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Dark Phoenix talk: what we liked and what we didn’t like. Charles Xavier is a Jerk!… And here’s why. The Morrison costumes look horrid.
Stupid 20th Century Fox and stupid D’Bari and stupid wasted opportunities.
Valkyrie’s issue with how they cast Storm
THE NEWS!
Aubrey Plaza as Catwoman? We love the idea!
The Boys second NSFW is bloody glorious!
April Hunter has won many hats in her life: Playboy Playmate, Pro Wrestler, Cosplayer, Candle Maker and now College Graduate. In this exclusive interview April shares why it’s All Business, advice for Wrestlers doing Custom Photos and Videos plus a Special Message For Her Fans.
Billionaire Businessman Shahid Khan shocked the world when he announced he is the lead investor for the new Pro Wrestling Company All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The man who built a multi-billion dollar auto parts empire, owner of Soccer Team Fulham F.C. and owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League was now funding a Pro Wrestling company who many speculate will rival Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment brand. With such high profile success in various businesses surely, Mr. Khan would apply lessons learned from them to AEW; right? Judging by the events of the past week, maybe not.
Where to start with this episode. My wife said “Westeros is purgatory in a logging town”, a reference to the final episodes of both Lost and Dexter. I can’t say I disagree with her. I have said many times that I think people are going to look at this episode the same way they regard the final episode of those shows. So here we go, just going to get right into it and tear the band-aid off.
The first thing I want to say is that right now, at this moment, I don’t even care what happens in the show, and how it ends. For all I care it could end up being Bran’s coma dream and it’s revealed that nothing happened after he was shoved out the window by Jaime Lannister and everything we’ve seen was all just a side effect of the milk of the poppy he’s been given to dull his pain, similar to the “it was all a dream” trope.
The best way I can describe this season is to compare Benioff and Weiss to living with terrible roommates. At first, things are great because they were really happy to have a place to stay; they’re respectful, they do the dishes and help out with the chores. Then things start to get a little rocky, there are some disagreements on the placement of furniture or how to decorate. But the person who invited them in then forgives them and they come to a compromise. This is, though, the beginning of the end….
Okay. We’re almost done with Game of Thrones, only two episodes left, and to me, it hasn’t lived up to expectations. Maybe it’s because we’ve been so spoiled with the stunning quality of the writing and acting and production and direction that these last two seasons have been rushed to get the story finished. Things that were built up repeatedly over six seasons have been either ignored or forgotten. This includes character motivations, prophecies, battle preparations, and even geography (see King’s Landing). As a result, these prediction articles are getting increasingly difficult to write. So, with that being said, I’m going to try and ignore logic and give you my five predictions for this week’s episode.
Dark Phoenix talk: what we liked and what we didn’t like. Charles Xavier is a Jerk!… And here’s why. The Morrison costumes look horrid.
Stupid 20th Century Fox and stupid D’Bari and stupid wasted opportunities.
Valkyrie’s issue with how they cast Storm
THE NEWS!
Aubrey Plaza as Catwoman? We love the idea!
The Boys second NSFW is bloody glorious!
In this intimate and unscripted conversation between Sid and Axe, you will hear the duo’s frustrations of being 9-5ers and Creatives, the guilt of not “jumping”, balancing their dreams and their checkbooks, having “too much” ambition, encouragement maintenance, false social media perceptions, and #AttentionCommerce.
April Hunter has won many hats in her life: Playboy Playmate, Pro Wrestler, Cosplayer, Candle Maker and now College Graduate. In this exclusive interview April shares why it’s All Business, advice for Wrestlers doing Custom Photos and Videos plus a Special Message For Her Fans.
On this issue of The Culture Comic Book News, Old Man Wade is joined by Supa Woke Javi to discuss:
Comic Books we are reading, War of the Realms, the history leading to War of the Realms and Jason Aaron, what we loved and didn’t, Doomsday Clock and…
In the NEWS:
Robert Pattinson as Batman, the article about Joker being a woman in the new movie, more!
Billionaire Businessman Shahid Khan shocked the world when he announced he is the lead investor for the new Pro Wrestling Company All Elite Wrestling (AEW). The man who built a multi-billion dollar auto parts empire, owner of Soccer Team Fulham F.C. and owner of the Jacksonville Jaguars of the National Football League was now funding a Pro Wrestling company who many speculate will rival Vince McMahon’s World Wrestling Entertainment brand. With such high profile success in various businesses surely, Mr. Khan would apply lessons learned from them to AEW; right? Judging by the events of the past week, maybe not.
