Saturday Night Showcase> Rescue Heroes: The Movie

Ever wonder what the PAW Patrol would be like if they were humans? They already made that long before PAW Patrol.

Rescue Heroes was a Fisher-Price toyline from the early 2000s, recently revived as a Walmart exclusive. The franchise follows a team of first responders with the type of equipment International Rescue (all three versions), the Rescue Bots, the Go-Go-Go-Bots, and PAW Patrol wouldn’t mind having. For that matter real world rescue workers would wish half these things existed.

In 2003 Nelvana, who made the tie-in TV series, produced Rescue Heroes: The Movie, a full-length adventure that is the biggest challenge the Heroes have ever faced. Storms are covering the planet, causing numerous natural and unnatural disasters as they pass. With Earth itself in danger, one team member grounded and another sick, as well as every member of the team on call, can the world be saved and will the youngest member learn what it means to be a Rescue Hero in time? Don’t let the target age group fool you. If you think that a show for kids can’t be a good story because it lacks “mature themes” or a hatred of humanity, here’s proof that it totally can, by showing what it means to be a hero, by having the interracial and multigender cast all working together and treating each other as equals, and that even the best of us make mistakes. Enjoy.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> The Blue Beetle #27

This was also Dan’s favorite carnival ride as a kid.

The Blue Beetle #27

Holyoke Publishing (November, 1943)

Okay, figure this one out. Two Blue Beetle stories again, but according to Comic Book Plus’ listing (as I write this I haven’t read it yet) the second story is part one, with part two next issue. There were better ways to do this in your anthology comic. An extra length Blue Beetle story, have parts one and two bookend the comic…this just seems out of place for the layout and the Golden Age. I don’t have anything against stories continuing in the next issue ordinarily but in this case it seem an odd choice.

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Beast Machine Hunters> The First Story Bible part 3

Round three in Marv Wolfman’s story treatment for the original idea that evolved into Beast Machines. Last time we got as far as partway through page 3, learning a bit more about character motivations and that he was planning out four seasons. We ended up with two. One if you watched in Canada because YTV was impatient and Fox Kids wanted to schedule the next year early or something.

I don’t know how much influence Hasbro had at this point. We do know that the final toys didn’t matched the teased images for the characters we got in the Fox Kids first look promo print ads, and that the toy changes came so late that there were some discrepancies between the toys and the show models at times. Still, it is interesting to see if the original plans were any better than what we got…which wasn’t that great. Maybe the problem was how rushed the show was? YTV wanted it all at once, and I’m not sure how much time Hasbro and Mainframe had between the last of Beast Wars and the start of Beast Machines. Making a good show, including in CG with mostly new models, takes time…and this show clearly didn’t have enough to make it good. Let’s see what else they had in mind.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> Star Power #9

This is a cheating way to win a water gun fight.

Star Power #9

(March, 2015)

“The Search For Black Hole Bill” part 4

WRITER: Michael Terracciano

ARTIST: Garth Graham

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BW’s Daily Video> The Economic Illiteracy Of The Comic Book Business

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A Missed Chance To Reboot Doctor Who (and why that’s not so bad)

It’s always helpful when someone on YouTube or an article drops something just when I’m looking for an article subject. So, full disclosure (again this week): I have not seen the Chibnall run of Doctor Who when the first few episodes failed to impress. Now that all of New Who is tied to Disney+ (not sure about Classic Who, which Britbox does run on a few ad-sponsored streaming sites) and taken from BBC America so I won’t be able to watch anything new from Doctor Who possibly ever again, I probably won’t be able to get caught up. I’m okay with this as I’m more into the original because I like the charm of the original more and the new show is often hit or miss for me, especially nowadays. I know of the Timeless Child and reject the concept since it feels like the same “we need to keep the Doctor mysterious” nonsense we got with the Cartmel Master Plan and The Question That Can’t Be Answered. The Doctor’s from Gallifrey, left to explore the universe, apparently had a granddaughter which means he was a husband and father at some point, slowly evolved to saving the universe and running with gods like the White and Black Guardians…and nothing else. There’s plenty of mystery left to the character.

I’ve also heard of the Flux, which from what I can tell is basically the non-Covenant threat from the Halo game franchise. I know enough to follow Harbo Wholmes‘ video which just dropped today. In the below video he discusses the idea of the scientist who found the Timeless Child (I don’t know her name and don’t care enough to do so as she’s basically a plot point) trying to talk the Doctor into joining her in an alternate universe and letting the regular Whoniverse die. Not a parallel universe like we’ve seen in the past, but a full on alternate reality with new creatures, new races, new forms of life, and where the Timeless Doctor may come from. In the video, Harbo goes over how not going there missed an opportunity to reboot the franchise and give the audience something completely new yet familiar without the baggage of a show that’s been on the air on and off since 1963. Why isn’t this a Versus post? Because he also goes over why this might not be the best thing for the show…and that part I agree with him on.

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“Yesterday’s” Comic> The Army Of Doctor Moreau #1

It could be worse. It could be Marlon Brando’s version.

The Army Of Dr. Moreau #1

Monkeybrain Comics (2013)

WRITER: David F. Walker

ARTIST: Carl Sciacchitano

COLORIST: Sara Machajewski

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