Thursday night I went to the movies, I saw Season of the Witch. I really enjoyed it. If I had to pin it down, I’d say that Season of the Witch is Sword & Sorcery – that’s how it felt to me. You have all the elements: The Anti-Hero: Behman (Nickolas Cage) is a...
One of my favorite characters in the Batman universe is Dick Grayson. Dick Grayson was the youngest member of a circus highwire act known as 'The Flying Graysons'. When his family was killed right in front of him, it struck Bruce Wayne right where it hurts because it was like watching his own parents...
Rumors abound regarding all of the comic books movies coming down the pipe and Superman 2 (or is it 6?) is on the list. But the reboot of Superman didn't do so well, remember?
We’re not strangers to sequels; they happen all the time. Ghostbusters, Star Trek, Back to the Future, Men in Black, Star Wars – heck, even Starship Troopers earned a few low budget sequels. But sometimes, something gets a sequel that isn’t quite on your radar, or anybodies radar, really. In other cases, something is...
Crisis on Two Earths plays on the Crisis on Infinite Earths series by introducing an earth where the Justice League is lead by none other than Lex Luther, and where that Justice League has been beaten by a super powered criminal empire known as the Crime Syndicate.
Mom’s comments about the movie, ‘Angels & Demons’, which takes place in Vatican City: *sorta spoilery but not really* Mom: “Ooo. That was a good movie.” Me: “Yeah?” Mom: “I really liked it.” Me: “Good!’ Mom: “Those Illuminati… You know – they just met in secret!” Me: “They did?” Mom: “Yep.” Me: “So wait –...
One of the things I noticed when I watched last summers blockbuster, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra, was that the workers in the undersea MARS facility, seemed to be wearing Deep Space Nine era Starfleet uniforms. I couldn’t prove it, of course – I didn’t have screen shots from the movie. …now that...
Space. The Final Frontier. These are the voyages of the starship, Enterprise. Its mission; to explore strange, new worlds, to seek out, new life and new civilizations, to boldly go, where no man has gone, before… This was the beginning to what has become the most iconic science fiction television series of all time...
Today, JJ Trek (also known as ‘Star Trek’) drops on DVD shelves everywhere. As a sort of homage/tie-in, I thought I’d bring you a couple of the comic book adaptations. First up, one of the best of the Trek movies ever made – Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country: After the disaster that was...
About Patrick:
Patrick Hester is an author, blogger and podcasting dude who lives in Colorado with two cats, Dakota and Shadow, who make sure he gets little sleep and always remembers who is really in charge. He writes science fiction and fantasy (mostly)...[click to read more]
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