Han Solo and Chewbacca (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Well, the final trailer before the next “Star Wars Story” hits theaters has hit the internet. This time it’s the early years of Han Solo and Chewbacca. It looks to be a lot of fun. That link also has the minimum you need to know about the film before deciding if you want to see it. Except whether or not this song will play in the credits.
I’ll be disappointed if it isn’t. But I’m weird.
I’m going to push Chapter By Chapter to tomorrow because I want to get my immediate thoughts in. While this review will have more spoilers than your average installment of Finally Watched (although I’ll tone it down as best I can) this is still about my immediate thoughts on the movie rather than a deep dissection. Most of these movies I wanted to see for fun, not critique.
My friends and I seem to have a problem catching this new trilogy in theaters. The Force Awakens came out when I and one of my other colleagues had more important things to worry about and we didn’t see it for a few years. Every time we tried to see The Last Jedi there was snow, and if there wasn’t snow at least one of us were busy with other things. However, we got to see Rogue One in theaters. Thus far the new movies, trilogy or standalone, have failed to impress. So what happened with this one?
RELEASE DATE: 2017
RELEASED BY: Disney & Lucasfilm
RUNTIME: 2 hours 30 minutes
RATING: PG13
STARRING: Mark Hamill, Carrie Fisher, Adam Driver, Daisy Ridley, John Boyega, Oscar Isaac, and Kelly Marie Tran
SCREENWRITERS: Rian Johnson, but for some reason IMDB credits Lucas as well
DIRECTOR: Rian Johnson
GROSS REVENUE: $1,332,704,286, but I can’t find the budget on IMDB
IMDB SCORE: 7.4 out of 10
ROTTEN TOMATOES SCORE: 91% (Audience Score: 47%, which is confusing)
“I could use a ninja turtle right about now!”
Steel #35
DC Comics (February, 1997)
“The Thing”
WRITER: Christopher Priest
PENCILER: Denys Cowan
INKER: Tom Palmer
COLORIST: Stu Chaifetz
LETTERER: Pat Brosseau
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Chris Duffy
EDITOR: Frank Pittarese
“STEEL” CREATORS: Louise Simonson & Jon Bogdanove
I am not happy about Brian Michael Bendis going on to Superman. Not because I think he’s a bad writer but he’s not the right guy to be given any continuity he didn’t create. This is the guy who altered Luke Cage to fit modern black stereotype tough guys, turned Scarlet Witch insane, and that’s just MY introduction to him outside of the Ultimate universe. He did well there but that was a blank slate. Four Color Media Monitor goes into fuller detail as to why this will not end well for classic Superman fans, red trunks or not.
Max has a lifetime pass on the hype train.
In case you missed it I reviewed Action Comics #1 on Thursday, a day late for Superman (and Lois Lane’s) 80th anniversary. Meanwhile, another quick project over at The Clutter Reports because as I write this I’m waiting for friends to come over so we can watch Star Wars: The Last Jedi, which I’ll be reviewing Tuesday or Wednesday for Finally Watched. We’ll be waiting a bit longer on Casablanca.
No other big plans for the week but there are more reviews and commentaries coming.
Promotional poster from early in the series development, back when it was titled K9 Adventures (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Intended as a one-time appearance in the classic series Doctor Who episode “The Invisible Enemy“, the robot dog K9 became an instant favorite with kids, including myself. (K9 is my favorite Companion.) So they rewrote the ending, allowing him to join the TARDIS crew. He lasted through four incarnations on the show, including a TV pilot of his own we don’t like to talk about and a charity skit we talk even less about. In the time since, character creator Bob Baker (no relation to Tom or Colin) has been trying to get a TV series centered around the character. One idea was having him be part of a starship crew, which oddly is an idea I had and made a comic about. I’m sure it’s around here someplace.
Finally he put together a British/Australian co-production simply titled K9, airing for one year in Australia. SyFy gave it a marathon a couple of times and Shout Factory released the full series on DVD here in the US. Last week they released the pilot on their YouTube channel, which means I can now introduce you to the series. If you’re expecting something like modern Doctor Who you aren’t going to get into this. It’s lighter than The Sarah Jane Adventures and shares their target age group, kids. And due to certain rights issues (Baker owns the character, but the BBC owns the design) you won’t see the classic K9 design but for a few minutes in the beginning. The rest of the series has his brand new design. I can promise you it’s at least better than K9 And Company. Whether it’s good or not beyond that is up to you, but I liked what I’ve seen.
This is why you don’t go sphinx-climbing without suction cup shoes.
Batman: Gotham Adventures #11
DC Comics (April, 1999)
“The Oldest One In The Book!”
WRITER: Ty Templeton
PENCILER: Rick Burchett
INKER: Terry Beatty
COLORIST: Lee Loughridge
LETTERER: Tim Harkins
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Joseph Illidge
EDITOR: Darren Vincenzo
The Clutter Reports (my other site) Atop The Fourth Wall Crisis On Earth Prime Lean Into Artcast Bully Says “Comics Oughta Be Fun” Siskoid’s Blog of Geekery
Cartoon Hero’s Lair SF Debris Four Million Years Later
