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Back Issues: Asinine Antagonists

In the words of King Arthur of Disney’s Sword in The Stone, “For every high, there is a low. For every to there is a fro.” The best heroes you will find in comics are those who have a constant reactive force of evil pushing their deeds of valor down with their malicious intent. A […]

ReListen: Jeff Wayne’s War of the Worlds

Really, when you look at it, this is an absolutely ludicrous concept. “Let’s adapt a perennial science-fiction classic into a two-disc musical epic with spoken narration, progressive rock and orchestral bombast”. It should never have worked. It would be like remaking 2001: A Space Odyssey as a dance-pop album (which Lady Gaga is probably working […]

Forgotten Childhood: Jackie Chan Adventures

Do you remember the Jackie Chan Adventures? If the answer is ‘no’ then it’s something to maybe add to your list. It was fantastic, and hopefully I’ll be able to convince you of that. To be honest, I can’t remember much about any specific memories of watching this other than watching a lot of it […]

Forgotten Childhood: Future Cop LAPD

Growing up I was never a kid who swore allegiance to any platform. I had my PlayStation, I played SNES and Mega Drive games at relative’s houses and my dad owned a PC. For the computer we pretty much picked up anything my brother or dad thought looked cool and from there it was how […]

RePlay: Jak And Daxter

I don’t know how and I don’t know when, but somewhere over the last decade, publishers decided that mascot platformers were a thing of the past. Nevermind that Mario still sells gangbusters based on every game being a great platformer, nevermind that the likes of Crash Bandicoot, Spyro The Dragon and Sonic The Hedgehog have […]

Forgotten Childhood: Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves

Released the year I was born, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves is a panto of a period drama starring Kevin Costner, Morgan Freeman, Alan Rickman and Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio. The story takes it’s cue from the adage at the centre of the mythology: “rob the rich to feed the poor”. However, the film also works in a revenge narrative, which the film takes […]
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