Max Landis keep publishings his unlikely-to-ever-be-made screenplay ideas, so I figured I’d share one of my own. This was the full story outline for my “Motormouth” movie which I mailed to Disney/Marvel. Motormouth is a wholly obscure character from the UK division of Marvel, which had a brief boom of new characters in the mid-1990s. I took it upon myself, as a personal challenge, to come up with an appealing story for Motormouth, and I think I succeeded. (more…)
Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark
Theater review by: Witney Seibold
So I got back from New York recently, and I was able to, thanks to a stroke of luck, get into see Julie Taymor’s new musical “Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark” for relatively cheap. I am now here, dazed, able to offer up to my loyal readers, a run-down on the experience. Strap in tight, though, ’cause things are about to get nutty. (more…)
The Top-10 Blooperheroes
Article by: Witney Seibold
Superhero movies and TV shows are everywhere these days, and comic book culture is pretty much mainstream culture, where once it languished on shelves, and stayed in the back corners of the mass consciousness. Just as common as superheroes, though, are the hilarious offshoots of blooperheroes; the superhero spoofs that poke fun at the on-the-surface ridiculousness of the form. When I was a teenager, I did love me some superheroes, but I was just as drawn to the absurdist skewering offered by the character on this list. (more…)
Ranking the ’90s Kids WB Comedy Cartoons
Article by: Witney Seibold
I have gotten into several arguments with friends about which is superior between “Animaniacs” and “Tiny Toon Adventures.” This is one of those arguments that has no real solution, as everyone will have their own taste, but it’s just the right kind of argument for Geekscape, where picking apart the objects of our affection is a regular practice. These cartoons ware well-remembered by all, and giving the, compare-contrast treatment is an unexpected delight. (more…)
The Top-10 Movie Gimmicks
Article by: Witney Seibold
We’ve all noticed the unfortunate proliferation of 3-D, haven’t we? I say “unfortunate” because I feel that Hollywood has been doing it wrong. (more…)
The Top-7 cliches from Michael Bay Movies
Article by: Witney Seibold
I did see the third of the “Transformers” movies, and it was not a proud moment. (more…)
The Top-10 Living Cars
Article by: Witney Seibold
“Cars 2” was released this week, and it’s still really weird to me that there are no people in this universe. Living cars creep me out a little bit. (more…)
The Top-10 Weirdest Superhero Weaknesses
Article by: Witney Seibold
One of the few things I remember about The Green Lantern, mostly culled from half-forgotten memories of bad cartoon shows and playground gossip, was that, in addition to being able to control the color green, had a weakness to the color yellow. This seemed to me, even at the time, a weird, weird weakness to have. (more…)
The Top-10 Worst Fictional Schoolteachers
Article by: Witney Seibold
And while you’re having fantasies about your wished-for awesome fictional teachers, let me bring you crashing back down to the cold, cold grund with this list of horrible schoolteachers from films, TV and books. These are people who are lazy, shiftless, inattentive, egotistic, and, at the very worst, outright abusive. And they’re your teacehrs. Happy nightmares kids. (more…)
The Top-10 Best Fictional Schoolteachers
Article by: Witney Seibold
Everyone’s had this experience: You’re in the middle of a blissfully unproductive summer vacation, playing with friends, organizing water balloon battles, and planning on which flavor of ice cream to buy, when you’re confonted by the horrifying and thudding sight of a Back-2-School-Sale sign. All of a sudden, the mortality of your Summer Vacation is thrown into stark relief, and you can’t help but think of school. (more…)
Three Cheers for Darkened Years! 