Review: Green Lantern

Posted by on Jun 21, 2011 in Reviews |

I wanted to like Green Lantern. I really, really did, but it’s tough to like something when nearly everything you know about it became unrecognizable onscreen. Was that supposed to be Hal Jordan? Was the movie supposed to be a Green Lantern story? Yes, obviously, but I shouldn’t have to ask those questions in the first place.

This post contains spoilers. You may want to stop reading if you haven’t seen the movie yet.

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On All-Star Superman

On All-Star Superman

Posted by on May 13, 2011 in Commentary |

AllStarSupermanI’m writing this with a lot of hesitation because first, this is a gaming blog so films don’t belong here. Second, this isn’t a review per se. At least, I don’t intend it to be.

All-Star Superman is a direct-to-video film adaptation of the comic book that ran from 2005-2008. It’s part of the DC Universe Animated Original Movies, a series that I’ve kept an eye on since it started with its first title, Superman: Doomsday. Unlike Doomsday, I haven’t read All-Star Superman’s comic book counterpart. I had no idea what it was about nor, more importantly, how it was going to end.

The film starts with Superman saving the first manned mission to the sun, developing a new power along the way. He finds out later on that this event has a consequence, one that even he won’t be able to fight.

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