Had a meeting regarding the Untitled Awesome Project today. This one has me all kinds of excited for a two simple reasons: theme and tone. It's something this prospective sci-fi series shares with three other shows I've done in the past, specifically: Stargate: SG-1, Stargate: Atlantis, and Dark Matter. Sense of fun? Check! Sense of…
Here are my favorite comic book covers for the week of August 9, 2018. These were my favorites... Champions #23 (cover art by R.B. Silva) Fantastic Four #1 (cover art by Esad Ribic) Hal Jordan and the Green Lantern Corps #50 (cover art by Tomeu Morey, Rafa Sandoval, Jordi Tarragona) Old Man Logan #45 (cover…
My credits include: 400+ hours of produced television 100+ hours as a writer 100+ hours as a showrunner But two of my greatest accomplishments remain: My contribution, "Downfall" For the Lou Anders-edited superhero-themed anthology Masked And the four issue Dark Matter comic book for Dark Horse Comics As much as I love television, I love…
My favorites... Saga by Brian K. Vaughan and Fiona Staples "When two soldiers from opposite sides of a never-ending galactic war fall in love, they risk everything to bring a fragile new life into a dangerous old universe. From bestselling writer Brian K. Vaughan, Saga is the sweeping tale of one young family fighting to find…
So, over on alt. Dark Matter twitter account (@DarkMatter_show) I uploaded the above pic, snapped very early on in the show's first season. It's a beautiful set, beautifully lit, with gorgeous playback displays and...a truly awful star field out the front. The production purchased it from somewhere in the middle east - and it didn't come…
After last year's impressive reading tally, I set the bar a lot lower this year but, even so, it looked like I was going to come up short of the 100 book mark. Over this past month, however, I've done some major catching up. Here are a few of the titles I enjoyed... Half A…
Well, it's been about two weeks since the move to Toronto and I'm pleased to report we have more or less settled in. We've met quite a few very nice people in that short time - also, a number of weirdoes. But I suppose that's to be expected. Toronto is a bigger city. Also, unlike Vancouver,…
If I had to pick one comic book that I considered "the weirdest" growing up, it would have to be Richie Rich. The title character was described as "the poor little rich boy" but I never found anything remotely poor about him, either literally or figuratively. I suppose, one could make the argument that deep beneath…
"They sure don't make 'em like they used to" goes the old adage, and nowhere is this more evident than in the ever-evolving world of comic books. From Superman battling nazis to Spiderman meeting President Obama, comics have a rich tradition of embracing history and reflecting social and cultural norms. What was perfectly acceptable ten, maybe…
THE SUPERIOR FOES OF SPIDER-MANWriter Nick Spencer is at the top of his game here, exploring the private and professional lives of a group of B-team villains, The Sinister Six - who are actually made up of FIVE members hard-luck members. They're sneaky, opportunistic, and completely disloyal, but you can't help but love 'em. RAT…
StellaByStargate writes: "I’m curious as to who (person or organization) “owns”–for lack of a better word–the scripts for the SGA and SG-1 movies? So many of us would love to see those novelized and made part of the Stargate canon…is there any way we could launch a campaign to make that happen? Who would we…
Dis would have been a great movie if it had been half an hour shorter. And made a lick of sense. Monster can imagine script notes session went someting like dis: Producer: Dis skript full of plot holes and not make much sense. Writer: Dats okay. Me fix it. Producer: By applying logic so it…
Dr. Strange? More like Dr. Creep! Apparently, dis guy not familiar wit de Hypocritical Oath, but he all sorts of familiar wit "doctor-patient confidentiality"...if you know what me mean. No? Well, let monster put it dis way. When he around de ladies at work, he like Cookie Monster at a bake sale. Or Grover at…
Dis movie have everyting you would expekt from a summer blockbuster. Humor! Fun! Action! Dazzling speshul effekts! Cracking dialogue! Overlong running time! And some developments dat not make sense - but be pretty cool anyway. Movie begin at top secret S.H.I.E.L.D. facility where scientists studying glowy box very similar to one we saw in Captain…
In no particular order... CAPTAIN BOOMERANG He dresses like an Australian flight attendant. FISHERMAN Okay, granted, he must do more than his fair share of wading, but those hip boots are NOT flattering. Is that a bathing cap? PASTE POT PETE (aka THE TRAPSTER) Nice chapeau. Presumably, the gang at Marvel got fed up of…