A series based on the Halo game franchise has been in the works for years. Now it’s finding a home on Showtime, but will not follow the game and there’s a tease that seeing Master Chief’s face or not is part of the story. I never got into the games because all I’ve had access to is a PC demo, but I wonder what actual game fans think of this news. Is this the Halo adaptation you wanted?
Before I start the review I want to log a complaint as to how Cartoon Network is airing this show. We also saw it in Rise Of The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles last week, the inability to produce a full half-hour cartoon. It apparently can be done. The first episode of Rise was a full-length story while the first episode of Mega Man: Fully Charged is also full-length but broken down into two parts. It seems like a waste to me, and it’s not like shows I grew up with didn’t make the same mistake. And yet on Boomerang it’s actually scheduled as a full half-hour show and not two 15 minute shows.
Anyway, on to the episode review. Mega Man: Fully Charged takes little from the Mega Man games, but considering how often the franchise has diverted from the original game universe I’m not even sure it matters anymore. Capcom itself has created like four or five different Mega Man continuities. You have the original and X game series, Legends, Battle Network/NT Warrior, Star Force, and at least one more I’m forgetting right now. It’s like complaining Robots In Disguise doesn’t match up with the original Transformers. That ship’s long past sailed on a slow trip to Japan.
Instead, Man Of Action, the collective of writers and creators behind the original Ben 10 and the animated version of Big Hero 6, among other TV and comics projects. You know the show is going to be good with that history, but how good is it?
“Ultimo, you’ve lost weight.”
Iron Man vol. 3 #13
Marvel Comics (February, 1999)
“A Question Of Control”
WRITER: Kurt Busiek
PENCILER: Sean Chen (with an assist by Pat Zircher)
INKERS: Larry Stucker, Eric Cannon, & Bud LaRosa
COLORIST: Steve Oliff
LETTERING: Comicraft
EDITOR: Bobbie Chase
Jean-Luc Picard is coming back to Star Trek as Patrick Stewart returns for one of the Star Trek shorts that will be available on CBS All Access. Which I don’t have. the shorts will only be about 15 minutes long (this is becoming a bad habit…see tonight’s review), which is roughly the size any fan film is now allowed to be under those guidelines CBS put out a few years ago. I wonder if that’s going to be changed now.
Last time it appeared that two supposed “Supermen” were flying around Metropolis. We followed one, for now dubbed “The Kryptonian”, but there’s also another one who thus far has only destroyed the plaque honoring Superman’s sacrifice against Doomsday. Also, one of these Supermen killed a rapist who showed up out of nowhere while Lois met up with the Kryptonian. He knows who Lois is and the name Clark Kent but states that he is only Superman now. So basically we have two Supermen who are nothing like Superman outside of some shared powers.
However, there are two more heroes to come out of this and we have yet to see them in action. Unless you count Bibbo dressing in Superman merchandise and running around helping others like superheroes in the real world. (Look up “real life superheroes” and discount the jerks making fun of people honestly trying to bring a bit of fun and joy to people’s lives.) What will befall Metropolis next and is Supergirl ready to share the skies with so many flying people?
The bride cuts the groom. The bride cuts the groom.
Nightwing Annual #1
DC Comics (1997)
“Forever Hold Your Peace”
WRITER: Devin Grayson (no relation to Dick…also, she’s from Connecticut)
PENCILER: Greg Land
INKER: Bob McLeod
COLORIST: Roberta Tewes
LETTERER: John Costanza
ASSOCIATE EDITOR: Darren Vincenzo
EDITOR: Scott Peterson
“Pulp Heroes” was a different kind of event. For one it was only in the annuals, unlike events today, but it wasn’t some overarching story of changing the status quo forever and ever until the next event. Instead it went to the pulp heroes, the precursor to the traditional superhero, for inspiration in crafting its tales. Devin Grayson would eventually take over the regular Nightwing comic, which some…interesting results. (I believe she wrote the story where Nightwing got raped. Because that always goes well in comics, we wrote sarcastically.)
Sam Jones’ biggest break out character is as the title character of the 1980s adaptation of the comic strip Flash Gordon. While he’s had some minor roles since did you know what he’s doing now? Well according to this 2012 article from Entertainment Weekly he does bodyguarding work, including in Mexico.
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