This week marked the kickoff of the 7th Annual Major Spoilers Costume Contest, the time for you, the Faithful Spoilerites to show off your creativity and cosplay skillz (spelled with a ‘z’ because it will always be 1994 in my head.) Given appropriate funds, and were I not hideous, I think I’d enjoy being a cosplay hero (albeit one without a terrible fake reality show.) Number Six? Ultra Boy? Severus Snape? Han Solo? I’d have a million faces, and I’d rock ’em all. Sadly for my showoffy tendencies, I’m not built for The Flash, and have too much pride to…
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In this installment of Critical Hit: A Major Spoilers Dungeons and Dragons Podcast: If you are looking for the arcane, look no further than the Bronze-Turtle Advocates.
There’s an old aphorism: “I may not know art, but I know what I like.” It’s more true than ever in this, ‘The Era Of The Beholder,’ wherein everybody achieves Warhol’s prophesied 15 minutes, so long as they’re prepared to publicly divorce or grow a ridiculous beard. Still, we’re here to praise pop culture, not to bury it, and I will admit to loving some goofy ‘reality’ programming, even enjoying the occasional episode of ‘Project Runway’ (abeit mostly for the Heidi Klum) which, in turn, begs a query… The MS-QOTD (pronounced, as always, “misquoted”) reminds you that, as always, “None…
When Zach said he never heard of Gremlins, it had to go on the list – not because it is a particularly great movie, but because it was the movie that broke the rating system’s back.
Witness to Historical Events 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. A listener asked, “If you could travel back in time, what historical events would you want to witness?” A good question, with five answers from each of the hosts.
Captain America Living Legend #1 arrived in stores this week, and Matthew and Stephen send it too the moon.
A few years ago, I had the misfortune of getting interested in early episodes of a new Fox network show, something which any Browncoat or fan of The Sarah Connor Chronicles will tell you is always a crapshoot. This particular program was the story of an underground cross-country race with an unknown prize, held by unknown persons, in which not all participants were willing. It lasted four episodes, but in that time, I found myself annoyed by the character of Violet, a teenage girl who never seemed to quite find her character’s voice. Flash-forward a few years, to find that…
It’s a sad fact of pop culture that many of our heroes have terrible fashion sense. Moreover, many of the greatest names in the history of fictional awesome wear the same thing over and over with little or no variation. Granted this is seen more often with cartoons (such as Fred Jones’ darling orange ascot), but even Peter Parker rocked the same navy-blue sweater vest until at least 1973 or so. Thinking about that particular quandary, I realized today that it’d be best to be the Fifth Doctor, whose ensemble has a sweater and coat for warm temperatures, a rolled-up…
IT’S NEW COMIC BOOK DAY! Major Spoilers runs down the comics we are looking forward to, and recommending, this week.
This week on the Major Spoilers Podcast: You have comments, we do, too. We have Korra, how ’bout you!? Also, The Shadow NOW, Resident Alien, the Powerpuff Girls, and Quantum and Woody.
The boys have been picking on one another quite a bit these last two weeks. Now it’s time for the brainy girls to get in on the act. Since we’ve been keeping it one on one, this week’s battle features Dexter taking on Susan Test of the Mary and Susan Test team. Who is Susan Test, you ask?
It’s October and that means summer is over and fall is here, and that means Halloween is just around the corner. We’re hoping you’ll celebrate our love of the holiday by entering the Annual Major Spoilers Costume Contest. This is our seventh year sponsoring the contest, and we know YOU are going to make it even better than last year! We want you, yes you, to send us pictures of your bad self dressed up as your favorite hero, villain, side-kick – really any comic book/pop culture character. The best costume will not only be hailed as the Grand Prize…
It’s October, which means it’s time for another Bonus Tracks for Major Spoilers VIP Members. This month, Zach, Rob, Stephen, and Rodrigo sit down to provide commentary for Back to the Future starring Michael J. Fox and Christopher Lloyd, and directed by Robert Zemekis. VIPs can download the latest release, right now! If you are not a VIP Member, consider joining today. Not only will you get access to this installment of Bonus Tracks, but previous installments which include Star Wars: A New Hope and Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Munchkin is a dedicated deck card game by Steve Jackson Games, written by Steve Jackson and illustrated by John Kovalic, that has a humorous take on role-playing games. This week on Munchkin Minute, we answer the question, “How come you guys haven’t played Munchkin Quest?” and how you can help us make it happen.