In Media Res: What DC Films Could Get Right
Sadly, no one from Doc Palindrome was able to make to make it to San Diego Comic Con. However, we have been, of course, watching the feed from the Con with great anticipation. I have…
July 2015
Why We Need New Stories Like Convergence and Secret Wars
Comic books and their charming denizens are incredibly popular these days. It wasn’t too long ago, they were the big thing of Saturday mornings with X-Men and Spider-Man, Batman, Superman, and the Justice League. Hulk…
Spindrift: The Stanford Prison Experiment
A was browsing YouTube, when I came across a movie trailer that came out about three weeks ago. The movie was called The Stanford Prison Experiment. The movie stars Ezra Miller who is set to…
The Ardent Eccentric: Comic-Con Reflections
So I know my regular post is usually on Tuesday, but this week is a special edition-Comic Con 2015! Which I’m not at. For the first time in 5 years. And my heart is breaking….
State of the Site OR Another Deadline Missed
I heard the cries… ‘Please, for the love of all that is geeky, no more of your awful, self-serving fiction.’ Yes, I heard your cries and can’t help but agree. It’s not fair to submit…
Things I Noticed Last Week – 7.6.2015
So time is catching up with old Bob. I can’t keep up with the week to week grind anymore. (Mostly I can’t stand that rat Jesse Edmond, but that’s neither here nor there.) It’s short…
Spindrift: Method Acting at its Finest
A lot of interesting Suicide Squad news has been popping up recently. With each and every thing I hear about the movie, I get more and more excited. For one, Jared Leto has gotten so…
Being Bad Can Be So Good
I love bad guys. A good villain can make a story; from an epic space opera about the fall of a galactic empire to a Disney tale about an amphibious princess to the saga of…