Bob asks: The DC relaunch is folding the Wildstorm Universe into the DCU proper. Is this a good idea? Christ no. Many many other people have already criticized the way the reboot seems to be taking all of the worst ideas from the 90s and creating something that’s instantly dated, but what the inclusion of […]

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Jun

SYTYCD Bloggin’

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

Your guest judge this week is Debbie Reynolds, who is dance royalty and also completely blah as a judge. BRING BACK THE CHOREOGRAPHER JUDGES ALREADY PLEASE AND THANK YOU. Nancy Travis Ryan and Ricky: jazz. Mandy Moore Does The Eighties Volume 844; nothing particularly interesting about the SOOPASEXY choreography, but then again I watch the […]

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Jun

Dice.

Posted by MGK Published in Gaming

People requested more boardgaming posts, so: Dice are what a lot of people think of when they think of board games (well, that or tiles with letters on), thanks to childhoods spent playing roll-and-move games like Sorry! or snakes-and-ladders. Because of this, many designers have tried to incorporate dice into board games in different ways. […]

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Jun

Now this is interesting

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, Flicks

Via Pajiba: One thing I feel needs mentioning: this is not Martin Campbell’s cut of the film, but the studio’s. I live in New Orleans where it was shot, I read the shooting script, all of which was painstakingly filmed with intense research, and all of that was left on the cutting room floor — […]

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Jun

Cattle call, no cattle

Posted by MGK Published in The Site

It’s been a couple of months since I last took requests, so… have at it. Usual caveats apply: no “I should writes,” and if you want to request more comics – well, let me know and I’ll see what I can do.

51 comments

Jun

Now with additional soccer

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column is up at Torontoist.

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Jun

SHOCKING NEWS: Michelle Bachmann wrong about something

Posted by MGK Published in Canadian Politics, Politics

In a recent tweet, Michelle Bachmann’s campaign wrote: Lesson in economic recovery: Consider Canada. No stimulus & unemployment is 20% lower than US. Uh, guys – we did have a stimulus. We passed stimulus in 2009 as part of the budget, at practically the same time that the USA did: $40 billion in spending and […]

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Jun

MGK’s Guide To Essential Children’s Literature (as defined by himself)

Posted by MGK Published in Books

The Great Brain by John D. Fitzgerald. First in a seven-book series about young boys growing up in late 19th-century Utah (Catholics rather than Mormons, if you’re wondering), and specifically the adventures of an intelligent, indeed devious young boy and his little brother (who narrates). What is particularly great about these books is that the […]

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Jun

Unavoidably delayed

Posted by MGK Published in Al'Rashad, Comics

Due to some family issues, Davinder’s had to take a brief break, but rest assured Al’Rashad will recommence as soon as he is able.

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Jun

The Green Lantern Movie Post

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, Flicks

(FYI: Spoilers, obviously.) So… yeah. It’s okay. It really doesn’t deserve the critical beating it’s taking; it’s certainly more entertaining than, say, Daredevil (which has a Rottentomatoes score nearly double that of Green Lantern) or Ghost Rider (three percent higher) or Spider-Man 3 (forty percent higher). Ryan Reynolds gives a strong performance, as expected; Mark […]

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Jun

Rebooty tang

Posted by MGK Published in Comics

People have been emailing and asking me what I think about the editorial/story implications of the DC reboot (beyond obvious snark, anyway), and I’ve been resisting the urge to talk about that because the books aren’t out yet and for all I know there are 52 works of genius coming at us every month starting […]

41 comments

Jun

SYTYCD Bloggin’

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

Your judges are Nigel, Mary, and an embarrassing miscut to backstage Megan Mullally, who is apparently a superfan with dance history so… why not, I guess. Jordan and Tadd: afro-jazz. Always glad to see Sean Cheeseman get work, but he can do so much more than afro-jazz. Still, the American show is all about niches. […]

4 comments

Jun