Tag: Lanterns

Brainiac On Banjo: Another Brightest Day

Brainiac On Banjo: Another Brightest Day

You put your whole self in. You put your whole self out. You put your whole self in and you shake it all about. You do the Hokey Pokey and you turn around. That’s what it’s all about! From The Hokey Pokey, written by Charles P. Macak, Larry Laprise and Taft Baker.

Now that the first season of Lanterns is reaching end times, I think it’s time for me to put in my two cents on the most important controversy of the day, the “this is not MY Hal Jordan” issue.

First of all, to quote William Shatner’s most famous utterance, get a life. Your childhood remains unaltered. Nobody is shitting on those thrilling days of yesteryear you remember so vividly. Given that I’m not in a position to carbon date all the whiners, I am compelled to ask which Hal Jordan are you talking about? Continue reading “Brainiac On Banjo: Another Brightest Day” →

Pop Culture SquadCast – Live: Episode #164 with Special Guest Zack Quaintance

Pop Culture SquadCast – Live: Episode #164 with Special Guest Zack Quaintance

Join Bob and Mike as they chat about current Pop Culture events. Zack Quaintance, comic creator and journalist, returns to the SquadCast to talk about his latest Kickstarter project, Death of Comics Bookcase – Reign of the Comics Bookcases. It is sure to be a great conversation.

We hope you enjoy the conversation.

If you don’t catch it live, you can watch later.

 

Brainiac On Banjo: Marvel All Along

Brainiac On Banjo: Marvel All Along

“When I look over my shoulder, what do you think I see? Some other cat lookin’ over his shoulder at me. And he’s strange.” From The Season of the Witch, written by Donovan Leitch.

We finished Agatha All Along, Marvel’s latest teevee miniseries, and I’ll say upfront that my daughter Adriane and I enjoyed it a lot. I realize that in today’s parlance, the binary people who infest our culture with their perverted parochial worldview think that means we feel it was the greatest work television has ever fostered upon humanity. Well, not quite. “Enjoyed it” is perfectly acceptable. That means we had a good time watching the series. If everything was, in succession, the “best ever,” within a few days our heads would explode.

Of course there’s the usual bevy of stubby incels who look at the show and count organs. The show stars six vaginas but only one penis. Obviously, the typical incel believes (he doesn’t think, so he must act off of his beliefs) this can not be a real Marvel product, and therefore, it must be part of the Deep State conspiracy to destroy everything that is wholesome, manly and Marvel-American. I wonder how that’s going for J.D. Vance right now. If you are following any incel’s advice on anything at all, you need to check your meds.

You might respond “Hey, Agatha All Along isn’t a superhero show.” Well, nor was — and nor is — Doctor Strange. Or Tomb of Dracula. And so on. Witches aren’t real, but masks and capes are? Your sense of wonder must be pretty damn snooty. Continue reading “Brainiac On Banjo: Marvel All Along” →

Breaking News: James Gunn Reveals the Plan for the Near Future of the DC Universe in Film and TV

Breaking News: James Gunn Reveals the Plan for the Near Future of the DC Universe in Film and TV

James Gunn, the co-custodian of the DC Universe (DCU) for Warner Bros. Discovery announced today the plan for what is coming out now and what is to come and it is amazing.

Gunn, along with Peter Safran, have addressed the properties that are currently in the pipeline, and in his video he details how they fit into the new vision which is being developed as an eight to ten year plan. The first “Chapter” of the DC story will be under the umbrella of “Gods and Monsters.”

There was so much exciting proposed content in this six minute video. We encourage everyone to check it out. Gunn’s enthusiasm about the DC characters radiates through the clip. It is infectious. I am more excited about these films and shows coming to fruition than I have been in a long time.

Here is a list of what is new on the docket in the first portion of “Gods and Monsters”: Continue reading “Breaking News: James Gunn Reveals the Plan for the Near Future of the DC Universe in Film and TV” →