Endgame Crisis – Comparing the Two Big Crossovers

Last year, Marvel had the culmination of over a decade of movies in Avengers Endgame, a landmark event that featured heroes from multiple franchises coming together to face a threat to all of reality, a monster of incredible power known as Thanos that had already managed to wipe out half of all life in the …

Batwoman has flaws, but I can’t wait for more

So with everything going on for me in October, I totally forgot the Arrowverse resumed, and have been frantically catching up. Since NaNoWriMo started, I’m probably going to remain a bit behind, but I’m definitely going to be pushing to get caught up. Being sick Friday gave me a great chance to dig into one …

Why You Should be Watching the Arroweverse

You’d think, today being the last day of Game of Thrones, I’d be doing another post about the show. However, I’d prefer to talk about shows I'm still enjoying, so I’m going to talk about some CW shows. We live in a world where CW is producing genre shows with more consistent quality than HBO. …

Why Superhero Movies Might Never Die – and That’s Okay

So, if you follow movie news and reporting, you probably heard the term ‘superhero fatigue’ being bandied about - the idea that the general audience is getting sick of superhero movies due to overexposure. Usage of that term seems to have dropped off steeply since 2018, which isn’t surprising - 2018 brought us Black Panther, …

Avengers: Endgame – A Spoiler Free Review

I’m sitting down to write this literally minutes after having walked out of Avengers: Endgame. Usually, when I do reviews, I say the non-spoiler things in the top, and then get into spoilers further down in the post. This is not going to be that kind of review. Endgame is the movie event of the …

Why This Isn’t a ‘Shazam!’ Review

So, since doing movie reviews - at least for big-budget Hollywood genre films - is a thing that I do here, I thought it would behoove me to go see Shazam!. Went on Thursday to an 8:00 show even though I have the flu because I’m a professional, damnit! Well, quasi-professional. I’m a blogger! I …

Dear Marvel: Please Don’t Traumatize Carol Danvers

Hey, just wanted to lead with a quick note: this is going to be more of a Serious Topic ™ than what I normally address on the blog. I know this comes very late. I know that Captain Marvel comes out in about a month. I’m excited for it! I’ve loved pretty much all of …

How to Survive a Superhero Movie – As a Bystander

Good morning! You’ve woken up in a superhero universe. You might be thinking this is exciting news, and are eagerly awaiting the arrival of your newfound super powers so you can begin a life of fighting against (or for) the forces of Evil. Well, I regret to inform you that waking up in a superhero …