Like most of the planet, I watched Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Like most of those who watched it, I enjoyed it. This may come as a surprise to regular readers, actually, who may have…
As you may have noticed, we’ve been slim on content over the course of the last week. There is a reason. Star Wars. We’ve all been waiting to watch the cultural event of the decade…
We have a mantra here, at DocPalindrome.com: ‘Be creative, make a thing.’ I say it at the end of each Doc Palindrome Podcast and I reiterate it as often as I can when I write….
Imagine 8-year-old Jesse in 1983. Imagine he has waited all Summer to see the blockbuster of the year but hasn’t had the chance because his family and everyone was too busy. At the beginning of…
I’ve been trying to write this for more than a month now. Last week, the sports and pop culture website grantland.com was shut down by ESPN for the major crime of not being profitable enough….
In part one, we talked about he elements that need to be present in a Fantastic Four film (and have yet to be so). Here, we’ll discuss specific ways this can be done and then…
I’ve watched four feature films with the title ‘Fantastic Four.’ Here they are, by the numbers: 3 were released in theaters. All of those with wide release were produced by Fox Studios. 1 was done…
Comic book fans and tabletop role-playing enthusiasts are used to world-building. It’s something that we have all watched happen and participated in, time and again; from the moment we first see our favorite heroes teaming…
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…
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…
