superheroes & media & hopeful moping
Holy batshit, batpeople, BIRDS OF PREY is powerful. It is an action-comedy escapade about a squad of DC Comics’ most beloved women characters, including Harley Quinn, Huntress, Black Canary, Renee Montoya, and Cassandra Cain. The film also does a thing which may befittingly fly under the radar: it displays a distinctly Asian American artistic aesthetic…
1. Wow, HBO’s Watchmen turned out to be a superhero story after all: evil plan, big finish, ultimately optimistic angle on human nature. Like a proper comic book, the season finale sidesteps making sense at key moments, for the sake of good television. Wouldn’t Angela maybe try knocking Lady Trieu and Bian the heck out…
In honor of the first trailer for WW84, an excerpt from a parodic version of Samuel Beckett’s classic tragicomedy Waiting For Godot, adapted by me: Scene: A country road, on the planet Apokolips. A tree. Evening. Helena, a Huntress, sits with Kara, a Kryptonian. HELENA: Do you remember the story of the two thieves? KARA: No. HELENA: Shall…
Occupy Me is a new science-fiction audio drama/narrative podcast presented by Hard NOC Media/The Nerds Of Color and Melancholyball Media. Episode 2: “Internet Killed The Video Store” premieres today. The voice cast features Erin Quill, Britney Monae, Marc Abrigo, Jessika Rodrigues, Michael Ouyang, Andrea Guidry, Will Hammond, and Eric Cheung. Music by Timo Chen and…
I – That STAR WARS IX trailer indeed comes out today during the Pats v.’ Jets game. UPDATED: The last final new trailer exists now. (October 21, as it happens, is also Carrie Fisher’s birthday.) Advance tickets for the December 20 opening ought to go on sale simultaneously. So the all-new thing today will be,…
