With apologies to T.S. Eliot, April was not the cruelest month in terms of Marvel Comics’ Star Wars offerings. It wasn’t wholly kind, either. And let’s face it: No Star Wars comic book this month…
Reactions and Reflections: Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice Trailer
- April 21, 2015
- Tagged as: Batman v Superman, Movie Trailers
Next year, Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice will pit DC Comics’ two biggest superheroes against each other. For now, the teaser trailer released last Friday (in an anticlimactic unveiling of an event already eclipsed…
Three Instant Bible Studies For The New Star Wars Teaser Trailer!
- April 17, 2015
- Tagged as: Episode VII, Movie Trailers, star wars, The Force Awakens
I think the new teaser trailer for Star Wars: The Force Awakens is fantastic. I’ve seen it several times since it hit the Internet yesterday afternoon, as you probably have, too. Each time, it makes…
If you’re looking for Christ figures in Star Trek, Worf may not be the first character who comes to mind. He’s certainly more violent than Jesus. Imagine the bloodbath if Worf had gone after those…
When I heard that Disney plans to film a live-action Winnie the Pooh, I thought I missed an April Fools’ Day joke. But no! In its apparent quest to remake its entire catalog of animated…
Comic Book Review: Kanan: The Last Padawan #1 (Marvel, April 1, 2015)
- April 6, 2015
- Tagged as: Caleb Dume, Depa Billaba, Kanan: The Last Padawan, Marvel Comics, star wars
Right now, my seven-year-old daughter is a huge Star Wars Rebels fan. She’s been watching and rewatching the first season; for a week after the season finale aired, she watched it three times a day….
The Month in Marvel Star Wars: March 2015
- April 2, 2015
- Tagged as: darth vader, Doctor Aphra, Marvel Comics, Princess Leia, star wars
I never followed the Star Wars Expanded Universe (now “demoted” to “Legends” status), but I have been following the Disney/Lucasfilm story group’s efforts to create a coherent pre-Episode VII canon, at least in the Marvel…
ShatNimas, Day 5 (March 26): Star Trek III: The Search for Spock
- March 26, 2015
- Tagged as: leonard nimoy, Star Trek, William Shatner
Today would have been Leonard Nimoy’s 84th birthday. When he died last month, news outlet after news outlet, in its search for appropriate footage, seemed to reach for Spock’s death scene from the end of…
ShatNimas, Day 4 (March 25): Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home
- March 25, 2015
- Tagged as: leonard nimoy, Star Trek, William Shatner
I confess: Today, I’m cheating. Instead of sticking to one great Shatner and Nimoy Star Trek moment, I’m recommending three. Watch these clips one after the other, and then we’ll talk (sans “colorful metaphors”). http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CPztpGBrfD8…
ShatNimas, Day 3 (March 24): “Mirror, Mirror”
- March 24, 2015
- Tagged as: leonard nimoy, Star Trek, William Shatner
It’s the episode that established the goatee as the tell-tale facial hair of evil doppelgangers everywhere! An ion storm causes the transporter to swap Kirk and the rest of his landing party with their sinister…
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