Editorial: My thoughts on Civil War II

You've heard me talk about this one in a few reviews but given that my Next review, Jessica Jones, has significant links to this event, or at least a particular aspect of it, it's time to give my thoughts in full.

4 issue test #36 - Champions

OK Marvel, we need to talk. In 2015 you did Secret Wars III, in 2016 you did Civil War II because the movie was coming out and in the wake of that, you’ve done a relaunch, only a year after the last one! Marvel Now (yet another recycled title) launched a few new titles with new creative teams. Unlike with DC Rebirth and the last Marvel relaunch, I’ve been more cautious picking new titles. There are only 2 I plan to cover. One is Jessica Jones (next week my friends) we also have Champions

And yes, it’s another title with the younger Avengers written by Mark Waid, who was less than impressive with his All New All Different Avengers title. But Waid still has some residual goodwill from Archie to allow me to give this a fair shot. Is it worth the read? Let’s take a look

Editorial - My thoughts so far on Wabbit: A Looney Tunes production

So, The Looney Tunes show was an attempt to write the Looney Tunes in a suburban, almost sitcom-esque setting. The animated factor allowed them to incorporate more ludicrous scenarios you couldn't have in a regular sitcom. The humour was hit and miss to say the least, some jokes worked and some jokes just left you groaning.

The argument is clear that a lot of characters felt overly-domesticated. Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck living in a house, Speedy running a Pizza place, Taz being a pet, Gossamer being a regular kid who just looks like a monster, Elmer being a weather reporter and so on and so forth. In short, the classic feel of the Looney Tunes felt lost. But if you look past those there are some classic dynamics, Tweety and Sylvester are largely unharmed and the Wile E Coyote and Road Runner shorts, whilst not brilliant, at all, at least tried to capture the old feel.

The show ended after 2 seasons and out came a TV movie called Rabbit's Run. I'm still considering a review of this sh*tpile. In my opinion it encompasses the worst of the Looney Tunes show.

Wabbit: A Looney Tunes production was intended to create something more akin to a classic Looney Tunes short. The run-time was cut, each short being 5 minutes and paired up to create an 11-minute episode. But did it work? Here are my thoughts.

4 issue test #35 - Blue Beetle

 

If there’s one thing I learned from watching Young Justice: Invasion again is that Jaime Reyes is a fascinating character. Well, that coupled with Linkara’s retrospective on the character last year.

He hasn’t had a great history in comics, both his series were cancelled due to low sales but they’re trying again, but they have a new gimmick. Ted Kord, the previous incarnation of the Blue Beetle made his reappearance in the New52, his father was killed by Lex Luthor in the opening issue. Well, technically he was blackmailed and the crime syndicate killed him whilst Luthor ignored him but semantics. Anyway, Ted Kord was a Blue Beetle in previous continuity but it appeared that they’d retconned it, especially given how young he was in that.

Speaking of continuity, far as I can tell, this book brushes the previous Blue Beetle continuity under the rug and sets it on fire for good measure. Given what I’ve heard about it, I’m not sad about that. We have a fresh start; can they make good on it? Let’s take a look.

Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. season 4 (LMD) episodes 11-12 review - Wake Up/Hot Potato Soup

Guilty Pleasures #35 - Superman: The Movie (1978)

I’m just gonna put this on-record for everyone. Brace yourselves, this is a controversial opinion that I’m never gonna be able to take back...

Man of Steel sucks and Batman v. Superman sucks. I’ve already gone into detail about what I hate about Man of Steel in my review (plug) and I’ll be reviewing Batman v. Superman later this year. But before we do that, let’s take a look at the movies at the other end of the scale.

Superman: The Movie is one of the best rated superhero movies on Rotten Tomatoes, 93% puts it up there with the Dark Knight, Guardians of the Galaxy, Iron Man and the Avengers. Note how The Dark Knight is the only other DC movie in the 90+s on Rotten Tomatoes. But we’re not here to judge the ratings, I’m here to judge it for myself, using modern sensibilities because I think it'll be funnier. Let’s dig into Superman: The Movie and see what this has to offer.

Riverdale Chapter 1 - The River's Edge review

So, the Archie universe is coming to TV in live action for the first time in over a decade. Being a massive fan of Mark Waid’s Archie reboot, I was interested to take a look, until details started coming out about the series and certain elements that I’ll address as this review goes on. Still pondering doing more with this series but for now, here’s my take on Chapter One: The River’s Edge