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Of course I’m going to post a Superman defense video.
At least it isn’t Neelix coming back.
That’s apparently what Kate Mulgrew is telling people how Janeway is going to appear in Star Trek: Prodigy, a hologram on the ship. I can’t wait to see how Charles “Chuck” Sonnenberg handles this when SF Debris’ Opinionated Reviews gets to this series. I’m sure it will be the funniest thing to happen to animated Trek…because that certainly isn’t coming from Lower Decks.
Over at The Clutter Reports I didn’t have time to really do anything. Partly to get this done on time. And I’m STILL a few minutes late.
It would be nice to get a Finally Watched in this week, but I’m seeing a lot of Superman content I need to discuss…again. There’s also a Free Comic Inside article that’s a surprise to both of us because I only found out about it a couple of days ago and was lucky enough to find a digital upload to work with. That should be fun. Speaking of Star Trek, the next Chapter By Chapter review of Prime Directive is up tomorrow. Mainly I’m hoping to avoid as much filler video night posts as I can. The Daily quick post I’m not as concerned about. That’s supposed to be where the old Filler Video stuff should go but life has smacking me around again. With any luck you’ll get all original content from me this week. Have a good one!
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It’s a good time to be a Kamen Rider fan, though if it wasn’t for the pandemic and the associated lockdowns it would have been better. In a recent press conference (this video is subbed) Toei announced three new projects they had hoped to have out this year, during the 50th anniversary of the original Kamen Rider series. One is an animated adaptation of a manga remake of Kamen Rider W, one is yet another movie remake of the original series, and the third is another remake, this time Kamen Rider Black. So what you have is three of arguably their most famous Rider series getting a remake. I think they’re taking the wrong lessons from Hollywood. Presumably this is alongside the regular modern entries in the franchise.
Maybe this is a good time for a full season release of Saban’s Masked Rider?
Here me out! Yes, the show has some major issues that I hope to address in a different project. However, Fox was up against the wall and decided to drag Saban Entertainment along. When Fox had their kids line-up they took more risks than most kids shows. Batman: The Animated Series had Commissioner Gordon lying in a hospital bed in one episode after being shot, and they weren’t afraid to have guns look and sound like guns is probably the best example of that. However, you know parent groups. They had a hissy fit because their kids (though I’m convinced many of these groups aren’t run by actual parents but adults who think they know better and think kids are stupid) were playing Power Rangers and getting hurt. This is why VR Troopers ended up in syndication and both Masked Rider and Beetleborgs almost seemed more like modern Nickelodeon superhero sitcoms (except they don’t suck nearly as hard as Nick’s super-coms).
Like Power Rangers the show took Japanese footage for the battles to save on costs and just filmed American actors (or New Zealand actors these days). The show in question is Kamen Rider Black RX, the 9th installment of the Kamen Rider series, a sequel to Black, and the last of the Kamen Rider shows to be produced during Japan’s “Showa” period, making Kotoro Minami the last of the Showa Riders. After his defeat of Golgom at the end of Black (I’m pretty sure that’s right but I haven’t seen the end of the series yet unfortunately) Kotoro tries to retire to the peaceful life, learning to fly helicopters. Then a mysterious NEW organization shows up and tries to get Kamen Rider Black on their side. When he refuses they try to destroy him, but only succeed in enhancing his powers thanks to Kotoro’s Kingstone and the light of the sun. Tonight we see the two-episode origin of Kamen Rider Black RX and the new people he has to hide his superhero identity from. Enjoy.
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So many stories, so few pages.
Kaboom! Summer Blast Free Comic Book Day Edition
Boom Studios/Kaboom (May, 2014)
DESIGNER: Hannah Nance Partlow
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Chris Rosa, Alex Galer, & Whitney Leopard
This time we have eight stories, which makes me wonder going in if I’ll spend more time writing the credits than I will reading the stories. At least the editors listed at the top of the page means less credits I have to write below.
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Really, cover? You did that reference In 2016?
Scooby-Doo Team-Up #18
DC Comics (November, 2016, as reprinted in the digital version of the vol. 3 trade)
“A Doggone Crisis!”
WRITER: Sholly Fisch
ARTIST: Dario Brizuela
COLORIST: Franco Riesco
LETTERER: Saida Temofonte
EDITOR: Brittany Holzherr
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I know, I already did Doctor Who related comedy earlier this week but I stumbled on this and just really wanted to share it.
Examining All The Chibnall Who Flaws
I know I’ve done a lot of video posts instead of my own thoughts lately thanks to how crazy things are right now or just being tired. And what you’re about to see is a five hour video, but when I come across something I have to fight to pull away from it’s something worth sharing. So have a seat, wait until you get to your computer or Smart TV unless you have a stand for your tablet or smartphone, maybe get some Spring cleaning done with this in the background because we’re going to be here a while.
It’s tough for me to pick on the Chibnall seasons of Doctor Who considering I watched a few episodes and wasn’t all that interested. The strange thing is it doesn’t even live up to those first two episodes I watched. The more I hear about the show the less interesting it becomes. The characters aren’t interesting, the Doctor doesn’t live up to the confidence of her previous incarnations. It’s like they made the girl Doctor and didn’t really do anything with her until the history-breaking “Timeless Child” nonsense. (As opposed to the Timless child, a child who never knew anybody named Tim. Luckily I know a Tim and he’s a good guy.) I’ve seen plenty of videos going over specific issues but tonight here’s one that goes into ALL the problems. The fact that it takes five hours to get there and it isn’t just for the jokes that keep the video interesting during the deep analysis is the sad part, even with three seasons of her and the “Fam” in action.
In this video by Jay Exci we get a good long look at the three seasons of Doctor Who, why Chibnall doesn’t understand the franchise, and why no matter who was playing the Doctor the show would have problems. It comes down to consistency, characterization (or the lack thereof), and that retcon. Note that there is random swearing in the commentary.
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Posted by ShadowWing Tronix on May 21, 2021 in Television Spotlight and tagged Chris Chibnall, commentary, Doctor Who, Graham O'Brien, Ryan Sinclair, The Thirteenth Doctor, Yasmin Khan (Yaz).
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