A Fun Simpsons Thing!
It’s the last day of my vacation, so my laziness is still at peak Sean. So how about we enjoy this Monday with this funny Simpsons/real life video from Katrin von Niederhäusern. It’s really fun!
I should probably visit New Orleans some day. I’ve lived in America for my entire life but I’ve barely visited a quarter of it.
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Hench-Sized Comic Book Reviews – 9/7/18
If you’re reading this, I’m probably on the road! Got a long drive today to a cousin’s wedding down in Maryland. Hopefully it’s neat! Then a long drive back home tomorrow. Fortunately, had some good comics this week to sustain my imagination,
We got two doses of FF this week, with both Fantastic Four and Future Foundation! The latter was less than stellar, while the former won Comic Book of the Week for it’s nifty premise!
It’s like 1961 all over again!
Meanwhile, the second issue of the Scream mini-series shows us that Scream could be her own self again, that she’s not just Carnage’s puppet. That gives me hope for her upcoming solo series. And while the new Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy mini-series has a fun first issue, it was too bland to dig into it with a proper review.
In other random news, I finally finished off Kurtis Wiebe’s run on Rat Queens. It’s a bit of a rushed ending, but still good stuff. It’s a great comic overall if you’re ever looking for something to read. Maybe I’ll do a larger article on Rat Queens one of these days…
Comic Reviews: Fantastic Four #14, Future Foundation #2, The Green Lantern #11, House of X #4 and Lois Lane #3.
Some Cool Upcoming Netflix Stuff!
Today’s my birthday and I was feeling rather lazy, but then remembered I didn’t post anything yesterday! So how about some trailers for some upcoming awesome stuff on Netflix? I’m not getting paid by Netflix to post this, I just really enjoy trailers.
Between Two Ferns: The Movie looks particularly funny.
And while I wasn’t too thrilled with the first season of Disenchantment, you best believe I’ll watch season 2. Neither The Simpsons or Futurama were perfect right out of the gate.
As for my birthday, I’m off to get my free Grand Slam meal from Denny’s. Because that’s how I choose to roll.
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6 Comic Super-Villains I Want to Get Solo Movies
It’s my birthday this week (Friday) and so I have decided to do a List of Six that is pure, unadulterated wish fulfillment. I was struggling to come up with a topic that wasn’t just me gushing about how much I love the Green Ranger or Multiple Man. But after hearing about all the positive early reactions to the upcoming Joker movie, I’ve decided to just gush about my favorite comic book super-villains.
Why so serious?
I don’t have any interest in the Joker movie. I’ll go see it, and maybe it’ll be good. But I’ve never cared for the Joker as a character, and I don’t like the attitude surrounding this movie. I am an avowed Marvel fanboy, but this isn’t a Marvel vs. DC thing to me. I’ll gladly watch DC superhero movies and hope they’ll be good. But the buzz around the Joker feels, to me, like people are going to crow that DC can make smart, high brow movies while Marvel is stuck making entertaining blockbusters, and that’s just silly.
Joker also seems to exist to spite traditional superhero movies. Mark Maron seems like a really funny guy — he’s great on GLOW — but I don’t need Mark Maron telling me it’s not proper to love the hell out of the Marvel Cinematic Universe.
All that being ranted, join me after the jump for six comic book villains who I think could and should get their own solo movie. Morbius definitely wouldn’t be on my list.
Jojo Rabbit Might Be My Most Anticipated Movie For the Rest of the Year
The summer is over and there are no more Marvel movies coming out this year. What’s a cinephile like me supposed to look forward to? You can keep your Jokers and your Rises of Skywalkers! Bring on Jojo Rabbit! This looks hilarious!
Taika Waititi is back to work more of his magic, this time skewering Nazis and fascism. Seems like his sort of task! Jojo Rabbit looks funny, it looks touching, it looks sharp as nails. It comes out on Oct. 18!
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