Batman Beyond: Return of the Joker (2000) Director: Curt Geda “The last sound you’ll hear will be our laughter.” Coinciding with the animated show Batman Beyond, a 52-episode futuristic series which features an aging Bruce Wayne (Kevin Conroy) and a new teenager named Terry McGinnis (Will Friedle) who dons a…
Month: April 2023
Short Story Review: “Perchance to Dream” by Charles Beaumont
“Please sit down.” Partly an autobiographical story, Charles Beaumont’s original short story for “Perchance to Dream” (a title which alludes to Shakespeare’s Hamlet) shares a great deal in common with its accompanying Twilight Zone episode, absent some specific details like the names of “Maya” and “Dr. Eliot Rathmann,” however the…
Star Wars Book Review: The Last Command (1993) by Timothy Zahn
“The fortunes of war rise and fall.” -Grand Admiral Thrawn The exhilarating conclusion to Timothy Zahn’s “Thrawn Trilogy” delivers yet another gripping Star Wars tale complete with a satisfying end to the adventure which unfolded in the previous two books, Heir to the Empire and Dark Force Rising. While The…
Tales of the Jedi Season 1 (2022) Review
Almost mythic in tone, Tales of the Jedi is a creative triumph for the 3D animators at Lucasfilm. The atmosphere here is heavy, dark, shadowy, and perhaps even hallowed. Kevin Kiner’s music mines the depths of impending doom and the animation in this series is incredibly impressive. In my view,…