Tuesday, news hit that Avatar: The Last Airbender creators Bryan Koneitzko and Michael Dante DiMartino would be collaborating with streaming giant Netflix to bring the story back in live-action. This would be the second time someone has tried to adapt it in live-action, but the infamous 2010 Nickelo...
Read MoreSince ancient times – and all during the existence of moderately civilized cultures – mythology has been overflowing with pantheons of gods reflecting the needs and aspirations of the people who conceived them. In a grim and gritty era of large cities, crime, corruption and high-tech, it’s obv...
Read More“Gee, it was really nice of Wal-Mart to give us all this free Wal-Mart stuff just for saying ‘Wal-Mart’ so many times.” Welcome back to You Should Be Watching, where I recommend films and TV series that have been overlooked or forgotten. This week we’re getting a little animated wi...
Read MoreThe Speed Force, the source of virtually all of the DC Universe’s speedsters’ powers, is a concept that is difficult to nail down and reduce to a level of simplicity that still allows it to retain its core properties. This, as stated in a prior Flash Facts entry, is part-in-parcel to the number ...
Read MoreFor almost a century, North American comic books have been released through business models which have – historically – made the entire medium be regarded by the general consensus as “cheap, disposable entertainment.” Even in modern times, the current direct market model, distributed...
Read MoreAnyone who knows anything about the DC universe knows that most of their speedsters derive their Mercurian speed from the all-encompassing energies of the mystical and omnipresent Speed Force. It is viewed as a representation of the concept of reality in motion, and while it has been a part of the F...
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