So…I saw Jupiter Ascending over the weekend. I enjoyed it as a whole, but there was one nagging thing that kept taking me out of the movie. I’m going to try not to ruin the […]
Tag: superheroes
After Thanksgiving Special: Pop Nerd Culture Gone Fat
Thanksgiving is a time to let loose. But let’s just say the next couple of characters let loose a little too much. Alex Solis is a professional designer and illustrator and loves drawing iconic pop […]
Top 10 LGBT Book Characters: #5 – Thom Creed
5. Thom Creed – Hero The amount of LGBT fiction which is targeted toward young adults always seems surprising at first, although when you stop to think, it actually makes a lot of sense. The […]
Nerd Premiere: The Cape
Last spring NBC gave the ax to the one-time cultural phenomenon, Heroes, despite the fact that the channel was desperate for any random TV show due to Jay Leno failing to get the ratings that local affiliates needed for their evening news. During this time of serious upheaval at the corporate level, NBC decided that they needed another superhero show to fill the void of their DVR juggernaut. This nexus of unfortunate circumstances has led to the production of The Cape, an original show that pulls from the tropes of our beloved graphic medium in order to entertain us in a serialized, weekly format. But how successful is The Cape in standing on its own, outside of the shadow of past events?
Nerd Premiere: No Ordinary Family
No Ordinary Family is the latest television show from Greg Berlanti, creator of Eli Stone, Brothers and Sisters, and Everwood. The show will be the first that the public gets to see of how Berlanti is able to write superheroes, which is important because he is the screenwriter for the impending Green Lantern and Flash films. The cast has names and faces that nerds may be familiar with: Michael Chiklis was Ben Grimm/Thing in the first two Fantastic Four movies; Julie Benz was Darla in Buffy the Vampire Slayer; Jimmy Bennett played a young Captain Kirk in Star Trek; and if you think Kay Panabaker looks familiar, it’s because her sister controlled plants in Sky High. So with so much going for it how does No Ordinary Family stack up on its own and against it’s predecessor, Heroes?
