First time I saw Nathan Fillion in anything. He is magnetic. I held out hope that some day, some way, he would be cast to play Buck Rogers in The 25th Century alongside Kristen Bell as Wilma Deering. I cast the whole thing in my head. Sadly, it will remain there for only me to see.

Those posters look fantastic. Now if only we could get the long lost Jack Kirby comics adaptation...

I’m inclined to agree with you on the dumbness of superheroes, especially based on the current superhero comics out there. It may be that I’m just aging out of them as I’ve gotten older. There was a time I believed that superheroes were the closest we got to a modern American mythology.

You are right. He doesn’t. I guess that was the point I was trying to make.

If I implied that Alan Moore had been all for adaptation of his work in the past I apologise. Chalk that up to me being a poor writer. You are correct, it is a well known fact that Moore has never endorsed an adaptation of his comics. That alone should give pause to anyone who would attempt to try and bring one of his…

Watchmen is an interesting artifact of the late 80's and an entertaining, if a bit mean spirited, examination of super hero comics. Unfortunately, like Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, it has at times been a template for super hero comics after. For every effort someone like Mark Waid makes to put the “hero”…

Hallelujah!

Thanks. I had a feeling it was a hoax.

Star Trek does indeed belong on TV. I’ve enjoyed some of the movies quite a bit but TV is where the best Trek has come from. The stories play out best in a semi-anthology format. The unifying themes were the backdrop of that universe, the cast of characters, and the ship, but every week was a different situation and a…

There was a video that seemed to show some kind of touch sensor in the apple logo on the back of the phone. It almost looked like a fingerprint scan. Is that on this model or was that something else?

Len Wein contributed to the Rutland Halloween Parade trilogy, an unofficial crossover between DC and Marvel that took place over Halloween in Rutland, Vermont. It started with Steve Englehart’s Amazing Adventures #16, then Len Wein’s Justice League of America #103, and concludes in Gerry Conway’s The Mighty Thor#207.…

Holy shit. I think I blocked that part of the book from my memory and now it has come crashing back like some form of PTSD. Maybe I was too young to process it all and just ignored the parts that disturbed me. I remember my mother recommending the book to me and then after reading feeling betrayed by her.

While Mouse Guard has been somewhat inconsistent in publication the story has been consistently entertaining. I hope that whatever form the adaptation comes in, be it film or TV, the producers grasp the depth of the story and the scope of the world it takes place in. Like GRRM with A Song Of Ice and Fire, Petersen…

I agree with the points you make. The book really does play for a pretty specific subset of geekdom. I don’t know much about Ernest Cline. It seems like he may have a habit of putting his foot in his mouth when it comes to the subject of the article. I am not rushing to defend him or his book. I mainly just wanted to…

You’re right that this book isn’t impervious to criticism, no matter how beloved it may or may not be, depending on who you ask. Personally, I love the book but the reverence for 80's pop culture was a bit too precious at times even for a dyed-in-the wool nerd like me. As far as Parzival fixating on Art3mis, it seemed…

Ha! That’s crazy. I don’t know if I need to read more comics or just quit altogether.

I’m pretty sure Hydra has always had ties to the Nazi’s. Old time Hydra leader was Baron Von Strucker, former Nazi and enemy of Nick Fury since his Howling Commando days. The Nick Fury: Agent of Shield stories were definitely on a Bond/Man From U.N.C.L.E. kick and Hydra made a good Spectre/SMERSH stand in but they…

I know it’s just a comic and has no perminance whatsoever. I guess I just get a little touchy about Jack Kirby and what Captain America once stood for. You’re right, Cap has been subverted before when the story called for it. To be honest, I’ve never felt comfortable with the use of Nazi characters like Red Skull…

Turning Captain America into a Nazi is bad enough but to do it the same year as Jack Kirby’s 100th birthday? That’s unforgivable. What a slap in the face of Kirby and his legacy. I’m almost glad Kirby isn’t alive to see what Marvel has done with Cap.

There is no way in hell anyone could mistake one for the other. This lawsuit is bananas! Besides, DC’s Bumblebee is clearly the older property and it looks like they registered her before Hasbro decided to make their version a solo act. I hope the judges have some common sense.