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If you aren’t familiar with Batman Unlimited, don’t worry, you are not alone. This movie is part of a multi-pronged alternative branding for the franchise that includes toys, a web-series, and direct to video movies. I didn’t realize this was happening since I was trying to pay more attention to the canonical happening in the…
This year’s Penny Arcade Expo was different for me, as I wasn’t on the media list. I purchased tickets when they went on sale and was able to spend more time going to the show with my kids rather than working and trying to see everything for coverage. That said, there are some things I…
I was surprised it took this long for Amazon’s “Prime Now” service to arrive in the Seattle area. Back in March Prime Now debuted, and over the next couple of months expanded into several cities, including Austin, Dallas, and Baltimore, but not Amazon’s home city. Well, it is now available in Seattle (and a other locations…
This post is directly inspired by Dawn’s post on her blog. I graduated high school in 1985 and went into the Army which housed me during my four year stint. Only once did I flirt with the idea of getting an apartment with a couple of friends to live off base, but it never got…
Bruce Timm is a name that looms large in the minds of DC fans. His work on “Batman: The Animated Series” and subsequent series in the DC animated universe is highly regarded for the tone of storytelling, accessibility to a wide audience and its reverence to the source material. Now he turns his attention to…
Last month Ciárán had his Cub Scout Day Camp, but it wasn’t an overnight affair. Last week it was August’s turn. Only this time it would be drastically different as he had moved on from Cub Scouts to Boy Scouts. This wasn’t a 5 day camp from 9 to 3, but would go from Sunday to…
I was prepared to hate this. Granted, Scooby-Doo! And KISS: Rock And Roll Mystery isn’t a great work of art, nor is it meant to be. This ins’t a film made because there was a story to tell. It was made to make money and cash in on the KISS and Scooby-Doo! fans. And I’m pretty…
My kids were not expecting to enjoy Home as much as they did. My opinion doesn’t really matter much, I’m not the target audience, they are. Ranging in ages from 5 to 12 there are four kids who enjoyed the film and would even watch it again, which is saying something considering they all reluctantly…
Last week at Boy Scout camp I missed the staff’s production of Frozen while I was back home for a couple of days. August apparently loved it, as it was a very lose adaptation that freely borrowed from other movies and storytelling elements. Kind of a half-parody/half-homage to the film. I heard all about it…
Another busy week with a lot going on. We start off while still on vacation in Winthrop. Only our van’s battery died because we accidentally left the cooler plugged in. Whoops. We waited and waited and waited for AAA to come give us a jump start. And waited and waited. We had planned to go…