Category Archives: Lists of Six!
6 Thoughts on the First Season of The Flash
With the first season of The Flash TV show complete, I think we can all declare that live action superheroes, complete with comic book craziness, are the new amazing. Arrow started small and kept things simple, but The Flash threw caution to the wind and burst out of the gate with everything from the Speed Force to Gorilla Grodd to a real, comics accurate costume!
That’s some mighty fine running!
I really enjoyed the first season of The Flash, and I’m very excited to see where they go next year. It wasn’t my favorite comic book show this year, but The Flash is nonetheless an accomplishment. It proves to audiences and executives that these sorts of superheroics can be amazing. The Flash wasn’t dark, grim or gritty like the DC movies, it embraced the friendlier, more colorful aspects of the character, and we all benefited.
So like I’ve done for other comic shows, I wanted to share my thoughts with you all on the first season of The Flash. I’ve got more than a few nitpicks. Join me after the jump! And beware of SPOILERS!
6 Thoughts on the Third Season of Arrow
The third season of Arrow came to a dramatic conclusion last week, with Oliver Queen making some pretty major decisions about his life. Season 3 has been a rocky one, but I enjoyed the heck out of it. Arrow is still one of my favorite shows on television and you better believe I can’t wait to watch DC’s TV universe get bigger and better.
So much smoldering sexiness!
I’m no good at reviewing TV shows, especially episode-to-episode. So when a season of one of my favorite superhero TV shows is over, I like to do a roundup like this. You can check out my lists for the first and second seasons of Arrow. As for the third season, like I said, I enjoyed it, but it wasn’t as good as the previous season. Could it be because the creative team was split up in order to make The Flash? Who knows!
Join me after the jump to see my thoughts on the third season of Arrow. And feel free to share your own review in the comments below.
6 Characters I Can Blame For the Common Cold
Ugh. Is there any worse feeling than trying to shake the last days of a cold? Probably, but for me right now, there definitely isn’t. I’ve been battling this bug for days now and I just want my nose to work properly again! Is that too much to ask?!
Help me, monster!
At any rate, as with all things that crop up in a given week, I’ve decided to turn my cold into a List of Six! So I scoured the world of pop culture to find six characters, good and bad, who revel in disease and infection. It’s not going to be pretty. You might want to have a box of tissues handy before joining me after the jump!
6 Video Game to Movie Adaptations That Don’t Have to Suck
One year from now, the Warcraft movie will arrive in theaters and hopefully put all other video game movie adaptations to shame. And the Assassin’s Creed movie will apparently start filming this Fall. Both of those could be brilliant, or at least that’s what I’m hoping. Until then, we’re going to have to make due with that Adam Sandler movie that’s based off that one episode of Futurama. Video games and movies just don’t go together all that well, for some reason.
So I’m here to tell you that it can be done! I have a few ideas.
Watch the Rifftrax, it’s really good
Considering some of the best video games are already pretty cinematic, I don’t see why it’s so hard to adapt a killer video game into an awesome movie. But whether they change everything completely, like the Resident Evil series, or play things way too straight, like the Mortal Kombat series, or just go insane, like the Mario Bros. movie, Hollywood just can’t seem to get video games right.
Join me after the jump for six video game to movie adaptations that I think would actually be pretty cool.
6 Characters I Do and 6 Characters I Don’t Want to See in the Marvel Cinematic Universe
What a time to be alive! Only a few weeks after watching a legitimately cool Daredevil TV show, we are mere days away from seeing Avengers: Age of Ultron in theaters. Ant-Man is only a few months away, A.K.A. Jessica Jones comes out later this year, and there are more shows and movies down the line just waiting to be watched and loved! As a lifelong fan of Marvel Comics, I have to pinch myself to remember that it’s all real.
How do they still expect me to wait!?
And like any other lifelong comic book fan, you better believe I have a geektacular list of Marvel characters that I’m dying to see on the big and small screens — and even a few that I don’t want to see. There are still a ton of untouched characters just waiting for a chance to shine. And considering some of the cameos we’ve seen so far — like Quake on Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. or Stilt-Man on Daredevil — the people behind the scenes are more than willing to reach deep into Marvel’s extensive catalog.
But I’m not talking about just seeing these characters on TV or in the movies. I’m talking specifically about the Marvel Cinematic Universe, the big #itsallconnected tapestry that takes us from Age of Ultron to Daredevil to that upcoming Agents spin-off. So I don’t care about the movies or TV shows that FOX is making. Make Mine Marvel!
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