Winning TIme is a bio-series about the 1980s Los Angeles Lakers that would win five NBA championships in nine years and go to the finals nine times between 1980 and 1991. At the heart of it is the Lakers late owner Jerry Buss, his star players Magic Johnson and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, head coaches Paul Westhead … Continue reading Review – Winning Time
Series Review – Secret Invasion
Secret Invasion is the latest entry in the Disney+ run of Marvel Cinematic Universe offerings that have been coming fast and furious since 2021. The receptions to each one has been far more varied than we'd gotten accustomed to with Marvel action products, and that itself has been a major online topic of discussion. No … Continue reading Series Review – Secret Invasion
Review – The Book of Boba Fett
I remember when I first saw Boba Fett. It wasn't onscreen, it was special offer on the back of the box of a Star Wars toy my parents had gotten me. And it was in between A New Hope and Empire Strikes Back. I thought 'who is this guy?' because he wasn't in the first … Continue reading Review – The Book of Boba Fett
Deeper Thoughts on Falcon and Winter Soldier
The subtitle of this miniseries could really be "Screwed by the System", because that's what most of the important characters and even a few minor ones have in common with each other. From Sam to Bucky to Sharon to Zemo to Walker to Isaiah to the Flag Smashers, they've all been done dirty in one … Continue reading Deeper Thoughts on Falcon and Winter Soldier
Review Transformers: Kingdom
This is the final installment of the Netflix Transformers trilogy. You can see what I thought about the first two, War for Cybertron and Earthrise. The final six episodes chronicle what happens after the Autobots and Decepticons land on Earth in their search for the All Spark and introduces us to some of the characters … Continue reading Review Transformers: Kingdom
Review – Masters of the Universe: Revelation
Masters of the Universe: Revelation is yet another attempt at remaking a popular 80s cartoon in an attempt to capture both today's children and their 40 something aged parents who grew up on it. Recently we've Voltron, She-Ra, and the most recent Transformers Netflix series (see what I thought about that here and here). And … Continue reading Review – Masters of the Universe: Revelation
RIP Ratings Talk
Our long national nightmare may finally be over. Ratings talk is on the run and may be over for good. Finally! What went from a weekly observation in 1996 to a justification for half baked takes in the 2000s to a toxic point scoring tool on Wednesday nights in 2020 may finally have breathed its … Continue reading RIP Ratings Talk
Review – Wandavision
WandaVision is the first foray into the streaming service world for Marvel Studios outside the purview of Netflix and under the leadership of Kevin Feige. And it could not have come a moment sooner given that COVID robbed us of an entire year of new material from the MCU. We were promised that this would … Continue reading Review – Wandavision
Transformers: War for Cybertron- Earthrise
After the first part of the Transformers: War for Cybertron series, Siege, I was chomping at the bit ready for the next installment. When we left off, Optimus Prime had taken a team of Autobots through the Space Bridge away from their home planet just as the bridge was being destroyed while another team led … Continue reading Transformers: War for Cybertron- Earthrise
The State of Star Wars
Us Star Wars fans find ourselves at a very interesting place at this point in time. Just a year ago it wasn't looking so great. The final film in the Skywalker saga landed with mixed reviews at best and the negative ones were way louder than all. The Rise of Skywalker, despite grossing over a … Continue reading The State of Star Wars
Stroke of Genius 