******SUPER-SPOILERS!****** Growing up in the 1970s reading random Marvel comics books (“SpiderMan,” “The Fantastic Four,” “The Hulk”), I wasn’t much of a DC kid. Despite being old enough to have seen TV’s “Adventures of Superman” (1952-1958) in reruns (as did friends of mine), I never really got into it, and the only reasons younger-me ever…
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“The Fantastic Four,” “JAWS” and “Project Hail Mary” highlighted my San Diego Comic Con 2025 experience…
I’ve Looked at Comic Con from Both Sides Now Returning to San Diego Comic Con (been doing these over 20 years now), I find every year’s experiences to be different. This year, for example, I was nursing a bad knee that’s facing eventual replacement. This led to me to get a first-time ever handicapped sticker…
James Gunn’s “Superman” (2025) is a superhero movie for this age, though I wish it were more timeless…
******SUPER-SPOILERS!****** My wife and I just saw “Superman” (2025), and I’m going to try to keep this review a lot shorter than most, because it’s too early, and too many have yet to see the movie for one of this column’s usual deep-dives. That said, there will be some spoilers, so with that, let’s get…
Personal Log: Taking a brief virtual vacation, but more Musings are coming…
To regular readers, this one’s for you. First, I humbly appreciate your readership, and I’m grateful that this eight and a half-year old column receives an average of around or above 300 visits a day now. So, I just wanted to let regular readers and subscribers know that I haven’t fallen into a Mustafar lava…
Mixed emotions regarding the trailer for “Superman” (2025)…
******KRYTONITE-LADEN SPOILERS!****** Warner Bros recently dropped the latest three minute trailer for “Guardians of the Galaxy” writer-director James Gunn’s new “Superman” reboot movie (arriving in theaters July 11th), and while there were a number of elements that piqued my interest, the trailer had many of the same issues plaguing the current superhero movie sub-genre, as…
‘Jetpack Jules’ rules at Comic Con Revolution 2025 in Ontario, California…
Welcome to the Revolution… The Inland Empire’s Comic Con Revolution (CCR) is a sci-fi/fantasy/comic books convention based in the city of Ontario, California. It first sprang into existence in 2017 as a garage sale in a nice venue; with few attractions and scant attendance. But over the past eight years, this ‘little’ convention has dramatically grown in size…
Spotlight on screen-used sci-fi/fantasy movie & TV props, costumes and miniatures…
“Gain Strength from the Sharing…” With a nod to Spock’s half-brother Sybok, the purpose of this particular column is to share; to share in the good fortune I’ve had in my life as a semi-professional geek to see a virtual treasure trove of actual screen-used props, costumes, miniatures and other such cool stuff over the…
Superman & Lois, E4.07: “A Regular Guy” is anything but…
*****SUPER-SPOILERS AHEAD!***** In February of 2021, I wrote my observations on “Superman & Lois” as the show was in its freshman year, and while I haven’t chronicled it since, I’ve enjoyed it, nevertheless. It’s one of the few series I still watch on Ye Olde TV set, via my DVR cache, and sometimes I forget…
“Superman: The Movie” (1978) made my generation believe a man could fly…
****SUPER-SPOILERS AHEAD!***** Having written a retrospective on “Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut” a couple years ago, I recently realized I’d never tackled my personal favorite of the Superman (and superhero) movie canon. In December of 1978, I’d just turned a precocious 12 years old when a new movie was released that everyone at school…
San Diego Comic Con returned for an in-person Special Edition over Thanksgiving weekend…
San Diego Comic Con: The Special Edition. After two years and four months, San Diego Comic Con has finally returned as an in-person event–but not quite at full blast. In the thick of the ongoing COVID pandemic, San Diego Comic Con was turned into an online-only event, which meant that panels were held via Zoom…
Why I still watch (and enjoy) the CW’s “Supergirl”…
*****SUPER-SPOILERS!!***** “Supergirl” on the scene. In October of 2015, I decided to watch CBS’ new TV series “Supergirl”, and to my surprise I enjoyed it very much. It was less of a typical superhero show and more of a young woman making her way in the big (National) City story (more like “The Devil Wears…
“Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut” (2006) turns back time…
Superman Reborn. “Superman: The Movie” redefined the superhero genre. Released in December of 1978, the film made possible the big-budget release of Tim Burton’s “Batman” 11 years later, not to mention the current DC and Marvel cinematic/TV waves being ridden to this day. Before Richard Donner’s film, my generation had the campy, tongue-in-cheek “Batman” and…