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Cheap Thrills: The 8th Doctor

On my way back from the Mongolian Outlands, I was listening to a few things that I’d loaded onto my phone for the trip.  One of them turned out to be a hidden treasure.  Or at least it’s hidden to most Americans.  The British have known about this for a while.Back in 1996, Fox Network had the absolutely hideous idea of rebooting Doctor Who, which had been on hiatus for seven years at that point.  It was almost as bad as the Peter Cushing...

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Okay, I’m Back

Only slightly worse for wear. Reader Chief_Tuscaloosa writes: "In the future, when Vox Day has bought the Superman franchise for $1, I look forward to issue AV (after Vox) #1: “Superman, The Illegal Alien with Super-powers: He Has To Go Back."Not worth the dollar.  Part of the reason DC is doing this, is so they can turn things over to Jon Kent because 11 years Clark Kent goes into the Public Domain. So they'd like to shoo him off stage.  I'm...

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Is Kathleen Kennedy Getting her Contract Renewed?

Such a move would be fatal to what is left of the Star Wars fanbase.  She is the most reviled personality ever connected with the franchise to include freaking Jar-Jar.  Renew her contract and you may well as pander to the Reylos because you will have absolutely no one left.  Except, the Reylos have already dipped out, after ROS.Both the Mom & Pop and the institutional investors are clearly hostile to the idea. A number of Bob Chapek’s reforms would be reversed if...

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Marvel’s What If… (Second Episode)

Marvel's What If... Comics used to be kind of fun and different.What If Spiderman Joined the Fantastic Four?What If Gwen Stacy had lived? What if Doctor Doom became a hero?What If the Hulk had the brain of Bruce Banner?As you can tell some of these What If(s) proved popular enough to become part of the Marvelverse proper.However, we are now two episodes into the TV series and it is becoming absurdly obvious what all of the shows What If(s) are...

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DC Is Copying Arkhaven

“I had looked for this but not so soon,” as the old tombstone says. DC is now partnering with Webtoons.I find this particularly laughable given how the comic book pros sneered at webtoons when they first entered the English-speaking market.  “If you were any good at all you’d be working for DC or Marvel,” is what ALL of their comments could be boiled down to.However, the truth is that talent goes where the money is.  And right now, the top of the heap webtoons...

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Razorfist Parties Like It’s 1978

I see I'm not the only one who thinks we've regressed about four decades.Although, back then America's fundamentals were a hell of a lot better than they are today. I often wonder if Trump was the Septimus Severus of America; an Indian Summer Emperor. Regardless, this is Razorfist so this vid extremely NSFW. https://youtu.be/OKIszrFBQ2M

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I Thought Seppuku Was a Japanese Thing

Shang Chi star Simu Liu had this to say to his boss on Instagram.“We are not an 'interesting experiment, we are the underdog; the underestimated. We are the ceiling-breakers. We are the celebration of culture and joy that will persevere after an embattled year. We are the surprise, I'm fired the fuck up to make history on September 3rd; JOIN US."This is clearly a response to Bob Chapek’s Q3 earning’s call statement with regards to Shang Chi’s release...

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If You Were Wondering How They Would Screw Up Dune…

Wonder no more!This is a quote from Dune's director regarding, the second Dune movie which hasn't been shot yet."I can't wait to shoot the second part of Dune to get [Timothée Chalamet and Zendaya] back together. Knowing that in the next chapter Zendaya will be the protagonist of the story."There you go. Straight from the mouth of Denis Villeneuve himself.Freaking Chani is going to be the star of the next movie. How can they do that? You ask in...

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