Posts

Posted on

The Eighth Doctor

So I got into watching Doctor Who a couple years after the show was relaunched in 2005 and ever since then I have been watching all the old episodes that I can get may hands on. Everything from William Hartnell to Colin Baker and everything in between. Then I find out sometime in the nineties there was a movie made. Not the greatest movie (some parts are down right unbearable) but it had a lot of great parts and a really great actor (Paul McGann) as The Doctor. I always thought it was a shame that he never had his own series until I discovered the audio dramatizations by Big Finish Productions. They are done so well that you would swear you had just watched an episode on TV. To top it off they even got Paul McGann to do the voice of The Doctor and talented voice actors like India Fisher (Charley) and Conrad Westmaas (C’rizz) to play his companions. One of the episodes even had Nicholas Courtney (The Brigadier). This audio series is a great way to continue the adventure were the movie left off.

Favorite Doctor – Fourth Doctor (Tom Baker)

 

Favorite Companion – Leela (Louise Jameson)

 

Favorite Villain – Cybershade (They’re just weird looking)

Posted on

X-Men Schism

I know this is a little behind current comic events but I just had to write about how awesome the story arc was in X-men Schism. First off it focused on the core differences between Cyclops and Wolverine that had been brewing since Giant Sized  X-Men #1… Okay so maybe not that long ago, but they finally had it out. This is what should have happened in that third craptacular X-Men movie. Wolverine and Cyclops give it hell (no holds barred) but when it comes down to it realize they need to put their differences aside to get the job done. They literally beat the living crap out of each other and at the final second when the Sentinel strikes they just ignore it and continue the ass kickings until the absolute last second and then team up to destroy the enemy.

Awesome story with an interesting outcome.

My one complaint is Wolverine and the X-Men? WTF?

No Cyclops and the X-Men?

Posted on

Venture Bros – WTF?

I have not thought about The Venture Bros in a long time until I was shuffling through my stack of DVDs and watched a couple old episodes. Thats when it dawned on me, what the hell ever happened to the show. Last I recall the had a couple half seasons and then disappeared.

I have to say there was three things that I really like about the show. The cheesiness, the style, and the animation. All these things helped to make it one of the coolest cartoons I have see since Johnny Quest (direct parody).

Favorite character – Henchmen 21

Best Episode – Pretty much all of them.

Best Costume – Dr. Mrs. The Monarch (duh)