In a summer ruled and dominated by hype for a Dark Knight, Iron Man was initially looked upon as just another super hero at best. Then people saw the movie and thanks to a career resurrecting performance by Robert Downey Jr., it has joined the elite ranks of Superman, Spider-Man, Batman Begins, and X-Men as an intelligent, fun, and defining movie in the Super Hero genre. So of course a sequel was inevitable. As if the standards of the first Iron Man weren’t high enough, remember the company that movie keeps. In addition to being defining takes on the Super Hero genre what else do Superman, Spider-Man, Batman Begins, and X-Men have in common with one another? Their sequels arguably surpass their predecessors. So, as you can see, Iron Man 2 has some pretty high standards to live up to. To keep things simple Iron Man 2 is not better than Iron Man. Does that make it a bad movie? Absolutely not. Is it good? Yes. Should you see it? Yes. And I’ll tell you why…Warning: Some Spoilers ahead! (more…)
At long last the Wrestlemania Fan Script is here. Will Bret Hart finally get his revenge on Vince? Will the streak of Shawn Michael’s career end? and Will the Legend, the Franchise, or the Future prevail in the Triple Threat match for the Unified Heavyweight Championship? Click below to find out. And once you’ve read the fan script check out my commentary on the actual show. 
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Another Interpretation of the LOST Finale
Posted: June 8, 2010 in Celebrity, Comics, Commentary, Entertainment, Reviews, Science Fiction, TVTags: ABC, Ben Linus, Claire, CS Lewis, Evangelline Lilly, Hurley, interpretations, Jack Shepherd, Jacob, John Locke, Kate, Lost, LOST Finale, Matthew Fox, Narnia, Reviews, Sayid, the Island, the Man In Black, the Others
By Todd Matthy
Everybody has their opinion about the finale to one of the greatest TV shows ever, LOST. Some were disappointed while others think it was the best ending ever and some were just…lost (yes I went there). Anyway, we all have our personal interpretations so I’ve decided to share mine with you. As a literature major, science fiction fan, and writer I came into with the realization that I would on some level be disappointed. Why? Because we’ve reached the end of a story, a story I, like so many of us, had my own theories and personal interpretations of. A story that brought hours of conversation with fellow fans to see how similar or different my interpretation was from there’s. When you put personal investment into a story, you will always wind up a little disappointed by its ending. Why? Because the ending is not what you wanted it to be. Sometimes you invest so much time into something you don’t want it to end, because the ending is the author’s final statement on a work, and what he wanted to say isn’t how you took what he said. This is the dilemma LOST faced and the creators ended it the only way they could with an ending that reminds me of the conclusions to CS Lewis’s The Last Battle, the final book in The Chronicles of Narnia. (more…)