Lego Marvel Superheroes An almost perfect game The best of the Marvel bunch by far. It was like a big love letter to all things Marvel, and to New York City. It came out in 2012, during the early stages of the MCU, so it included some tidbits of what was in the films but … Continue reading Game Reviews: The Lego Marvel Series
MCU Fact and Fiction: The Box Office
The Variety article thar came out last week has led to a cavalcade of takes about the MCU and where it's all gone wrong. And while it's full of anonymously sourced stories that read like they were planted by people with axes to grind, that hasn't stopped people from taking them as gospel truth and … Continue reading MCU Fact and Fiction: The Box Office
2022, my year in Comics
2022 was a rough year for me in the comic book world. There were some books I lost my way with and others I just dropped because I couldn't deal anymore. The biggest thing is that I fell out of hard with the current runs of Batman. It started back when they did the great … Continue reading 2022, my year in Comics
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
Magic Marvel Movie Moments
The coronavirus has wreaked havoc on every aspect of our society, and the movie business is no exception. Since it flat out isn't safe to go to a theater right now and it will be some time before people safe to go to one in large numbers pretty much every major release has been pushed … Continue reading Magic Marvel Movie Moments
Avengers Endgame Thoughts
This is kinda spoilery so proceed with caution if you haven't seen it yet. You cannot talk about any of this without giving the highest of praise to Robert Downey Jr. His portrayal of Tony Stark in Iron Man is what got the ball rolling and was so off the charts great that it got … Continue reading Avengers Endgame Thoughts
Movie Review – Avengers: Infinity War
This really isn't just one movie. It's the culmination of a 10 year endeavor that began with a gamble on a troubled Hollywood actor in Robert Downey Jr. and that making good movies that people enjoyed would overcome having to rely on B and C list characters from the Marvel Comics roster. It's also the … Continue reading Movie Review – Avengers: Infinity War
What Secret Empire and WWE have in common
It's been a rough year or so on the internet for two titans of entertainment, WWE and Marvel comics. In both cases the temperature of a lot of takes has gone up and up while the logic of said takes has plummented. It's at the point now where people are posting pictures of empty arenas … Continue reading What Secret Empire and WWE have in common
Final thoughts on Secret Empire
First up, logistical kudos go out to everyone involved. Every issue came out on time, and they kept it to the number of issues that were announced. No adding on 'unplanned extra' issues after it started like Civil War 2 or Secret Wars. And because there were no delays we don't have the awkward situation … Continue reading Final thoughts on Secret Empire
Do you even buy comics, bro?
We have another cancellation, this time Black Panther and the Crew. After all of two issues Marvel decided it was time to pull the plug, with the upcoming sixth issue being it's last. This is on the heels of BP: World of Wakanda getting cancelled after four issues, and Nighthawk meeting it's fate pretty quickly … Continue reading Do you even buy comics, bro?
Stroke of Genius 