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I Read A Ton Of Superman Comics And Wound Up Angry At Man of Steel

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  (Reposted with minor alterations from my Resetera post .) I've always had the opinion that Man of Steel is a fine movie.  Occasionally my stance is it's a great Dragon Ball Z film, and a mediocre at best Superman film.  It never really made me angry, because there ARE some good parts to it. But last night I read Superman: Birthright and Superman: Secret Origin, and the more I read of each one, the more I realize that I only think Man of Steel is "fine" when viewed in a vacuum.  When specifically compared to Mark Waid (or even Geoff Johns') comics, Man of Steel goes from "yeah, whatever" to embarrassing.  How could anyone have looked at that film and thought it could be a decent representation of Superman?    The best parts of it are the beginning where they show Kryptonian society, and the fight scenes (like I said, DBZ).   It's boring-ass muted colors and a Superman film that's trying so hard to get across a bunch of lazy metaphors about Chri

The Best Moment of Dragon Ball Super

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There are few more powerful character development moments in Dragon Ball Super than Vegeta beating Toppo. Allow me to set the stage.  The Tournament of Power was started by Dragon Ball Super's newly introduced "Zen-Oh", a being that created all of existence.  Believing there are too many universes, Zen-Oh decides to have a tournament between all the universes that are weaker than a certain level.   Eight of the twelve universes in existence participate to decide which one of them will be allowed to remain in existence. By the end of a forty-eight minute battle royale, only two universes are left: Universe 7, filled with the Z Fighters, and Universe 11, featuring the ultimate opponent Jiren and his Pride Troopers. The Pride Troopers are down to only two warriors by the end: Toppo, and Jiren.  Toppo turns out to be present for a reason, as he is a candidate to become a god of destruction, a being with incredible powers that decides whether or not planets live or

How Some YouTubers Are Elevating The Digital Medium

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It's funny to think there was a time where I actively ignored YouTube. Partially because I lived too far away from the city for broadband, and partially because I was young and going out of my way to be contrarian, I spent years trying to avoid even making an account. Eight years later, YouTube is the place where I consistently consume the most video content.  I get domestic and international news there, watch podcasts and interviews, and even study new things through the video platform. After years of attempts from family and friends, YouTube even sucessfully got me into sports via ESPN and Fox Sports 1's sports analysts helping me understand the "characters" and "stories" of basketball and football. (I will forever ignore baseball.  Sorry not sorry.) But as with most things you experience for a long time, it's hard not to start critiquing. It's not intentional--it's something instinctual that happens in the back of your mind. As the newness of

Summerslam 2018 Recap

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Yesterday instead of doing work like I was supposed to I decided to go ahead and sacrifice my entire day to the WWE Network for another of its absurdly long Pay Per Views.  Thanks to running all their Pay Per Views on their own online streaming service, they're able now to run these things as long as they want now, so they've gone from three hour shows to these five hour marathons, even longer if you count their pre-shows...which we probably should considering they have things like championship title matches on them.  All total I was there from 4 when the pre-show started until 10:30 when things finally wrapped up, for a total of six hours.  What'd I think of the show?  Well, let's talk about it.  Forewarning: After the abysmal Money in the Bank show I kind of opted out of watching the weekly shows so forgive me if they've covered something on them and I'm not aware of it.

7 Thoughts on Kamen Rider Build 3: "Borderline of Justice"

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*sighs* Adulting is hard.

7 Thoughts on Kyuuranger Space 30: "All Right! The Miraculous Kyu Globe!"

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Our heroes go up against the head of Jark Matter himself, Don Armage.  Let's see how they do!

7 Thoughts on Uchuu Sentai Kyuuranger Space 29: "The Strongest Warrior of the Orion System"

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Remember how I said this team hadn't really been tested yet?  Yeeeahhh, it looks like that's coming to an end.