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New York Abstains

SPOILER WARNING for everything contained herein. Thor: Love and Thunder – I was looking forward to seeing this one, and while it was enjoyable enough, I felt like there just wasn’t that much there. It combines two stories, that of … Continue reading →

Posted in american revolution, Animals, Arabian, Comics, Greek Mythology, History, Holidays, Humor, Music, Mythology, Norse, Politics, Prejudice, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged 1776, afterlife, asgard, baldur, captain marvel, carol danvers, clandestines, death, declaration of independence, eternals, goats, gorr the god butcher, guardians of the galaxy, indepdence day, indigarrians, inhumans, jane foster, jinn, kamala khan, korg, kronans, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, ms. marvel, necrosword, odin, omnipotence, omnipotence city, president john adams, president thomas jefferson, ragnarok, richard henry lee, russell crowe, second continental congress, sherman edwards, slavery, the god butcher, thor, thor love and thunder, valhalla, valkyrie, weapons, william daniels, x-men, zeus |

The Multiversal Trendsetter

SPOILERS for all four movies! Soft & Quiet – A group of annoyingly entitled women meet up for a new group, which turns out to be a white supremacist organization. They use the standard racist rhetoric, with all its obvious … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Cartoons, Characters, Comics, Corporations, Families, Humor, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Relationships, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged america chavez, black bolt, bobcat goldthwait, bruce campbell, captain america, captain marvel, cowardly lion, doctor strange, doctor strange in the multiverse of madness, dr. christine palmer, dr. jonathan ohnn, dreamworks, fantastic four, gwen stacy, illuminati, inhumans, ironic racism, jane horrocks, jason priestley, kathy griffin, leonardo da vinci, lion of oz, lion of oz and the badge of courage, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, miguel o'hara, miles morales, monica rambeau, multiverse, patrick stewart, peggy carter, peni parker, peter parkedcar, peter parker, professor charles xavier, racism, reed richards, roger baum, sam raimi, scarlet witch, silly ozbuls, soft and quiet, spider-ham, spider-man, spider-man across the spider-verse, spider-man into the spider-verse, spider-man noir, spider-punk, superheroes, tim curry, vulture, white supremacy, wicked witch of the east, wizard of oz, x-men |

Superheroes and Dinosaurs (But Not in the Same Movie)

X2: X-Men United – Beth and I saw the first X-Men movie in the theater back when we first started dating; I think it might have been the first time we went to the movies together. We both knew the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Comics, History, Humor, Music, Revisiting Disney, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged apatosaurus, dinosaurs, ernest borgnine, jean grey, john ratzenberger, magneto, marvel comics, mystique, nightcrawler, paths of glory, pixar, professor charles xavier, rogue, sam elliott, stanley kubrick, super fuzz, superheroes, terence hill, the good dinosaur, tyrannosaurus, velociraptors, war, william stryker, wolverine, world war i, x-men, x2: x-men united |

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 |

Basic Cable

Deadpool 2 – I had originally wanted to see Solo yesterday, but I waited too long to buy tickets and it was sold out, which is strange for an alleged box office flop. Maybe I’ll see it next week. Anyway, … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Humor, Prejudice, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged black tom cassidy, cable, colossus, deadpool, deadpool 2, domino, firefist, josh brolin, juggernaut, marvel comics, mister sinister, negasonic teenage warhead, x-men, yukio |

Mooks, Monkeys, and Mercs

My Blue Heaven – Rick Moranis was one of Beth’s first crushes, and she’s still a fan, but she hadn’t seen this before. I actually had, but I didn’t remember it all that well. It stars Steve Martin as an … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged brad pitt, bruce willis, colossus, deadpool, marvel comics, my blue heaven, negasonic teenage warhead, rick moranis, rob liefeld, ryan reynolds, steve martin, terry gilliam, the magic of oz, time travel, twelve monkeys, x-men |

Every Disability Conceals a Vocation, Except the Ones That Don’t

While reading Ana Mardoll’s deconstruction of the Chronicles of Narnia, I came across this quote by a moderator who goes by Chris the Cynic, which I felt was worth sharing: During my insomnia last night I watched the movie Wreck … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, C.S. Lewis, Christianity, Chronicles of Narnia, Comics, Health, Prejudice, Religion, Sexuality | Tagged ana mardoll, autism, bible, daredevil, deconstruction, disability, healing, homophobia, homosexuality, jane foster, jesus, marvel comics, professor xavier, signs, sin, thor, touch, vanellope von schweetz, wreck-it ralph, x-men |

Mutation Sensation

I’ve said before that most of my knowledge of the X-Men franchise comes from the 1990s cartoon, but I did recently check out a few collections of the comics from the library. The X-Men comic started in 1963, created by … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Prejudice | Tagged bishop, cerebro, civil rights, dark phoenix saga, days of future past, jack kirby, jean grey, kitty pryde, magneto, malcolm x, martin luther king, mastermind, mutants, mystique, phoenix, phoenix saga, professor xavier, senator robert kelly, stan lee, wolverine, x-men |

The X-Games

Back in the early 1990s, my brother and I would often go to the arcade at the mall, where a lot of the games were beat-’em-ups based on licensed characters. Turtles in Time, later ported to the Super Nintendo, had … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Comics, Television, Video Games | Tagged blob, brotherhood of evil mutants, colossus, dazzler, iceman, juggernaut, kitty pryde, magneto, marvel comics, nightcrawler, professor xavier, pyro, sabretooth, sentinels, storm, the simpsons arcade game, turtles in time, wolverine, x-men |

The Cold Never Bothered Me Anyway

Frozen – This was the highest-grossing animated film of all time, but Beth and I didn’t get around to watching it until last night. The idea was originally to make a movie based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Snow Queen,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Fairy Tales, Revisiting Disney, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged anna of arendelle, Demi Lovato, elsa of arendelle, frozen, get a horse!, hans christian andersen, Idina Menzel, kristoff, mickey mouse, netflix, olaf, superman, sven, tangled, the snow queen, trolls, walt disney, x-men |