Red clad ninjas! And, um, not much else. Daredevil s01e09: Speak of the Devil Writer: Christos Gage & Ruth Fletcher Gage Director: Nelson McCormick Netflix Quick Review: An episode that that has the masks of progress but really just feels obligatory. Hard to do a quick review because the everything that happens is a spoiler. A key … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Daredevil s01e09: Speak of the Devil
Two men go on a date and use similar lines to woo the girl. And lots of other awesome stuff happens. Daredevil s01e04: In the Blood Writer: Joe Pokaski Director: Ken Girotti Netflix Quick Review: Wilson Fisk goes on a date with the art curating Vanessa and Matt has to rescue to night nursing Claire. … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Daredevil s01e04: In the Blood
All hail the coming of Ben Urich! He isn’t smoking, but I guess maybe there is a reason for that. He better say he is a reporter soon or be prepared for my nerd rage! Or not. It’s cool. Daredevil s01e03: Rabbit in a Snowstorm Writer: Marco Ramirez Director: Adam Kane Netflix Quick Review: A new client … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Daredevil s01e03: Rabbit in a Snowstorm
Night Nurse! We are getting Night Nurse in a Marvel TV show. Holy Crap! And some other things happen. Daredevil s01e02: Cut Man Writer: Drew Goddard Director: Phil Abraham Netflix Quick Review: Foggy and Karen go drinking to escape her fear of the city. Matt gets patched up after getting beat down. The story of … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Daredevil s01e02: Cut Man
A review of a book. No pictures or anything. Except for that glorious cover image by Mike Groves. Instead find a murder mystery smothered in fantasy goodness. Or the other way around. The Riddle Box Author: G. Derek Adams As I said when I reviewed Spell/Sword this author and I go way back. Boon companions and … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: The Riddle Box
Sometimes a show gets built up so that it fails simply by not living up to the hype. Sometimes a show gets built up and when you watch it you go “Yeah, that was a good show.” Daredevil s01e01: Into the Ring Writer: Drew Goddard Director: Phil Abraham Netflix Quick Review: This is kind of a … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Daredevil s01e01: Into the Ring
I don’t have any nostalgia for Jem nor the Holograms. It was the 80s cartoon that came on when I wanted to watch GI Joe or perhaps TMNT. Maybe it was my lack of love for 80s music and no real interest in the crazy fashion they were wearing. Maybe it was just that it … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Jem and the Holograms #1
I’m trying to be more positive about comics and my reviews of them. It can be pretty rough. I had just finished reading and reviewing Thor #6 and was about to open up some silver age goodness when I noticed I had yet to read Ragnarok #4. And now I can gush about comics. Ragnarok … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Ragnarok #4
Lately I’ve been reading a lot of silver age Marvel comics thanks to the Marvel Unlimited app. This includes some Kirby Thor (currently fighting Galactus.) I’ve been enjoying the heck out of them, but there is a side effect. Switching for Silver Age to modern comics can sometimes make it feel like nothing happens in … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Thor #6
Remember the days of untrained heroes and episodic writing. Remember the New Warriors. New Warriors #2-3 Writer: Fabian Nicieza Artist: Mark Bagley Release Date: August-Septermber 1990 Publisher: Marvel Comics These are two mixed issues. Issue #2 adds a lot to Dwayne Taylor and really sets up more issues that will be the main focus of … More Wayback Review: New Warriors #2-3
Deadly Troubadour 