Let’s talk a little about that final episode and about the series as a whole. I’m not going to lie. I watched the final episodes almost a week ago. A key event from episode was spoiled for me and that hurt some of the enthusiasm I was feeling for the series. Still, these were some quality … More Grumpy Bird Reviews: Daredevil s01e12: Daredevil
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
Derek is back to talk about the second half of the original X-Men movie. Visit Brent at http://deadlytroubadour.com for more of his reviews, short stories and information on his fantasy novel Deadly Troubadours. CLI’s intro and outro music was written and performed by Manny Marx.
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
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
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
Brent and Derek discuss the highs and lows of the first five issues of Ms. Marvel featuring Kamala Khan. Visit Brent at http://deadlytroubadour.com for more of his reviews, short stories and information on his fantasy novel Deadly Troubadours. CLI’s intro and outro music was written and performed by Manny Marx. Support the show by buying Ms. Marvel vol 1 No … More CLI 19: Ms. Marvel #1-5
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
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