Archive for the ‘Vikings’ Category

Originally published elsewhere.   The other day, I found a stack of my old artwork from my high school years. I didn’t remember myself as being the little metalhead that the evidence suggests that I was, but the proof is in the paper. Rock on, little fella! What metalheads and teenaged cartoonists and the producers of Outlander all [...]

  In the beginning there was only man and nature. Men came bearing crosses and drove the heathen to the fringes of the earth. Okay, I have to admit, you got my attention. Those words are the opening of Valhalla Rising, the title card which pretty directly explains what you’re about to watch.  The movie, [...]

Hey, what did the beat-up boxer say when his trainer asked him how he was feeling? THOR! So Thor‘s out on DVD and Blu-Ray today.  My review was pretty funny, if I do say so myself.  And I do. “So myself.”  Anyway.  Thor.  Let’s go back there together, shall we?’ ______________________________________________________________________________ Here’s what I liked [...]

Here’s what I liked about Thor:    They had to change up Thor’s costume.  They couldn’t have gone with the winged helmet and the yellow hooker boots.  But that giant robot thing?  That’s the Destroyer.  And if you look at the above pictures, you’ll see that it looks a whole lot like the way Jack [...]