This week, Axe and Sid Shaw return with Episode 2 to discuss “Health-Hop”, Tommy Boy Records shenanigans, ranking all of Kanye West’s albums, the only melanin on Game of Throne via its soundtrack, and the genius of Hov’s “MaNyfaCedGod” reference. Plus, if you think the U.S.S. Hip Hop is sinking, don’t call these “Coast Guards”…
On this issue of The Culture Comic Book News, Old Man Wade and Co Discuss:
Growing up in nerd culture
Batman and Superman the animated series
Being people of color and nerd culture. It being ok.
Where we started our comic book and nerd culture love
Favorite characters
What got us into comics
Batman and the bat family
Where to start with this episode. My wife said “Westeros is purgatory in a logging town”, a reference to the final episodes of both Lost and Dexter. I can’t say I disagree with her. I have said many times that I think people are going to look at this episode the same way they regard the final episode of those shows. So here we go, just going to get right into it and tear the band-aid off.
The first thing I want to say is that right now, at this moment, I don’t even care what happens in the show, and how it ends. For all I care it could end up being Bran’s coma dream and it’s revealed that nothing happened after he was shoved out the window by Jaime Lannister and everything we’ve seen was all just a side effect of the milk of the poppy he’s been given to dull his pain, similar to the “it was all a dream” trope.
The best way I can describe this season is to compare Benioff and Weiss to living with terrible roommates. At first, things are great because they were really happy to have a place to stay; they’re respectful, they do the dishes and help out with the chores. Then things start to get a little rocky, there are some disagreements on the placement of furniture or how to decorate. But the person who invited them in then forgives them and they come to a compromise. This is, though, the beginning of the end….
Okay. We’re almost done with Game of Thrones, only two episodes left, and to me, it hasn’t lived up to expectations. Maybe it’s because we’ve been so spoiled with the stunning quality of the writing and acting and production and direction that these last two seasons have been rushed to get the story finished. Things that were built up repeatedly over six seasons have been either ignored or forgotten. This includes character motivations, prophecies, battle preparations, and even geography (see King’s Landing). As a result, these prediction articles are getting increasingly difficult to write. So, with that being said, I’m going to try and ignore logic and give you my five predictions for this week’s episode.
On this issue of The Culture Comic Book News, Old Man Wade and The Valkyrie do an Avengers: Endgame recap full of spoilers! They talk about the all-woman scene and how it made Valkyrie feel as a woman. The Bug Thorbowski and why his physical change was both hilarious and made sense. Also, Old Man Wade randomly gets into Jessica Jones. So much more in this week’s issue!
Old Man Wade and the Valkyrie discuss their favorite female characters that have appeared in comic book movies. Also, why representation is important for women, people of color, LBGTQ, and more! Listen to “The Culture Issue No. 3” on Spreaker. This Podcast is powered by the BlaqueRabbit Podcast Network. Subscribe to The Culture Comic Book News: Spreaker * iTunes * […]
Axe and Sid Shaw get together and discuss the impact of Nipsey Hussle, washed vs. seasoned emcees, best Producer/rapper pairs, the ‘TrillStatik’ LP (Bun B & Statik Selektah), the Era of the Super Producer, #GoodBuyBoston: Chelle Belle Creative, and more!
Man, right off the bat this one slaps you in the face with raw emotional pain. I was wondering what the odd structures were in front of Winterfell, thinking maybe they were some kind of defenses. Nope; they were funeral pyres. There were actually fewer than I expected for the number of lives lost by the Winterfell army. Going by the pyres, I counted eight rows of ten of the three-decker pyres. Each of those held 22 bodies for a total of 1,760 dead. Then there was a row of single-deck pyres with ten bodies each and one at the end of each column of the triple-deckers for a total of eight pyres, giving us 80 bodies.
Okay, we’re halfway through the final season of this intense, often disturbing but never boring series. Many questions have been answered, but there are a lot that still remain. Most of these won’t be answered until the final episode, if ever. This episode is going to be nearly as long as The Long Night episode we just got, so there will be a lot that gets covered. I will say this and I’m so sure about this that I’m not considering it a prediction but a foregone conclusion – everyone who survived will engage in some post-battle lovin’. They’ll be happy to be alive, turned on, and ready to pair up. That aside, here are a few things that I think we just might learn in the next episode.