I didn’t have high expectations for Fear the Walking Dead. I’m just one of those people who is a cynical jerk and thinks spinoffs are usually a waste of television space. The 90-minute pilot premiered on AMC on August 23rd to over 10 million viewers and that’s a cable series launch record. So yeah, a few…
It’s spinoff city up in here. Well, technically. Back in April it was widely reported that Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. would be receiving the spinoff treatment but details were very minimal and the project was squashed not long after. However, have hope! There are new whisperings to be excited about. Variety recently reported that ABC…
As I’ve whined and moaned about before, it’s hard to be a show that’s not a police procedural on television these days. Especially if it’s not totally based in reality. So even though fans were so rabidly invested in NBC’s Constantine, it still only lasted thirteen episodes. Matt Ryan played the supernatural investigator in the series,…
It’s hard to pinpoint exactly what went wrong with the latest edition of The Fantastic Four, Fantastic Four, Fant4stic, whatever you want to call it. The cast was solid and the director was a fitting choice. So how is it that the film is now receiving tons of negative reviews? Well frankly, it’s not that good….
Beginning next year, Robert Kirkman will have three shows on television. Of course, The Walking Dead will return October 11th, and its spinoff show Fear the Walking Dead will premiere for its first season on August 23rd. Kirkman will also be debuting a new show for Cinemax based on his other comic book series, Outcast. Check out…
Warning, major spoilers ahead. –The Editor It’s a post-Civil War world. Captain America is dead, and his fight against the Superhuman Registration Act (a law that would force superheroes to reveal their secret identities and submit to governmental “training” and “supervision”) is over. Tony Stark, leader of the pro-Registration forces, has voluntarily entered a vegetative…
Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns is ground-breaking for many reasons. It was the first comic book to describe a world where the boundaries of right and wrong aren’t so easy to distinguish. It proved that comic books could tackle serious issues like racism and prejudice. It made our heroes real people, dealing with imperfection….
The great thing about Star Wars is that the adventure doesn’t end with the movies. There are dozens of books that take place as far back as 36,000 years before the main trilogy as well as 130 years after Return of the Jedi. The Expanded Universe (as such tales have been collectively called) was set aside when…
In October of 2000, Marvel Comics created the Ultimate Universe. This alternate dimension took favorite characters and de-aged them to make them more relatable to a new generation of comic book fans. Additionally, it freed the characters from the decades of back-history that otherwise would intimidate the new generation from reading the comics. Then in 2011,…
Now we talk TV! The panel for The Walking Dead was insane and one of, if not the, most anticipated hour of Comic-Con. The trailer released for season six highlighted another “new” Rick Grimes. Maybe he’s lost it again, or maybe he’s completely right. Either way, the town of Alexandria is in for a rough…
The San Diego Convention Center may be huge, but it’s unable to contain all of the excitement of Comic-Con, which came to a close this week. There were lots of panels, trailers and fun and I’m here to talk film. The most buzzed about trailer to be released online was Batman v Superman: Dawn of…
Dear Comic-Con, I want to let you know that I love you. I really adore you and the fact that in just a few days time you give me things to talk about for years. So, I want you to understand that what I’m about to say to you comes from a place of bitterness…
