Author Archives: Tony Frazier

Out of the Vault – The New Mutants

By 1983, the X-Men had become one of the top sellers for Marvel, so they naturally did what any company wanting to make even more money would do. They created a spin-off. The new series would be called The New … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – X-Men First Class

We’ve arrived at the final film (so far) in the X-Men series, X-Men: First Class. This was apparently first contemplated as another X-Men Origins movie, like that Wolverine travesty, this time focusing on Magneto. But it was expanded to include … Continue reading

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Out of the Vault – X-Men: Children of the Atom

Still dragging a day behind. Given the nature of tomorrow’s film, I figured it would be a good time to revisit this miniseries. In 1999, Marvel decided to revisit the founding of the original team of X-Men in a miniseries … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Part 2

Okay, it’s technically not Monday, but this has been a busy week. We are concluding our look back at X-Men Origins: Wolverine, the fourth film in the series. I have noted in the past, about films like Superman III and … Continue reading

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Video Vault #3 is Live

This was a bear to edit (trying different software), but I think they’re getting better. I have the next video in the series planned, but after that, I don’t have anything set. If there’s a topic you’d like to see … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – X-Men Origins: Wolverine

Moving on to the next title in our recap of the X-Men movie series. After the critical disappointment of X-Men: The Last Stand, it was apparent the series had lost its creative momentum, so someone decided the next move should … Continue reading

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Out of the Vault – Wolverine

Sorry for the late update. I had trouble deciding which title to cover until late in the process, because I wasn’t sure if I would get hold of tomorrow’s movie in time. So in the early 80’s, two of the … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – X-Men: The Last Stand, Pt. 3

We have somehow survived to the final segment of X-Men: The Last Stand. And I would like to stop being angry at the movie long enough to say that I understand where a lot of these problems are coming from. … Continue reading

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Video Vault #2: Jekyll and Hyde and McCoy and Walker

The second pass at video posting is up. I only did this one so soon after the last one because I got a subscriber to my channel. I bought a light to try to brighten things up, but I obviously … Continue reading

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Super Movie Monday – X-Men: The Last Stand, Pt. 2

Continuing our look back at X-Men: The Last Stand, the third in the series of X-Men films. The film actually didn’t start off too badly. There was decent action, a lot of familiar faces (both from the comics and from … Continue reading

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