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…
Tag: Superman
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…