I love comic books. Hell, who doesn’t? Theoretically some people don’t, but I’m convinced these people are really just shapeshifting alien invaders in disguise. Anyway, comic books are just fun. They’re action packed, exciting, inventive, and full of people of both genders who wear very… exciting clothes, so you’ll be happy whatever your preferences are….
Let’s face it. Sequels tend to suck. The first movie already covered all the fun stuff; sequels tend to just be retreads of the same themes and issues that the first one tackled. Now, most of the time, this just makes sequels dull. Unfortunately, some sequels commit a far worse sin: they use the material…
When all the great giant robot anime we know and love like Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann and Gunbuster were growing up, they would huddle at the knees of their grandfather and listen to tales of the old days with wide eyes. They soaked in the tales of the Gutsy Geoid Guard and their war with…
Every once in a while, a special sort of video game comes along that manages to blend gameplay and story so perfectly, so seamlessly, that they become one and the same. These games are very rare, though they are slowly growing more common every year. Last year, Supergiant Games released Bastion onto X-Box Live ARcade…
Let’s talk ponies. Specifically, My Little Pony. I’m sure you heard of it, though you probably only have a vague idea about what it is. You probably think it’s a cartoon about colorful ponies, created by Hasbro primarily to sell toys, which is true. You probably also think it’s crap only little girls are supposed…
We all watched Power Rangers as a kid. Despite just being dubbed action sequences from a Japanese show with some American footage tacked on, we ate that stuff up with a spoon. Depending on you age, it might’ve been anything from the original Mighty Morphin’, to Time Force, to Dino Thunder (if you grew up…
Who doesn’t love a superhero? They’re awesome; everything we wish we could be, a superhero is. Superman, Batman, Thor, Captain America, Iron Man… these are just a few of the A-list heroes out there. However, with a thousand-and-one comic book heroes out there, it’s unavoidable that a couple of them just won’t get the credit…
Ah, sequels. The Hollywood equivalent of Hamburger Helper, sequels are filler designed to stretch out a franchise the way Hamburger Helper stretches out meat, so you can get more use out of it. The problem with sequels, once you’ve done a movie once, all the novelty and great ideas it head are used up, which…
I loved the first Alien movie. Who didn’t? It was scary enough to be exciting, but not so terrifying that it scared away those who don’t really enjoy horror films, myself included. Its sequel Aliens, despite a genre shift, a new director and a singularly uncreative name, was even better. It turned Ellen Ripley into…
The Electronic Entertainment Expo, or E3, is quite possibly the single most exciting event of any gamer’s year. It’s a magical time, almost like a gamer’s Christmas, when all the new games, consoles, and projects are revealed and showed off by their proud developers and producers. It’s the biggest, most important gaming convention of the…
Ever since the Star Wars prequels came out, they’ve been getting a lot of hate. Many a fan were severely upset by these cinematic blunders, and it seems that they only become more disliked as time goes by. George Lucas made some mistakes with these movies; he misread his audience and put in a bunch…
Do you remember Avatar: The Last Airbender? A few years back, A:TLA was one of the most popular shows on television, and fans of all ages eagerly tuned in to watch Avatar Aang and his friends travel the world so that he could learn all four forms of super-powered martial arts (called ‘bending’) and free…
