Holy campiness, Batman! It’s the 1966 film!
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Comic Review – “Essential Defenders Vol. 1”
It’s been far, far too long since we reviewed an
Essential here. I hope to use the summer to catch up
on some overdue review requests, and the entire line
has been requested.
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Big Screen Batman Review – “Batman and Robin: The 1949 Serial Collection”
This is the first day in a week long event featuring
reviews of Batman’s live action, big screen
appearances in chronological order of release. Today,
the review is of the 1949 movie serials. Tomorrow,
we’ll have a review of Batman: The Movie
starring Adam West and Burt Ward. From Sunday to
Wednesday, we’ll review the entries directed by Tim
Burton and Joel “let’s make the Batmobile neon!”
Schumacher. Batman Begins, directed by Chris
Nolan (best known for directing Memento) will
open on Wednesday, and will be reviewed on Thursday
morning. (Reviews of Batman: The Animated Series
Vol. 3 and Batman: Mask of the Phantasm
will come at some as yet undetermined later date.)
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Movie Discussion – “Shark Boy and Lava Girl in 3D”
Those with kids may wish to pay attention to this.
The rest of us can safely ignore it.
Yet Another Nerdy Crossover Timeline
This online comic book forum features a Crossover Timeline which somewhat resembles my own, but has its own character and approach to the material. It’s also a lot more “comic ‘n’ toon” based.
Agent Scully as a Green Lantern?
Weekly Comics Discussion – June 8, 2005
The items shipping
this week include Pulse #9 and
Ultimate Fantastic Four #19, which I’ll be
picking up. Other notables include Fantastic Four
Visionaries: George Perez Vol. 1, Ultimate
Spider-Man #78, Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol.
1 in hardcover, Ultimate Fantastic Four Vol.
3: N-Zone in paperback, and X-Men: The End
Book Two: Heroes and Martyrs #4 from Marvel. DC
is releasing an assortment of Batman Begins
statues and three issues of Batman titles,
Action Comics #828, Rann Thanagar War
#2, and the third printing of Villains United
#1.
Charlie Jade: Betrayal
A number of developments make this week’s episode exciting, disturbing and, probably, largely incomprehensible to anyone who hasn’t been watching the show.
Weekly DVD Picks – Tuesday, June 7, 2005
The sheer volume of releases is up, with new titles,
and with price reduced releases of existing titles.
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Century City Review – “A Mind Is A Terrible Thing To Lose”
This was the last episode to reach the air the first
time around.
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Doctor Who: Boom Town
Stopping to refuel the TARDIS in modern-day Cardiff, the crew encounter
an old enemy.
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