Strangers and Aliens: Science Fiction & Fantasy from a Christian Perspective
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SPIDER-MAN – Atari 2600 (Box Art Vs. Gameplay #2)
I didn’t expect to go to Spider-Man so quickly, but with the movie coming out this week, how could I not? Now, modern Spider-Man games bring that first person web slinging action to your TV screen much more realistically, but I don’t know how many hours I spent playing this little gem for the Atari…
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Why PROMETHEUS Could NOT Be the ALIEN Prequel You Wanted
You can read my review of Prometheus here. This post is not a review, but a response to one criticism I’ve been seeing about the movie. Vague spoilers, sort of, here. I know that a lot of people have been disappointed and/or confused about how Prometheus does or does not fit into the Alien franchise…
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Episode 19 — “Some Days You Just Can’t Get Rid of a Bomb: Batman Movie Retrospective”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS In preparation for The Dark Knight Rises, Ben, Dr. Jayce, and Steve take on the Batman! They take a look back at the Batman films, starting with Adam West’s 1966 Batman, moving to the Tim Burton era Batman and Batman Returns, into the Joel Schumacher era with…
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Super Hero Tournament of Champions: Mr. Fantastic vs. Plastic Man
Dr. Jayce’s Opinion- WHO WOULD WIN? Plastic Man WHY? Mr. F is really smart, but smarts only take you so far. Plastic Man is much stronger and would eventually get th best of Mr. F HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE OUTCOME? I look forward to PM’s future in this tournament. Ben’s Opinion- WHO WOULD…
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The Brave and the Bold #14 (Cool Comic Covers #16)
It’s Friday! That means another Cool Comic Covers, a weekly (sometimes more!) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: A really cool blast from the past! The Brave and the Bold is best known as a Batman spotlight or a team-up book. But, it started out…
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ADVENTURE (Old School Video Game Box Art Vs. Gameplay #1)
As children of the 70’s/80’s, we played video games that were every bit as impressive as today’s video games. The reason? We used our imaginations to, ah, help things out a little bit. This series of posts takes a look at the video game box art of those early video games and compares it to…
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Dr. Jayce’s Overrated & Underrated: Mel Gibson
In recent years it has become fashionably popular to mock Mel, but I can’t help but have a soft spot for the guy. He is one of my favorite actors/directors and I wish nothing but the best for him. He’s not perfect, but no one is…my bet is if I had cameras in my face 24/7…
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Super Hero Tournament of Champions: Green Lantern vs. The Vision
Dr. Jayce’ Opinion- WHO WOULD WIN? Green Lantern WHY? GL is one of the more powerful heroes…ad even if the movie bombed GL is flat-out awesome. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE OUTCOME? I like it. The Vision is one of my favs, but GL is pretty cool…except for his yellow weakness. Steve’s Opinion-…
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Creature from the Black Lagoon (Cool Comic Covers #15)
It’s Friday! That means another Cool Comic Covers, a weekly (sometimes more!) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: I’m a relative new fan of the Creature from the Black Lagoon. I didn’t see it at an impressionable age. In fact, I didn’t see it until…
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Solitaire #1-6 (Cool Comic Covers #14)
It’s Friday! That means another Cool Comic Covers, a weekly (sometimes more!) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: I’m a big Ultraverse fan. It started with Nightman. My freshman year in college, I was able to start with #1 of a series and collect each…
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REVIEW: Prometheus
My initial spoiler free thoughts after my first viewing of Prometheus: 1. Yes, I said “first viewing.” This is a movie that encourages multiple viewings. I do not know if I will go and see this in the theater again (maybe a dollar theater) but I do plan to watch it again. Possibly a couple…
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Comic Book Writer and Artist Contest
Every year, Dr. Jayce and I lead seminars at the Gideon Film Festival, a Christian media arts conference that covers topics from writing a novel or screenplay or making movies and even comic book creation. This year, they are hosting a contest, sponsored by Kingstone Comics, for comic book writers and artists. Details can be…
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Super Hero Tournament of Champions: Ironman vs. Red Tornado
Dr. Jayce’s Opinion- WHO WOULD WIN? Ironman WHY? Tony Stark is willing to cheat. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE OUTCOME? I would have liked to see Red Tornado take on some other heroes like Vision. Ben’s Opinion- WHO WOULD WIN? Iron Man WHY?: Red Tornado would go into an emo state of jealousy because…
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Star Trek (DC Comics) #25 and Top Dog #9 (Cool Comic Covers #13)
It’s Friday! That means another Cool Comic Covers, a weekly (sometimes more!) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: Our cool comic covers come not from the artwork, but from something more personal. Be warned — things from antiquity, like bookstores and magazine racks, are mentioned…
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NEW POLL: Who Is Batman’s Greatest Villain?
Fact: Batman has some of the best villains in comic books. So, with the movie coming up featuring Bane, we thought we’d “riddle you this”: Who is Batman’s greatest villain? Answer how you like, based on whatever criteria you wish to use, voting for your favorite Batman villain. In coming up with these options, I…
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THOUGHT CLOUDS: Superman Earth One (Comic Review)
SUPERMAN EARTH ONE J. Michael Straczynski, writer; Shane Davis, artist Superman is one of my favorite superheroes. For a long time, he was THE favorite. For a long, long time. And he’s still in the top five, rotating between the second, third, and fourth places. But there has always been one problem: his comic books…
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Aquaman #9 (Cool Comic Covers #12)
It’s Friday! That means another Cool Comic Covers, a weekly (almost) look back at some of the most interesting, intriguing, and engaging artwork in pop culture. This week: In honor of Aquaman’s loss to Thor in the Super Hero Tournament of Champions, a cool Aquaman cover. There are actually many, many cool Aquaman covers. In the…
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Super Hero Tournament of Champions: Aquaman vs. Thor
Dr. Jayce’s Opinion- WHO WOULD WIN? THOR WHY? I think Aquaman could easily beat Thor by dehydrating him with his magic hand, but I don’t think Thor would allow Aquaman to touch him. HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THE OUTCOME? Bummer. I like Aquaman. Ben’s Opinion- WHO WOULD WIN? Thor WHY?: It would be a…
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Episode 18 — “Once Upon a Grimm Time”
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSSThe topic: fairy tales. They are everywhere right now, appearing on two of the major TV networks in prime time, in theaters, and, of course, in DVD collections and toy boxes around the world. So what is it about fairy tales that cause us to enjoy them and…
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Dr. Jayce’s Mt. Rushmore Four of Fantasy
MY RUSHMORE FOUR: Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers– I know about 2/3’s of you just spit out whatever you were drinking when you saw that the LOTR movie I chose to run with was the second one. Most go with three, but I will go to the mat saying that Towers is the…
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