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

Posted on February 18, 2013 by Tony Frazier

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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Out of the Vault – Ex-Mutants #1

Posted on February 16, 2013 by Tony Frazier

Once the new X-Men began their skyrocket to popularity in the late 70’s, it was inevitable that they would become the objects of parody. And one of the most popular parodies (one that will never appear in Out of the … Continue reading →

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Super Movie Monday – X-Men: The Last Stand

Posted on February 11, 2013 by Tony Frazier

Last week, we wrapped up our discussion of X2, but I got in a hurry, so I never really gave an overall summation. But basically, X2 did pretty much everything a sequel is supposed to do. It brought back all … Continue reading →

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Video Vault: An Experiment

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Tony Frazier

There will not be a regular Vault today, because I did this thing. And yes, there’s a laundry of things wrong with it: bad lighting, bad framing, my own inexperience on camera. And there are a lot of things I … Continue reading →

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Super Movie Monday – X2, Part 3

Posted on February 4, 2013 by Tony Frazier

Time for the concluding chapter to our look back at X2 (also known as X2: X-Men United). When we left off, the X-Men were in Canada, teamed up with Magneto and Mystique to rescue Professor X and Cyclops from the … Continue reading →

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Out of the Vault – Amazing Adventures #12

Posted on February 2, 2013 by Tony Frazier

So, to see if you’ve been paying attention, a little pop quiz. Name this character: he’s an X-Man, heals instantly from wounds, flies into murderous rages, and has funky hair that sweeps back and up into two points. And never … Continue reading →

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Super Movie Monday – X2, Pt. 2

Posted on January 27, 2013 by Tony Frazier

Continuing our recap of X2, the Marvel mutant sequel directed by Brian Singer. When we left off last week, Professor Charles Exxxavier and Cyclops had been captured by Stryker,  Nightcrawler had been captured by Jean Grey and Storm, and a … Continue reading →

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Out of the Vault – X-Men: God Loves, Man Kills

Posted on January 26, 2013 by Tony Frazier

Over on Super Movie Mondays, we’re currently in the middle of a three-part look at X2, Bryan Singer’s sequel to his X-Men, which kicked off the current superhero movie boom. And as I mentioned on Tuesday, X2 was based in … Continue reading →

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Super Movies – X2: X-Men United

Posted on January 22, 2013 by Tony Frazier

Since Out of the Vault was late, I thought I’d drag this by a day as well, to give people time to read the other thing. Continuing our coverage of the X-Men series of films, we visit the second film … Continue reading →

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Out of the Vault – The Inferior Five

Posted on January 20, 2013 by Tony Frazier

Sorry this is late. I’m having technical difficulties with my house. On Monday, I mentioned The Toad, an X-Men villain who wore a lame jester-style outfit. Every now and then, somebody tries to bust out the jester look on a … Continue reading →

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