Monthly Archives: June 2015

Guest Review: Jurassic World

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By Joseph De Paul

 

Welcome to Jurassic World

The magic is gone so let’s eat some people!

It’s been 22 years since, as a boy, I watched animals that up until that point, I had only seen as bones or cartoons damn well near come alive and at the same time bewilder scare the crap out of me. Steven Spielberg’s 1993 Jurassic Park could be seen as the perfect Blockbuster. It still holds up over 20 years later. After The Lost World (underrated I think) and Jurassic Park 3 (let’s not talk about it) the public’s cultural conciseness had basically put the franchise to bed, really only to living on in comic books and video games. But, it’s the 21st century, and we’ll try anything….four times.

So we get Jurassic World, a movie I’m sure no one was really asking for, but it’s here so let’s make the most of it. Once I heard that this was actually going to happen I instantly went in to self preservation mode and prepared myself for a total suck fest. As trailers for the movie started to come out I knew the only way I was going to like this film was if a ton of people got eaten by passable CGI Dinosaurs. That’s all I wanted and Jurassic World pretty much delivers. Continue reading

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Saturday Review: The Mighty Thor by Walter Simonson, Vol. 1

thorThe Might Thor (Marvel)
Written and Art by Walter Simonson

 

Over the last eight years there have been a small handful of comics that have peaked my interests so much that I had to read as much as I could as quickly as possible. Books like Saga, Transmetropolitan, and The Dark Knight Returns rank among the top of that elite group. Lately however, a new run of comics has been added to that list in the shape of The Mighty Thor Vol. 1 by Walt Simonson.

It’s no secret that Simonson’s run on Thor is one of the most highly regarded run on any superhero comic, and potentially the best run on Thor period. Having said that I hadn’t gotten around to reading it yet. I’d read the first few issues of the J. Michael Straczynski run, which brought Thor back from the dead, but was unimpressed past about issue #3. It wasn’t until Jason Aaron and Esad Ribic’s run on Thor: God of Thunder that I really developed an interest in the characters. The more I began to talk about Aaron’s run, the more people kept asking if I had read Simonson’s work. A couple weeks ago I finally broke down and bought the first trade. Continue reading

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I am a Supervillain, AMA: Pt. 2

Ok, so things have gotten a little out of hand. Honestly, I didn’t mean for this to happen. I seriously thought I had this all under control. Obviously, I misjudged the situation a little… but I’m getting ahead of myself.

This was supposed to be the event that really put me on the map. Every villain has a moment like this: a moment in which they go from being a nobody to a real somebody. A lot of guys manage to pull this off right out of the gate. I, on the other hand, had to work for it.

I had been busting my ass for years now, and I had this one, perfect chance to make my dreams become reality. I had been planning for months on end… put my entire life on hold. I even turned down a date with Madam Mayhem. She has been quite the catch ever since they reattached her left arm. You hardly notice the cyborg parts any more, but I digress. It took me seven weeks to get the power core for my weather machine calibrated just right. I spent another five trying to reassemble it after that little “incident” in Montana, which you may have heard of. No pain, no gain, after all.

It was a lot of hard work and I don’t even have any henchmen yet. Who in their right mind would hench for free. And do you have any idea what kind of union these guys have? I’d still be in contract negotiations. Although, in retrospect that might not have been so bad. Continue reading

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Therefore I Geek Podcast Episode 33, Anna Mitchell of Capital Con

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In which Andrew talks with Anna Mitchell, President of Capital Con. Based on Andrew’s conversation, this is one up and coming con that is sure to please. From Sci-Fi and Fantasy to a pretty fantastic cosplay drag breakfast, it’s going to be hard to top Capital Con.

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