Some Thoughts on Wonder Woman 1984
Patty Jenkins’ Wonder Woman 1984 has debuted! Buffeted by real world politics, 1980s nostalgia & a release schedule controlled by an international pandemic, I have some thoughts about it.
DetailsThe Picture of Everything Else #1: Painting the Town Red
The Picture of Everything Else #1
The Picture of Everything Else #1 (Watters, Mohan, Bidikar) is an artistic tour de force soaked in blood, booze, terror, and homoerotic longing. Ending on a chilling cliffhanger, this is certainly a book worth keeping up with.
DetailsWonder Woman 1984: Be Careful of What You Wish For!
Wonder Woman 1984
Max Lord’s need to become great! To be the best! To impress his son! Leads down a road where the entire world is on the brink of annihilation.
DetailsDC’s Very Merry Multiverse #1: A Very Lobo Hanukkah
A Very Lobo Hanukkah
DC’s Very Merry Multiverse #1 (King, Koblish, Hi-Fi) closes on a tone-deaf note when Lobo, of all characters, is transposed as a very, very violent representative for the Jewish people in “A Very Lobo Hanukkah.”
DetailsMr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol: Oh Magoo, you’ve done it again!
Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol
Mr. Magoo basically destroys the sets as the audience is applauding and in perfect Magoo fashion, he is oblivious to what is happening around him. Ending with his catch phrase, “Ah, Magoo, you’ve done it again, and by George, I’ve brought down the house!” .Classic!
DetailsTalia Al Ghul: Somebody’s Daughter
Talia al Ghul is a master criminal, a lethal genius, a great love & opponent of the Batman. She has toppled empires and presidents & for a brief moment owned the Earth. How do orientalism, sexism & classism make her so powerful & so hard for readers to grapple with?
DetailsA Christmas Carol (1938 Reginald Owen): God Bless Us, Everyone!
A Christmas Carol (1938 Reginald Owen)
We do not see a sick boy feeling sorry for himself because he cannot slide on the ice, but we see a boy who is enjoying watching his brothers have fun! This is in direct contrast to Scrooge, who enjoys nothing, but has everything.
DetailsThe Expanse #1: Caught Between a Red Rock and Cold Hard Space
THE EXPANSE #1
The Expanse #1: (@CorinnaBechko Aragon @FrancescoSegala @eDukeDW) get on board and find out what trouble you can really get into in the cold confines of space! #BoomStudios #TheExpanse
DetailsA Christmas Carol (1984 George C Scott): Honor Christmas in You heart
A Christmas Carol (1984 George C. Scott)
Scott’s Ebenezer is different from most, often portrayed as an older frail man, shrewd and humorless but without physical strength, but Scott’s very size lends to a quite different take on the character.
DetailsA Christmas Carol (1999 Patrick Stewart): Mankind was our business!
A Christmas Carol (1999 Patrick Stewart)
I am particularly fond of Patrick Stewart’s transformation at the end. His inability to laugh at first is both humorous, joyful and a bit sad as we see a man that has not heartily laughed in so long that his body does not know how.
DetailsStephen King’s The Stand (2020): I’d Rather Walk
Stephen King’s The Stand (2020)
CBS All Access has remade the Stephen King classic The Stand, first produced in 1994 about a super flu that wipes out most of humanity setting up the ultimate struggle between good and evil.
DetailsThe Secret History of Twin Peaks
Mark Frost’s The Secret History of Twin Peaks is an epistolary novel and a faux document comic about the sins of America and the secrets of a small town. Based on his multimedia property with David Lynch, Frost covers everything in his history from Jeremiah Johnson to UFOs and Body Heat.
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