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Iron Man And Captain America: Heroes United is the latest Marvel animated offering that could be seen as a sort of extension of the “regular” Marvel cinematic universe. There are references to the films, not big ones, but enough for viewers to connect the dots. The timing, however, is odd. With the events of Captain…
Back in the early-mid 1970s a group of young punks formed a band in London. It went nowhere, but the individual members would go on to form such bands as The Clash, The Damned and Generation X. Two of the members would reunite years later – bassist Tony James and guitarist Mick Jones. They formed…
I have mentioned my admiration for “My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic” before, how I think it is a positive show for kids that is supposedly designed for girls but has much greater appeal. My 11 year old son watches it with his sister. It is well written with solid characters that are not one…
Batman: Assault On Arkham is an animated offering that is set within the storylines of the current Batman: Arkham video games, but one doesn’t need to have played those games to enjoy and understand what is going on here. Actually this works very well as a stand-alone story without the trappings of the video game…
I think my biggest problem with the DC universe is there is no cohesion. Even the comics famously retcon (short for retroactive continuity) major events and characters. Then the rebooting of what few film franchises there are, and while the animated films are good, they aren’t any part of… well… it’s hard to say. Usually…
Sometimes it can be difficult to write. There are topics which can be too difficult because of their personal nature or maybe there’s a certain “angle” the writer is trying to approach. Other times the subject can simply be too “weighty” and the writer has difficulties conveying their emotions. Sadly, my difficulties are much more…
I have always liked Johnny Cash. Sure I’m particular to his earlier stuff with Sun Records, but there are times when he equaled or even bested that work. There’s no need to rehash his personal ups and downs, many of which contributed to his musical ups and downs. I do believe, however, that even when…
What a heck of a ride it’s been so far. You are the most particular of our kids with your own peculiarities that seem… I don’t know… we’ve always referred to you as an 80 year old, even from birth. You are the youngest curmudgeon we have ever met and so self-confident, so sure of…
Everybody is talking about how “Weird Al” Yankovic has the number one album with Mandatory Fun. It’s not only his first number one album, it debuted in that position, and it is the first comedy album to occupy that spot since 1963. It’s about time. But I don’t want to highlight any of that. Instead…
A friend came over to pick up Déla for a playdate while Tevye was simply just being very vocal about not feeling good. Laura told our friend that he had just had some vaccinations. Discussion then turned to how vaccines have advanced, with new ones coming and even how now, such as this morning, three different…