Crit. Hit: 2017

Thursday, December 28, 2017

Younger and Wiser: Examining the Mutation of Young Adult in Pop. Media

No genre stays young forever.

Universal Monstrosities: Studying the Cinematic Universe Outbreak

Be sure to stay for the post-credit stinger.

Happily Never After: 101 Dalmatians 2- Patches London Adventure

Oh my god, I found one that doesn't suck!

Fromage Christmas Special 2017: Christmas Inheritance

Daredevil season 3 would have been a better gift thank you very much Netflix.

Lightning Round: Winter Wonder Land

It's beginning to look a lot like Winter movie season.

"Star Wars: The Last Jedi" review

What does "Star Wars" mean to you?

Rogue One: A Superior Star Wars Story (Collaboration with MovieMan Madness)

The Awakening may have been monumental, but was it quite as good as the Rebellion built on hope?

Happily Never After: The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2

Your physical appearance doesn’t matter to Disney, only the contents of your wallet.

Fromage Fridays #44: Vanished- Left Behind: The Next Generation

A rapture that's hip for the kiddies..

Fromage Fridays #43: The Guardians

The second worst thing that Russia has subjugated the States to in the last year.

"Justice League" review

For better or worse, the initial road map for the “DC Extended Universe” has reached its conclusion.

Happily Never After: Cinderella II: Dreams Come True

And they live happily ever after…until they didn’t…yet somehow still did?

Fromage Fridays #42; Zombeavers

Honestly, I think this poster speaks volumes more than my intros ever could.

2017 Blowout Plans: A Crit Hit Update ('Cause one of these hasn't happened in... about a month)

As some of you may recall, last month I posted a loose slate of releases to come for the rest of the year.

While the slate does remain accurate (all of the projects to come in question will arrive before the close of 2017), the roll out on them will be slightly different than initially anticipated.

What does this mean for you the readers? Very little most likely.

"Thor Ragnarok" review

A war of Space Vikings never looked so colorful.

Story Cross Contamination: Can a Television Series Run with a Film Simultaneously?

Is it okay to pay $10 to watch big something you were already watching on the small screen.

Fromage Fridays #41; Cult of Chucky

I don't know if I was ready to play or not.

Lightning Round: Theater Halls of Horror

Because nothing says horror like murder, PureFlix, and of course, Sony.

Hidden Depths: Building a Better Spider-Man

It wasn't the Spider-Man we were hoping for but was it really that bad?

"Blade Runner 2049" review

Resisting. Urge. To. Make. Electric. Boogaloo. Joke.

"My Little Pony: The Movie" review (Featuring Manny Ramirez of MovieMan Madness)

(I REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, REALLY, WANTED TO LOVE THIS MOVIE!)

That Time of Year Once More: Another Crit Hit Update

Because the quarter doesn’t slip by without a state of my very small nation here on Crit Hit. It’s been a crazy ride since the end of the summer but I couldn’t be more equally terrified and excited for the things that I’m working on next so here’s a brief preview on what’s to come; some predictable and long coming, some surprises, and one major announcement that I’d be lying if I told you I hadn’t vomited in anxiety over. But it’s exciting anxiety so that makes it okay! Right?

Happily Never After: Lady and the Tramp 2- Scamp's Adventure

Maybe he'll be more content with house life if they get him fixed.

"Kingsman: The Golden Circle" review

If nothing else, it's the best "GI Joe" movie we're never going to get.

Lightning Round: When Seasons Roll on By

Such an oddly coincidental theme of parenting gone wrong.

Best of 2017 (thus far): A 2017 Progress Report (Part 2)

Den of Geek.com

Just 1 quarter more to go.

Days of Summer Past: A 2017 Progress Report (Part 1)

IGN.com

10 years ago, the theater experience was one of the things that I looked forward to the absolute most out of summer vacation. Today, all I’ve learned is that eventually, we all truly do have to grow up.

"It" review

I promise that jokes about "The Dark Tower" sucking will be kept to an absolute minimum.

"Inhumans" review

Marvel. Stop. Hiring. Scott. Buck.

Happily Never After: The Little Mermaid II: Return to the Sea

Far from better down where it’s wetter.

"Death Note" review

It’s schlocky, trashy, and unapologetically B-Movie in nature and presentation. I love it.

"The Defenders" review

Dark Avengers time.

TV's Grittiest Heroes: Recapping the Impact of the MCU on Netflix (Power Man and Iron Fist)

Attracting opposites in more ways than one.

TV's Grittiest Heroes: Recapping the Impact of the MCU on Netflix (Alias and The Man Without Fear)

While the films of the MCU have been reaping the benefits of a well fleshed out mythos and the interconnectivity of several self sustaining mythologies to regularly solid quality standards and financial success, the television shows never really came into their own until Netflix got involved with the franchise in 2015.

The ABC Network productions have been fairly rocky and time will tell if “Cloak and Dagger” can carve out a new niche in the Marvel Audience on the teen-centric Freeform Network but this weekend, the groundwork begun by the first season of “Daredevil” comes to fruition.

Since I’ve had the misfortune of being unable to cover the previous entries in a timely fashion, now would probably be as good a time as any to run down where I stand on them up to this point, if for no other purposes than to make the leg work of reviewing an entire season of a show culminating the events of 4 distinctly separate shows a tad bit clearer by providing context for my own entry.

These aren’t exactly detailed or deep, just a recap for the records of how I’ve felt about Marvel’s more successful foray into live action television.