pretty much it. He is...
