Long-form Writing Covering Film, TV, Theme Parks, and Happy Meals
One of the defining moments of the premiere episode of LOKI was when Loki escaped and made it all the way to Casey’s evidence cart in the TVA where he demanded the Tesseract (aka the space stone). After a funny-awkward conversation where Loki threatened Casey saying he would gut Casey “like a fish” and Casey … Continue reading Just A Theory: Is LOKI’s Miss Minutes more powerful than Thanos?
I'm so excited that Marvel Legends is offering the characters from the wildly popular Disney Plus shows. WANDAVISION along with THE FALCON AND THE WINTER SOLDIER were both 2021 entertainment highlights for me - yes there hasn't been a whole lot, but the hype and theories surrounding these two tv series properties at least made … Continue reading Marvel Legends Disney Plus Loki and US Agent are In The Wild + Unboxing
In so many ways, Avengers Campus is going to be the anti-Wizarding World or Galaxy's Edge. Full disclaimer - Galaxy's Edge is awesome and my favorite theme park location on the planet. That being said, while riding the still popular Star Tours at Disneyland last week, I began to think - is there a part … Continue reading Avengers Campus Will Be The MCU’s Version of Star Tours – not Galaxy’s Edge. And I Can’t Wait.
Well it’s 2021, and it seems that restrictions are lifting in California. Orange County hit the fabled Yellow Tier a week ago and now Disneyland is up to 35% capacity. Things are getting better - indoor dining is happening (though apparently not at McDonalds) and people are going to the movies again. And most importantly … Continue reading On Its Second Anniversary in 2021, STAR WARS GALAXY’S EDGE Still Rules
What is the meal: 10 piece Chicken McNugget 1 Medium Fries 1 Medium Sprite 1 Cajun Sauce 1 Sweet Chili Sauce Overall thoughts before eating: I picked up this meal because I’m a big Chicken McNuggets fan and a BTS fan - McNuggets are EASILY my favorite food at McDonalds and maybe my favorite fast … Continue reading It’s May 26th, which Means I Ate The BTS Meal at McDonalds
At the end of last night’s “Superman and Lois” we saw a couple of larger season arc-ing plot-driving moments in the midst of a very good character-driven family bound story. Lois, investigating a story about a missing worker employed by Morgan Edge, was attacked by an unknown man. Superman intervened but was given a good … Continue reading Just A Theory: Have New Krypton and Lesla-Lar already arrived on “Superman and Lois”?
At the end of the second episode of “Superman and Lois” we saw an alternate earth, where Captain Alex Luthor fought alongside General Sam Lane against what appeared to be an evil version of Superman/Kal-El specific to their earth or timeline. And THAT version of Superman on THAT earth was wearing the iconic black or … Continue reading Just A Theory: The Black Suit and 7734 on “Superman and Lois”
Anya Taylor-Joy as Ilyana Rasputin aka "Magik" in THE NEW MUTANTS When I finally got around to watching THE NEW MUTANTS in December I was already bummed because I had not seen it on a big screen in theaters - probably the first (but not even the last that month). But even though I watched … Continue reading Just Stating Facts: The New Mutants’ Magik Should Join The MCU (But Probably Won’t)
PART 3 - THEMATIC SIMILARITIES There are themes that run through both WW84 and SUPERMAN 3. In SUPERMAN 3, many of these themes came from Richard Lester’s less successful films like PETULIA. These themes are very unique for a superhero action film and when I grew up and re-watched SUPERMAN 3 as an adult it … Continue reading WW84, Superman 3 and Movies About Movies – Part 3: Themes
In my first installment, I talked about the visual similarities in Patty Jenkins' WW84 with 80s superhero films in general and Richard Lester's SUPERMAN 3 specifically. I talked about how they became a vector for Patty Jenkins to create a movie about 1980s superhero movies - as both a tribute and a means to address … Continue reading WW84, Superman 3 and Movies About Movies – Part 2: Characters
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