DVD Review: Doctor Who “Frontios” and “Time and the Rani”
by Erin Hatch, Editor-at-Large
After my adventures reviewing two sets of classic Doctor Who episodes from the Jon Pertwee years, I hopped in my TARDIS and jumped forward to the mysterious 1980’s to look at an another two recently released Who story arcs: “Frontios” from 1984, starring Peter Davison, and “Time and the Rani” from 1987, with Sylvester McCoy as the Doctor, which are now available to own on DVD!
DVD Review: Challenge of the Gobots: The Original Miniseries
by Erin Hatch, Editor-at-Large
If you were a child in the 1980’s, and have participated in Geek culture at any time since, it is possible that you have encountered a very silly debate between fans of the popular Transforming-Robot series, Transformers, and the not-quite-so-popular, Transforming-Robot series, Gobots. It is a fairly useless debate, as Gobots fans generally stress that Gobots came first, while Transformers fans counter with the fact that Transformers wasn’t a pile of crap. But who is correct? Now we can find out, with the release of the miniseries that started it all: Challenge of the Gobots: The Original Miniseries now on DVD!
DVD Review: Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D.
by Erin Hatch, Editor-at-Large
Never judge a DVD by its cover. That is probably the primary lesson that I learned from Spider-Woman: Agent of S.W.O.R.D. You see, I assumed that the DVD for Spider-Woman contained an animated movie that did something interesting with Spider-Woman, who doesn’t seem to be all that popular among fans. I’d seen her featured in interesting roles in the Avengers comics a while back, but never really sympathized with her character, so I just assumed that this movie would be a good chance to get to know the character in her post-Invasion incarnation.
But this isn’t a movie, it is a motion comic, and it would be unfair to judge this motion comic by movie standards, right? So, let’s start over.
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.
DVD Review: Chuck Norris: Karate Kommandos
Drunken Geek TV Review: Hellcats – “Woke Up Dead”
In April of 2011, ComicsOnline.com gave site reviewer Erin Hatch a mission: Watch screening dvds for several upcoming shows. Tormented by the assignment, the man turned to drinking and disappeared from the face of the earth. One week later, a tattered journal appeared on the doorstep of Senior Media Editor, Matt Sernaker. Among various chronicles of his spiritual journey, the document contained the three TV reviews. ComicsOnline is proud to present the Drunken Geek Review of Hellcats:
Blu-ray Review: Venture Bros The Complete Season Four
Now maybe I got a little intoxicated before starting this review, but I don’t think my opinion would have changed in the slightest: The Venture Brothers Season Four Blu-ray is the most concentrated source of awesome that money can buy. I am 90% sure that isn’t the whiskey talking, and is instead my unadulterated devotion to this genius series. If you are a fan of comics, science fiction, or anything that uses the word “adventure” in its genre tag, you probably already know about The Venture Brothers from their first three excellent seasons. If not, you should. Look into it now. They are on Blu-ray (and DVD)!
DVD Review: Inception
Imagine entering a lucid dream in which the rules of physical reality can be bent and broken, where a person’s subconscious is open for exploration, where their deepest secrets reside. Now imagine that you can use a vaguely-defined technology to infiltrate and extract those valuable secrets and sell them to the highest bidder. You’ve just looked into the world of Inception, The Dark Knight director Christopher Nolan’s summer blockbuster for 2010. Now you can own Inception on DVD!
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.
Blu-ray Review: Mars Attacks!
Tim Burton has been involved in the production of a lot of interesting movies in his day, and Mars Attacks! certainly shows a lot of the same creative flair that appears in other works that bear his name. A big, broad parody of B-movie science fiction films, Mars Attacks! is characterized by its huge, star studded cast, over-the-top action, and absolute disregard for life, human or otherwise. Now Mars Attacks! is out on Blu-ray and we all have the opportunity for one little piece of 1996 again.
Blu-ray Review: Lost In Space
Hollywood sure went sci-fi remake crazy after CGI hit the scene, didn't it? The Day the Earth Stood Still, War of the Worlds, The Time Machine, Planet of the Apes: All classic science fiction films from the 50s and 60s that have earned remakes in the past ten years. Among the earlier CG-heavy sci-fi remakes is Lost in Space, the 1998 film recreating the universe of the 1960s TV show of the same name.
Now Lost in Space is available on Blu-ray!
Blu-ray Review: Ninja Assassin
You don't need to know much more than the title to completely understand the movie Ninja Assassin. Spoiler alert! The movie is about a ninja who kills other ninjas. One might say that he assassinates them. If that doesn't sound interesting to you, stop reading now: this movie is not for you. If it does sound interesting, keep reading so I can tell you how Ninja Assassin fails to live up to its potential.