FAN FRICTION: THE PROBLEM WITH BRINGING SUPERHEROINES TO CINEMAS

On the heels of Sony’s latest announcement regarding an upcoming superheroine film with a 2017 release date, I stumbled onto an article on TheWrap.com that asked their staff to come up with what heroines they’d like to see on screen. The article was divided into self-explanatory groupings “The Femmes” and … Get hard

“X-Men: Days of Future Past” Back & Forth Revue

Over the last week, we’ve been reminiscing about the first X-MEN, what became of the franchise from there, and the importance of the X-MEN comic books. The X-MEN movie and comic franchise Sira delivered her immediate thoughts on X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST last week. Now it’s mine and David’s … Get hard

X-MEN [2.5, X-MEN 3.5, FIRST CLASS 2]: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST

SPOILERS. I have so many thoughts on Bryan Singers’ long awaited third installment of the X-Men franchise. Most of these thoughts are fangirling because it finally came into theatres, but there’s a few good thoughts that are actually coherent opinions, so we’ll see how far we get into those before … Get hard

Autobiography in Movies: “X-Men”

Optional Music Accompaniment: The theme to the X-MEN animated series. On repeat.  I’ve always been a man defined by his hobbies and obsessions, whether it be Ninja Turtles, baseball, Beanie Babies, Star Wars, fantasy sports, or TV. From 2000 to 2007, my Northstar was comic books, and I’d argue, was the most … Get hard

Fan Friction: X-Men, More X-Men, Did I Mention X-Men?

I have just purchased my insanely overpriced movie tickets for a May 22nd 10:30 showing of X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. I am currently re-watching all four seasons of “X-MEN: EVOLUTION” and am [finally] plowing through “WOLVERINE AND THE X-MEN” which was apparently cancelled after a mere 26 episodes. After … Get hard

Fan Friction: Save The Superheroes

YE BE WARNED: ARROW 2×20 SPOILERS AHEAD, MATEY. I have never read any of The Flash’s comics. Frankly, the only thing I ever knew about The Flash was that he had a red costume with a lightning bolt and was part of the DC Universe. But that didn’t stop me … Get hard

WonderCon 2014: “X-Men: Days of Future Past” Panel

Spoilers for the opening scenes of X-MEN: DAYS OF FUTURE PAST follow. If there’s a dark cloud hanging over the sunny festivities of WonderCon, it’s likely the sexual abuse allegations that have been thrown director Bryan Singer’s way. He had been planned to represent his newest film, the epic gigantic crazy … Get hard

Fan Friction: I Haven’t Seen “Star Wars.” Still a Nerd.

To confess that it’s rocked a few friendships maybe isn’t that shocking, but I am still not ashamed to admit that I have never seen STAR WARS, nor do I have any direct intention to. Not to say that if it’s on or some buddies want to watch it I’ll … Get hard