A formative movie from my childhood was a unique take on Peter Pan entitled Hook. To get the “I’m old” jokes out of the way: for the generation younger than me, Hook takes place years after the original story, where Peter Pan leaves Neverland to be with Wendy in the real world. This leads him into becoming an adult and father, and Neverland becoming a repressed memory. Peter is then forced to face his past when Captain Hook takes his revenge by kidnapping his children.
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Yes, I titled this post appropriately. The Force Awakens was a good refresher and setting things in motion, while The Rise of Skywalker was a cowardly, “Oops, fan boys angry; let’s bring it back to what’s comfortable” kind of movie. But The Last Jedi? It not only pushed the story in a different direction, but it was also meta.
(more…)I’m a huge fan of Supernatural if it wasn’t already glaringly obvious. So naturally I follow creator Eric Kripke’s work. Which led me to The Boys at Comic-Con way back when at their first panel. I never read the comics, but it’s Kripke! I knew I was going to watch. At this point, it would be surprising if you didn’t know or haven’t seen The Boys.
(more…)Sure, we already have a Green Lantern from the recent Superman but why should that stop them from having more Green Lanterns? After all, there is the Green Lantern Corp, consisting of Lanterns across the universe.
(more…)At this point many people who know me know that I consider Interview with the Vampire the greatest show in existence. The writing, the acting, the cinematography, the music; every little aspect is clearly and carefully thought out. I could talk for hours about everything it gets right (which is everything).
(more…)I was obviously living under a rock because I never heard of the band Snarky Puppy until recently. They have been around for decades and have won multiple awards for their music.
(more…)Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse brought us a version of the noir version of Spider-Man from the comics, but this time portrayed as the version of Ben Reilly instead of Peter Parker (that’s a whole other thing). And with “noir” being one word to describe the character, it already tells you exactly what to expect.
(more…)I thought I was very late in knowing about AFI’s new album Silver Bleeds the Black Sun…, but I was only a few months off. I was always a fan of their album Decemberunderground, and their newest entry is a huge departure from that.
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