June 2013

Lois & Clark – I’ve Got a Crush on You

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  • Title: Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman – I’ve Got a Crush on You
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Lois & Clark - I've Got a Crush on You

With a new Superman ready to fly into theaters this week every now and then I’ll continue to take a look back at the hero’s more memorable moments on both the big and small screen. “I’ve Got a Crush on You” gives us both Lois (Teri Hatcher) and Clark (Dean Cain) undercover at a nightclub which is a front for the head of the Metro Gang. Both reporters are trying to uncover who is setting fire to buildings in the West River neighborhood. The full truth, which neither will fully discover, is that the is gang financed by Lex Luthor (John Shea) who has plans to buy up real estate cheap and reinvent the waterfront as Lex Harbor.

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Daredevil – Dark Nights #1

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Daredevil - Dark Nights #1The eight-issue anthology series Daredevil: Dark Knights begins here with a three-issue arc from writer/artist Lee Weeks featuring a befuddled Daredevil mugged in a snowstorm who wakes up in the hospital with no memory of who he is or explanation for his enhanced senses.

The amnesiac aspect of the story is its weakest point, although it allows for a couple of humorous moments including a doctor and nurse opening their mystery man’s briefcase to learn they have an Avenger in their midst. Even without his full faculties Daredevil dons his costume and goes back into the blizzard to find a crashed helicopter with the heart needed to save a young girl’s life.

The triple-obstacles of Matt Murdock’s injury, the blizzard, and his amnesia (which also effects his acrobatic stunts) is a little much. I prefer Weeks art to the story, but there are enough nice touches here to not let me dismiss it out-of-hand. The first issue doesn’t do enough to sell me on the new limited series, but it doesn’t turn me off either. Depending on what else hits newsstands that week, I would consider picking up issue #2. Hit-and-Miss.

[Marvel, $2.99]

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Sinbad – Pilot

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Sinbad - Pilot

The short-lived BBC retelling of the journey of Sinbad makes its way to the shores of America this Summer courtesy of the Syfy Channel. The series, cancelled after a single season, stars Elliot Knight as a thief who flees his home following the accidental death of the son of a powerful lord (Naveen Andrews), as well as the death of Sinbad’s younger brother (Devon Anderson) and a curse bestowed on the young man by his grandmother (Janet Suzman) forcing Sinbad to a life on the high seas and unable to spend more than a single day at a time on land.

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The Newsroom – Season One

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  • Title: The Newsroom – The Complete First Season
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The Newsroom - Season OnePolitics and television have both been staples of Aaron Sorkin‘s previous television series. With The Newsroom the show’s creator examines both simultaneously. The HBO original series centers around moderate Republican news anchor Will McAvoy (Jeff Daniels) whose eruption about America’s shortcomings during a debate is used by his boss Charlie Skinner (Sam Waterston) to move the show to a more traditional news program whose main objective is to inform its viewers.

The change causes friction with the news program’s corporate owner (Jane Fonda) and a complete overhaul of the staff beginning with Skinner hiring Will’s ex-girlfriend MacKenzie McHale (Emily Mortimer) to produce. Also on board for the ride are Mac’s right-hand man Jim (John Gallagher Jr.), the often erratic Maggie (Alison Pill), and the other behind-the-scenes members of the news program (including Dev Patel, Adina Porter, and Margaret Judson).

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Astro City #1

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Astro City #1It’s been three years since co-creators Kurt Busiek and Brent Anderson have given us a new issue of Astro City, the series that (much like Planetary) focused on re-imagining of several comic characters while examining how normal people coexist and react to them. With the folding of DC’s WildStorm print, the many character from Busiek and Anderson’s universe find themselves a new home at Vertigo with the start of a new series that includes faces both old as new, and Astro City’s first contact with an alien presence who appears through a rather large door hovering over the city.

Although I wasn’t quite sold on the opening pages of Astro City #1 featuring the character of The Broken Man who narrates the new story, the comic quickly takes off with the introduction of the ridiculously cool American Chibi and the alien ambassador Telseth who comes through the door only after the various heroes and military resources have stopped trying to destroy it. Part Galactus, part Celestial, and with a definite Jack Kirby inspired design, Telseth, much like everything in Astro City is not what you would first expect.

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