RIP: The Tent-Pole Summer Blockbuster?
I’m one of those rare few individuals who didn’t much care for the whole Pirates of the Caribbean franchise, and I still don’t. To me, that kind of big, slick marketing package built solely around…
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IDW FYI: Three New Titles Deserve Your Undivided Attention
It’s been a few months since I covered the print scene. For the last few weeks, I’ve been buried under a stack of DVDs I’m trying to work my way through before I go on…
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Spielberg and Lucas Think You’re Not Paying Enough To Watch Their Movies
Hey, Marvel fans, how much are you willing to pay to see Avengers 2? $20? $40? How about $100? And, at that price, are you gonna see it twice? Three times? Cinema legends Steven Spielberg…
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WGA Finally Gives Sci-Fi The Credit Its Due
You know, we could debate ‘lists’ all darn day, but I saw an article last week that – as a sci-fi fan – I thought gave us cause for celebration. Science fiction often gets dismissed…
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Just What Is It With Some TV Shows?
I’ve made the casual observation before that I find episode-by-episode reviews of some programs to be problematic. I don’t say that to gripe about any writer, format, or even those types of review in general;…
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“It’s Dead, Jim” … But Star Trek Lives
There’s no sense beating a dead horse. Even the oft-maligned Rick Berman said as much when he warned that creating one incarnation of TV Trek after another ran the risk of going back to the…
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First Season Post-Mortem: Bates Motel
One of the benefits to being as old as I am is that I’ve seen more than enough of my share of film and television to make me truly cynical about the entire storytelling process….
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I’ll Take Mine Hard-boiled: Mike Hammer, X, and The Return of Dime Novel Prose
Whoa. What a month! Though the great Mickey Spillane crossed over to the other side a few years back, the equally laudable Max Allan Collins has kept private eye Mike Hammer alive for a whole…
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Are You Reading This? – Brian Wood’s Star Wars
Reader warning: the following article will contain minor spoilers to discuss the developments of Dark Horse’s new, stellar run (pun intended) in the worlds created by George Lucas. Consider yourself warned, padawans. May the Force…