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Rewatching the Gamera movies! The action is bigger and bolder than ever in the ambitious wrap-up to Gamera’s 90s trilogy in Gamera 3: Revenge of Iris (1999). Here’s what happens: It’s been three years since anyone has seen Gamera. Ayana … Continue reading →

Rewatching the Gamera movies! Gamera made a big, BIG comeback in the 90s with 1995’s Gamera: Guardian of the Universe. What’s all this, then? It was a whole new era (era) for kaiju by 1995. The giant monsters came roaring … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. But, why am I doing this? This blog series started out of my ongoing frustration with the 2005 Fantastic Four movie, and how going back to the comics might provide a better … Continue reading →

Rewatching the Gamera movies! The series goes green for some eco-friendly messages among the monster carnage in 1971’s Gamera vs. Zigra. Here’s what happens: It’s fifteen years into the future, setting this in an alternative 1985 or 1986, when aliens … Continue reading →

Rewatching the Gamera movies! Gamera returns to Earth in Gamera vs. Jiger (1970), with a powerful new enemy and a look deep inside Gamera. As in, really deep inside. Here’s what happens: It’s time for Expo 70, a type of … Continue reading →

Rewatching the Gamera movies! Gamera vs. Barugon (1966) has its high points, but the franchise hasn’t found its voice yet. Here’s what happens: At the end of the last movie, humans defeated Gamera by putting him on a rocket and … Continue reading →

Rewatching DuckTales! This is it, folks. The final episode of DuckTales. It all concludes with a two-parter, “The Golden Goose.” Is it truly… the end? Here’s what happens: Scrooge and family are at a foreign marketplace, where he hopes to … Continue reading →

Rewatching DuckTales! We’re almost at the end of the series. You’d think that “Scrooge’s Last Adventure” would be the finale, but this is the next-to-last. Also, virtual reality! Here’s what happens: Huey, Dewey, and Louie are roughhousing inside the mansion, … Continue reading →

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Continuing our journey through Marvel Knights: 4, which was intended as a (somewhat) more grown-up interpretation of the FF. This week we wrap up the series with its final issues, #25-30. Issue … Continue reading →

Rewatching DuckTales! Episode 91, “The Unbreakable Bin,” is all about unbreakable glass. Yet despite those two words, it predates the movie Unbreakable by several years. So I’m not allowed to make any Shyamalan references. Here’s what happens: After having a … Continue reading →