I’m gonna be honest. I completely forgot that there was going to be a crossover film about Transformers and G.I. Joe. And why wouldn’t I forget? Sure, they were preparing for the crossover, with a character from the Transformers movies being approached by a G.I. Joe recruiter, but it was ultimately forgettable in an equally forgettable movie. Maybe I’m being a bit harsh, but do you remember much from Transformers: Rise of the Beasts?
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It appears that heartthrob Jensen Ackles will grace our televisions on two shows instead of one, at the same time. Clearly, absolutely no one has a problem with this. Not only will Ackles star in The Boys spinoff, Vought Rising, but he will also star in MGM+’s Rules of Prey.
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Back in 1999 as a child, I had a gaming console that was the epitome of gaming consoles to me, but unfortunately I was in the minority of that opinion. Which is too bad, because I still think Sega Dreamcast was the greatest and everything went downhill after Sega broke my little gaming heart when they discontinued the system, and my gaming days became sparse and casual. A lot of Dreamcast games were fun and borderline whimsical, which made them charming. Like the game Crazy Taxi, where you play as a cab driver going against a clock to pick up and drop off people as quick as possible; no matter how many laws you have to break or lives you put in danger to make it happen.
(more…)The Avengers: Age of Ultron had a plot that was ultimately forgettable, but gave us characters that are unforgettable and played a huge role in the MCU. We got Wanda and Vision, and the villain Ultron. Which eventually led us into WandaVision, and the ending of that TV show saw Wanda break off into Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, and Vision absconding in an existential crisis.
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I can’t say I was ever a fan of any iteration of Miami Vice but there is a good chance that I will be when the latest version hits theaters. There is one good reason for that — by which I mean two — by which I mean three. Three good reasons: Michael B. Jordan and Austin Butler are set to star in the remake, with director Joseph Kosinski at the helm. Both actors are incredible, and the director has directed one of my favorites: Tron: Legacy, and the really, really good Top Gun: Maverick.
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Dungeon Crawler Carl was lowkey more popular than anticipated at Comic-Con. The ballrooms for both panels for author Matt Dinniman felt too small; there were clearly a lot more fans that wanted in, and I felt lucky that I was able to attend both of the panels. And the cosplays! It felt like there was a Carl or a Princess Donut cosplay every 10 feet throughout the convention center and throughout the Gaslamp. Not to mention, cosplays of many other characters from the novels, some of which I have no clue about yet, since at the time I was close to done with the second book (and I can proudly say I’m on the third book now).
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Preview night of Comic-Con is upon us and my years of going are approaching 30 years — which is wild to me — and I find myself reflecting on it. One of the things that suck out to me is how I used to wait entire days to get into Hall H for the panel for Marvel Studios. An entire day out in the hot sun, fighting dehydration and becoming hangry at everyone around me.
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People who know me know I have a distaste for AI. Granted, I think it’s a very useful tool if used as such, but I’m a huge hater when uncreative, unartistic people use it to generate any form of art. Art is an expression of the human condition; writing prompts for an AI to scrape and cobble together from others’ art is not creative or expressive. So of course Spotify being a tech company, wanted to feel artsy and add an “About the Song” AI.
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