Lemon scented.
Voltron: A Legend Forged #4
Devil’s Due Publishing (October, 2008)
WRITER: Josh Blaylock
PENCILER: Julia Bax
COLOR ARTIST: Wes Dzioba
SELECTED COVER ART: Tim Seeley & Jose Aviles
DESIGN: Sean K. Dove
EDITOR: Mike O’Sullivan
“I wonder if this would make good farmland?”
Time travel theory makes my head hurt. I’ve mentioned that more than once. It was even a gag in my first video review. James Harrington does a review of the various time travel theories to find the one that makes more sense to him. Whatever the reality is, I hope we never develop actual time travel, and I think the fact we all seem to still exist is proof we won’t. 🙂
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Well, I’ve been asking for animated superhero movies on the big screen and it looks like I’m getting it. Now I have to make sure I didn’t use a monkey’s paw to ask for it. First was the announcement of a second Incredibles movie and now we have Spider-Man: Into The Spider-Verse, which will introduce the movie world to Miles Morales as Sony continues to dive into their Spider-Man corner license. Will it be any good? Well, we only have a teaser so we won’t learn much here. But I wouldn’t be posting this if I didn’t have some thoughts on the matter.
Now before you read anything I say I have zero problem with a Miles Morales Spider-Movie. He didn’t replace Peter Parker…at least in the main continuity because Marvel decided to do their own multiverse-ending story and attempt to be more confusing than DC when they did theirs. For the uninitiated, I mentioned the Ultimate Universe before, where Peter became Spider-Man, later died, and was replaced by Miles Morales, a black/latino kid who somehow got his own spider powers. (I really didn’t follow the Ultimate universe.) Then he ended up in the main Marvel universe because…well, that’s a long and lame story, but now he’s a second Spider-Man and a good character. He’s also popped up in the last two Spider-Man cartoons on Disney XD and as long as he’s working with Peter instead of replacing him I don’t have a problem with this. But being a good character doesn’t translate into a good movie. Let’s give this a look.
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“I finally finished my 3D jigsaw puzzle!”
Thunderbolts #11
Marvel Comics (February, 1998)
“The High Ground”
WRITER: Kurt Busiek
PENCILER: Mark Bagley
INKER: Vince Russell
COLORIST: Joe Rosas
LETTERER: Dave Lanphear
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
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Star Wars: Jedi Starfighter (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
Hollywood seems to enjoy jumping a few steps ahead rather than focusing on what’s going on now as of late. This includes Disney-owned Lucasfilm as they’re already planning the next trilogy after Abrams’ three-parter ends. Rian Johnson, who is directing the upcoming The Last Jedi gives some hints as to how he’s approaching his trilogy. I just hope Disneyfilm isn’t also jumping the gun on this.
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Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.
Maybe it’s the fact that I never read this before, and thus my first read is being done solely with a critical eye. Or maybe it’s the fact that the dodgy science didn’t bother me when I finally watched the movie because I’ve seen the tropes for so long. Whatever the case I’m not enjoying this as much as I thought I would. The treatment of Peterson and Grant has me worried, the additions so far have been hit (Owens and Benes got development) or miss (the internal politics of military versus medical), but I am still interested. Nothing has broken me, but nothing is winning me over thus far.
Not helping is the fact that I’m not convinced the miniaturization scene needs to be dragged out even further than it was in the movie. I’m hoping the previous chapter did all the focus on the crew’s reactions, which I still want to see as that might give the padding a reason to exist, but the scene was as long as it needed to be to show the full process required to shrink them down, get them into the needle, and shrunk more to get the needle, solution, and ship down to injection size. Whatever thought Asimov didn’t see in the movie, the fact that they thought out the miniaturization to be a multi-step process shows some attention was paid. Part two of the shrink ray scene is coming up and we’re going swimming. Good thing we have a submarine.
Chapter 7: Submergence
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“This is what I get for letting you buy the concert tickets.”
Nightwing #1
DC Comics (September, 1995)
“The Resignation”
WRITER: Dennis O’Neil
PENCILER: Greg Land
INKER: Mike Sellers
COLORIST: Cathi Bertrand
LETTERER: John Costanza
ASSISTANT EDITOR: Keri Kowalski
EDITOR: Pat Garrahy
