“I don’t care what that arachnid guy did, I’m NOT giving up my hot redhead wife!”
Space Ace #5
Arcana Comics (2009)
PLOT: Robert Kirkman & Ryan Foley
SCRIPT: Ryan Foley
ARTIST: Maria Cristina Francisco
COLORS: Arcana Studio
LETTERER: Shawn Depasquale
This is a repost of the original review from when this comic came out, with some additional thoughts and an expanded summary. As with the usual “Yesterday’s” Comic it’s a bit more spoilery than the old review.
He was calling her “pretty lady” a little while earlier. I wonder if Marlena ever told Adam about the movie Star Wars?
Well, I said I’d bust out the next part if I was in need of a larger post, and here it is. I won’t be able to give my next article idea proper time if I want the post up on time, so let’s go back to the retrospective of the Masters Of The Universe toy and cartoon franchise by the folks at Midnight’s Edge.
In part one host Andre Einherjar went over the early years of the Masters Of The Universe toyline, the early Conan influences, the DC influences, and eventually how Filmation formed the iconic version of Eternia, Castle Grayskull, and all that surround it. Part two focuses on the new addition to the family, quite literally since we’re talking about She-Ra, Adam’s sister.
No matter what the new show makers want to claim, She-Ra is as tied to Masters Of The Universe as Wonder Woman is to the DC universe. The original show is considered part of the franchise, despite being the “girls” line. It exists because the strong female characters in He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe spoke to the little or big sisters forced to watch their brother’s show. Granted, on Eternia, aka “planet deathtrap”, you kind of have to be strong to the point that the only time I’ve see a girl who wasn’t strong was in a story about her becoming stronger by the end. Not necessarily physically but emotionally as well, an inner strength you don’t need power from ancient secrets in order to obtain.
And yet outside of the Filmation series something has been…off about how Mattel promoted this series. It’s something I’ve brought up when reviewing the Princess Of Power minicomics during Free Comic Inside. In this installment of the Masters Of The Universe retrospective Andre may have answered some of my questions…but not all of them.
“Can’t he just send flowers?”
Sonic X #12
Archie Comics (November, 2006)
“Attack From Area 99!”
WRITER: Joe Edkin
PENCILER: Tim Smith 3
INKER: Jim Amash
COLORIST: Ben Hunzeker
LETTERER: John Workman
COVER ART: Patrick “Spaz” Spaziante
EDITOR: Mike Pellerito
Yes, the guy who watches Paw Patrol and Spidey & His Amazing Friends watches Bluey. If you’re surprised, you’re new here. Anyway, in the episode “Camping” Bluey makes a friend from another family camping nearby. His name is Jean-Luc and in the episode he only learns English by their next meeting. He only speaks French for the majority of this visit though, as the episode is about how despite the language barrier Bluey and Jean-Luc find a way to communicate and play together in the brief time they have to play together. Here’s a sample from the official YouTube channel.
This Australian series about a six year old cattle dog and her family in a world where dogs are the people is distributed all over the world, and in multiple languages…including French. So how does the French dub use the French character? They make him speak English. From the official FRENCH YouTube channel.
Am I hearing things or does this Jean-Luc have an Australian accent? Anyway I thought this was neat. So if you find the full episode in both English and French you can teach your kids a bit of Frances.
I want to try to get all the banked reviews out while I still remember enough about them to comment on anything on the off chance someone actually comments. It’s…happened…once or twice. Close Encounters Of The Third Kind is one of those science fiction movies fans tell you is a must watch, or at least they did. I don’t hear people talk about it much anymore and I can’t remember the last time anyone made an homage to that one scene with the musical saucer…the only scene anyone seems to want to talk about. Surely there’s more to the movie than that, right?
Well, it was long past time that I found out. All I ever knew about the movie is that scene and that Spielberg directed. Actually, I didn’t even think about that until just now. Did anybody really talk about this movie outside of those two factoids? Maybe my response isn’t so bad after all? Well, let’s find out.
Close encounter of the fourth kind is dating.
RELEASE DATE: 1978
RELEASED BY: Columbia Pictures
RUNTIME: 2 hours 18 min
RATING: PG
VIEWING SOURCE FOR THIS REVIEW: Turner Classic Movies
STARRING: Richard Dreyfuss, Terri Garr, Melinda Dillon, and François Truffaut
SCREENWRITERS: Steven Spielberg, Jerry Belson, Hal Barwood, John Hill, and Mathew Robbins
DIRECTOR: Steven Spielberg
BOX OFFICE: $306,889,114 worldwide, $135,189,114 domestic according to IMDB
ESTIMATED BUDGET: $20,000,000 according to IMDB
“If you need a replacement for Amber Heard, I’m available.”
Star Trek: The Next Generation #23
DC Comics (September, 1991)
“The Barrier”
WRITER: Michael Jan Friedman
PENCILER: Peter Krause
INKER: Pablo Marcos
COLORIST: Julianna Ferriter
LETTERER: Bob Pinaha
EDITOR: Robert Greenberger
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