May 12, 2016DC Comics, DC vs. Marvel, Marvel Universe, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction DC vs. Marvel: Entertainment Value Stories must accomplish one thing. They need to engage the audience. That goes for movies, books, TV shows—everything. And to engage the […]
February 1, 2016Movies, Superheroes 10 Movie Clichés that Drive Me Crazy We all have them. Pet peeves that drive us crazy, ranging from eye-roll status to hair-pulling territory. At times, they drive us to […]
July 6, 2015Geeky Stuff, Speculative Fiction, Stories Entertainment as King, Believability as Servant There are people like Spock in the world. The rational, logical, sensible, reasonable people, who would point out that the preceding sentence […]
June 29, 2015Characters The Supermodel Syndrome of Entertainment Entertainment—meaning books and movies—has a problem. Actually, it has a horde of problems worse than a pack of orcs, but the one […]
June 10, 2015Fantasy, Science Fiction, Speculative Fiction Science Fiction and Fantasy Aren’t for Everyone *FYI, writing that title caused me to shed tears*… Just kidding. Not everyone likes, or should like, science fiction and fantasy. I […]