Due to his amazing powers not being easily realized by filmmakers, Spider-Man was mostly relegated to the pages of the comics and the occasional foray into animation, web-swinging and wall-crawling was not something easily pulled off in live-action, so aside from his silent appearances on The Electric Company he seemed destined to remain in two…
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Wonder Woman (2011) Unaired Pilot – Review
In the thirty years since Lynda Carter retired her red, white and blue Wonder Woman costume, the one that ushered many a boy through puberty, the heroic Amazon had found herself just appearing in her long-running comic book, or in the occasional animated cartoon, but in 2011 NBC decided to take their shot at bringing…
Batman: Return of the Caped Crusaders (2016) – Review
When kids of today think of Batman most would draw upon the versions produced Christopher Nolan or Zack Snyder but there is one iconic version that should never be forgotten; in 1966 television producer William Dozier cast Adam West as the world renowned Caped Crusader
Tarzan, Lord of the Jungle: The Filmation Cartoon Series
We’ve seen countless adaptations of Tarzan ranging from the monosyllabic Johnny Weissmuller’s Tarzan The Ape Man to the recent and more verbose Alexander Skarsgård in The Legend of Tarzan, but rarely have these “adaptations” done more than just borrow the origin story and then make up their own adventures.
Tarzan: The End of the Beginning (2003) – Review
We now find ourselves at the last episode of the 2003 Tarzan television series, with the episode titled The Beginning of the End. The show’s abrupt cancellation, after only eight episodes, didn’t even allow the show a chance to go out with a bang, instead, it went with a sad little whimper.