Over the past few months, I’ve sat down to write a dozen or so articles about superhero, sci-fi or movie stuff—however, each time, I’ve walked away deciding that it wasn’t quite enough for a full post. So instead, here are a bunch of thoughts, opinions and observations that I want to get off my chest: Jessica Jones was awesome. I feel really smart for hyping it before it … [Read more...]
The Best Comic Book Movie Of 2015
Happy New Year to geeks and non-geeks around the world! It was a relatively quiet year for the comic book movie genre in 2015, but there was still a gem among this year's trio of major superhero-themed releases. #3 Coming in at number three, by default, is the infamous reboot of Fantastic Four. The movie was panned so much by family, friends and fellow geeks that I did … [Read more...]
Star Wars The Force Awakens May Be The Greatest Remix Ever
Several years ago, P-Diddy released, "We Invented the Remix," an album which highlighted his label's knack for sampling older songs, updating them with modern hip-hop beats and vocals, and making new hits. In many ways, J.J. Abrams has done a similar thing in the science fiction genre. It first started with his excellent Star Trek "updates", including Star Trek and Star Trek … [Read more...]
Star Wars The Force Awakens A Ton Of Comments From My Family And Friends
Not only has Star Wars The Force Awakens shattered the box office opening weekend record, it may be the most talked about, Tweeted about and YouTube viewed Internet topic in quote some time. As a result, I decided to ask my close buddies, who are also Star Wars fanatics, to share their musings on the latest story in a galaxy far, far away...here are a … [Read more...]
My Spolier-Free Stars Wars The Force Awakens Timeline
Ten years after the release of Stars Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, me and millions of Star Wars fans have waited for the fateful day of December 18, 2015 - the release of Star Wars The Force Awakens! This is not a recap, review or summary of the film but just a quick time-stamped synopsis of my festive and climactic movie experience. 10:30 AM. I entered the … [Read more...]