Too Much Awesome

Last week, I gave a crash course in how to appropriately cast a Hollywood adaptation of a popular franchise that originates in a separate medium than film. Well now I’m back, and as I promised and after giving it some thought, it is only fair that I now take my own shot at casting a [...]

Some say that Hollywood is running out of ideas, what with all the sequels, reboots, and adaptations in the makings this generation. Personally, I think there’s a lot more too it than that. Firstly, as an English major, I can confirm that humans have been retelling classic stories and myths since our earliest cultures. In fact, [...]

Cowboys and Aliens officially wins the award for the most awesome movie premise of the summer: take two of the most iconic action stars of this generation and the last, put them in a genre that has been practically begging for a comeback, sprinkle sci-fi onto it, and give helm to the director of one [...]

It has already been a whole year since we were given our first glance and a basic story premise for the continuation of Avatar The Last Airbender known as Legend of Korra, and from the sounds of it, it seems we got a whole other year of waiting on our hands before we see the [...]

By now, everyone knows all about the Avengers movie plans and how Iron Man, Hulk, Thor, and Captain America are all leading up to next year’s massive movie event. The first three films already came and went, and all three have thus far built the hype machine high (four films if you count Iron Man [...]

Last November, I was officially hired onto the writing staff here at Toy-tma, and my very first non-guest article was my review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1. Well it seems that I must have been riding a Firebolt through a time vortex since then because the last eight months separating it [...]

I have to say that in the last year, I have probably watched more anime than I have my entire life. Since I graduated last summer, I finished Samurai 7 (Awesome), Vandred (Annoying main character, but good story), Shikabane Hime (pretty good), Claymore (REALLY good), Girls Bravo (Dumb, but cute), all current 505 episodes of [...]

So this was me last September: “Ugh… I cannot believe I let my friend goad me into watching a 400+ episode anime series. What does he expect me to do? Not have a life? At the very least, this will kill time before the new Avatar series comes out next year. Alright let’s get this [...]

Damn. I just realized how many comic book superheroes are in town this Summer, on all fronts. We saw Thor in May, and he was awesome. The X-Men came back, and they were awesome. Captain America is still to come, and heck, even Cowboys and Aliens is based on a comic series. In the realm [...]

Gus is a good friend and a good writer. How is this quantified? Well, he was successful in convincing me, one of the most stubborn individuals you’ll ever meet, that I should give Avatar a chance. I refused and refused and refused, until I finally decided, “Hey, why not?” An intense marathon through the series [...]