Author Archives: W. Blaine Dowler

As you may be able to tell, my formal training is not as a writer. My degrees are in physics and education. In my day job, I work in supplemental education, which is why my productivity is lowest when report card season hits.

Weekly Comics Discussion

This week’s shipping
list has some interesting stuff. I’ll be picking
up Essential Super Villain Team Up,
Pulse #5 (which finishes the “Thin Air”
story arc), Ultimate X-Men #51 (which
continues the “Cry Wolf” story arc) and X-Men:
The End Book One #3, which marks the half way
point in this portion of the series. Material I
won’t be picking up includes the Ultimate X-Men:
Tempest trade paperback, comprised of the issues
reviewed one article back (link below), and
Warlock #1, which actually doesn’t look too
bad. (There’s a free preview of that and more at Mile
High Comics if you’d care to give them a shot.)

“Jeremiah” in Canada

We’re finally getting “Jeremiah” in Canada. It airs
tonight on Space, at 10pm in
Toronto, which is in the time zone for which Space
advertises all of its times, so adjust to your time
zone accordingly. I’m tempted to review each episode
if I can find the time. The series is already
available on DVD; you can buy it from Amazon.com
or Amazon.ca
if you’d like.

Movie Discussion – “Hero”

y42 writes, This tale of historical fiction is not exactly sci-fi, but it is wire-fu,
which I consider part of the genre at large on the basis that it takes a
scientific fact (people do extraordinary thing through martial arts
training) and pushes it beyond reality. One could make an argument that this is fantasy. It may be a weak argument, but I’m seriously considering seeing the movie this weekend, so I might as well get opinions from you excellent people before shelling out admission prices.