by JPGVerse | May 3, 2020 | Manga & Anime
The Crotchety Old Man Has Spoken: Finding “Toaru Majutsu No Index” I love when things happen naturally. I was up late, working, getting my ducks all in a row. It’s good to periodically put your notes in order and sync everything up. When you begin working,...
by JPGVerse | Apr 3, 2020 | Comic Books
The Crotchety Old Man Has Spoken: The Crotchety Old Man Returns! A while ago, I wrote a blog entitled “Black Like Me… Not!” and a reader responded to it, asking me to clarify my views. Now, either I was having a bad day, bad week, or bad month, I don’t know, but my...
by JPGVerse | Dec 27, 2019 | Movies & Videos
Rey shouldn’t have taken the Skywalker name at the end of the movie, but not for the same reasons you might think. Yes, Rey made out like a bandit – she got Luke’s family farm, Solo’s Falcon, and Poe’s droid – but the one thing she could have taken,...
by JPGVerse | Jun 16, 2013 | Comic Books, Movies & Videos
I’ve read and heard people claim MAN OF STEEL is “too dark.” I held my breath until I saw the movie. Now that I have seen it, and LOVE it, I am convinced more than ever that people, especially geek culture, suffer from short-term memory, and base their judgments...
by JPGVerse | Dec 27, 2012 | Comic Books
The reign of the AMAZING SPIDER-MAN is over with the release of #700, and I’m of two minds about it. First, for those not in the know, Amazing Spider-Man has been building towards the end of the series and the introduction of a new Spider-Man since #698. Yeah, Marvel...
