Last week, I asked people to help a new Whovian pick out the episodes of the classic series to watch. Well, you did. The summary of the responses is below.
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Manga Review – X/1999 Vol. 7
We continue with X/1999 and with what might be the manga’s most violent volume yet, and most plot significant. Continue reading →
Weekly Digital Disc Picks – February 15, 2011
Anime Review – The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
This week I have a review of a film by a director who almost got nominated for Best Animated Feature at this year’s academy awards for “Summer Wars” – Mamoru Hosada’s second-to-most-recent film “The Girl Who Leapt Through Time” Continue reading →
Math From Scratch 0003: Whole and Natural Numbers
Here it is, part three of many: Defining Whole (and Natural) Numbers.
Weekly Comics Discussion – February 9, 2011
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Star Wars Examined– in Glorious Detail!
Red Letter media gave us feature-length rants explaining why the Star Wars prequels failed. Now, “Jambe Davdar” has collected hundreds of hours of archival footage, interviews, and outtakes and created incredible, feature-length documentaries showing how the originals were made and why so many things succeeded.
These take time, but they really prove worthwhile. I wish Lucas had watched something like these before he made his journey to the Dark Side….
Fantasy Author Brian Jacques Has Passed Away
Prolific fantasy author, Brian Jacques, passed away this weekend from a heart attack at age 71.
Jacques is best known for his Redwall series of fantasy novels that featured anthropomorphic woodland creatures in and around the abbey of Redwall. One of the best descriptions of his books have been “Lord of the Rings meets Watership Down.”
Manga Review – Tsubasa Vol. 5
Continuing on with Tsubasa, we finish up with the Gothic horror universe, and move on to a more distinctly Japanese one. Continue reading →
Dark Shadows, Take… Three? Four? Five? Cast.
I don’t know how many of you recall Dark Shadows, the campy goth soap opera that kids ran home to catch from 1966-1971, and afterward in reruns. It took off when they added Jonathan Frid as Barnabas Collins, the only serious vampire in series television, in those long-ago days, before the undead were thrown about the mass media like sparkles at New Year’s. For a time, Dark Shadows staked its claim as the daytime tv ratings champion.
Tim Burton’s adaptation, big news at Comic-Con, starts shooting this spring. In addition to Johnny Depp as Collins, they recently announced Bond Girl Eva Green as Angelique.
The question….