POP! Goes the ICON “San Hannibal” Comes to a conclusion…

but did you even know it began?  “San Hannibal” by Dan Schkade and Jesse Snavlin is a noir treat in monochromatic colored splendor.  It follows a private detective Avery in his search for missing photojournalist Savannah Loy and all the mayhem lying in the wake of his search.  The story is set in a semi futuristic city called San Hannibal kinda has an LA vibe to it and it is wrought with political intrigue and vigilantism.  Other than the story the book is filled with the most powerful coloration which adds…

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moviemaniacsDE Posts Daredevil Teaser Trailer On YouTube

“Daredevil” is the first of five upcoming Marvel Studios series coming to netflix.com. I have always been a Daredevil comic fan and not so much a fan of the 2003 Daredevil theatrical release.   I never blamed Ben Affleck for ruining Daredevil I have always blamed 20th Century Fox and their need to meddle, which was discussed by Mark Steven Johnson on the Daredevil Directors Cut and in my humble opinion a far superior film. Anyway back to the trailer I love what this trailer shows.  I love the costume which appears…

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Check Out the Fantastic 4 Teaser Trailer

I am having a hard time hating this movie, that being said the trailer reminds me of the storyline of the Ultimate Fantastic 4 storyline, which is a great story and a great retelling of the fantastic 4 origin. I am huge Fantastic 4 and a Marvel studios fan since Iron Man, which I still believe is the perfect superhero movie and I am a consistent 20th Century Fox detractor. Why a Fox detractor? They, like Sony, do not get that film making is art and not cookie cutter crap…

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Beware the Batman TV Review

Beware the Batman is a computer-animated television series based on the DC Comics superhero Batman. The series premiered in the United States on Cartoon Network on July 13, 2013 as part of their DC Nation block. It is the replacement for Batman: The Brave and the Bold. The new Batman Series on Cartoon Networks DCU block is reminiscent of the recent Batman Earth One by Geoff Johns.  If you have not read it I highly recommend it. The reason I draw your attention to Geoff Johns’ story is the Alfred…

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An Iron Man 3 Review

Falling down  never felt so good by Travis Beware Spoiler Alert. This is a movie about the process of adapting to the changes in life when things happen beyond our understanding.  Two and half hours of character development, but did it have to happen this way?  This wasn’t a bad movie, on many levels it was very enjoyable, but was it an Iron Man movie?  No it was not, maybe it should have been called “Tony Stark – The Man behind the Iron Mask.”  It was truly about Tony. As…

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The Disney Empire Strikes Back…

And Travis likes it!?! The seemingly shocking to the world news yesterday was not some horrible destructive hurricane that hit the east coast.  No, it was that Disney purchased Lucasfilm LTD. for 4.05 billion.  You can read the full Disney Press Release here. Why do I like this deal?  Simply because Disney has been making excellent decisions with the properties they have acquired recently. Walt Disney Studios Chairman and CEO Robert A. Iger appears to be a CEO who understands he needs to know what is going on, but does…

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Did Jonathan Hickman “Solve Everything” with Fantastic Four and FF

I have always enjoyed the idea of the Fantastic Four.  Marvel Comics first team.  These unlikely heroes have often captivated and befuddled me.  For me the Fantastic Four were always in the background of the comics I was collecting.  I remember them with H.e.r.b.i.e. the Robot on Saturday morning cartoons.  The first time I purchased a Fantastic Four issue was the “heroes reborn series” and with that I was hooked.  I fell in love with the idea that this family was the very backbone of the marvel universe.  I understood…

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Avengers Vs X-Men 12 Review

Avengers Vs. X-men.  Wow, I mean really WOW!!!  I have read comments on blogs where people are disappointed with the story line… I do not understand.  This is one of the finest Crossover stories in Marvel in the last 10 years and it rectifies some serious wrongs done previously in the Marvel universe, which caused me to quit reading comics for a while.  It is extremely hard to please everyone all the time, so I will give the naysayers their moment and opinion. “3…2…1” Okay, times up.  The precision and…

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The Dark Knight Rise Review

Dark Knight Rises to meet this reviewer head on. Traditionally trilogies fail to deliver.   One of the movies always seems to fail to grab the audience.  Movies, specifically in this genre of superhero films, starting with Superman 3, where a subpar screenplay and popular actors did not give the studio a blockbuster, and finishing with more recently with Spiderman 3, where the studio, not understanding the market, decided the popularity of the character Venom would sell more seats than the Vulture, one of Spiderman’s oldest foes.  Clearly, this is not…

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America’s Got Powers Review

Not to far off the beating path… For those of you who don’t know me I am a browser.  I go into my local comic shop and stare at the stuff I cannot afford to buy and look at the things I am not collecting often wondering if I should be collecting those.  This particular week I was excited for all the comics that I was going to get off my shelf, but I had to look at the Racks anyway. That is when I came across a little Gem…

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