I am so ready to be hooked again. Hooked on a feeling and hooked on Marvel’s most entertaining “heroes” to hit the big screen: The Guardians of the Galaxy! I absolutely was blown away (in a really really really good way) by the first Guardians of the Galaxy. Marvel Studios completely hit that one out of the park with an incredibly entertaining movie that brought the Marvel Cinematic Universe into a new direction: outer space! And …
As a life-long comic book fan (Yeah, we were geeks ahead of our time), I feel like I’m living in a true Renaissance of Comic Bookdom. Oddly enough, the comics themselves are okay these days, but it’s the TV shows, movies and ludicrous amounts of comic merchandise that’s got me going gaga these days. I’ve loved every single Marvel movie, with a strong bias towards the Captain America ones. Netflix has blown me away with …
Everybody’s got a “Happy Place.” You know, that island in your mind you go to when you just need to get away and relax from the stress of life? Yeah, mine isn’t so much a place as it is a decade. I may have been born in the ’70s, but I grew up in the ’80s. I am most definitely a child of the Bubble Gum Decade. It’s crazy to me that it has been …
Superman’s one of the most powerful characters around. And for that very reason, I’ve never liked him. I mean, seriously? Super strength. Flight. Super speed. X-Ray vision. Heat Vision. Invulnerability. And that’s not even counting the ridiculously stupid powers he’s had over the years like Super Freeze Breath, a Super Kiss or even Super Hypnosis. How can you build up any compassion for a character who simply leaves all other super powered beings in the dust? You can’t. …
Did you guys enjoy the 3rd Annual Take Your Action Figure to Work Day last Friday? I had a blast bringing Homer with me. He was incredibly helpful, let me tell ya! Sure he stole tons of office supplies and slept through all my important meetings. But the big lug sure knew how to whip up a cup of coffee, let me tell ya! In honor of Take Your Action Figure to Work Day, Mommy’s …
