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.
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: Jonah Hex
In American fiction, the Western has been one of the most important genres of the last century. It mythologizes the history of our country. Not the founding, but a point in history when the country was just starting to mature. We see that period of history as we want to, with heroes and villains, that arguably teach us right from wrong. This is why it has always been a no-brainer to combine the Western with other genres from science fiction to horror, and everything in between. This sub genre is called Weird West. The earliest film example is The Phantom Empire, a 1935 serial starring Gene Autry. Shortly after this, the idea of crossing genres with westerns died out until the late 1950’s. Once the trend restarted a new movie was released every few years, until 1990, when the idea becomes popularized with Back To The Future – Part III. After this there is a movie released at least one each year, until 1999, when the Western becomes popular once again. Television had also used this idea a few times with differing results each time, the most notable series being The Wild Wild West (1965-1969), and The Adventures of Brisco County Jr. (1993-1994). In the 1970s, comic books also started upon this trend, since it was easier to depict these genre-bending stories. The first widely popular comic was Weird Western Tales, where one of the most well known comic heroes of the Weird West got his start. The character was Jonah Hex, and now his tale is available for you to own on DVD!
PS3 Game Review: Spider-Man: Shattered Dimensions
Welcome to the witty banter dimension, population: Us.
by Kevin Gaussoin, Editor-in-Chief
DVD Review: Legend of the Seeker Season 2
The second and final season of Legend of the Seeker picks up immediately where season one left off. The Seeker (Craig Horner) has saved the day, but in doing so he’s created a potentially bigger problem for the world, opening a rift to the underworld and allowing the Keeper to gain a foothold in the land of the living.
Blu-ray Review: Superman/Batman: Apocalypse
The DC Universe Animated Film series has been on a roll with putting out constant quality animated features based on various popular stories from all over the DCverse for the past few years. From Justice League: The New Frontier, to Batman: Under the Red Hood, this series of releases headed up by legendary superhero animation mastermind Bruce Timm has offered us many varied experiences, each very differently styled from the last. The newest addition to the series Superman/Batman: Apocalypse, which is now available on Blu-ray!