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Here comes…Daredevil, the season review without fear!

Stewart here…and slight spoilers ahead…

Being a longtime comics reader, I have a certain affinity for Daredevil, the blind hero of Hell’s Kitchen. I would drop in and out of the book in the last twenty plus odd years, but the most consistent I’ve been with Daredevil is during an insanely great run in the 00’s from writer Brian Michael Bendis, and subsequently writer Ed Brubaker. In that run, lawyer Matt Murdock and his crime-fighting alter ego went through an insane ringer of stuff, like his identity being made public, basically taking over Hell’s Kitchen, getting sent to prison, getting married, going crazy, and ending up running the lethal clan of assassins known as The Hand (I could mention what happened after that where he was possessed by a demon and tried to take over New York, but I rather not). In recent years, he’s gotten a better break in things, moving to San Francisco of all places, but clearly that’s not where this Netflix based Marvel TV show is placing itself. Like the eponymous movie of the same name (and for a better word on that than mine, check out the How Did This Get Made podcast episode on that), we’re staying in New York for this new take on Ol’ Hornhead. Continue reading →

Tags: Charlie Cox, Comic Books, Comicbook heroes, Comics, daredevil, Kingpin, Marvel, Matt Murdock, Netflix, Rosario Dawson, Stewart, Television, Vincent D'Onfrio

ARROW Season 3×19, “Broken Arrow” recap

15 Apr

Welcome back, Arrowheads! Previously: things went galactically bad for Team Arrow as Quentin decided to hammer out his betrayal issues by hunting them down. Then he found out from Ra’s (a reliable source, I guess) that Ollie’s the Arrow, and things got not remotely better. To save everyone else, he turns himself in in a plea deal. But the rest of the Team didn’t like that, and so, Roy appears in front of the convoy transporting Ollie…as the Arrow! Way to go, Roy, with lifetime imprisonment?

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Tags: Arrow, ATOM, Black Canary, Brandon Routh, Colton Haynes, Comics, Dark Archer, David Ramsey, Diggle, Emily Bett Rickards, FanGirl Squee, Felicity Smoak, Geekery, Green Arrow, John Barrowman, Malcolm Merlyn, Olicity, Paul Blackthorne, Reviews, Stephen Amell, Stewart, Television, Thea Queen, Willa Holland

Stargate SG-1 Minicaps / Season 3, Eps. 1-4

9 Apr

The Stargate SG-1 Season Two Minicaps only used that extra Gate once, and it was for business purposes only.

The Stargate SG-1 Season Three Minicaps hasn’t gotten promoted yet, and after all the work it’s done.

Stewart here…

We ended last season on a cliffhanger (naturally) as O’Neill and company awakened from a cryo-slumber to find themselves in the far future. But, it was all part of a staged trap by old nemesis Hathor to get information. Meanwhile, Teal’c awakens at SGC and wants to search for his missing comrades. When he’s ordered not to, he takes his leave of the SGC to go on his own. And Hathor has a symbiote for a lucky member of SG-1. It’s just like The Bachelorette, but with controlling parasites as the prize (kinda like the actual show). So, let’s jump into season three, shall we? Continue reading →

Tags: Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Dean Devlin, Michael Shanks, Mini-caps, Richard Dean Anderson, Stargate, Stargate SG-1, Stewart, Television

Stargate SG-1 Minicaps / Season 2, Eps. 21-22 and Season Two Overview

3 Apr

The Stargate SG-1 Season Two Minicaps time traveled to 1999 to write this.

Stewart here…

This season, SG-1 managed to fight and destroy Apophis as a System Lord. Of course, they’ve had to contend with other System Lords in the interim, meet new allies (like the Tok’ra and the alien Asgard), and deal with enemies way foreign and domestic. So where will the remaining episodes of season two leave our heroes?

