September 17, 2023

Jake & Leon #571: Blackout Comics

Meanwhile you don’t want to know what Max is doing right now.

Over at The Clutter Reports this week, because I didn’t have time to do a good article for that site either this week, I tried to figure out what Konmari Cleaning is. I learned interesting things and hopefully you will, too.

So…no doctors or planned shopping trips this week. Maybe I can finally start to get into that work rhythm I’ve been trying to for years? That would be nice. It would also be nice if everything scheduled properly so nobody missed anything. I’m not convince anyone even knew I posted a Spider-Man PSA cartoon earlier this week and some of the comic reviews and a video about all the Doctor Who video games posted on the wrong day. We have another Chapter By Chapter review of Batman: Knightfall as we reach the end of part two of the novel. There’s also more examining of the original “Beast Hunters” treatment for what became Beast Machines: Transformers, plus whatever else I come up with this week. Have a good one, everybody!

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September 16, 2023

Saturday Night Showcase> A Few Batman Fan Films

Back during Superman’s anniversary this year I thought it would be interesting to look at a series of fanfilms created to honor Superman and find indie and hobbyist movie makers who get what makes Superman so great. Like with that story I plug “Batman fan films” into YouTube and saw what it spit out. I went through the Watch Later list like I did with Superman but the only thing I found that wasn’t a review, commentary, or documentary was an animated film, so we get to add that to the list.

Detective Comics #27 featured the debut of “The Bat-Man”, a character inspired from pulp heroes as a detective in Gotham City who is secretly a millionaire playboy. I did a review of that story and the others in the Golden Age anthology (because that’s how the Golden Age comics operated; check the Blue Beetle reviews I’ve done recently though I missed this week’s). It’s a decent introduction to one of the most important characters in DC’s roster (the former National Comics even renamed their company after Detective Comics despite most of their titles not being detective stories). In our more cynical times Batman overtook Superman as their flagship character but I don’t think enough people really understand the Batman I grew up with. Like with Superman I’m going to choose five fan films that grab my interest and see how well they interpret the Dark Knight compared to what I know Batman to be. This should be fun.

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September 15, 2023

Beast Machine Hunters> The First Story Bible part 1

If you missed the debut article Beast Hunters was the working name of Beast Machines: Transformers. A 12 page pitch was recently recovered, linked to in that article, along with other material we’ll be reviewing in this series. This original treatment was written by Mark Wolfman, a noted comic and show writer, and would explain the planned premise of Beast Hunters as a TV show.

Of course this all depends on what Hasbro wants to go with. The Beast Machines toyline, as it would end up going by of course, was a refresh of the Beast Wars toyline, attempting to keep the concept fresh while still telling new stories with these old characters. The idea was go back to Cybertron and have the beasts versus the vehicles as the main gimmick of the line. As it went on, Battle For The Spark was a subline within Beast Machines that introduced a gimmick where you pressed on the “spark chamber” to initiate some action feature. Basically they shoot their guns when you punch them in the soul.

Tonight I begin my look at the treatment to figure out what was different between the version they planned and the version they got.

Now you can read along with me. Let’s see what the original evolution revolution would have looked like. As I write this I don’t know how far I’m going but I imagine this part will use two articles so I can talk about what they have in here.

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September 15, 2023

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Star Power #7

“I only had three more payments on it.”

Star Power #7

(October, 2014)

“Star Power And The Search For Black Hole Bill” part 2

WRITER: Michael Terraciano

ARTIST: Garth Graham

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September 15, 2023

BW’s Daily Video> Lost Nintendo Shows & Movies

Catch more from NormalBoots and Peanut Butter Gamer on YouTube

 

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September 14, 2023

Playing Every Doctor Who Game (Not Me)

I’ve never played a Doctor Who video game, unless you count some flash games on the BBC website or having a TARDIS in Second Life (technically three or four). Despite having more popularity in the US these days thanks to the Sci-Fi Channel airing the early seasons of New Who and being popular enough to follow to BBC America and now Disney+ for some reason as an exclusive, we never really got video games here in the US, even when PBS aired the original series and Fox did the attempted TV movie revival.

Since my planned article went bust and I have a doctor’s appointment (fitting) today, I’m tapping in YouTube contributor Good Vibes Gaming since the video is too long for a daily quickpost and not Saturday Night Showcase material. In this 50+ minute video, contributor John Cartwright goes over (supposedly but I can’t confirm) every Doctor Who video game released for computers since the show began and tells you what he thinks of them. Apparently many are not very good.

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September 14, 2023

“Yesterday’s” Comic> Subatomic Party Girls #1

“Isn’t there anything else on TV?” “Just that movie Knuckles’ grandad said was terrible”.

Subatomic Party Girls #1

Monkeybrain Comics (May, 2013)

“Like Voyager”

WRITERS: Chris Sims & Chad Bowers

ARTIST/COLORIST: Erica Henderson

LETTERER: Josh Krach

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