So it’s supposed to be the Sentry’s story but he’s stuffed in a corner. And who’s the guy on the right?
New Avengers #7
Marvel Comics (July, 2005)
“The Sentry” Part 1
WRITER: Brian Michael Bendis
PENCILER: Steve McNiven
INKER: Mark Morales
COLORIST: Morry Hollowell
LETTERER: Albert Deschesne
PRODUCTION: James Taeras
ASSISTANT EDITORS: Stephanie Moore & Molly Lazer
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Andy Schmidt
EDITOR: Tom Brevoort
For more info check out Shout Factory TV’s article on the event. It’s odd that they’re carrying this, presumably even on Pluto TV (owned by Paramount and thus ViacomCBS now) since they just launched a Star Trek channel, which is currently focused on The Next Generation and the occasional preview of whatever is on CBS All Access.
And as I was scheduling this post Shout Factory just emailed a schedule.
I don’t know what time zone that’s in. I’m assuming eastern but double check on Tuesday, September 8th, 2020 where you usually watch Shout Factory TV’s main live streaming channel.
(I didn’t initially leave space to link to the previous chapter, so here’s me correcting that.
I tend to have a problem when I near the end of a book I’m reviewing under this banner. Eventually I run out of ways to open the next installment without spoilers on the home page. I’ve also run out of characters to talk about in Who history so…I don’t know, let me discuss my history with the franchise for the remaining chapters I guess.
I first heard of Doctor Who from a friend of mine who caught it at 6 PM on our local PBS station. Since that was typically when we had supper as my dad came home from work and we didn’t have a VCR at the time I didn’t catch it. Eventually we did get a VCR and a PBS station out of Massachusetts aired them by editing the serials into a movie format, something closer to what we get with modern airings of found episodes or animated replacements of missing episodes if they air on TV. (Think “Power Of The Daleks” or “Shada”.) Eventually our local station altered the air time and I got to see that show. Eventually I came across comics and novelizations, the comics already reviewed and the novelizations I may do in the future. For now let’s see if any of our new mysteries get solved in today’s chapter.
They really take that “leave your body at the door” thing seriously.
Justice League Unlimited #33
DC Comics (July, 2007)
“Everything Old Is New Again”
WRITER: Jason Hall
PENCILER: Carlo Berberi
INKER: Bob Petrecca
COLORING: Heroic Age
LETTERER: Robert Clark Jr.
EDITOR: Rachel Gluckstern
One positive of the death plague quarantine is that it has allowed (or forced, depending on your point of view) parents to spend more time with their children and play together. One of those things to play together is video games. However, not every game is safe for an adult to play with their kids. Bleeding Fool contributor Susana Romero offers ten games that are perfect for family togetherness.
If evil ever learned we couldn’t tell stories.
The email catch-up continues over at The Clutter Reports, but one of those emails is one I missed out on and may end up discussing this week. Not sure what else is happening this week since I still haven’t gotten that Finally Watched in but it should be a good week. Have a good one and stay safe. It’s getting dangerous out there now.
As I’ve stated before, I do not consider myself an “anime fan”, since that would require putting Japanese animation apart from any other country and that’s just not how I’m wired. However, if one were to ask me for a list of oldskool anime to watch to get a taste of early Japanese animation imports worth watching, tonight’s entry would easily be among them, and my list is probably a lot different from other 80s kids who did experience “Japanimation” in search of good stories.. For example I was never into Akira and came rather late to Ghost In The Shell.
Robot Carnival however is one movie I would highly recommend. A series of short segments by different talented animation teams, the movie goes into many different genres, all centering around the theme of robots. Each segment also has their own flavor and tone. You could be watching a silly comedy story at one point, a thought-provoking discussion about robot versus humanity, or an action story where a girl at a theme park finds herself under attack from a giant robot while another robot tries to give her back a locket from her cheating boyfriend. This by the way is my favorite segment but all of them are quite good in one way or another.
Now how to watch it: below is the YouTube posting by on-demand streaming site Retro Crush, but it’s subtitled. While a number of stories have no dialog at all, there are segments with dialog and that will be in Japanese with subtitles. If you prefer your anime dubbed however, Retro Crush has both the subtitled and dubbed versions on their website. And check out some of their other offerings. I personally recommend Super Beastial Machine God Dancougar if you like Voltron (though it takes a season and a half before they actually form the title super robot). For now though, enjoy this classic piece of Japanese animation.
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