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Tags: Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Dean Devlin, Michael Shanks, Mini-caps, Richard Dean Anderson, Stargate, Stargate SG-1, Stewart, Television

ARROW Season 3×18, “Public Enemy” recap

1 Apr

Welcome back, Arrowheads! Ollie is learning that turning down Ra’s offer of becoming the next Demon’s Head is harder than he thought. Ra’s is a persistent headhunter for good employees, because he has pretend Arrows murdering criminals, but now its escalated to murdering the mayor and threatening several people in the room where said mayor gets shafted, like Felicity, Ray, and daddy and Laurel Lance. I’m sure Quentin will take this well and behave in a sane and logical manner… Continue reading →

ARROW Season 3×17, “Suicidal Tendencies” recap

26 Mar

Welcome back, Arrowheads! Last we left Team Arrow, Ollie got offered the President of the League of Assassins job by Ra’s al Ghul. He turned it down, but Ra’s is making certain Ollie’s going to take the job, staging fake Arrow-centric killings or not. Ra’s daughter Nyssa is also taking care of business, by training Laurel to be less of a sloppy fighter. But hey, right now Ollie has to get his tux cleaned off, because he has to be the best man at Diggle’s (second) wedding to Lyla! Continue reading →

Stargate SG-1 Minicaps / Season 2, Eps. 17-20

24 Mar

The Stargate SG-1 Season Two Minicaps once body swapped with the Stargate Infinity animated series. It rather not talk about it.

Stewart here…

So previously: we’ve discovered Apophis has been on the decline in power, he tried to get a son born to be a new host, and we’ve learned a bit more about the Asgardians and the Ancients. Now that we got that done, let’s go through the gate for another round of minicaps… Continue reading →

Tags: Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Dean Devlin, Michael Shanks, Mini-caps, Richard Dean Anderson, Stargate, Stargate SG-1, Stewart, Television

ARROW Season 3×16, “The Offer” recap

19 Mar

Welcome back from that brief break, Arrowheads! A lot of things went down last episode, so let’s just hit the big bullet points. Ray Palmer got his ATOM suit working along with his mojo by sleeping with Felicity. Thea gave up dear ol’ dad to the League of Assassins, and when that wasn’t enough to cure her of that whole “murdering a friend’s sister under the influence of mind-altering drugs” guilt, she offered herself up to Nyssa. Ollie and Diggle went to retrieve Malcolm from Nanda Parbat, but got captured. And then, we discover Ollie’s last experience with Ra’s was the world’s deadliest job interview, because Oliver Queen was offered the job of being the head of the League. Hopefully the League has a good dental plan.

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Stargate SG-1 Minicaps / Season 2, Eps. 13-16

18 Mar

The Stargate SG-1 Season Two Minicaps only used that extra Gate once, and it was for business purposes only.

Stewart here…

So previously, SG-1 managed to secure an alliance with some good Goa’ulds in the fight against Apophis and the System Lords. Of course, Carter’s dad is now a host for one of these Tok’ra, but considering he was dying, it’s not the worst alternative. Also, we ran into the actual Asgardians, who look like little gray aliens. So, let’s see where the next jump through the gate is going to take us… Continue reading →

Tags: Amanda Tapping, Christopher Judge, Dean Devlin, Michael Shanks, Mini-caps, Richard Dean Anderson, Stargate, Stargate SG-1, Stewart, Television

As Long As I Don’t Wear Tights or Spandex, Issue 9 — SCUD, THE DISPOSABLE ASSASSIN

14 Mar

SCUD, THE DISPOSABLE ASSASSIN by Rob Schrab (Image / collected)

Among the big indie comics of the 90’s (like Jeff Smith’s Bone and Terry Moore’s Strangers in Paradise), there is a nice little footnote in writer/artist Rob Schrab’s Scud, The Disposable Assassin. Born of all things, by being dumped by a girl, this book around the latter half of the 90’s became a big indie success, spawned a video game, and was even optioned for a big Hollywood movie. But by the time the new decade rolled around, any new Scud issues had disappeared from comic shop shelves. Once again, heartbreak was behind this, but we’ll get there. Continue reading →