Category Archives: Cartoons

Batgirl Loves Burritos!

Ack! The entire first ‘mini-sode’ of Lauren Faust’s Super Best Friends Forever premiered this Saturday, and now Youtube has the fully minute-long clip in its entirety. I think it’s a travesty against nature that this cartoon is only going to be seen in about half a dozen short clips, but it is what it is. So sit back and enjoy one of the most adorable superhero cartoons ever!

And for some reason, Batgirl absolutely loves burritos. She also seems a little insane. Just saying…

Superman vs. The Elite Trailer Arrives!

I don’t know if that video will successfully embed or not. I still haven’t figured out how to get something other than a Youtube video to embed. Either way, it will provide a link for you to visit. I know, what a hassle, right?

Or maybe this will work:

Superman vs. the Elite

Anyway, I said a lot about this movie in a previous post that you can read here.

I think this is a stupid idea for an animated movie, and the trailer doesn’t help. While it shows plenty of action, and some drama for the Man of Steel, the trailer barely mentions the fact that the Elite are supposed to be a new kind of brutal superhero. That trailer makes them out to be super-villains, which misses the nuance of the story. Oh well.

Legend of Korra Debuts on April 14!

Hold on to your butts, Avatar fans! The new series, the Legend of Korra, will debut on Nickelodeon at 11 a.m. on April 14! New cartoon! New adventures! Holy hell this is going to be awesome! Avatar: The Last Airbender was brilliant cartooning, and I have no doubt that Legend of Korra is going to be equally as fantasmagorical!

Enjoy the latest trailer:

First Look at Super Best Friends Forever!

Super Best Friends Forever looks to be one of the cutest, funnest superhero cartoons ever. All thanks to the brilliant and adorable mind of Lauren Faust, the creative wizard behind My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. I am a brony, by the way, and proud to admit it. So I’m really looking forward to what Faust can do with Batgirl, Supergirl and Wonder Girl in the new shorts that will debut as part of the DC Nation block this Saturday.

Here’s our first actual teaser clip!

What the heck is up with Batgirl?

Otherwise, it looks fantastic!!

My 6 Favorite Star Wars Expanded Universe Characters

Have you ever wondered what kind of power vacuum there must have been in the Empire after the Rebels blew up the second Death Star, killing Darth Vader and the Emperor? Or who were the first Jedi who discovered the Force and built the first lightsabers? Did Han Solo and Princess Leia ever settle down and have kids? Or if Luke Skywalker heralded the ‘Return of Jedi’, who were the rest? Well wonder no more, because pop culture has you covered. Welcome to the Star Wars Expanded Universe, a collection of books, comics, video games and cartoons that tell the rest of the story.

For the saga of Darth Vader, Luke Skywalker and the Rebel Alliance is only a fraction of the larger, grander Star Wars Universe. Dedicated fans, geeks and professional writers have expanded beyond the movies to tell more and more stories. The Expanded Universe is the greatest, geekiest bit of fandom there’s every been – and what’s more, it’s all A-OK’d by George Lucas himself. It’s all licensed and approved!

We're talking Jedi Wookies with lightsabers, people!

I love the Expanded Universe. I think it’s gloriously geeky and riveting. I love that for every single minor or background character that appears in the six main movies, the fans and professional writers have created full and rich backstories. I once read a book called Death Star, about the building of the first Death Star (bad book, don’t read it). Several times in the first Star Wars film, A New Hope, Darth Vader meets with other Imperial agents aboard the Death Star. Well one of the armed guards standing at the door in the background of those scenes is a main character in the book Death Star. So every time I watch A New Hope, I can point to the guard and say ‘that’s Atour Riten!’ Weird name.

But that’s the glory of the Expanded Universe, filling in the cracks and telling the stories beyond the six movies. Allow me to introduce you to My 6 Favorite Star Wars Expanded Universe Characters.

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