(And yes, 20 years ago Picard had a full head of hair)
By Its Cover #5: We Believe In Textless Covers (Part 4) – Textless Goes To The Movies
This is the third season in a column that judges a book by its cover. Catch up on the current season, or view the complete archive. We’ve looked at textless comic covers and textless album covers, but what about other media? Video games, to my knowledge, have yet to do a textless cover outside of reversible covers, […]
Ghostbusters (1984) “I meant to call earlier, is this a bad time?”
Once again, I’m catching up with the rest of the world and watching a beloved classic WAY later. This time, Ghostbusters! Obviously there will be some spoilers, but it’s been nearly 35 years, so… I walk by the New York Public Library almost every day, sometimes I like to sit by one of the lions […]
Ivan Reitman Speaks About the Ghostbusters Crossover
Currently on shelves is the Ghostbusters 101: Everyone Answers the Call tpb, wherein the males Ghostbusters team from the ’80s crossovers over with the female Ghostbusters team of the more recent film. And isn’t it interesting what ’80s Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman has to say about it? “I’ve always wanted to meld the two worlds. I […]
Crisis On Multiple Ghostbusters: The Cross-Over is Crossing Over
You may have noticed there have been a few different versions of the Ghostbusters over the year, between film and animation. IDW is having those different version cross-over in Ghostbusters: Crossing Over. I bet they think they’re pretty punny, coming up with that title. No word if John Edward will have a cameo. Official PR follows: […]
31 Days of Halloween: Binge-Watch Stranger Things 2
Planning to stay in this Halloween? Then there’s no better time to watch the second season of Stranger Things. The weather in NYC being crummy as it was yesterday provided to perfect excuse to finish it last night. Won’t spoil anything major, but while the second season definitely has some notable flaws, it’s still more […]
NYCC ’17 – Hand Over Your Wallet – The Coolest Exclusive Merch of NYCC 2017
Exclusives. Getting a hand on them can be some of the most exciting (and most infuriating) parts of conventions. New York Comic Con is definitely not lacking in exclusive merchandise. I winnowed the exhaustive list of exclusives merch at the show to the 10 coolest exclusives you’ll find inside the walls of the Javits Center […]
SDCC ’17 Watchtower Roundup: Walking Dead TV Art; The ’16 Ghostbusters Get Their Own Title; TokyoPop Imports Bloodivores; Bloodshot: Salvation Preview
A few more notes on things we’re seeing from orbit on monitor duty in The Beat’s Watchtower: The may have cancelled the Walking Dead panel, but we’ve got some art for the two TV versions… The 2016 “Answer the Call” crew Ghostbusters get a 5 issue miniseries called Ghostbusters: Answer the Call (you guessed the titled, […]
Mattel says lady Ghostbuster toy sales were “strong”
Among the other civilization-ending fears about the lady Ghostbusters film was that the unsold toys from Mattel would cause an overspill at landfills around the globe, leading to poisoned water and worldwide starvation. Luckily that didn’t happen!
Review: Ghostbusters (2016) is funny so go away haters
In case you don’t want to read to the end of this: the new Ghostbusters is far more entertaining than Ghostbusters II, which isn’t saying much, but it’s not quite as entertaining as the original because the original was ORIGINAL. But first, I know you’re not supposed to review the actual act of seeing a […]