Tue
14
Mar

WWE Superstars Go Galactic in New Jetsons Original Movie

Jetsons and WWE Robo WrestleMania

Nothing is going to stop Big Show from taking the WWE belt from Sheamus! And if that means he has to pilot a puddle jumper from Denver to Albuquerque in a blizzard, against the advice of Mr. McMahon, then so be it!

Unfortunately for Big Show, his plane goes down in the ice, and he remains frozen for 100 years, until he's found by George Jetson on a special assignment for Mr. Spacely. Once properly thawed, Big Show is astounded at the world he's awakened to, with all its robots, buttons, flying cars and talking dogs. But he's still intent on becoming the WWE Champion -- even if WWE has been changed to World Wrobot (the 'W' is silent) Entertainment, where robotic doppelgangers of past WWE Superstars do all the wrestling.

Tue
14
Mar

The Tricky Relationship Between Movie Franchises and Gaming

Image via @Marksman

Image source: Marksman via Twitter

If the huge success of Marvel’s cinematic universe has led to one thing, it is the desire of big film studios to have a ‘franchise’. Now everyone wants a successful ‘tent-pole’ franchise of interlinked films, whether it is Warner Bros trying to create a DC Comics version of Marvel’s success, Fox looking to develop more Alien films or Universal pushing out yet another THE FAST AND THE FURIOUS film.

Of course the films are just one part of the pulling power of these franchises, with studios looking to take big-screen success into other areas including merchandise and gaming. The aim is simple – to leverage the brand recognition of a franchise to attract fans to new experiences.

However, taking a film into the gaming world is not always as easy as it sounds. It is possible, although not always in the genre of games that you might expect.

Mon
13
Mar

Rumor Mill: Man of Steel's Henry Cavill Has Found Hal Jordan

Has Kal found Hal? If you enjoy a good conspiracy then we've got a juicy one for you!

File this one under EXTREME SPECULATION but given the clues, it's not out of the realm of possibility that Henry Cavill being spotted in a gym with Nathan Fillion could mean more than just a random encounter. On February 28th, Henry Cavill posted a couple of interesting pictures to his Instagram account:

His dog, 'Kal', staring out the window with an interesting caption:

Mon
13
Mar

Action Comics #975: "Tell Me Where He Is!"

The first week of March kicked off the Superman Reborn storyline that crosses over between SUPERMAN and ACTION COMICS. If you're looking to get up to speed, make sure you take a look at our Superman #18 coverage before reading on.

Caution: MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD

ACTION COMICS #975 starts off with Superman and Lois Lane frantically looking for their son, Jonathan, who has recently disappeared. Flying off to Metropolis to investigate the apartment of Clark Kent for clues they discover the place is empty, with the exception of the refrigerator and cupboards. Strangely they're stocked full of junk food.

Mon
13
Mar

Volume 1 of Mickey and the Roadster Racers Zooms Onto DVD

Mickey and the Roadster Racers Volume 1 on DVD

For the longest time, Disney Junior was turned on in our house so that our little boy could get his fill of MICKEY MOUSE CLUBHOUSE. Now that he's older, he's a bit past interacting with the television screen to pick a Mouse-ka-tool, but he still loves Mickey Mouse, his Hot Wheels, and his racetrack sets.

Which makes MICKEY AND THE ROADSTER RACERS a natural for him. (And I fully expect there to be a Disney racetrack of the vehicles just in time for Santa to impact my budget this year.)

Mon
13
Mar

Stranger Fruit's Strange Defense of Michael Brown

Stranger Fruit by Jason Pollock

In 2014, Ferguson, Missouri went from being a nondescript suburb of St. Louis to ground zero in the debate of racism. Two and a half year's later, director Jason Pollock shows that those wounds are still struggling to heal.

Critical Blast has already weighed in a few times on these events, having already opined on the events as they happened, and have spoken with Ferguson residents (like rapper Justin B. Williams). STRANGER FRUIT, however, has us chiming in again on what one would have thought was a settled issue.

Mon
13
Mar

Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild | What A Beautiful Game!

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Sun
12
Mar

Ninjago Season Six More Than You Could Wish For

The Ninja have dealt with ghosts before. Shoot, one of their own is a ghost! So when one of their old enemies, Clouse, returns from the dead (since the Ninja masters have destroyed the Cursed Realm), they assume it's going to be an easy catch. What they didn't plan on was Clouse finding an enchanted teapot which he knew to house a djinn that could grant him three wishes.

Unfortunately for Clouse -- and soon everyone else -- the djinn, Nadakhan, knew how to twist words if you weren't extremely specific, so that your third and final wish was always to wish it all away. That's the wish that would trap you in his sword forever.

Sun
12
Mar

WrestlePro Results - March 11, 2017

Results:

  • Preshow - Talon def. Valerio LaMorte

  • Bruce Pritchard came out to do a promo to start the show.  He put over WrestlePro huge in a terrific promo.

Fri
10
Mar

New Wonder Woman Trailer Drops Tomorrow!

