DVD Review: Legends of the Superheroes
Biff!
Holy Pop Icons, Batman!
In 1966 Adam West and Burt Ward began their 120 episodes of Batman on television. Cancelled after only three seasons, Batman became an icon whose camp pop culture has still not lost its lustre even now over forty years later. From the Batusi to “Holy [something], Batman!” the show’s tropes will live forever.
Getting the show on disc has proved problematic, as legal troubles have thus far prevented a DVD release. We can get the Batman Movie from 1966 on DVD, but that’s all the 60s Batman we could get. …Until Now.
Blu-ray Review: Scott Pilgrim VS the World
Scott Pilgrim VS the World is spectacular. The action scenes are great. The rest is clever, hip, and hysterically funny. They are amazingly faithful to the comics. Overall, it is just plain fun.
TV Review: The Walking Dead Episode 2: “Guts”
The second episode based on Robert Kirkman’s hit comicbook series The Walking Dead airs tonight on AMC at 10pm ET/9C. Picking up moments after the cliffhanger from the series premiere, Rick Grimes finds himself trapped in a tank and surrounded by the undead. As Rick begins to realize that his fate might be sealed, he soon finds help from a sarcastic voice on the CB radio.
Xbox 360 Game Review: Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction
I can kick your butt in 11 different ways.
Gameplay
Ben Tennyson returns again to save the world from imminent destruction. Based on the third incarnation of the long running Cartoon Network Ben 10 series, Ben 10 Ultimate Alien: Cosmic Destruction places you in the shoes of the show’s hero. A cosmic storm rests at the edge of the galaxy, threatening Earth’s destruction and Ben must use his ability to transform into the many alien species at his disposal in order to stop the large new foe, a To’kustar. Problem is, he isn’t powerful enough to fight him alone and must traverse the globe in order to find and combine a set of Galvan artifacts that can upgrade the Ultimatrix to a form capable of beating him.
DVD Review: Lost Boys: The Thirst
“The Black Dalai Lama? Never heard of him. We’re keeping the cover.”
Lost Boys: The Thirst looks better than any straight to DVD movie I have ever seen. The few special effects worked, looked like a theatrically released movie and didn’t add to any cheesiness. The lighting, quality and all other visual components far exceeded my expectations. If you randomly walked in on any scene you wouldn’t get the “oh, I must have passed out watching the Twilight Zone and woke up during a Bruce Campbell-less SyFy original movie” feeling.