In case you didn’t know, the new season of the animated Teen Titans has launched a season-long storyline pitting the Titans against the Brotherhood of Evil (after kicking off with a surprisingly faithful Doom Patrol two-parter). This led into the Brotherhood uniting ALL of the Titans enemies…which is rather similar to the season-long Legion of…
This might be a bad movie, but it has a great trailer!
Slither looks to be another horror/comedy akin to “Eight Legged Freaks”, albeit with many more legit scary parts. And it stars Nathan Fillion (Captain Mal of “Serenity”).
Alan Kistler finds something to laugh at
For all you DC fans, here’s a cartoon for you. Just click here to watch a funny-ass COUNDTOWN TO INFINITE CRISIS PARODY. And for Batman and Adam West fans, THIS LINK will BLOW YOUR MIND!!!!
What Kistler does when he’s bored
You may or may not care, but I went back and added a good dozen or so images into my GUIDE TO THE CRISIS articles, as well as corrected spelling errors (I think I got them all). I also added a couple of images to my old Aquaman article, including a picture of Aquaman’s pet…
Alan Kistler asks: “Crisis Characters – Where Are They Now?”
So what happened to Lyla the Harbinger after she left to go explore? Did Lady Quark, only survivor of an entire universe, find her place in the new reality? Did Pariah ever learn to do something besides watch people die and cry about it? And was the Earth-2 Superman really gone “forever”? Come with me…
Movie jargon pages
Jabootuish Jargon includes: The Misleading Masculine Moniker Rule (n): This stipulates that any incoming scientific expert in a ’50s sci-fi film will sport an androgynous or downright mannish first name (or be referred to by initials) like Pat or Steve, only to turn out to be a woman. This will set up a ‘meet cute’…
Wallace and Gromit opens today!
This one snuck up on me! Wallace & Gromit: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit opens today, with currently a 95% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes and 3.5 stars from Roger Ebert. Speaking of Rotten Tomatoes, Serenity stands at 81%.
Advanced refutations
I suddenly realized that several articles I was reading in the space of 24 hours had a common theme: the refutation of current movies.
Updated message boards
I’ve updated Monitor Duty Central as well as Scott Beatty’s message board to have numerous board styles available. They are now defaulted to the “Comic Book” layout, but you can choose your own styles by signing in to the board and changing the setting in your profile. Have fun!
Metro Med site updates
Phil Meadows and I are hard at work on improving the Metro Med web site in time for FallCon this weekend. We’ve set up www.metromedcomic.com to host the site, and Phil is making new graphics. Tonight I’ll be adding more material. Some of you have asked me why I’m not screaming loudly about the fact…