RELATED: What We Know So Far About The Rumored Warner Brothers / Paramount Merger Conspiracy theories ran rife this week on social media as people speculated that Leave The World Behind was warning to Americans that a foreign invasion was imminent. These theories were further stoked by news that Obama’s production company, Higher Ground Productions, […]
Archives for December 2023
RUMOR: Disney Moving Forward With Iman Vellani Leading A Young Avengers Theatrical Film Despite Recent MCU Failures
In the aftermath of The Marvels’ disastrous box office performance, Disney appears undeterred a new industry states Young Avengers is in development as a feature film in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU). However, this strategic move is met with skepticism, raising questions about Disney’s recent choices in the MCU and its inclination towards introducing more […]
Treating “Official” Fan Fiction From The Comic Industry Like It’s Fan Fiction
The X-Men are being reappropriated. Miles Morales has all but replaced Spider-Man. Modern books in the comic industry are mostly glorified fan fiction. Learn how to treat them that way. No matter how much officially sanctioned garbage gets dumped on a tried-and-true franchise, some core stories are so good that no amount of corporate-approved dog-piling […]
X-Men Fans Are Livid As Marvel Comics Editor Tom Brevoort Confirms Coming Reboot Will Be Filled With Politics: “The Message Is The Premise”
Marvel Comics Editor Tom Brevoort has waded into the political debate with fans, fueling concerns that the new X-Men reboot will be another left-wing political manifesto disgusted as a comic. It began when Tom Brevoort posted a graphic with a classic X-Men logo and the text “From The Ashes” and “July 2024.” Fans replied with […]
What We Know So Far About The Rumored Warner Brothers / Paramount Merger
Last week, there was a rumor that Skydance was looking into buying Paramount, or at least buying Shari Redstone’s shares of National Amusement, which amounts to the same thing as NA owns 77% of Paramount. RedBird Capital is bankrolling Skydance’s play, so it looks like there is definitely something to this. Certainly, David Zaszlav thought […]
Star Wars Actor John Boyega Mocks Suggestion He Should Replace Jonathan Majors as Disney Marvel’s Kang Supervillain
With the cancellation of Kang actor Jonathan Majors, speculation is rife regarding what will become of his high-profile character in the Disney-owned Avengers franchise. While some fans suspect that Dr. Doom might replace Kang, others have suggested that the character could be recast, perhaps by John Boyega. When asked about it, Boyega responded with a […]
Zack Snyder’s ‘Rebel Moon: Part One- A Child Of Fire’ Is Far Better Than Critics Would Have You Believe
Even before ‘Rebel Moon: Part One- A Child Of Fire’ from writer/director Zack Snyder was available for general audiences to watch on Netflix, the critics were lambasting it and telling us it was terrible. However, now that it’s available, audiences can see for themselves just how wrong the critics are. This should not surprise anyone, […]
Unwrapping Marvel Magic: Top 5 Christmas Comics
Christmas is here at last! Let’s take a trip down memory lane to festivus past with Marvel comics! Grab a mug of cocoa and a comfy reading spot! Here’s our top 5 list of Marvel Christmas comics! 5. “Marvel Team-Up #1: Have Yourself a Sandman Little Christmas!” (2005) Opening our list is a team-up between […]
Reddit Post Accuses Best-selling Author Mark Dawson Of Plagiarising Lines From A Gun Shop Website
Best-selling author Mark Dawson, known for his John Milton series of thriller novels, is being accused of ripping off the writing of others’ published works, even lines from a gun shop website. The explosive allegations came this week when poster u/wilsebbis on Reddit claimed to have found remarkably similar sentences in Mark Dawson’s books to […]
Boy Kills World Is Too High Testosterone For Hollywood Soy-Boys
German director Moritz Mohr obviously didn’t get the Hollywood memo and instead produced a zany testosterone laden action movie. No strong independent heroine to steal the show and no existential lamentations from the hero. And that just may be the reason distributors aren’t interested – too much testosterone and too little go grrrl power. RELATED: […]
The Problem with the Comics Industry is YOU, Comic Book Nerds
I checked the headlines this week and found out that the sky is falling in the world of the comic industry these days. There is a lot of debate about what the root cause of all this is and what to be done about it, but after picking up a copy of Weird Western Tales […]
The Dark Herald Recommends: The Great War of Archimedes
The Great War of Archimedes is of all things a drama about the building of the Yamato. I found the film intriguing because it’s an excellent example of the Japanese school of storytelling, following as it does the structure of Kishōtenketsu. The producers clearly spent a big chunk of their period piece money on the first scene. […]
