Author: Spike
REVIEW: Netflix’s Cowboy Bebop Season 1, Episode 1 – “Cowboy Gospel”
After getting shortchanged on the fee for a bounty, Spike and Jet head to New Tijuana on the trail of another mark — but they’re not the only ones. -Netflix The controversial adaptation of Cowboy Bebop, one of the most celebrated cartoons ever, has made its way to Netflix‘s streaming ...
Read MoreThe Real Folk Blues: Cowboy Bebop’s Anime Legacy
Autumn, 2001: North America’s paradigms were changing, never to look back again. The ruling party changed in Mexico for the first time in almost 80 years, the USA was attacked by Islamist terrorists… and a peculiar cartoon from Japan made its way into the TV sets of the territory. Cowboy...
Read MoreREVIEW: Guilty Gear -STRIVE- Season 1 (2021)
Released on June 11th, 2021, Guilty Gear -STRIVE- and its first season is dominating the FGC’s online scene. The COVID-19 situation hasn’t stopped the indie fighting game from becoming ArcSys’ most successful title, with 500,000 units sold across PS4, PS5, and Steam. With more than...
Read MoreREVIEW: Masters of the Universe: Revelation (2021)
Mattel’s classic franchise has returned through the streaming giant Netflix and its animated series Masters of the Universe: Revelation, with Kevin Smith — Hollywood’s darling fanboy — taking the reins as the showrunner of the ambitious animation project. Sadly, the ambition was misp...
Read MoreIs Kevin Feige’s Development of the MCU a Myth?
The phrase “Captain Marvel is the most powerful character in the MCU” was a popular Kevin Feige quote from an interview with Vulture to promote that character’s already controversial film. These types of statements are dumb since a character’s diegetic power levels are irrele...
Read MoreThe Chinese Box Office Delusion
Billions of potential Chinese moviegoers, billions of dollars to be made… Sounds like a winning combination, right? A no-brainer. Maybe that’s been the problem; it appears no brains have been used to study the implications of pursuing the Chinese box office. Hollywood has always assumed it’s j...
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