Ultra Magnus: Finding our Place in the Team
Ultra Magnus may be one of the most trusted and capable soldiers in the Autobot army, but the Transformers animated movie showed that his best destiny was in a support […]
Bumblebee’s Return to the Battlefield – The Importance of Showing Grace to the Fallen
In the middle of the battle at the end of the first live-action Transformers movie sits a broken, critically damaged Bumblebee… on the surface, he might have appeared to have […]
Bringing KPop Demon Hunters to the Theaters: Celebrating a Shared Passion
The unprecedented move to take a movie that was exclusively streaming on Netflix and place it in theaters was a bit of a risk… but K-Pop Demon Hunters was clearly […]
No Room for “Main Character Energy”: Two Voices, One Harmonious Performance
One of the biggest surprises for me in the K-Pop Demon Hunters movie is that every principal character was voiced by two different people—one to provide the spoken words and […]
From Hopeless to Huntrix: Wounded Souls Seeking a Place to Belong
One of the most relatable parts of the group that came together to form Huntrix is their incredibly different backgrounds… on their own, each had been rejected for different reasons […]
Sonic and Knuckles: Differences in Opinions, Unity in Purpose
Our initial introduction to Knuckles the echidna in both his gaming appearances as well as his cinematic adventures is typically adversarial in nature… the circumstances that bring Knuckles and Sonic […]
Star Wars “Bad Batch”: Defective Design or Fearfully and Wonderfully Made?
One of my favorite spin-offs to come from the animated Star Wars: Clone Wars series is the “Bad Batch” … a group of “failed” clones who were deemed unfit to […]
The Guardians of the Galaxy: A Team of Misfits Greater than the Sum of its’ Parts
Of all the “team-ups” in the Marvel universe, the one that would’ve been voted “the least likely to succeed” by the most fans are the “Guardians of the Galaxy”. On […]
Final Fantasy: Unique Games That Make Up One Beautiful Tapestry
There is more to the Final Fantasy series than just the mainline titles that carry Roman numerals in their names… the Final Fantasy universe is filled with additional entries that […]
Kingdom Hearts: A Kingdom for EVERY Heart
My favorite part of the Kingdom Hearts franchise has always been the incredible diversity of all of the characters that make it up. Gaming icons such as Cloud Strife and […]
