Bee and PuppyCat Returns, Making the Day Worth Enjoying!

If you’re not familiar with the Internet web cartoon Bee and PuppyCat, then take a few minutes out of your Friday to watch the first episode: Part 1 and Part 2. It’s an adorable, silly, kind of insane cartoon about a wacky girl and her pet puppycat. It’s made by Natasha Allegri, who worked on Adventure Time, so expect Bee and PuppyCat to be a lot like Adventure Time.

And that’s definitely not a bad thing. Bee and PuppyCat is weird and adorable in equal measure, which is the secret of its success.

Well after that first two-parter, Allegri and her team had to put the cartoon on the backburner to raise some money to make more, and possibly publish some comics. Whatever they were doing apparently worked, because we’ve got two new episodes to enjoy! The animation style is a little different, but it’s still the same cartoon we know, love and giggle at.

Enjoy!

I hope we can expect more Bee and PuppyCat in the near or far future.

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I Hate to Be ‘That Guy’, But I Don’t Like the New Star Wars Title

It was revealed yesterday that principal filming is over for Star Wars: Episode VII, and with it we learned the title: Star Wars: The Force Awakens. I have no idea who comes up with this stuff.

So look, I hate to be ‘that guy’, that geek who can’t accept change or new ideas with his franchises, but I don’t like title. I’m sure it fits the movie fine, it’s just that I don’t like the word ‘Awakens’. It’s such an awkward word. I write crime stories for my local newspaper for a living, and sometimes I have to write about people being woken up by a crime, and the word ‘awakens’ is all manner of cumbersome and ungainly.

So there, I have a very good reason to dislike the new Star Wars title. Maybe George Lucas will now read my blog and change it!

Beyond that complaint, though, it’s probably fine. I mean, ‘Return of the Jedi’ would seem to imply that the Force was coming back. But I guess it meant ‘Jedi’ singular, as in just Luke.

Full Trailer for the Final Hobbit Movie: The Battle of the Five Armies

Eh. I can’t say as how I’m all that enthused about The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies. I suppose I’ve enjoyed the last two movies, and I’ll definitely see this one in theaters, but I just don’t have any energy for the franchise anymore. There’s nothing new in this trailer, nothing we haven’t seen dozens of times before from this franchise. The Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer was full of new sights, sounds and insanities. The Battle of the Five Armies is just more Middle Earth characters looking drastic.

Still, I’ll definitely see it, and maybe even enjoy it. Though they didn’t even bother to really name all five of the armies in the trailer…

The 5th of November Was Yesterday, But…

I love V for Vendetta the movie. I haven’t read the comic, and I’m sure it’s fine, but I love the movie! And Cinema Sins gives it a real thrashing!

And for once, I’m actually kind of pleased with their work. They still count sins for really minor things, but they did a great job this time pointing out flaws in logic, plot and story. Good job, team! And now I’m in the mood to watch V for Vendetta again…

6 Reasons Why I Think ‘Civil War’ is Perfect for the Marvel Movieverse

I liked Mark Millar’s Civil War. It wasn’t perfect, there were parts I didn’t like, and it left a bad taste in a lot of fandoms’ mouths, but overall, and especially in hindsight, I liked Civil War. I’m not ashamed to admit it, nor am I embarrassed to have read it. Civil War was a pretty insane comic book endeavor, but it’s also probably the best Marvel Big Event of the past decade.

So when Marvel Studios announced that Captain America 3 was going to be Captain America: Civil War, I was absolutely thrilled!

Captain America probably wasn’t too thrilled

I hope I’m not the only one. But reading around the web, I see a lot of people freaking out over the choice of Civil War. I understand that a lot of comic book fans apparently hated the story. By all means, everybody’s entitled to their opinions. But hating a comic book that came out nearly a decade ago and worrying that Marvel Studios is making a mistake are two very different things. I think Civil War is the perfect storyline going forward, and if you’ll join me after the jump, I’ll tell you why.

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