Imperial Privilege

I'm constantly conceiving and discarding story seeds, which has been the subject of many a blog post. But I (like to) think I'm finally zeroing in on a few concrete ideas that, at first blush, weren't related at all. Then I began to think more and more about them and saw how easily they could be sewn together as episodes in a much greater narrative.

The common theme? Shirou winds up fighting vampires in most of them.

But let's start at the beginning.

I've ...

HERE THERE BE SPOILERS

So I finished my YJ marathon, and I have to say that was a heartbreaker. Things really picked up as the show moved along, and the powers-that-be pull the cord after an incredible framework is being laid for season 3. It feels like that would have been the final season, too. How else are you going to top Darkseid?

The plans and counter-plans made the whole thing feel more like a game of chess than the usual, face-punching heroic antics. It gave ...

I'm way behind the curve on this show, but it's that Greg Weisman (Gargoyles)-helmed DC show that seemed to be trying to tap into the residual fan base from the much goofier Teen Titans show in a roundabout way.

Why, yes, I am a geek.

Eight episodes in and I'm disappointed. A show with YJ's creative staff behind it has no business being so ho-hum. It's not out-and-out awful, but it's very much a paint-by-numbers affair. The protagonists feel like archetypes more than ...

I'm on a Marvel comics movie kick right now.

I just saw X-Men Days of Future Past with my girlfriend last night, and we watched First Class together the night before so she wouldn't be going in blind. (She was there mostly for Jennifer Lawrence and Michael Fassbender. She remarked during First Class, "Man, I would fuck her.") All I'm missing now is the Wolverine-in-Japan movie, but the first Wolverine solo left a bad taste in my mouth. I'll probably get around to it ...