• Comic-Con 2026: ‘Dungeon Crawler Carl’

    Timothy

    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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  • Comic-Con: Reflection

    Timothy

    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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  • Spotify Adds “About the Song” AI: Singer Lorde Speaks Out

    Timothy

    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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  • ‘Batman & Robin’ is a Perfect Film

    Timothy

    I took a cursory glance at an article claiming Batman & Robin is one of the worst movies from the 1990s, and I was utterly appalled. I argue that Batman & Robin is one of the perfect films of the 90s. For all the wrong and right reasons.

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  • Thoughts on ‘Mortal Kombat II’

    Timothy

    So before, I mentioned that Karl Urban felt like odd casting for Johnny Cage because Lewis Tan was a lot opportunity for the part. The movie has been out for a good while now, and I did end up watching it multiple times. I enjoyed it immensely. Urban was fun as an older, has-been Johnny Cage, and things played out in a way that made me okay with stuff I was concerned about before.

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  • ‘Mortal Kombat II’ Brings us Johnny Cage

    Timothy

    Okay, okay. I’ll admit it. At first I was kind of a hater on the new Mortal Kombat that’s coming out soon. The previous one was enjoyable, but it felt a little weird and not in a good way. Having the star of the film portray an original character instead of one of the plethora of characters he could have played was a choice. That choice felt even more weird when said star, Lewis Tan, basically played Johnny Cage in Cobra Kai. So I became bitter when Karl Urban was cast as Johnny Cage for Mortal Kombat II, rather than retroactively fixing the first by recasting Tan as Johnny.

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  • ‘Clayface’ Trailer Hints at DC Horror

    Timothy

    DC Studios continues to differentiate itself by not following a set-in-stone timeline for their films, and instead going with what has a script officially ready. It’s an approach that I appreciate; it gives creatives time to actually be creative and come up with an engaging story. One of their upcoming movies is on the villain Clayface. And really, I am here for it.

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  • ‘Street Fighter’ Trailer: Perfect

    Timothy

    I found it hard to imagine a Street Fighter that could outdo the fun of the original from the 1990s. Everybody — I mean everybody was chewing scenery. They knew the film was gonna be ridiculous and they leaned into it, yet still maintained a sense of sincerity. There was heart behind it. And Jean-Claude Van Damme and Raul Julia were taking turns stealing the show with their iconic scenes and one-liners.

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