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Review: DC: The New Frontier
By Matthew Kresal. The 2016 edition. In the 1950s, the Golden Age of Comics gave way to the Silver Age. The real world changed and, with attention brought to the comics as a result, some old characters retired or evolved while a new generation of heroes came to the fore, culminating at DC with the creation of the Justice League. Suppose for a moment that there was an alternate history where the Golden and Silver Age characters existed in and interacted with the real world of
2 hours ago5 min read


Paul Dickov and the United Arab Emirates
By Gary Oswald. Paul Dickov nine years after the inciting event. Photo copyright Wikipedia editor 'hst43077' but allowed for any purpose. On the 30th of May 1999 in Wembley Stadium, one of the most important moments in British sport happened. It was the 94th minute of a 90-minute Association Football game, with the score at 2-1. Five minutes had been awarded for stoppage time and so in desperation, with only a minute of the game left, the trailing team played a long ball forw
3 days ago7 min read


Tales From Development Hell: Green Arrow: Escape From Super Max
By Ryan Fleming. The trial didn't go well for him in this unmade film! Image courtesy Amazon marketplace. There are some films that are ahead of their time and perhaps not appreciated upon release. There are others that missed their moment and are dated on arrival. The same is true for films that are never made. Some scripts might not get a look in until the market is seemingly more receptive: Alien (1979) being one such example only picked up after the success of Star Wars
Mar 209 min read


Review: Doctor Who: Power Play
By Matthew Kresal. Image courtesy Big Finish website. The 1980s. A time of tensions related to all thing nuclear. A fear of nuclear weapons and nuclear war dramatized so ably in TV dramas such as Threads and The Day After . Also present was a fear of nuclear power, stemming out of the previous decade and heightened by events such as Chernobyl and the secrecy surrounding the industry as a whole, something brought to life in the classic BBC thriller Edge of Darkness . For a tim
Mar 177 min read
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