There are those who tell me that Daniel Craig’s James Bond is the best James Bond because he eschews the gadgetry and goofy humor of the old movies in favor of a more “realistic” and brutal approach to spycraft. Sure, there’s something to be said for a more realistic Bond, but part of the charm of the Bond films was the sometimes-clever, sometimes-ridiculous laser-guided electro-gizmos (as well as the snappy post-murder one-liners, but that’s another question.) After a long car trip today, I found myself wishing that I had the submarine/Lotus Esprit from “The Spy Who Loved Me”, the better…
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Rodrigo, co-host of the Major Spoilers Podcast (and dance machine to all the ladies) is a pretty perceptive feller, and something he said the other day and/or a couple of years ago has stuck with me throughout the last years of comics: Superheroes don’t fight villains anymore as much as they fight one another. Sometimes they shake things up, like in ‘Siege,’ where the other superheroes were actually villains in disguise, but the heroes of the Four Justice Avengers Of The Galaxy Legion often end up in conflict with themselves as much as with any ne’er-do-wells or nefarious nudniks. The…
In this episode of Critical Hit, A Major Spoilers Dungeons and Dragons Podcast: An apology of sorts, Orem takes a bath, and listeners are invited to participate in a game of dice.
As the Forever Evil villains event continues this month in DC, we’re learning very interesting things about the baddies, and this issue is no exception!
Amazo: Android menace created by Professor Ivo to defeat the Justice League by using their own powers against them. The Super Adaptoid: Android menace created by the scientists of A.I.M. to defeat Captain America, using the powers of the Avengers against him. The combined powers of the Justice League of America on the one hand, the combined powers of the Mighty Avengers on the other. What to do, what to choose? The MS-QOTD (pronounced “Sie-burr-net-ick-oh”) thought about tossing the Mimic and the Super-Skrull in there, but figured that’d make things weird, asking: Which super-robot would you rather have as your…
A podcast where apes evolved from men? Zach sits down to examine and reflect on 1968’s Planet of the Apes this week on Zach on Film.
Welcome to a special Series in which I discuss the house rules I have in place for Critical Hit, today we’re diving right into the most complicated one, stealth. I’ll warn you now, there’s some serious rules crunch ahead.
The circles in which I turn tend to expose me to many ongoing arguments of a nerdy nature, but one that keeps recurring in recent weeks has been the question of what character is Marvel’s equivalent to Wonder Woman. Many candidates have been floated, from Aurora to Zaran’s daughter, with a lot of people hanging around Carol Danvers for some reason, but it seems that few actually ask what “Marvel’s Wonder Woman” means. In terms of character role, Diana’s position in the DC universe is split over several characters (Invisible Woman shares her “first notable female hero in the world”…
This week, Stephen had a chance to sit down with Chris Roberson to talk Doc Savage. The writer has recently been tapped to write an eight issue mini-series for Dynamite Entertainment. http://traffic.libsyn.com/majorspoilers/docsavage.mp3 Direct Download Subscribe via iTunes RSS Feed Subscribe to the Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed! Major Spoilers Podcast Network Master Feed RSS Feed Listen to the Major Spoilers Podcast on Stitcher Show your thanks to Major Spoilers for this episode by becoming a Major Spoilers VIP. It will help ensure The Major Spoilers Podcast continues far into the future! Call the Major Spoilers Hotline at (785) 727-1939.…
The penultimate issue of Locke & Key has arrived from IDW Publishing, and Matthew and Stephen can’t wait to take a look inside.
With all the talk about Ben Affleck’s casting as Batman (I’d link to some of the discussion, but I’m afraid to break the internet), one question has mostly remained unanswered: Is he handsome enough to pull off the Bruce Wayne portion of the role? Val Kilmer made for a fine-lookin’ Wayne, as did Clooney (even though his movie was least successful as a movie), and even Michael Keaton cleaned up nicely in a tux. Indeed, the first part of my wife’s appreciation for the Marvel movie-verse came in the casting of her old crush Robert Downey, Junior as Iron Man,…
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: Controversy at DC, Hellboy, and a rapid-fire review of new comics.
Last week, DC Comics kicked off Villains Month and the Forever Evil event with a series of lenticular covers. Obviously it’s a marketing gimmick that ups the cover price, shines the spotlight on the company, and hopefully gets the reader to pick up the book and buy it. But are you impressed with results? VOTE! [poll id=”301″]