Wednesday, December 27, 2017

Grading the Doctor Who Christmas Specials

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There have been 13 modern Doctor Who Christmas specials. The most recent one marked the end of Steven Moffat's time with the Doctor and ...
Monday, November 13, 2017

Thor and Wonder Woman's Progressions

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Boilerplate warning - this is nothing but spoilers. Wonder Woman was very similar to Captain America: First Avenger in tone and subject matt...
Monday, September 25, 2017

The Diversity Trap - Part 3

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Topical comic books are popular but often run into problems because the writer has strong views on a subject and slants the stories to match...
Saturday, September 23, 2017

The Diversity Trap - Part 2

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Earlier I wrote about how changing comic book characters in the name of diversity is self-limiting. This time I'll talk about how pushin...
Thursday, September 21, 2017

The Diversity Trap

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It is an understatement to say that Marvel has revamped their characters. Most of the mainstays have been replaced with a more "diverse...
Tuesday, June 20, 2017

The Arrowverse

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The Arrowverse (DC comics-related TV shows) dominate the WB network. Some are better than others. I'm going to skip Arrow. the founder o...
Wednesday, June 14, 2017

Wonder Woman

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Wonder Woman is easily the best DC superhero movie since Tim Burton's Batman. The Dark Knight trio had far too many plot holes to be rea...
Monday, April 10, 2017

Iron Man and the Arc Reactor

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A lot of people seem to be confused about Tony Stark's heart and the arc reactors he used to keep it beating. Here's a quick rundown...
Friday, March 24, 2017

Iron Fist

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There's been a lot of talk about the Netflix Iron Fist series, most of it bad. It's worth reviewing where the character came from an...
Sunday, March 12, 2017

Can Storm Troopers Hit Anything?

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It's been a running gag for decades that the Storm Troopers in Star Wars can't hit anything. This is most on display in the original...
Saturday, January 14, 2017

Defending the Castles

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https://www.youtube.com/watch? v=GYaoKHGP0dc This Youtube video takes a close look at three fortification in the Lord of the Rings movies an...
Tuesday, June 28, 2016

Dark Shadows

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50 years ago Dark Shadows started it's run. I didn't watch it back then, of course. It wasn't aimed at 11 year old boys. It was ...
Monday, March 14, 2016

Plot holes that aren't

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Fans love to pick holes in plots. "Why didn't they do this?" they ask. Here are two perceived plot holes that don't actual...
Thursday, February 05, 2015

The WikiGnome's Futile Struggle

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Bryan Henderson, working under the name Giraffedata holds the record for editing the most articles in Wikipedia. Unlike most editors, he o...
Thursday, August 07, 2014

Guardians of the Galaxy

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My first reaction when I heard that Marvel was making a movie about the Guardians of the Galaxy was "Why?" It has never been a pop...
Saturday, December 28, 2013

The Hobbit - good and bad

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A lot of people are complaining about the adaptation of The Hobbit. I think that many of the changes are justifiable. First, this is not a...
Monday, October 07, 2013

Gravity

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Gravity belongs to the genre known as "one damn thing after another". Unlike most movies in this genre though, the question is not...
Wednesday, September 04, 2013

Face Off season 5

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I don't watch many reality show competitions but this is one I love. The show started off interesting and has improved over the seasons....
Wednesday, July 31, 2013

Tolkien and Black Powder

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In LotR:The Two Towers, Saruman breeches the wall at Helm's Deep with black powder (aka gun powder). This point always bothered me but I...
Friday, July 05, 2013

The Lone Ranger

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I grew up watching reruns of the old black and white Lone Ranger show with Clayton Moore and Jay Silverheels. In the 1980s they made a major...