And the Franchise Confusion Begins…Now
The Iron Man 2 kicker, with [OH MAN WITH SPOILERS WHAT THE SHIT HOLLAND!??!?] Thor’s hammer, has just ended. My friend turns and asks: “What the fuck was that?” “That was Thor’s hammer.” “Who the fuck...
View ArticleCongratulations, True Believer!
An email I received this afternoon: To: Jeff From: Jarvis, Edwin Re: Application Status Congratulations True Believer! After careful consideration we are pleased to announce that you have been chosen...
View ArticleYour Comic-Con (Early-Sunday) Minute
OK, let’s be clear here – I approach movie announcements cautiously. ESPECIALLY movies based on comic books, because there is a hell of a leap from “There’s gonna be a League of Extraordinary Gentlemen...
View ArticleComics Primer: Iron Man
Star of a popular movie, a less popular movie, a pretty good cartoon show (as well as a couple of not-so-good cartoon shows), a jazzy theme song, and the most fan-favorite part of a trailer for an...
View Article2011: Holland’s Favorites
Overall, not a bad year. Not great – it’s kinda fun how the economy reacted to my minor pay raise by making everything correspondingly more expensive – but on the other hand, I HAVE A DISHWASHER IN MY...
View ArticleAvengers Ramp-up! ‘Nick Fury: Agent of SHIELD’ is Also Hilariously Awful
This guy will not stop with the quipping, to the point where the movie could probably be retitled Nick Fury: Doesn’t Understand The Gravity Of The Situation.
View ArticleChris versus the Movies: The Avengers
Look, I’m not trying to give anybody a hard time here. The Avengers was a fun movie, and I was committed to liking it. Hulk smashed, Thor knocked some stuff around with his hammer, Captain America...
View ArticleDramaturgery: The Avengers
In my last post, I suggested that I had a number of questions and problems with The Avengers, despite generally having a pretty good time while watching it. I don’t know if other people, ordinary...
View ArticleSo You Want to Read an Avengers Comic
But this is Zemo’s grand scheme: They wait until there are only Cap and a couple other Avengers (all non-powered guys) and their butler, Jarvis, in the Avengers Mansion, tie ‘em up, and beat the shit...
View ArticleAvengers 2: Too Avenging, Too…uh…uhm. Eh.
This movie was fine. There were a bunch of robots, and people shot beams at them. Thor hit some robots with his hammer, Hulk smashed some robots, Captain American kicked his shield around a bunch of...
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