Alan Rapp

Torchwood: Miracle Day – The New World

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Torchwood: Miracle Day - The New World

Torchwood has the unenviable task of following up Children of Earth (one of the best sci-fi stories I’ve seen told in any medium in recent years) with not only a change in network (at least here in the United States) after a long layoff, but also moving the characters themselves across the pond to America. It isn’t a reboot exactly, but it does feel like a brand new beginning.

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Batman and Robin #25

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batman-and-robin-25-coverThe most recent Red Hood storyline comes to a (somewhat disappointing) close in this issue. Whether events were cut short to make room for DC’s new reboot, or not, that’s certainly how things feel here.

Batman and Robin’s team-up with Jason Todd to save his former partner Scarlet runs into early snags as former hero turned crime boss turned… whatever the hell he is now repeatedly doublecrosses the Dynamic Duo.

The issue isn’t bad by any means, but it does have a rushed feel and is stuck with an anticlimactic ending that, given the looming reboot, will never truly be resolved.

That said, there are a couple of nice scenes where we’re given a look into Todd’s view of Dick Grayson, and vice-versa. This storyline, even when it has struggled at times has done a good job focusing on the differences between the first two Robins. Personally, I would have liked more of Damian‘s thoughts on Todd whose outlook is far similar to the Son of Batman than his current boss. With a look.

[DC, $2.99]

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Futurama – Law and Oracle

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  • Title: Futurama – Law and Oracle
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Tired of his dead-end job as a delivery boy, Fry (Billy West) sets out to find a new career… as a cop. Although I thought the previous episodes of this season were okay (if nothing special), here for the first time the show really delivers with an episode that spoofs everything from Police Academy to the original Tron. The only real disappointment to this episode is that it ends far too soon. Honestly, I wouldn’t mind seeing more of Philip J. Fry: Space Cop.

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Comic Rack

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It’s a new week so it must be time to talk about comics! Welcome to the RazorFine Comic Rack boys and girls. Pull up a bean bag and take a seat at feet of the master as we offer you this quick list of all kinds of comic book goodness set to hit comic shops and bookstores this week from all your favorite publishers including DC, Marvel, Dark Horse, BOOM!, Dynamite, Image Comics, and others.

This week includes Batgirl, Birds of Prey, Booster Gold, Deadpool, FF, Green Lantern, Hellraiser, Jughead, Memoir, New Avengers, Red Robin, Total Recall, the first issues of B.P.R.D.: Hell On Earth – Monsters, Captain America, Crawl to Me, DC Comics Presents: Batman – Gotham Noir, Doctor Who: A Fairytale Life, Dollhouse: Epitaphs, Executive Assistant: Orchid, Ghost Rider, The Red Wing, Ultimate Fallout, X-Men: Schism, and the final issues of Formic Wars: Burning Earth, The Green Hornet: Aftermath, Space Warped, and Ultimate Fallout.

Enjoy issue #136

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Horrible Bosses, average comedy

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  • Title: Horrible Bosses
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Horrible Bosses posterDon’t you wish you could kill your boss? Wouldn’t it be cool if you’re two best friends felt the same way and you all decided to go into it together? That’s the basic premise of Horrible Bosses, a foul-mouthed raunchy comedy that is neither as dark or as funny as it needs to be.

It isn’t that the movie is bad, I’ll admit to laughing at some of the ridiculous antics displayed on-screen. Not big laughs, but laughs none the less. The problem is it just isn’t that memorable.

One of the cardinal rules to screenwriting is to never mention or evoke memories of better movies, thereby reminding the audience of films they would rather be watching. A clever homage, maybe, but it can backfire at least as often as it succeeds. Namedropping movies the audience would rather be watching, yeah, that’s not such a great idea.

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