Batman #682: Morrison’s Last Writes?
Hot on the heels of Grant Morrison’s dramatically anticlimactic ending of “Batman R.I.P.” comes Batman #682, the first of two parts of “Last Rites,” Grant’s coda to his current run on the title. In a...
View ArticleWhen is Star Trek not Star Trek?
There has been ongoing concern in fan circles over whether J.J. Abrams’ upcoming Star Trek film will be in keeping with the spirit of Trek as we’ve come to know it over 40+ years. I’ve written about it...
View ArticleBatman #683: More on Morrison
Okay, it came out over the holidays, but I’m just getting to writing about it now. This issue and the previous one have to fill a number of slots: they make up “What The Butler Saw,” Grant Morrison’s...
View ArticleFinal Crisis #6: more of the same
My single overwhelming impression of this issue: Wow, that was crap. Again. I kind of enjoyed issue #5, enough to be hoping for an upward trend as this story neared the home stretch. Apparently that...
View ArticleThe final issue of Final Crisis, finally
What. The fuck. Was that? Seriously. Final Crisis #7 was every bit as crashingly disappointing as I feared it would be, and more so. Grant Morrison’s reach clearly far, far exceeded his grasp. It...
View ArticleFour key ingredients of good fiction
In my personal opinion, naturally. YMMV. If this were in any way authoritative, it would have been carved in stone by a finger of flame. But I have been pondering, of late, the sort of things I like to...
View ArticleJ.J. Abrams’ Star Trek: boldly going nowhere particularly interesting
Tonight was the opening of the new Star Trek movie. With IMAX tickets booked well in advance, my girlfriend and I and some friends went out for dinner and conversation, then joined an enthusiastic...
View ArticleMore on Star Trek XI
Short version of my previous post: I really didn’t like the movie. To me, it not only doesn’t work as Star Trek, it just doesn’t work as a movie, period. It has Big Stupid Summer Action Blockbuster in...
View ArticleSuperman: Secret Origin… remixed and remastered, but familiar
In one sense, everyone knows Superman’s origin. At least the sound bite version: “strange visitor from another planet, who came to Earth with powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men,”...
View ArticleMr. Kent goes to Metropolis
No, I haven’t posted in several weeks, but no, I haven’t abandoned this blog, either. I’ve just been exceedingly preoccupied with other things. More on that at a later date. It’s starting to ease up,...
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