Recent content by AdamYJ

I stopped reading regular superhero comics rather recently. I found that it just was too hard to keep up with it all and that I wasn't interested enough in their recent stories to want to. I do still pick up retro stuff from time to time. And I still read manga, specifically Food Wars. I'm...

Much like Pizzaface, Wyrm is another character from the old TMNT line that I never expected to see in this show. And I really didn't expect him to basically be turned into Mr. Mxyzptlk. The original Wyrm was a mutated garbage man or sewer worker depending on which version you were reading...

I actually read a preview of the prequel novel for this and they even drop in a line saying that some of the villains had to be brought back from the dead before they were imprisoned on the Island of the Lost (which kind of makes it sound like Disney heroes are practicing necromancy now, but...

Good ol' Muckman and Joe Eyeball! I remember the original action figure version from circa 1990. They came out around the same time as Mondo Gecko and Wingnut and Screwloose. It was an interesting take on him, too. They were kind of channeling a Ben Grimm vibe with this character by having a...

It’s kind of an evolution of trends, really. You’ll remember a while back that there was a trend toward revisiting classic stories, particularly fairy tales. It was probably kicked off by Gregory Maguire’s Wicked. However, it also extended into movies like Snow White and the Huntsman, Mirror...

So, between this and the IDW comic, I'm getting the feeling you can just call any team of TMNT side characters the Mighty Mutanimals. Or, at least, you have to have one original member. For those who don't know, the Mighty Mutanimals was a spin-off of the Archie TMNT Adventures comic that...

I don’t think she should be retired necessarily. However, I don’t think turning her into a kookyidiot was a good solution. You know whatI actually wanted Lola to be? An actualfoil for Bugs Bunny. Someone who canactually match wits with Bugs because she has some wits. Not a girlfriend or an...

So Karai’s a snake now. How long until Mikey starts calling her Scale Tail: http://turtlepedia.wikia.com/wiki/Scale_Tail_(1992_action_figure). It might not happen, but why give up apreviously trademarked action figure name?

Of all the characters to use on this show, I never expected them to use Pizza Face. Pizza Face was a villain from the original toyline. His bio card described him as being half-man/half-pizza. However, in appearance he just looked like this really ugly "mad chef" type of character (on this...

Me Neither. I have to say, I didn't care for this show's take on him, though. The comic version was a slave who was mummified alive as punishment for leading a rebellion. This version of N'Kantu is just an arrogant pharaoh. The former version has more pathos. I was glad to see they used a...

This was a pretty good origin episode for Metamorpho. It really got the "freak hero" element that was part of his earliest stories. I still wonder if we'll ever see a Metamorpho origin on TV that keeps the Orb of Ra part of it. So, we have Katana in the main cast and now Metamorpho, plus...

Well, Marvel seems intent on using Dracula as a super-villain whereas I'd prefer to use him as a regular horror villain. If I were to update Dracula's design I would start with the Colan design and update the hairstyle and facial hair, ditch the opera cape and dress him in a nice Armani suit or...

I think there's only one thing that can be said about this episode and it's this: I am Groot.

I had reservations about this episode. There's only so much you can do with vampires on kids' TV. They made up for that by really making the creepy atmosphere of the episode work. I'm not crazy about Dracula's current design (I prefer the old-school Gene Colan style), but he was still creepy...

I'd be up to seeing Arcade animated. I think he's a really fun villain. He does have a sort of "Silver Age DC" vibe most of the time, but that's what makes him stand out.