“The first time Astro Boy attacked United States servicemen was in 1967”: Joe “Jog” McCulloch puts Astro Boy’s latest assault on the U.S., in the form of a terrible animated film, in perspective in this column.
“Why James Rhodes Is Comics’ Ideal Black Hero”: Graeme McMillan breaks it down…and please note the “Ideal” in the headline is apparently ironic.
This would be fine with me: “Anne Hathaway in ‘Spider-Man 4′”
What did Tom Spurgeon read before going to bed, if this was his first thought of the day?: Check it out here. (Here’s a hint: It has to do with the X-Men and health care reform).
Some recent reviews: Alex Carr on The Red Monkey Double Happiness Book,
Tom Horgen on Johnny Cash: I See a Darkness, Bob Dylan Revisited, The Book of Genesis Illustrated and Nancy Vol. 1 for the Minneapolis Star Tribune and Jason Yadao on Bat-Manga!: The Secret History of Batman in Japan and X-Men: Misfits Vol. 1 for the Honolulu Star Bulletin.
November 23rd, 2009 at 8:03 am
Am I the only one who thinks a toned-up Anne Hathway could play Wonder Woman?
November 23rd, 2009 at 10:36 am
You were until you said it, Peter. I can see it.
November 23rd, 2009 at 1:08 pm
Astro Boy was not “terrible”. Have you actually seen it? I thought it was great, so did my family, so did my friends when we all saw it a second time last week. It had excellent animation, great voice work (especially Freddie Highmore), beautiful music and a script that inspired excitement, laughter and tears.
It was as good as anything from Pixar or Dreamworks. Sorry, did I just speak blasphemy?
More people should have given it a chance. It’s in the same class of excellent, underrated film as “The Iron Giant”. If you haven’t seen it, don’t knock it. If you have and can’t appreciate it, you haven’t eyes, a mind, or a heart.