Posts with the tag Marvel.
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Detecting the Marvelous - The First Four
Posted by: Matthew Ardill • August 6, 2023 @ 8:23pm
Dan, Layney, and Matt talk about the first four issues of Marvel's First Family, the interesting history of its creators, and how Ben Grimm would likely be in trouble with HR.
Theme by Glen Beauchamp and art by Ben Steamroller.
Detecting the Marvelous - Origin Stories
Posted by: Matthew Ardill • August 6, 2023 @ 8:19pm
Dan, Layney, and Matt get together talk about the inspiration for the new podcast, Detecting the Marvelous: what inspired them, where their love of comics comes from, and why they chose what they chose.
Theme by Glen Beauchamp and art by Ben Steamroller.
Review: Stan Lee
Posted by: Matthew Ardill • June 27, 2023 @ 4:58pm
A hagiography is defined as two things: the writing of the lives of saints, and a biography that idealizes its subjects. The new Disney+ biography Stan Lee does both of those things and fits the descriptor perfectly.
Stan Lee is a controversial character.
Review: Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3
Posted by: Matthew Ardill • May 6, 2023 @ 6:41pm
When Marvel announced that they hired James Gunn to direct a Guardians of the Galaxy film, my first reaction was "huh?" A Troma director with a problematic social media presence whose biggest claims to fame were 2 films about worms -- one big (Tremors) and one small (Slither) -- and a deconstruction of the superhero genre (Super) starring Rainn Wils
Teaser Review: Captain America - Civil War
Posted by: Andrew Burns • November 25, 2015 @ 1:27am
Fearing the all too often trailer leaks the internet is known for these days, Disney/Marvel came up with a secret plan to debut their first teaser of the upcoming Marvel's Captain America: Civil War on Jimmy Kimmel this Tuesday night with help from Captain America (Chris Evans) and Iron Man (Robert Downey Jr.). And damn was it incredible.
Review: The Avengers: Age of Ultron
Posted by: Andrew Burns • May 1, 2015 @ 2:31am
Every summer the box-office landscape has that one movie that's on an entirely different level than anything else out there. That one movie people of all age groups will go to see and enjoy regardless of demographics. That one movie that other studios know will be such a unbeatable juggernaut that the box-office that they don't dare release their own films till weeks later.
Review: Guardians of the Galaxy
Posted by: Andrew Burns • August 5, 2014 @ 4:17pm
Some of you might be wondering, what or who the hell are these Guardians of the Galaxy? It has the Marvel logo all over the promos but these aren't characters or superheroes you've probably ever heard of right? Marvel has had a good thing going here, why take a chance with some space movie? Ten films, billions of dollars, and one hell of an opening weekend later trust me these Mar
Special effects make-up takes over Vancouver at NorthWest Fan Fest
Posted by: Mark McLeod • June 26, 2014 @ 11:48pm
Have you ever wished you could be your favorite superhero or movie character at Halloween? Do you have dreams where you wished you were Hellboy or The Hulk or an undead zombie? I mean, really be those characters, not just wear a lame store-bought costume? What if I told you that there's a school in Vancouver that can not only transform you into whatever your imagination might dr
Trailer Review: Guardians of the Galaxy
Posted by: Andrew Burns • May 20, 2014 @ 7:41pm
Yesterday the second trailer for Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy dropped after days of mini teasers and screenshots had been hitting the web. If the fans of the comic series weren't sold after that first trailer they are now.
Review: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
Posted by: Andrew Burns • April 4, 2014 @ 2:30am
The snow hasn't melted away for most movie-goers (north of the broader that is), yet the summer movie scene is already upon us.
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