Having a one year old in the house, a full time job and aspirations of being a novelist means it is hard to binge a show unless I just want it to be background noise. Only just now finishing episode four. Slow and steady wins the race? Luke Cage s01e04 Step in the Arena writer: … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Luke Cage s01e04 Step in the Arena
Last night I had a fever that bumped up to almost 102. This morning the fever broke and other than being a little worn out I’m ready to jump back into Luke Cage. Luke Cage s01e03 Who’s Gonna Take the Weight? writer: Matt Owens director: Guillermo Navarro Netflix Quick Review: Episode 3 brings our hero … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Luke Cage s01e03 Who’s Gonna Take the Weight?
Episode two is out. Yeah. And it is kind of what I expected. What does that mean? Read on. Luke Cage s01e02 Code of the Streets writer: Cheo Hodari Coker director: Paul McGuigan Netflix Quick Review: What Luke Cage brings is a lot of excellent performances. And some pretty excellent music that harkens back to … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Luke Cage s01e02 Code of the Streets
A new Marvel Netflix series means a new review from me! The same as I have done for the other series, I’m going to try and review every episode. Hopefully this will be done in a timely fashion, but we’ll see. Luke Cage s01e01 Moment of Truth writer: Cheo Hodari Coker director: Paul McGuigan Netflix … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Luke Cage s01e01 Moment of Truth
Comics are cyclical. It seems that similar themes and stories keep popping up over and over again. Wolverine chases down his hidden past. Someone even stronger comes after Superman. Spider-Man is tired of his responsibilities mucking up his life and wants to quit. Captain America needs to be replaced. When these themes come up again … More Wayback Reviews: Captain America v5 #26-30
Batgirl has been one of the most celebrated of modern comics when it comes to strong women and celebrating diversity. With a new volume launching off with Barbara Gordon traveling Asia I had to pick it up. As I longterm resident of Japan I was happy to see Okinawa as the first stop. Did the … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Batgirl #01
Sometimes I forgot that certain classic novels exist and that they can actually be read. That is certainly the case with. Tarzan of the Apes. Tarzan lives so large in pop culture that I just kind of assumed I’d read it until I realized I didn’t. Tarzan of the Apes Author: Edgar Roce Burroughs 1912 … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Tarzan of the Apes (novel)
Continuing my re-read of the Brubaker run on Captain America. This covers the Civil War period which, while a neat idea, never quite crossed over into being a good story. Rereading this I had a worry that the big event would completely disrupt the strength of the comics. Does it? Captain America v5 #22-25 Writer: … More Wayback Reviews: Captain America v5 #22-25
I never watched the theatrical release of Batman v Superman. I didn’t here so many good things and since movies come to Japan quite late and are fairly expensive I decided to just wait for the release of the extended edition. And that is what I did. And I watched it. Yeah. Batman v Superman: … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Batman v Superman Ultimate edition
Before reading this comic the internet did what the internet did and so the ending was already spoiled. Which doesn’t make for the best reading experience. But I still went ahead and read it because I love myself some Steve Rogers. Captain America – Steve Rogers #01 writer: Nick Spencer artist: Jesus Saiz Marvel Quick … More Grumpy Bird Review: Captain America – Steve Rogers #01
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