Maybe they can make fun of Rocky instead.

Yeah, this is the second time I used Tommy as my fall guy. Hopefully, Jason Frank has a good sense of humor, or I’m a dead man. (Congratulations on your win, Mr. Frank. Please don’t hurt me.) Still, don’t you wonder about these things with Power Rangers? Hmm, now that I look at, I didn’t do a good job with the “shampoo”.

Speaking of the mighty morphers, (I promise you the comic is a coincidence, as I thought of it about a month ago) there’s some Ranger news in this week’s news reports. Want to know what it is?

comics

• Joyce & Walky and Shortpacked creator David Willis has a new series, featuring an alternate universe (and saner) Joyce just starting college. Introducing Dumbing of Age.
• Does the comics industry need a dose of self-esteem when it comes to its place in media?
• I meant to post this last week. This comic says more about the current Superman story arc than I could.
• More commentary from people IN the comics industry about how event fatigue and bleak universes are killing comics.
• The debate about illegal filesharing of comics continues. Mark Waid defends his position.
• Writer Darwyn Cooke defends his own controversial remarks.

television/movies

• Actually, two bits of Power Ranger news from the same article. We have a teaser for Nickelodeon‘s first Power Ranger series, with Saban back at the helm of the franchise. Also, the official Power Rangers website will be posting the original series.
• On a bit of a downer, my favorite Blue Ranger, David “Billy” Yost, has given the reason for leaving the show, gay insults. (Apparently, Yost is gay and didn’t like some of the comments made by the crew.)
• Roger Ebert and At The Movies are both making a TV comeback!
• Go through this list of 16 ignored sci-fi cartoons and try to figure out which ones are future Saturday Night Showcase entries.
• TGWTG blogger “gamersintrospective” gives his five reasons that video game movies fail. Around the same time, video review Righteous Brain has his own ideas.
• Speaking of video reviewers, here’s a great tribute to animation legends the Fleischer Brothers. My favorite of their works is Superman, which is one of my favorite versions and influenced Batman: The Animated Series.

video games

• New voice actors for Sonic and Tails.
• How North Korea is involved with the video game versions of The Big Lebowski and Men In Black.
• Could a good dragon game be on the horizon? From reviews I’ve heard there hasn’t been one in quite some time.
• What defines a player character? That’s exactly what this article asks.
• Extra Credits has a new video up discussing how video games can actually help you learn something about yourself.

in other news

• The Clutter Report: It may finally be clean-out time when I review the Megaman: NT Warrior figures I have.
• This Week’s Cracked: Here’s the article I meant to post last week. In 6 Movie Monsters That Just Wouldn’t Work, learn why the Cloverfield monster, King Kong, and the Facehuggers are something you never have to fear having real life counterparts.

Best Scene of This Week’s Reviews

The Phantom: Ghost Who Walks #12

If you have to go, go out big!

Tomorrow’s Comic> Transformers: Drift #1, which is in the wrong spot alphabetically, but I wanted to see what they were going to do with this character.