Fasten your bracelets, adjust your tiara and draw your sword a new trailer for this summer's WONDER WOMAN is slated to drop tomorrow!

The official Wonder Woman twitter account (@WonderWomanFilm) released a brief 15 second video as a teaser for the new trailer. "All's fair in war and wonder" the teaser featured an action packed swordfight between Diana and another combatant that ended in a massive...well, check out the teaser to find out!

All is fair in war and wonder. New trailer for #WonderWoman arrives TOMORROW. pic.twitter.com/SmjL5HEEC2

Fri
10
Mar

DC Super Hero Girls are Back with "Intergalactic Games"!

This May, the DC Super Hero Girls are back with their second feature in the new, groundbreaking universe celebrating young girls, brought to you by DC and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. 

"Intergalactic Games" features 6 episodes from their popular web-series and a music video featuring the American 'girl group', Fifth Harmony!

Fifth Harmony was discovered during the second season of The X Factor back in 2012 and exploded on the scene with their first album REFLECTION in 2015 that included the platinum singles "Boss", "Sledgehammer" and "Worth It". Their song "That's My Girl" has been used to accompany scenes from the DC Super Hero Girls webseries to create a fun, upbeat music video promoting the power of girls.

Fri
10
Mar

Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild | I Have Too Much Power!

Regurgitated By Game Jab

Kevin is loving the game already. He is quickly learning that he doesn't have to rush into battle but instead can plan out attacks in hopes to survive in this big vast world.

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Fri
10
Mar

Pep Talk: Riverdale, Episode 107, "In a Lonely Place"

Riverdale 107, A Lonely Place

With Jughead (COLE SPROUSE) and Betty (LILI REINHART) discovering Jason Blossom's hidden car, only to find it a burned out husk when the Sheriff arrives, things couldn't get much weirder in RIVERDALE. And then they find that Betty's sister, Polly (TIERA SKOVBYE), pregnant with Jason's baby, has escaped from the home where her parents placed her.

Thu
09
Mar

Game Jab | Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild | Live Stream Pt. 2

Game Jab Is Live

 

 

 

 

 

Welcome to the stream! Zach has decided to play the all out popular game Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild 

(We were originally going to play Final Fantasy XV but for osme reason I couldn't start a new game and there more downloads I need to do... Typical PS4 crap... TOMORROW! I will play Final Fantasy XV.)

Critical Blast and Game Jab want to thank you all so much for tuning in on this first time moment in Game Jab history and as a thank you we want to inform you Game Jab is currently hosting a give away featuring a VidPro professonal video and broadcasting boom microphone kit. We will also be releasing more details for more future give away prizes such as Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild for either the Nintendo Switch or Wii U.

Thu
09
Mar

History Notes: Legends of Tomorrow Episode 213, "Land of the Lost"

Legends of Tomorrow, Land of the Lost

The crew of the Waverider have captured Rip Hunter (ARTHUR DARVILL) in the hopes of restoring him to his former personality, his current one being the product of mental tampering by the Legion of Doom. However, what they did not expect was that Rip still possesses the override codes to Gideon, the ship's AI computer, which easily lets him escape his cell, take back the Longinus Medallion that guides them all to the missing pieces of the Spear of Destiny, and destroy it so that the Legends can never find the final piece before the Legion of Doom gets it and rewrites all reality.

Oh, and he starts up the ship's self-destruct sequence, because every good spaceship has one of those built into it.

Wed
08
Mar

Fun New Middle Grade Sequel by Laurie B. Arnold

HELLO THERE, DO YOU STILL KNOW ME? is the second and newest book in the Madison McGee Adventure series by Laurie B. Arnold. HELLO THERE is a fun genre mashup that straddles the line between sci-fi, magical realism, and contemporary adventure. 

Wed
08
Mar

X-O Manowar returns in a terrific first issue!

Valiant seems to be promising to get back to basics in 2017.  We got a tease called Icons which promised “A NEW DAWN FOR VALIANT'S GREATEST HEROES:”

Wed
08
Mar

WrestlePro News and Predictions for March 11 Show

First off, let's start with the big news!  Mario Bokara, Fallah Bahh, and Kevin Matthews all made their debut at Impact tapings last weekend.  

And this led to Matthews being offered a 2-year contract. Congratulations to all three of these talented performers. They (along with many of the WrestlePro roster) deserve a much bigger platform to show what they can do.  

Wed
08
Mar

Taking Flight: SUPERGIRL 215 "Exodus" Gets Political

Supergirl 215, Exodus

We here at Critical Blast do not cover politics but you'd have to be living under a rock to realize the issues that are facing America today. If you're watching TV from under that rock, you'd notice that Monday's episode of SUPERGIRL unearths a lot of important issues from the current political landscape.

Wed
08
Mar

Legend Of Zelda: Breath Of The Wild | Creepy Old Man

Brought to you by the boys at Game Jab

The boys hop into a new adventure in the new LEGEND OF ZELDA: BREATH OF THE WILD. Kevin is playing what might be his first favorite Zelda game ever.

THIS GAME IS BEAUTIFUL!

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