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"The Vision" Mini-Series
Marvel Comics has just released the first issue of a mini-series starring The Vision. Since the Vision is one of my favorite Marvel characters, I bought this issue ( Read more... ) -
Wolverine and the X-Men
I finally finished watching Wolverine and the X-Men. It managed to be worse than I feared. It was a wonky idea from the start: loner Wolverine is so popular, let's make him leader! It was a strange blend of the familiar and the revisioned. It was built around a problematic implementation of time travel. But it still could've overcome these ( Read more... ) -
Final Thoughts on "Adlnoah.Zero"
The second season of Aldnoah.Zero ran pretty much as I predicted, moving the show's focus to the invading Vers Empire and its internal politics, but it did still manage several delightful surprises and created more interesting material than I'd expected. But the show let me down a bit with the conclusion, essentially just running out the clock on ( Read more... ) -
Avengers vs. the U.S. Government
I've been rereading old issues of The Avengers from the late 1970s, where the team suffers under government regulation. While the government (embodied by Henry Peter Gyrich) is clearly presented as a obstructive interloper, the feds have some valid points. Points that tend to be obscured by iffy writing on both sides of the issue ( Read more... ) -
Competition in "The Incredibles" and "Gundam Build Fighters"
I love the look and feel of The Incredibles, but I think the film stumbles with its thematic parts. The idea that the supers aren't allowed to exercise their special abilities out of jealousy doesn't follow from the film's backstory, where we see people complaining about Mr. Incredible's use of excessive force (or his basic heroism, in the case of ( Read more... ) -
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Heroes and Villains and Weak Logic
Once Upon a Time continues to disappoint. My keenest disappointment is the show's sloppy writing. For example, in the latest episode, Heroes and Villains, we have another new crisis built on the shakiest of foundations.
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Alien 3
I recently rewatched Alien 3 for the first time since its premiere in 1992. I even watched the special addition, which fixes at least one narrative hole. I still don't like the film. Two reasons:- It reinterprets the previous story arc.
- It's far more a horror film than a sci-fi film.
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Day of the Doctor Review
"Day of the Doctor" was a big disappointment. While the big-screen production values were nice, the script failed utterly to live up to expectations. There were three big problems:- The Warrior
- The Time War
- Script Details
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11th Doctor Specials
I just watched the last two Doctor Who specials, with predictably mixed results.
"The Doctor, the Widow, and the Wardrobe" was overly sentimental, simplistic, and silly. It was clearly targeted at the child market, with a few bits thrown in to entertain the parents. The Doctor sets up the situation, quickly loses control of it, and then trails ( Read more... )