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Saturday, November 10, 2007

The X-Files: Season One Reflections

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Over the past few weeks, I’ve been rewatching The X-Files, up through “Eve” now. The series was my favorite show when it was on, and the fir...
Thursday, November 08, 2007

X-Men: Messiah Complex: Chapter Two (Uncanny X-Men 492)

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Chapter two spends a disconcerting amount of time recapping the storyline from part one. I suppose the point of the news report stuff is to ...

The Wire: 2x03-2x09

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The Wire’s first season is pretty close to a perfect season, telling its story and ending in a satisfying way. However, either imprisoning o...
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Sunday, November 04, 2007

House of M

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I just finished reading Brian Bendis’s House of M, a storyline that had a major impact on the universe of the X-Men, but also managed to be ...
Thursday, November 01, 2007

X-Men: Messiah Complex

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So, despite my better instincts, I decided to pick up X-Men: Messiah Complex yesterday, and perhaps embark upon a thirteen issue crossover. ...

Joss Whedon's Dollhouse

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Great news came out of nowhere today with the news that Joss Whedon’s going to be doing a new show, Dollhouse with Eliza Dushku. I’d hoped t...
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Wednesday, October 31, 2007

Infinite Crisis

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A while back, I read Infinite Crisis, the followup to DC’s Crisis on Infinite Earths, and another series that is full of odd, convoluted sto...
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Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Batman and Son

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Grant Morrison and Batman aren’t an obvious match. He wrote a fantastic version of the character for his run on JLA, but that was as part of...
Sunday, October 28, 2007

The Wire: Season One and The Start of Two

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Earlier today, I finished the first season of The Wire, and have since watched the first two episodes of the second season. It’s been a lot ...
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Saturday, October 20, 2007

The Wire - 'The Target' and 'The Detail' (1x01 & 1x02)

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A few years ago, there was a whole wealth of TV series I hadn’t seen, but had heard great things about. Now, not so much, I’ve seen the vast...
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Mad Men - 'The Wheel' (1x13)

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I enjoyed, and was very impressed by, Mad Men right from the start of the show, but it wasn’t until roughly midway through the season that I...
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Sunday, October 14, 2007

Crisis on Infinite Earths

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Crisis on Infinite Earths is one of those works I’ve read a lot about, and encountered peripherally through Morrison’s Animal Man and Moore’...
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Friday, October 12, 2007

Deadwood and its Secret Fourth Season

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I finished watching Deadwood yesterday, a show I constantly enjoyed, but didn’t love in the way that a lot of others did. The third season i...
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Monday, October 08, 2007

There's Only One Sun

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This film dropped out of nowhere for me. I was going around online, saw a link to it on Youtube and figured I’d check it out. Ten minutes la...
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I'm Not a Cyborg, but That's OK

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Park Chanwook is one of the best filmmakers working today, and in his past two films, Oldboy and Sympathy for Lady Vengeance, he told storie...
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Monday, October 01, 2007

The Forever People #4

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I got the second Fourth World Omnibus a few days ago, and after reading one issue, I’m once again in awe of what Jack Kirby’s doing here. Fo...
Saturday, September 29, 2007

52: Volume 3

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After thoroughly enjoying 52: Volume 1 , I had a few issues with the direction of the series in Volume II. The tightly focused character thr...

Dissent is The Essence of American

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The US has been through a lot of awful stuff over the past few years, but this week brought what I’d consider the most ridiculous government...
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