Monday, June 25, 2007

Fantastic Four II

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I finally had a chance to see Fantastic Four II, the Rise of the Silver Surfer . I was a bit disappointed. After thinking about it, I realiz...
Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Hulk Vanish!

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It's been a while since I said much about comic books so I'm going to talk a bit about the Hulk. This character has probably gone th...
Wednesday, June 06, 2007

What does the opening weekend say about Pirates 3?

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Here's a movie critic who finds justification in Pirate's opening weekend. So when does $114 million lose an argument? When its pr...

The Children of Hurin

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I finally got a copy of the Children of Hurin last week. This is the first new novel by J. R. R. Tolkien since the Lord of the Rings. That ...
Monday, June 04, 2007

The real influences on Star Wars

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As part of the Star Wars 30th anniversary, the History Channel has been airing a special on Star Wars. Various politicians and celebrities t...
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Monday, May 28, 2007

Thirty Years of the Force

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Star Wars turned 30 this weekend. Wired's Luddite saw it for the first time recently and didn't like it. It is impossible for me to...
Friday, May 25, 2007

Third Time's the Charm

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After the disappointing Spider-Man 3 and Shrek the Third, I was worried about Pirates of the Caribbean 3. I shouldn't have worried. It w...
Tuesday, May 22, 2007

Heroes

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Heroes wrapped up their first season last night with a strong ending. I've been watching it since the beginning and I saw many of the ep...
Monday, May 21, 2007

Shrek and Sequels

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Shrek the Third did great business its opening weekend, taking in more money and drawing slightly more people than the second movie and doin...
Sunday, May 06, 2007

Spider-Man 3

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I'm going to assume that anyone reading this has already seen Spider-Man 3 or at least has heard all of the plot elements. I'm just ...
Thursday, May 03, 2007

Lost in Purgatory

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Are the people in Lost actually in the afterlife instead of being on an island? They dropped a couple of strong hints that this is the case....
Tuesday, April 24, 2007

Kryptonite?

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Scientists announced that they discovered kryptonite! A mineral found by geologists in Serbia shares virtually the same chemical compositi...
Monday, April 16, 2007

Robin Hood through the ages

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I had the unusual experience of seeing three different interpretations of Robin Hood last week. That inspired me to give a quick overview of...
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Wednesday, April 11, 2007

TMNT

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A new Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movie is out. That gives me a chance to examine their origins. The Turtles have been through so many medi...
Monday, April 09, 2007

The FF at 45

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Around 45 years ago a new comic book appeared on the stands. Labeled "The World's Greatest Comic Magazine" it featured a new s...
Thursday, April 05, 2007

How "Lost" is Juliet?

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In last night's Lost, Kate was gassed by the Others. When she woke up, she was some distance away from their village and handcuffed to J...
Tuesday, April 03, 2007

Jesus in a Cape

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Easter is almost here so I thought I would review Jesus figures in superhero comics. Usually these are tastefully done. The exception was Na...
Thursday, March 22, 2007

Father Issues

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Let's see if I can remember all of the characters in Lost with father issues starting with the mildest. Walt - Didn't know his fathe...
Sunday, March 11, 2007

Heroes Equivalents

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The powers that the people in Heroes possess are not that unusual. I saw this questioned in a comic book forum and came up this list: Claire...
Wednesday, March 07, 2007

The Flame Goes up in Flames

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Lost blogging: In the March 7th episode a small party set on rescuing Jack comes across a station. Officially it is the communications hub a...