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The Avengers: Lessons to be Learned

23 May 2012 by 2 Comments
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Despite my best efforts I know I'm a few weeks behind everyone else, but I finally got to see The Avengers.  Now, if you've read any of my other posts you may know that I constantly struggle with my dark, hipster side; I like discovering things before they're cool, and if large amounts of people go on about how so-and-so is fabulous, I tend to be skeptical.  Yes, I know this is a flaw.  Yes, I know that's kind of incongruous from a self-proclaimed geek - but maybe it won't surprise you to … [Read more...]

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Avengers Assemble: The World’s New Obsession

21 May 2012 by Leave a Comment
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So I went to see The Avengers again tonight, with my family. This being the third weekend it's out, and that we showed up more than an hour before the show, we weren't that worried about getting tickets. We should have been. It was sold out, and the next showing, and the three nearest theatres. Needless to say, I am now extremely depressed. So why is it still number one? Why is the internet obsessed with it? Mainly because it's awesome. So. In all seriousness, The Avengers was … [Read more...]

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Letters to Santa

19 December 2011 by Leave a Comment
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A sneak peek into Santa’s mailbag from the Marvel and DC Universes . . .   Dear Santa, I’ve been a good boy this year! Well, sort of, but nobody’s perfect, right? And that whole thing in Kosovo, we don’t really have to talk about that, right? I’m Canadian, you’re Canadian, I’m sure we can work something out. How’s the Missus? Total MILF, if you ask me. Which you didn’t, but I know you were about to. Anyway, all I want for Christmas this year is the Bea Arthur … [Read more...]

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Avengers Academy: Deep Thoughts In a Bubblegum Premise

2 August 2010 by 1 Comment
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I always ask the advice of the Comic Book Guys. They are the experts in their fields and if nothing else they should be respected for that expertise. And as I stood in my local, mourning the untimely loss of Young Avengers (nothing new since their Civil War adventures with the Runaways, which has been a part of my collection for years now), I asked for the Younger Avengers, and was handed Avengers Academy, a new Heroic Age title from Marvel. The premise: five teenage victims of the Dark Reign … [Read more...]

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