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Year: 2011

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DVD Review: Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons and Doctor Who: The Planet of the Spiders

by Erin Hatch, Editor-at-Large

Now two more classic Doctor Who stories, Terror of the Autons and The Planet of the Spiders (featuring Jon Pertwee) are now available for you to own on DVD!

Back in 2009, I was scandalized by the idea that any actor could possibly replace David Tennant as The Doctor in BBC’s excellent science fiction series Doctor Who. I couldn’t imagine anyone taking his place, and was sure that the series would no longer be the brilliant show I knew and loved.

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DVD Review: Burn Notice – Season Four

 
by Kroze Kresky, Media Editor
 
For the past few seasons Burn Notice has been a very entertaining yet very formulaic show. Matt Nix, the mastermind behind the series, noticed that both critics and viewers were becoming a bit bored with the old “Michael takes on a case to help someone from bad people, while slowly piecing together who the main villain of the season is, with a new clue popping up at the end of every episode” dog-and-pony-show. Thus, Season Four set out to change the approach to the show in several ways.

10 Things I learned from being a Zombie on a movie set

A few weeks ago, I played a zombie in a short film called ‘Zombie Man‘ (by Solar Light Films). You might have read about my make-up test here.
It was a really fun and crazy shoot, but I also learned a few valuable lessons, which I am happy to share with you all.

Forget about what you should do in a Zombie Apocalypse! Most of us already know – if you don’t, just google it!

The following is what I’ve learned from playing a ZOMBIE on a film set in a nature preserve for one day.

Zombie film set in preserve

 

Pay close attention and take heed! You’ll thank me later.

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DVD Review: Rocko’s Modern Life – Season One

by Ashley Penrod, Assistant Media Editor

For almost every 90’s kid, NickToons were a staple in after-school and weekend TV. Shows like Aaaah! Real Monsters, Hey Arnold!, The Angry Beavers, and Ren and Stimpy were a huge part of middle school entertainment, and Rocko‘s Modern Life is certainly no exception. As a matter of fact, Rocko‘s Modern Life was one of the more mature and amusing of the diverse NickToons lineup, and now it is available for you to own!

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Movie Review: Green Lantern

by Matt Sernaker, Senior Editor

After years of waiting, fans of Green Lantern are finally rewarded with a big screen adaptation of their favorite ring slinging hero. Without any question, this IS a Green Lantern movie. All of the elements that fans would hope to see brought to life now exist on screen for the first time ever. To be a Green Lantern, you must have the ability to overcome fear, and while there was much debate over the final quality of this film (mostly concerning casting choices and CGI), I believe that audiences will be pleasantly surprised by the story of Hal Jordan of Earth.

Have no fear, but beware of minor spoilers!

Giveaway: Green Lantern Promotional Ring Set (Contest Ended)

UPDATE: Contest has ended. The new Green Lanterns of Earth have been selected. Thank you for submitting your applications to the Green Lantern ComicsOnline Corps. Please check back to ComicsOnline.com for future giveaway opportunities and for everything geek pop culture!

 

Attention inhabitants of Sector 2814:

To celebrate the theatrical release of Green Lantern (in theaters June 17th), we are pleased to announce that we will be selecting a few new recruits to join the Green Lantern Corps.

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DVD Review: Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos

 
by Erin Hatch, Editor-at-Large
 
There comes a time in every adult’s life in which he or she will come to believe that Chuck Norris is nothing more than an aging TV Star whose reputation has been over-inflated by memes on the internet, to the point that pencil-necked geeks and poorly socialized man-children worship him as if he were a god. To all of those people: make no mistake, those geeks and man-children are right. Chuck Norris is not man, but something greater, and that becomes apparent in the first moments of Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos.

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DVD Review: Beast Wars: Transformers – Season One and The Complete Series Releases

 
by Kroze Kresky, Media Editor
 
Transformers fans are quite the fickle and picky bunch, so when Beast Wars: Transformers was announced as a brand new animated series featuring their favorite robots as animals, more than a few were quite taken aback by the concept. When you added in the fact that it was forsaking traditional animation for the then-new-fangled completely CGI animation, the hard-to-please bunch were more than a little wary.

Giveaway: Beast Wars: Transformers – Season One and The Complete Series on DVD

To celebrate the Shout! Factory releases of Beast Wars: Transformers – Season One and Beast Wars: Transformers -The Complete Series on DVD, we are pleased to announce that we have giveaway copies of both titles!

How do you enter to win?

“Like” us on Facebook and then share our Facebook contest notice on your own page!

Comment on the ComicsOnline Facebook page with the name of your favorite Transformers Character and your favorite childhood memory of Beast Wars!

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Blu-ray Review: Superman: The Motion Picture Anthology 1978-2006


Walking is for suckers

by Matt Sernaker, Senior Editor

It’s a bird!
It’s a plane!
It’s the Superman Motion Picture Anthology 1978-2006, now available for you to own on Blu-ray!

Watch as Superman takes on Lex Luthor, General Zod, Lex Luthor, Richard Pryor, Lex Luthor, and….(wait for it…) LEX LUTHOR! Wow…that’s not a lot of variety in the villain department, and really, listing Richard Pryor as the “villain” of Superman III is kind of a stretch. Now fans can witness all of the cinematic adventures of The Man of Steel in glorious high definition in this new 8-disc set.

Blu-ray Review: True Blood The Complete Third Season

by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief

True Blood is erotic monster fantasy fiction for adults. Twilight may be pretty, but the heroine is weak,  the plot dull and motivations hard to believe. With True Blood, we get supernatural hotties at their naked best in a show that’s not only gratuitous and well shot, but also well written and acted and always entertaining.

Warning: Spoilers Ahead!

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Green Lantern – ComicsOnline Interviews, Reviews, Giveaways and More!

Green Lantern is coming to theaters and to celebrate we are bringing you plenty of news, reviews, interviews and giveaway opportunities! Here is your home for all things Green Lantern:

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Green Lantern: Emerald Knights is now available for you to own on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital Download!