Vinny’s Comic Picks of the Week!
Action Comics #992 (DC Comics)
Runners Up: Doomsday Clock #1 (DC Comics), X-O Manowar #9 (Valiant Comics)
Match This Extra! – NXT Takeover: WarGames
As you probably gathered from the last “Match This!”, I’m a big fan of the WarGames format and was quite excited about the NXT show featuring it. What I didn’t know then was that my favorite match wouldn’t be the main event or either title match.
Match This! The Great American Bash 1987
The Road Warriors (Hawk and Animal), Paul Ellering, Dusty Rhodes and Nikita Koloff vs. The Four Horsemen (Ric Flair, Tully Blanchard, Lex Luger and Arn Anderson) and The War Machine (The Big Boss Man)- WarGames match, NWA The Great American Bash Tour July 31st, 1987
Vinny’s Comic Picks of the Week!
Mage: The Hero Denied #4 (Image Comics)
Runners Up: Bloodshot Salvation #3 (Valiant Comics), Dark Nights: Batman Who Laughs (DC Comics)
M. Night Shyamalan, The Brand and The Audience
Though I can’t remember what movie I went to see, I’ll never forget the reaction to one of the trailers that played before it. For about two minutes, they watched the trailer for Devil, as they had the others. That was until a name appeared on screen: M. Night Shyamalan. At that point, the audience began to boo and laugh.
Match This! WWF Survivor Series 2001
Team WWF (The Rock, Chris Jericho, The Undertaker, Kane and Big Show) vs. The Alliance (“Stone Cold” Steve Austin, Kurt Angle, Rob Van Dam, Booker T and Shane McMahon), Winner-Take-All Elimination Match, WWF Survivor Series November 18, 2001
Bonus! The Special Features Feature Featuring Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace
Today’s Feature: Webisodes (1994-1999) – Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace (1999)
Vinny’s Comic Picks of the Week!
Titans #17 (DC Comics)
Runners Up: The Flash #34 (DC Comics), Action Comics #991 (DC Comics)
Over the last few issues, Dan Abnett’s Titans has really been finding its footing
The Anti-Slasher
Crafting a sequel to any successful film is a daunting task. Fan expectations can be high, bizarre and even unreasonable. This is a weight that a creator must ignore to a certain extent in order to produce something of value. Perhaps the key to a good sequel is taking the established world and then throwing something unexpected at it. Think The Empire Strikes Back and The Dark Knight. Both take their prequels and throw a few more wrenches into the works. Respect is maintained for the previous work but the audience is provided with a more complex narrative created by both films, or as many as the line maintains. In the best case scenario, you end up with work that shatters the perception of the original and improves on it. Creating a sequel to a great film, which doesn’t necessarily have room for improvement, must be even harder.