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  1. Villano

    Science Fiction Comics

    You don't need to look in the back issue bins for Killraven. It's being released as an "Essential". Volume 1 is out now (I have no idea how long the series ran, so I don't know if there's going to be a Vol. 2). Dark Hose also had a John Carter of Mars mini-series in the '90s. It might have...
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    Worst series ending concepts

    X-Files. M.A.N.T.I.S. - Blew up himself (and his girlfriend) in order to kill an invisible dinosaur. Dallas - My mom used to watch this show when I was a kid. I taped the final episode for her and watched it out of curiosity. It ends with an "It's A Wonderful Life" take off where J.R. is...
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    G.I. Joe Sigma 6??

    I have mixed feelings about the anime style. In some cases, I think the designs worked, like Snake-Eyes. In others, well, they aren't necessarily bad, but look so different that I don't care for them. For example, the look of the new Scarlet is perfectly fine, but it just isn't Scarlet...
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    Marvel culls mutants

    Marvel Comics Presents lasted a while. There was also Solo Avengers, but I'm not sure how long that ran. I can't really think of anything besides those two.
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    OK, here is the official I gave up on this series thread!

    I only watch a handful of TV shows, so I've already given up on most that I was disappointed in (Simpsons, Law & Order, etc.). There are a couple of new cartoons that I tried and stopped watching: Bobobo-Bo Bo-Bobo . I held on for 15 minutes, hoping that it would get better. It just got...
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    Nic Cage a Superman fan?

    Same thing happened to my dad once. Except they took money out of his paycheck for back child support. The thing is his cousin's name isn't even close to his, their birthdays are years apart, and their social security numbers are wildly different. Apparently, having the same last name and...
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    Nic Cage a Superman fan?

    Oh, I got that one beat. I saw a birth announcement years ago in a newspaper for a little girl named (first and middle name) Leather Princess. Why not just name your kid "Porn Star" or "Stripper"?
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    Justice League for Oct 1?

    I was thinking that there had to be some kind of production issue, too. It doesn't make sense to run several new JLU back-to-back, then not air any new ones until Jan and fill in the time with reruns of Naruto that aired only a half hour before that very night. :confused:
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    Decent Wednesday night programming?

    Ghosthunters in on Sci-Fi at 9pm. It's one of the few shows I look forward to each week.
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    Best Sword (Or any weapon type) Fights ever?

    Some that others have mentioned: Princess Bride Mark of Zorro Legend Of Drunken Master A few to add: Return Of The Jedi - The final battle between Luke and Vader is a favorite. Sanjuro - The sequel to Yojimbo. The duel between Sanjuro and the samurai at the end is over quickly, but...
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    fantasy movies with physic powers

    Sinbad & The Eye Of The Tiger, the one with Patrick Wayne (John's son). There's a blonde woman in it who uses telepathy. I think telepathy is mentioned in Hercules 2 with Lou Ferrigno. In the first, it's definitely not linked to magic (iirc, it's referred to as a science), but I'm not certain...
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    Movies that shouldn't have sequels, but do (and vice versa).

    Highlander, King Kong (the 70's remake), and The Matrix were three films that didn't need sequels since they ended in a way that makes it obvious the filmmakers had no plan in place for doing so (Kong died at the end of his film). Also, John Carpenter didn't intend to bring back Michael Meyers...
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    What shows got canceled before they had a chance....

    I forgot to put those two on my list. From what I understand, Night Stalker is finally getting a DVD release (unfortunately, the same can't be said for Werewolf). Oh, and does anyone remember Dracula, The Series? I loved that one when I was a kid. EDIT: And She-Wolf Of London! That one...
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    What shows got canceled before they had a chance....

    The Adventures Of Brisco County, Jr. The Flash. Pre-empted for sports and the first Gulf War and then bounced around the schedule. Nero Wolfe Mysteries. It actually ran for two seasons, but the reason I'm including it is because of the reason why it was cancelled. A&E decided to "change the...
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    Overdue realisations: Are you a dummy?

    Watching the reruns of Spider-Man & His Amazing Friends on Toon Disney, I realized that Firestar's secret identity was designed to look like Mary Jane. Speaking of cartoons, while I knew Super Friends' Black Vulcan was based on Black Lightning, I never noticed that Samurai and his wind powers...
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    Best Post-Gladiator Epic?

    Don't know. Don't care. :) No one really knows what happened. The story involves so many fantastic elements, you can't rely on that for a true account. After all, didn't the whole thing start because Paris was the judge in a goddess beauty contest (between Hera, Aphrodite, and Athena)? I...
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    Best Post-Gladiator Epic?

    To me, the Trojan Horse seemed out of place in the type of story they were trying to tell. They tried to make everything as realistic as possible by removing Gods and magic, but then you have a 50 foot tall horse which was constructed totally in secret, containing an army of completely silent...
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    Best Post-Gladiator Epic?

    The only film on the list that I saw was Troy. I thought it was pretty good. It did drag in spots, though. A reviewer described it as a throwback to the old "sword & sandal" films and I think that's a pretty good desciption. I know some people dislike it for trying to present a "real"...
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    mixed genre movie search

    Oblivion, a pretty fun sci-fi western written by comic writer Peter David. There's also a sequel, Backlash: Oblivion 2, but I haven't seen it. Speaking of sci-fi westerns, don't forget Westworld. This is true.
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    Region on PS2?

    Actually, you can buy an AR (Action Replay) Max. It's a cheat device for the PS2. It has a disc and memory card containing codes to hundreds of games (plus you can download more as they become available). Anyway, it supposedly allows you to watch any region DVD. According to it's ads: I...
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