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July 15, 2013
Moff vs. the Movies: Pacific Rim
Anyway, for this brief moment, I thought: What if right now, just before these bros could get into their giant robot, the monster struck, and it ate every single one of them? And it turned out the whole film was actually about an entirely different set of characters? Filed under: Josh Wimmer, movies, reviews
July 10, 2013
Orson Scott Card, Politics, Power, and Obligation
braak Let’s talk about Orson Scott Card. Okay! As many of you know, Card wrote a famous and popular book that will soon be released as a famous movie (whether it will be popular remains to be seen; my bet is yes). Orson Scott Card is also a famous bigot. I am not going to […]
TV Flashback: ‘Battlestar Galactica’ Season 2
"HAHAHA YOU DO NOT HAVE ROCKET THUMB CAPABILITIES: PROOF OF INFERIORITY"
July 2, 2013
World’s Edge, James Bond 25
World’s Edge ———————————————————————————————————- From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia This article is about the film. For other uses, see World’s Edge (disambiguation). World’s Edge Directed by Neil Blomkamp Produced by Michael G. Wilson Barbara Broccoli Screenplay by Neil Blomkamp Mark Boal Based on James Bond by Ian Fleming Starring Idris Elba Archie Panjabi Tom Hardy […]
June 24, 2013
Holland Versus ‘Man of Steel’
Goyer knows that Superman is generally associated with saving people, and not destroying the shit out of small towns, right?
June 17, 2013
Samuel French OOB Festival: Afterlife
braak My play, “Afterlife” is going to be in the Samuel French Off-Off Broadway Festival this year. Casey Conan, Hero of Art, has made this poster for it. You may recall that I had a play in this festival LAST year. Many of you were not able to come to NEW YORK CITY in order […]
Short Fiction: The Ineluctable Appetites of Youth
braak TODAY is Short Fiction Monday, I guess. Please enjoy this short story. Or don’t, you can do what you like in life, that’s none of my business. The Ineluctable Apettites of Youth There’s a vampire on my roof. Shit. I shouldn’t have started that way. And I definitely shouldn’t have written […]
June 14, 2013
Comics Primer: Superman (8 to read, 7 to avoid!)
The fact is this: Smallville Season 11 is probably the best Superman book being put out there.
June 13, 2013
Chris vs. Sobriety
braak Hahaha! Did you think that Threat Quality was only fun blog posts about comic books and movies? No! Also there is going to be painful, boring personal stuff that I will try to depress you with! Check back in later, I think Holland is going to say more stuff about comics tomorrow. I am […]
Good news! ‘Superman Unchained’ Isn’t Bad
Holland Look, I won’t lie: I came to DC’s new Superman comic, Superman Unchained (a title that really should be Superman Unchained! but then I am in charge of nothing) with a bit of dread. On the one hand, Scott Snyder’s been doing astounding stuff on Batman, managing to craft these big, epic stories that […]
