Internet, stop saying “everything is going according to keikaku”. Just say “plan” if you’re speaking English!
Sonic Universe #1
Archie Comic Publications (April, 2009)
“Living Weapons”
WRITER: Ian Flynn
PENCILER: Tracy Yardley
INKER: Jim Amash
COLORIST: Jason Jensen
LETTERER: Teresa Davidson
COVER: Patrick “Spaz” Spaziante
EDITOR/MANAGING EDITOR: Mike Pellerito
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF: Victor Gorelick
[See the original review here]
Here we go again, folks. I should state for the record that yes, I know it’s not out yet. Yes, the quality might be good. No, I haven’t seen other adaptations Netflix made for their Netflix Jr line, but given recent controversies their history still precedes them. However, trailers are supposed to get you excited for a new production, even if only to show it to your kids. I’m judging the promotion and what’s already out there about what is coming in November. That’s what a trailer does.
The trailer in question is Dr. Seuss’s The Sneetches, an adaptation of one of the books from the 1961 children’s book The Sneetches And Other Stories. The book includes another story about a creature called The Zax, unrelated to the first story, but is still the length of a regular Dr. Seuss book together. We don’t know as of this writing if this special will be 30 minutes or a full-length story, but already there’s a padding issue. Then you watch the trailer and you find some adaptation errors, which could lead to worries that Netflix will treat it like so many other cartoon and anime adaptations in recent years. I wouldn’t put it past them.
I don’t have the information to say it’s “woke” or whatever. This isn’t some rage fest. It’s more that I have questions about unnecessary decisions already clearly made and concerns about what’s to come. Let’s see the trailer first.
In this issue: T-Bolt rethinks his life choices. Something ape.
Thunderbolt #52
Charlton Comics Group (June, 1966)
“Gore, The Man Ape”
CREATOR/WRITER/ARTIST: PAM
Closer and closer to being done.
Last time we lost a member of the cast. I hope this isn’t something that happens in every novel. It’s already difficult getting used to the regular Op-Center cast, though this book has presented them in better light…mostly because they’ve barely shown up outside of Paul, who was always good, and Mike, who is better in this novel than the original. All of the interesting cast tends to be outside the Center, the agents and soldiers in the field. I’d be okay with this but the book isn’t Tom Clancy’s Striker or Those Local Agents or something. The focus should be on the Center itself, and it only happens rarely. At least this time I’m not annoyed when it does, unlike the first novel, when I basically hated everyone beside Paul.
Two chapters today, both coming in at four pages, with an asterix for the one chapter that has three pages and four lines of text. So let’s see how everyone handles what happened in the previous chapter.
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George Lucas Moves On From Star Wars…And I’m Not Surprised
In a recent interview with the Wall Street Journal (subscription required but here’s the link), George Lucas was showing off his new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art, where he mentioned that there is a wing dedicated to Star Wars, but only because people would ask for it. In an article for Bleeding Fool, contributor “The Shark Of Paper” (hey, I’m not one to talk about screennames) lamented how he thought George Lucas could still come in and save his creation. He was disappointed that Lucas would not return and had no further interest in the movie that arguably made him a household name.
The article writer does note the successes that Disney Star Wars did have, but most of them were projects that LucasFilm under Lucas had already started or at least tied to them. Right now we have two different periods of Star Wars, which for the sake of convenience I refer to as LucasFilm and DisneyFilm on this site. All well and good, but George Lucas moving on makes a lot of sense, but while Star Wars was his baby, it turned out to be a bad seed in his life. And it all starts with the prequels.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on October 22, 2025 in Movie Spotlight, Streaming Spotlight and tagged commentary, Disney, Disney Star Wars, George Lucas, Lucasfilm, movie franchise, Star Wars.
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