Monthly Archives: November 2013

The Walking Dead Season 4 – Episode 7 – “Dead Weight”

Warning: full spoilers for the episode follow This season has had a fairly defined message that seems to plague each of the characters: how far are you willing to go – and at what cost? The Governor found himself in … Continue reading

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Ever Wonder Why Batman Doesn’t Smile?

It’s all makes so much sense now. Coming via the brilliant Kerry Callen: I have a whole new perception of The Dark Knight now, that I’m not sure I’m going to be able to shake!

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The Walking Dead Season 4 – Episode 6 – “Live Bait”

Warning: full spoilers for the episode follow Let me preface this review by saying I think David Morissey is a fantastic actor. I love every scene he is in, and even when the writers painted him into the one-note villain … Continue reading

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The Walking Dead Season 4 – Episode 5 – “Internment”

Warning: full spoilers for the episode follow I always took Rick as the foil to Carol’s less empathetic form of leadership. It made logical sense, as she was the only other person who produced any discernible leadership qualities to date. … Continue reading

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Deadpool #19 – Duggan / Posehn / Shalvey / Bellaire

The final chapter of The Good, the Bad and the Ugly hits like a sledge hammer to the chest delivered by Thor Odinson himself. It’s relentless, not only in the rapid fire pacing employed by co-writers Gerry Duggan and Brian … Continue reading

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Marvel’s Numbering Obsession

It’s not often I go on a rant, so it’s probably about time. The focus of said rant is Marvel Comics, who I’ve been interacting with as a consumer since the mid-1970s. I know things have changed a lot since … Continue reading

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The Walking Dead Season 4 – Episode 4 – “Indifference”

Warning: full spoilers for the episode follow The Walking Dead has always been a show about the human aspect of the apocalypse. While it may have stumbled quite a lot in this area during its run, it has always been … Continue reading

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Review – Thor: The Dark World

This probably won’t come as a great shock, considering my propensity for the more human side of the Marvel Universe than the cosmic, but Thor: The Dark World is the ‘phase 2’ film I have been looking forward to the … Continue reading

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Avengers: Endless Wartime – Warren Ellis and Mike McCone

Endless Wartime is a strange book. It exists in the murky subspace between the primary Marvel continuity, and the cinematic universe – despite being ‘officially’ a part of the former – and as such, needs to be viewed from two … Continue reading

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The Walking Dead Season 4 – Episode 3 – “Isolation”

Warning: full spoilers for the episode follows “It’s always better to be safe.” Who would have thought the lengths to which Carol was willing to follow through with those words, especially considering the timing. What had appeared a simple lamentation … Continue reading

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