When Pokémon first came to our shores, it was immediately dismissed as a fad. 15 years later, it’s fair to say that it has staying power. Like all skillfully-managed franchises, it must strike a balance between appealing to old fans (like me) and attracting new Read More …
Ratchet: I know this guy. His name was Prowl. Drift: Prowl? Ratchet: Not THE Prowl, obviously. This Prowl changed his name to…Dent, I think, to avoid confusion. Drift: Dent? He called himself Dent? As in—as in DENT? Ratchet: Yeah, well, all the best names are Read More …
“Me? No, no, no, I’m all mouth. My nickname at the Academy was “Shut The Hell Up.” -Swerve, being unheroic Transformers: More Than Meets the Eye #3 is a bit of a one-off monster story. Our team of James Roberts and Alex Milne get their Read More …
Pacific Rim came out this summer and immediately became a cult success for its strong characters, quirky universe, and memorable visuals. So if you’re a fellow Rim-lover and you’re anything like me, you can’t wait for the DVD/Blu-Ray/Blu-Ray 3D/VHS/Betamax/better-quality illegal download to touch down. Unlike Read More …
Swerve: Nice moves! Who are you? An Ex-Wrecker? One of the Warriors Elite? An old pit fighter? Skids: I’m a theoretician. In many ways this is the first More Than Meets the Eye issue that “feels” like the quirky book many of us have come Read More …
Patrick Stinson, Deadshirt.net’s resident Transformers nut, reviews the ongoing comic from IDW, The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye, to convince you that it is of anomalously good quality for a toy comic…and for comics in general. (Editor’s note: make sure to check out the Read More …
Patrick Stinson, Deadshirt.net’s resident Transformers nut, reviews the ongoing comic from IDW, The Transformers: More than Meets the Eye, to convince you that it is of anomalously good quality for a toy comic…and for comics in general. “Under conditions of peace, the war-like attack Read More …
THE SFXPLOSION: Nerd-o cinephiles and Deadshirt contributors Patrick Stinson and Max Robinson watch and discuss the most important sci-fi or action blockbuster for a given year. Sometimes it’s a game changing hit, sometimes it is a career-destroying bomb (Sometimes a flop changes things more than a Read More …