“Didn’t you die last issue?” “Wrong continuity.”
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures #2
Archie Comic Publications (October, 1998)
“Heroes In A Half-Shell!”
SCRIPTS: David Weiss & Patti Howeth
ADAPTATION/PENCILER: Michael Dooney
INKER: Dave Garcia
COLORIST: Barry Grossman
LETTERER: Steve Lavigne
A fire shouldn’t be THAT open.
Since I’m trying to get Captain Yuletide done on time this year (for a change) article and Jake & Leon production might take a hit, as well as adding Christmas specials and music to the various playlists. Just an early warning. Talking about storytelling is fun but becoming a better storyteller includes…telling actual stories. I’ll try to get the feature article out at least, especially next week when I want to do that Chapter By Chapter review of A Christmas Carol.
Over at The Clutter Reports this week, Warner Brothers Discovery pulling Discovery Network shows off of Sony’s Playstation streaming is proof that physical media should not be allowed to die…on top of the other nonsense by some of these sites and IP owners.
So I am going to try to get articles out but we’ll see what happens as the week goes on. I just hope the comic is worth it, if only to get some feedback on my journey. Have a great week, everyone!
I hate when I have to take an afternoon nap because it throws my whole day off. Tonight’s Christmas special is one I posted before in a compilation video but it comes from the official Smurfs channel and I’m low on time to make post time. So here we go.
While I’ve posted Smurf Christmas specials solo in the past (and apparently way too many reposts of the He-Man & She-Ra Christmas special than I needed to), this is from a regular episode of the original Smurfs cartoon by Hanna-Barbera. An evil enchantress steals a magic sack from kindly toymaker Nicholas, and the Smurfs have to get it back or the kids in whatever land the Smurfs hail from won’t have a Merry Christmas. Enjoy.
Last time on Beast Machine Hunters we took a tour of Beast Machines Cybertron. Based on a quick skim I think we’re on our last three installments of the season one guide before moving on to season 2 to see what’s different. Depending on what’s kept between writer guides that may be a short one.
This time we’re looking into deeper concepts of the Beast Wars/Machine world. We’re talking how technorganic transformation works, what technorganics are, the way this show tells time on Cybertron, and how the two shows differ from each other. Next time we go over the intended episodes and plans for season two and other details to follow. So far it’s been interesting to see what the intentions were versus what we (or at least I) thought were changes as well as what the final product changed. Now we get into the real worldbuilding, the minor details that make a world seem lived in, but without getting so detailed that it stops being fun. It begins with the new form of transformation.
Basically this series is now “Blue Beetle endangers children” in a way sidekick haters only joked about.
The Blue Beetle #37
Fox Features Publications (Spring, 1945)
I’m not quite as disappointed as I was during the Holyoke run because I can get one or two stories that work. Unfortunately the bad keeps outweighing the good, and with an anthology like this one gets the impression they were just tossing ideas out there. Longer stories might have been the way to go. Well, this issue has three stories, no O’Brine Twins, the usual bonuses, but no sign of the serial. I haven’t read it yet but it’s already feeling more like an annual or a secondary issue, but it’s continuing the same number trend. Numbering in the 1940s was weird, so who knows? Hey, I can go a week without Gloat and Saturina.
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
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BW Media Spotlight 
Who Is Murdering Cinema part 1: The Video
The cinema is dying. You can tell because movie theaters are slowly going the way of the rental store. I was surprised to see a Redbox at a grocery store. As more people are either uninterested in what’s coming or just waiting for streaming, as sales of DVDs and Blu-Rays has caused box stores to reduce or remove their home video sections, the movie theaters are closing. I think if it wasn’t for Fathom Events some of them might not even be around. There’s only two movie theaters near me, and one of the biggest closed recently.
Why are people not flocking to theaters anymore? Video essayer Patrick (H) Willems (not sure why the “H” is in parentheses) believes he has the answer after doing a deep dive into the mystery of what’s killing cinema. The thing is, I have my own response but because the video is over an hour and a half and my response is a full article length–which I knew before I even started writing–I’m splitting this one into two parts. Part one is today, the video itself. Part two will be the article as I break down his suspect and why I find them…suspect. Make your own notes and see if I jive with yours tomorrow, and where I agree and disagree with Willems’ examination of the clues. First: the case by Willems. Note that there will be swearing.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on December 11, 2023 in Movie Spotlight and tagged cinema, commentary, movies, theory.
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