In the first of a new series here at Flickering Myth looking at classic comic book story arcs, Jessie Robertson explores ‘The Night Gwen Stacy Died’… Issues: The Amazing Spider-Man #121-122 (June-July 1973) Writer: Gerry Conway Pencil Art: Gil Kane Inking: John Romita Sr/ Tony Mortallero “She was young, she was beautiful, she was innocent […]
Peter Shinkoda joins Marvel’s Daredevil
Well, the Marvel news just keeps on coming. Hot on the heels of the first-look images from Avengers: Age of Ultron [see here and here] comes word from Deadline that Peter Shinkoda (Falling Skies, Godzilla) has secured a major recurring role as Hachiro in Marvel’s first Netflix miniseries Daredevil. Shinkoda joins a cast that so […]
Gotham will reportedly feature a potential Joker in each episode
Over the weekend, Bleeding Cool posted some images from the pilot episode of FOX’s Gotham, showing a stand-up comedian (played by relative unknown Jon Beavers) who the site speculated could potentially be our first look at the future Joker. If you’ve been following the development of the Batman prequel series, then you may be aware […]
The Flickering Myth Reaction to Thor’s Sex Change
The Flickering Myth writing staff weigh in with their thoughts on Marvel’s change to Thor… It was announced yesterday that Thor would be getting quite the make-over and a female will be taking over the mantle of The God of Thunder. As tweeted yesterday by Jason Aaron, this is not “She-Thor” or “Lady-Thor”, this is […]
Megan Fox responds to criticism of her casting in Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
It’s fair to say that director Jonathan Leibesman (Wrath of the Titans) and producer Michael Bay’s (Transformers: Age of Extinction) upcoming reboot Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles has come in for its fair share of criticism, whether it be the early talk of changing the Turtles’ origins to have them as aliens, or the casting of […]
Kevin Feige talks about Avengers Tower
Yesterday we brought you a breakdown of the footage we saw for Avengers: Age of Ultron and how Joss Whedon called Avengers Tower “the most beautiful set” he had ever worked on. In an interview with IGN, Marvel producer Kevin Feige talked about it a little more. Warning – spoilers for the end of Captain […]
Comic Book Review – Star Trek: Flesh and Stone
Villordsutch reviews Star Trek: Flesh and Stone… “The Six Doctors.” When a Starfleet medical conference is crashed by a deadly metamorphic virus, Doctors Beverly Crusher, Julian Bashir and Katherine Pulaski have to race against time…to find a cure. The answers lie in the distant past, deep within the files of Dr. Leonard McCoy! All of Star […]
Comic Book Review – 2000AD Prog #1890
Luke Graham reviews 2000AD’s Prog #1890… Borag thungg, Earthlets! Prog 1890 of 2000AD is packed to the gills with thrills and spills, but which strip delivers the most? Speaking of deliveries, in part two of Sinister Dexter, Finnigan Sinister has to escape from delivery company Congo after his cover is blown. Swiftly dispatchingfive security guards […]
Seth MacFarlane and Ted being sued for copyright infringement
It’s been two years since Seth MacFarlane’s Ted hit the screen and his latest A Million Ways to Die in the West has been and gone, but it looks like the writer and director – along with Universal Pictures and Media Rights Capital – are being sued for copyright infringement. The suit was filed by Bengal […]
Don’t Turn Out The Light: Is David Fincher Still Afraid of the Dark?
Martin Carr on the work of David Fincher… ‘I’m interested in films that scar’ February 96’ (Empire Magazine) ‘I’m not interested in the guy on his own, in a dark room sharpening his knives’ (Zodiac Commentary) At the heart of David Fincher is a contradiction. Beneath his meticulous approach and need for perfection is a […]
