For a guy who’s trying to build up Arizona’s Geek Culture, it can feel like a kick in the gut when nerd havens shut down – especially when I’ve gotten to know some of the owners. (This article originally appeared on LightningOctopus.com — please leave your comments on the original post there.)
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Relativity Media will produce a live-action movie based on Hasbro’s classic elastic action figure, Stretch Armstrong.
“We are absolutely thrilled to partner with Hasbro, a company whose global reach and ability to innovate has made them immensely successful in the arena of brand re-imagination– as evidenced by their legacy of creating such franchises as Transformers and G.I. Joe,” said Relativity co-president Tucker Tooley in a statement. “We look forward to bringing Stretch Armstrong to audiences worldwide.”
“Stretch Armstrong is a great example of Hasbro’s rich portfolio of intellectual properties that we are …
There’s little question that climate change (formerly known as global warming) is the real deal. The Earth’s average temperature has increased by 1 degree Fahrenheit over the last 100 years or so. While that might not seem like much, it’s enough to cause widespread chaos and flooding across the globe. Some of the more remote and colder areas in the globe are heating up even faster, causing icecaps to melt, polar bears to become homeless, and oceans to invade our homes. Warmer oceans create conditions for larger and more intense …
As any current comic reader can tell you, most companies like Marvel and DC shell out annual books that have a universe-spanning story that involves all or most of their major characters. These overgrown story-tyrants have been dubbed Events. In the past there have been moments where this made sense like Crisis of Infinite Earths from DC Comics or Avengers Disassembled from Marvel. Since then, Events have become a constant one-ups-man after another, creating an incredible amount of degradation in storytelling.
Basically, we’re at the point where they kill off big …