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It’s no secret: I truly dislike the modern interpretation of Hal Jordan.  In an attempt to make him young and dangerous, DC editorial has succeeded in making him an utterly unlikable jerkface idiot, overtaking Guy Gardner in the list of “Green Lanterns who desperately need a punchinnface.”  Still, he admittedly has his fans, many of whom clamored for his return after he was lost in the ‘Final Night’ crossover.  Of course, by the time he returned, replacement Lantern Kyle Rayner had made enough of a mark that his fans were furious at his replacement, while fans of John Stewart at…

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Due to my intense dislike of Simon Cowell and the “star-making” machinery that he represents, I’ve never had any use for ‘American Idol’ or the freshly scrubbed vanilla pop aesthetic it keeps generating.  As such, much of Taylor Swift’s work failed to connect with me, and her (clearly sponsor-mandated) pretty pretty princess facade only added fuel to the fire of my disdain.  But lately, something’s changed, it ain’t hard to define, Jesse’s got himself a girl and I wanna–  Wait, sorry, that’s a Rick Springfield lyric.  No, with her latest album and the more adult attitude that seems to have…

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With the advent of the New 52 in 2011, the entire Justice League received new (or at least tweaked) costumes to celebrate a new universe.  Now, as the DCYou swings into action, we have brand-new looks for Wonder Woman (a busy battle-armory thing with pants AND sleeves), Batman (two words: Rocket launchers) and Superman (a look best described as ‘Superboy’s old costume.’)  Admittedly, each could be seen as an attempt to better the bland sameness of the Jim Lee-designed 2011 uniforms, and they’re better than Spider-Man’s armor, Spider-Man’s OTHER armor or Kyle Rayner’s 90’s dog-collar uniform, which leads us to…

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When the first console vidja games arrived in my small town in the early 1980s, two player mode meant the same thing that it did on a pinball console: Alternate back and forth with the other player.  Of course, at the same time we had the ability to go head to head and beat each other senseless on games like ‘Pong’ and especially ‘Combat’ for the Atari 2600, functionalities that were rare in the arcades.  (Stephen’s fave-rave, Gauntlet, was one of the exceptions to that rule, and is fondly remembered exactly for that reason.)  Now, even my ‘Grand Theft Auto’…

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Top 5 Overlooked Movies Top Five is a show where the hosts categorize, rank, compare, and stratify everything… from cars to gadgets to people and movies. From stuff that is hot, and things that are not nearly as interesting – it’s Top Five. You’ve seen the blockbusters, and maybe even the award winners, but what about the top five overlooked movies?

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My friends who know about the writings of George “Railroad Crossing” Martin were up in arms at this season of ‘Game Of Thrones,’ when the horrible fate of one character was shifted to another character in the adaptation.  (To be fair, much of the discussion centered on questions of whether the brutality of the story’s sexual assault was justifiable, regardless of at whom it was aimed.)  It was a moment that I, as a comic-book fan, felt much empathy for, given the sheer number of unnecessary and/or arbitrary changes seen when our favorite supers made their way to film.  Captain…

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Heroes, for whatever reason, tend to punch each other in the face when they meet for the first time. It’s only have beating each other to a pulp that they realize they should be working together for the greater good, and the story wraps a page later when the heroes punch the big bad in the kisser.  But do they have to fight? Can’t they all just get along? VOTE! [poll id=”393″]

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