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October 11, 2013October 11, 2013

Why Is There No Avengers Love For Captain Marvel?

I have been hard on DC for not releasing a Wonder Woman movie for a long time, but I decided that DC wasn’t the only major comic book movie house ignoring a major female superhero. I should be just as hard on Marvel for not releasing a Captain Marvel movie, or at the very least including her in The Avengers: Age of Ultron.

While it is true that Captain Marvel has not always been a woman, but she has been since the 80’s, and now they have cemented that by merging her with Ms. Marvel last year, which was kind of a no brainer. She may not be the most well known hero, and a lot of people confuse her with DC’s Captain Marvel (AKA Shazam), but she is as main line as it gets. Plus no other movie studios can lay claim to her. She is way more well known then the Guardians of The Galaxy which get their movie next year, and way more popular than Ant Man which is in pre-production.

What is great about her for a movie is that she can stand on her own, and she is not a part of X-Men or something. She plays well with Avengers, as a multitude of comic books can attest too, so working her in to the next movie just makes sense. She is one of the best heroes in Marvel’s catalog, and she is being left on the sidelines.

I know they are just movies, but I think it is time for one of the ladies to get up there and join the men in the spotlight. Captain Marvel can hold her own, she just needs a chance to prove it.

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Daniel adds his thoughts to the lack of female superhero movie’s today as well, but about Wonder Woman.

October 4, 2013December 21, 2015

My Book is Done! Sort Of…

Well after far too long, I have finished the base writing of my book. I have proof read it a couple times, but I will have to do it like 300 more times before I ship it off to a publisher. I am attaching it if you would like to read it. If you are feeling charitable you could send back any errors you find, but please do not feel obligated.

It has been a fun process, and I think I did a pretty decent job. This edition of my book has three more chapters and an epilogue. Plus there is now a thank you page.

Thanks for reading it!

Update 12-21-2015: My updated version can be found here.

September 27, 2013September 27, 2013

Get Taken in by Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

With the dawn of Fall every network starts trotting out their new shows, but only ABC had one that I couldn’t wait for. It is Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It would have caught my attention anyway by just being a prime time comic book live action TV show, but one that was created, written, and directed by Joss Whedon, I am in. So how did it do? It was very good.

The show follows the undead Agent Phil Coulson (Clark Gregg), most recently seen dying in the Avengers movie, as he builds a team to seek out the strange and weird, and either trying recruit it, or trying to keep it from killing people. As always the team is made up of the best people they can find, but the best don’t always play nice together.

The show got off to a good start, but like most pilots it gets weighed down explaining who everyone is and what the show is about to be truly great, so I think the best is yet come. The show is giving off a Warehouse 13 sort of vibe with its kind of campy charm, but instead of just seeking out artifacts the Agents could be searching out anything or anyone.

It was about time that Marvel made a live action TV show after DC has had a lot of success with their own recently, and a spinoff starring S.H.I.E.L.D makes a ton sense. It allows for smaller scale stories, but still all wrapped up in the same universe. I will be tuning in.

September 26, 2013

Can You Weather A CyberStorm?

CyberStorm is book that came out in March of this year, and it was written by Matthew Mather. It was a great change of pace from the fantasy books I had been reading, and if the thought of cyber-warfare is something that interests you it is a must read.

The story follows Mike Mitchell as he is forced to try and keep his friends and family alive in New York. It has been hit by a real physical storm, and an internet attack by an unknown assailant that has taken down all power and communication. It has plunged NYC back in to the dark ages.

Since I work in IT, I am usually put off by books or movies about cyber attacks because they are completely wrong about how it is done, but CyberStorm must have been well researched because it is quite realistic in how it portrays the attacks. Like all disaster books it is still a little far fetched, but plausible none the less.

The characters are well developed and believable, and the depictions of New York without power or law are chilling. My only complaint would be that it gets a little to talky at the end, but that is just a minor nit pick.

If you own a Kindle you can get this book for free on the Kindle lending library, or you can buy it for $2.99, so it is well worth the price, and if you don’t like to read you can just wait for the movie Fox is making out of it, which should be a fun flick.

September 9, 2013September 9, 2013

Shmee Takes a Tour of Tormay!

Being in a Kauai affords you a lot of down time, so while I was there I read the Tormay Trilogy: The Hawk and His Boy, The Shadow at the Gate, and The Wicked Day. They were all written by Christopher Bunn. Like a lot of indie books, none of these books tells a complete story, and they were meant to be read together, but since I got them all as part of my indie book bundle that was not a problem.

The story follows a young thief named Jute. While doing a job for the Thieves Guild he unknowingly opens a box containing a magical knife. He accidentally cuts himself on the knife, and is soon on journey to save the land of Tormay from the Dark with his new friend The Hawk.

At first when I started to read this book I was a little put off by its generic nature. Young orphan who finds out he is special, save the world from the Dark, gods of Wind, Sea, Earth and Fire, and words of power, but Christopher Bunn’s excellent writing won me over. He wrote the characters so well, I didn’t care that they are all a little familiar, and he developed his lore for the land of Tormay so well that you could almost believe that it was real place. Even his magic system made sense.

If you are looking for a good fantasy novel to read, you could do a whole lot worse than the Tormay Trilogy. Like most indie books the first book in the series is free right now on the Amazon store, or if you want the entire trilogy it is only $3.99, so it is cheap reading no matter how you get it. I will no doubt be looking up more of Christopher Bunn’s books.