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Nothing Could Be Finer

We are back home from Oz. Well, not really from Oz, because if I could go there, it would be difficult to get me to leave. But we’re back from the CharlOz convention in Charlotte, North Carolina. The events took place … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Characters, Comics, Corporations, Education, Eric Shanower, Families, Feminism, Food, Jeff Rester, L. Frank Baum, Libraries, Magic, Magic Items, Mathematics, Music, Once Upon a Time, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Relationships, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged amusement parks, amy chu, angelica shirley carpenter, batman, carol gilligan, carousel, carowinds, charloz, conventions, danielle paige, dina schiff massachi, domestic violence, dorothy gale, dorothy must die, eric gjovaag, fairy ring lights, gita dorothy morena, glinda, great book of records, gregory maguire, heather greene, hiroe suzuki, holly humes, in flesh of burnished tin, international wizard of oz club, j. l. bell, james ortiz, jane albright, janet k. lee, jason black, jeff walker, judy bieber, katharine kittredge, laurence brenner, magic picture, margaret hamilton, mark i. west, martin gardner, matilda joslyn gage, megan lynn isaac, monarchy, nimmie amee, nome king, oz the great and powerful, ozma, paige gray, president richard nixon, return to oz, roller coasters, scarecrow, sea sirens, sky island, the characters of oz, the sea fairies, the tin woodman of oz, the wizard of oz (1939), the wonderful wizard of oz, the woodsman, tin woodman, vibiana cvetkovic, visart video, visitors from oz, walter squire, wicked, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz |

In Your Satin Tights, Fighting for Your Rights

I have finished watching the 1970s Wonder Woman, which looks to have been set up as a rather campy show in the vein of the 60s Batman, if perhaps not quite as silly. This is shown in the opening credits, … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, Music, Mythology, Technology, Television | Tagged amazons, amusement parks, batman, carolyn jones, cloris leachman, dc comics, debra winger, etta candy, eve plumb, frank gorshin, hippolyta, jessica walter, john saxon, lyle waggoner, lynda carter, martin mull, paradise island, robots, steve trevor, themiscyra, wonder girl, wonder woman, world war ii |

A Long Winter’s Kidnap

As it’s now the day after Christmas, alternatively known as Boxing Day, St. Stephen’s Day, the second day of Christmas, or, here in the United States, absolutely nothing (although Beth and I still get the day off because Christmas fell … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Christmas, Fairy Tales, Holidays, Music, Television, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged alf, alf's special christmas, batman, batman the animated series, christmas with the joker, hansel and gretel, joker, kevin conroy, kevin geeks out, mark hamill, nutcracker suite, paul fusco, robin, shelley winters, whoever slew auntie roo? |

Sisters Are Flying for Themselves

The Fire Keeper, by J.C. Cervantes – The sequel to The Storm Runner begins with Zane Obispo, his family, and his friend Brooks hiding out on a hidden tropical island. He finds out that the memoir he’d written at the … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Families, Feminism, L. Frank Baum, madeleine l'engle, Magic, Mayan, Mythology, Native American, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Prejudice, Rick Riordan, Technology | Tagged a wrinkle in time, ah-puch, aviation, batman, camazotz, don quixote, edith van dyne, hero twins, hurakan, j.c. cervantes, mona eltahawy, orissa kane, patriarchy, sexism, stephen kane, the fire keeper, the flying girl, the seven necessary sins for women and girls, the storm runner, zane obispo |

The Joker’s Not the Only Fool

Joker – SPOILERS! PRETTY MAJOR ONES AT THAT! My wife wanted to see this one, which is perhaps kind of weird considering that I’m the one who’s more into comic-based movies, and that there were rumors it was misogynistic (which … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Focus on the Foes, Health, Prejudice, Relationships, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged batman, batman (1989), clowns, dc comics, joaquin phoenix, joker, mental illness, misogyny, thomas wayne, zazie beetz |

Consider Yourself Debrotherized

Since I looked into possible meanings of the story of Cain and Abel not long ago, that led me to the TV Tropes page of characters named Cain, or variants thereof. There are a lot of them across various media, … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Comics, Families, Final Fantasy, Games, Humor, Judaism, Mario, Mayan, Mega Man, Mythology, Names, Native American, Relationships, Religion, Video Games | Tagged batman, bible, bob kane, brobot, cain and abel, cecil harvey, count bleck, dr. cain, dr. light, dr. toadley, dragoons, final fantasy iv, final fantasy the after years, genesis, golbez, juggernaut, kain highwind, kane, kukulkan, legacy of kane, luigi mario, mario and luigi: superstar saga, mavericks, mega man x, mr. l, nastasia, princess peach toadstool, professor charles xavier, psycho kamek, replicants, robots, rosa joanna farrell, serpent-seed doctrine, super paper mario, vampire the masquerade, vampires, white wolf, x-men, zemus |

Alien Archaeology

Rama II, by Arthur C. Clarke and Gentry Lee – The sequel to Rendevous with Rama sees a new Raman spacecraft appearing in the solar system seventy years later, and a crew going to investigate it. Lee, a scientist who … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Comics | Tagged arthur c. clarke, batman, catwoman, catwoman a celebration of 75 years, dc comics, gentry lee, kevin schillo, rama ii, rendezvous with rama, science fiction, superman, the tabernacle of legion |

Meeting at the Centre

So, I saw the Justice League movie, but not THAT one. Instead, it was the animated one from 2008, Justice League: The New Frontier, which I put on our Netflix queue years ago. There were several DC animated movies, all … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Monsters, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged aquaman, barry allen, batman, brooke shields, captain cold, dc comics, flash, green arrow, green lantern, hal jordan, jeremy sisto, justice league of america, justice league the new frontier, keith david, lucy lawless, martian manhunter, neil patrick harris, ray palmer, robin, spider-man, superheroes, superman, the toxic avenger, wonder woman |

Super-Battle of the Sexes

Batgirl: A Celebration of 50 Years – I didn’t really know that much about Batgirl, part of the tradition of female superheroes modeled after male characters, although she did have her own personality and motivations. The name Bat-Girl was first … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Book Reviews, Comics, Feminism, Gender, Humor, Names, Television | Tagged angel catbird, barbara gordon, batgirl, batgirl a celebration of 50 years, batman, betty kane, bob kane, captain marvel, carol danvers, cassandra cain, cats, chris claremont, gerry conway, henchgirl, j. jonah jameson, jim mooney, john buscema, johnnie christmas, kathy kane, kristen gudsnuk, margaret atwood, marvel masterworks, mary jane watson, ms. marvel, oracle, sal buscema, spider-man, tamra bonvillain |

The Brick Bat

The Lego Batman Movie – Lego has become a significant franchise apart from their actual plastic building bricks, and sometimes it really seems to complicate things. I mean, Lego Star Wars? Just pick one or the other! I’ve heard these … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Harry Potter, Humor, Monsters, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged alfred pennyworth, bane, batman, dc comics, godzilla, gotham city, joker, king kong, lego, phantom zone, ralph fiennes, robin, sauron, superman, the dark knight, the dark knight rises, the lego batman movie, tim burton, two-face, voldemort, wicked witch of the west |