Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Incredibly Stupid Plots

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I was reading a list of failed government energy programs and the entry for breeder reactors reminded me of one of the dumbest plots to appe...
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Friday, November 11, 2011

Bil Keane

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Bil Keane, the creator of the comic strip the Family Circus, died on November 8. He was still producing strips until his death although his ...
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Tuesday, November 08, 2011

Tablet Wars

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Predictions that the IPad was unstoppable were premature. It has not been available for a year and a half. Granted the first responses were ...
Tuesday, November 01, 2011

The Shakespeare Plays

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The new movie Anonymous presents the view that Shakespeare did not write the plays attributed to him. This seems like a good time to go over...
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Wednesday, October 26, 2011

Women Superheroes

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DC's reboot has caused an uproar over their treatment of women. Characters are portrayed as strippers and sexually promiscuous. Starfire...
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Saturday, October 22, 2011

The Three Musketeers - Review

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It looks goofy but we just had to go see the new Three Musketeers movie. I've read the book several times and watched the Richard Lester...
Friday, October 21, 2011

Evolution of the Musketeers

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The Three Musketeers has been adapted for film 20+ times. While the novel is considered a timeless classic, the movies seems to have quit ad...
Wednesday, October 19, 2011

Digital Wars

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Would you buy a digital edition of a comic for a 7" tablet? What if that was the only format open, would that change your mind? When Am...
Tuesday, October 11, 2011

Joss Whedon - Director

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Joss Whedon, the director of the upcoming Avengers movie is a respected writer and TV director but he has only directed one theatrical relea...
Friday, October 07, 2011

Bye Steve

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I never owned a product made by Apple so Steve Jobs never touched me personally. I was tempted several times starting back in 1977 when I bo...
Monday, October 03, 2011

Cavemen

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Morgan Spurlock's new documentary on trying to live like cavemen aired last night. I'm not impressed. As far as I can tell, the conc...
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Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Ebook Readers

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Amazon just launched a new tablet computer to compete with the Barnes and Noble Nook Color and refreshed their line of e-ink Kindles, again ...
Thursday, September 22, 2011

Kryptonite

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I recently wrote about superheroes' varying power levels. At some point, many heroes have gotten so powerful that the writers introduced...
Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Monsters - Myth and Fiction

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I saw an interesting comment by John Landis, director of An American Werewolf in London. Some people complained when ordinary bullets kille...
Monday, September 19, 2011

Alphas

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There are only a few episodes left of the first season of Alphas. It has already been renewed for a second season. The first season has been...
Thursday, September 15, 2011

3D Movies

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Slate has an article on Who Killed 3-D? When they say "killed" they are talking about receipts per screen. A couple of years ago ...
Wednesday, September 14, 2011

Villains and Power Levels

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Last week I wrote about power levels and superheros. Now I will take a quick look at villains. Often the power level of a villain doesn'...
Wednesday, September 07, 2011

Hero Power Levels

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Marvel recently put up a batch of early Golden Age comics on the digital site. Reading these got me to thinking about relative power levels....
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Wednesday, August 31, 2011

The Curse of Continuity

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Up until the 1960s, comic books seldom had any sort of continuity. Some major events were remembered like the time Lex Luthor saved a planet...
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Friday, August 26, 2011

Dr. Who - What's been going on

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The second part of Matt Smith's second season premiers tomorrow. This is a good chance to point out some of the background plot threads....