Tag: Grumpy Bird

Grump Bird Reviews: Batman: Dark Knight Returns, Pts 1 & 2 (Movie)

March 24, 2014

More than likely everyone reading knows this, but just in case: The Dark Knight Returns was a 1986 comic book written and drawn by Frank Miller. It’s a five-minutes-in-the-future tale where Batman returns from retirement. Hijinks ensue. Despite accusations of giving birth to the increasingly grim-and-grity comics it is generally agreed to be one of … More Grump Bird Reviews: Batman: Dark Knight Returns, Pts 1 & 2 (Movie)

Grumpy Bird’s Random Thoughts on Star Wars: The Clone Wars

February 25, 2014

Star Wars has been on my mind a lot lately. There are two main reasons of this. One is I have been listening to the podcast Star Wars Minute which spends about fifteen minutes talking about each and every minute of Star Wars. It sounds insane, but it is really entertaining and actually not as … More Grumpy Bird’s Random Thoughts on Star Wars: The Clone Wars

Grumpy Bird Reviews: Hotaru no Hikari (ホタルノヒカリ)

December 7, 2013

I’ve been making my way through the 2007 Japanese Drama Hotaru no Hikari. It has been pretty slow going, because there really isn’t much to enjoy. From the plot to the characters to the acting to the little messages it pretty much sucks. I have only finished the first five episodes and am considering finishing … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Hotaru no Hikari (ホタルノヒカリ)

Grumpy Bird Reviews: Ruroni Kenshin (るろうに剣心)

September 2, 2012

Director: Keishi Ōtomo 2012 The recently released (in Japan at least) Ruroni Kenshin has received a great amount of buzz. Based on a manga which later became an anime it would also count as a period piece of the Meiji Era. Historically, all you really need to know about that time is the samurai where faded … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Ruroni Kenshin (るろうに剣心)