Jul

part five, page two

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

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Jul

From the “How To Be A Decent Human Being” File…

Posted by John Seavey Published in Important Things!, WTF

It’s bad enough that Daniel Tosh started talking about how funny rape jokes are. I’ll admit, that’s about the level of “humor” you’d expect from a man whose TV series consists of him showing YouTube videos and saying, “Hey, these people are dumbasses,” but it’s still a level of humor that you normally expect from that one guy […]

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Jul

Some Assembly Required

Posted by Jim Smith Published in Comics, General Nerd Crap, Interactive Fun Time Party

It took a lot longer than I thought, but I’ve tabulated all the suggested lists of Avengers from my last post, and tallied them up. I should point out the following qualifications: Not everybody made it easy. If you said something like “I would sub in Martinex” and didn’t say who you’re subbing him for […]

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Jul

Thursday WHO’S WHO: Solomon Grundy

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, Who's Who

I’m not actually reading DC Comics any more – the combination of moral ickiness re: Alan Moore and the new comics just mostly being shit is enough for them not to get my comics dollars any more, beyond a few collections. The final Hitman trade paperback is due out in August and I believe that […]

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Jul

SYTYCD Bloggin’

Posted by MGK Published in Obligatory So You Think You Can Dance Category, TV

Witney and Chehon: samba. That opening pirouette by Chehon made me think that they were aiming for a redux of Lacey and Danny’s samba from season 3, but unfortunately Chehon isn’t quite comparable to Danny’s level when Danny did ballroom: he dropped in and out of the samba basic repeatedly and the hip movement wasn’t […]

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Jul

The Plot Against Improved Archie

Posted by MGK Published in Archie (Improved Or Otherwise), Comics, Interactive Fun Time Party

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Jul

Things I Love About Comics: Godzilla

Posted by John Seavey Published in Comics, General Nerd Crap, General Nerd Shit, You Should Read

When I say, “I really love Godzilla”, I feel like the first thing I need to do is be more specific. After all, even if we narrow it down specifically to comics, Godzilla is one of those iconic characters that will pretty much always have a chance at a comic book, because there’s just something […]

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Jul

If I ran wrestling

Posted by MGK Published in TV, Writering

Someone a while back, I forget who (hold up your hand in the audience if you read this, I guess) asked me how I would book the WWE given the chance. Now, the traditional internet-smark thing to say here is “well I would bury John Cena and make the fans care about Tyson Kidd and […]

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Jul

because “Condoleezza Rice: The Series” was just depressing

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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Jul

part five, page one

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

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Jul

ALIGNMENT CHART! Samuel L. Jackson

Posted by MGK Published in D&D Explains Everything, Flicks

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Jul

The Old Order Changeth!

Posted by Jim Smith Published in Comics, General Nerd Crap, Interactive Fun Time Party

It’s way too early to figure out what Marvel’s going to be doing with it’s “Marvel Now!” relaunch, but one thing that seems clear is that Jonathan Hickman is going to be writing a bimonthly Avengers series that will feature a roster of 18 (or more!) heroes. Eighteen sounds like a lot, but I suppose […]

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Jul

Single-sentence review of The Amazing Spider-Man

Posted by MGK Published in Flicks

Numerous incremental improvements over the Tobey Maguire edition of the franchise (better actors, Spider-Man gets to say some actual wisecracks, somewhat more intelligent plot) don’t quite keep one from noticing the fact that you are watching, first and foremost, product.

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Jul

Movies You May Not Have Seen But Should See (Because They Are Good) #18

Posted by MGK Published in Flicks, Movies You Have Not Seen But Should See

The thing about biographical movies is that for the actors playing people who were actual Real People In History, and particularly for recent Real People, there is a fine line you have to walk between “this is who that person sounded like” and “this is who that person actually was.” People become famous for their […]

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Jul