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When the Science Channel ran Trek Nation last weekend, I noticed that Eugene Roddenberry, son of creator Gene Roddenberry, said that Star Trek was supposed to be “cowboys in space”, with Captain Kirk being the western hero, the Enterprise his horse, and the phaser his six-shooter. If it was just that, it wouldn’t have been the classic sci-fi phenomenon it is today. It started as a western, but dealt with humanity and deeper issues in its three year run.
But if Star Trek is “cowboys in space”, wouldn’t that also apply to Firefly and Serenity, which is clearly a space western that also discussed deeper issues? If you took the two shows side by side, they would have a lot in common, even though they looked at the future at different angles. More after the jump…
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Listen up, Scoobies! My friend who works in the mailroom at Wolfram & Hart worked some dark mojo and snatched me an advanced copy of Buffy the Vampire Slayer: Season 9 #4! Check out this special, spoiler-free review from the Comic Book Slayer! Issue #4 wraps up the first arc of Buffy’s latest season, and, while it has many satisfying and thrilling moments, there is a lack of a climax to the issue. But, don’t despair, Scoobies! Writer Andrew Chambliss leaves plenty of threads to pick up in the next arc!
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The first arc of Dark Horse’s Angel & Faith series comes to a close this week with Issue #4 written by Christos Gage and with art by Rebekah Issacs. Issacs’ art continues to grow better with every book, this one included, and while Gage delivers a script nearly as excellent as the previous ones, this one ends up being a little shaky on the dismount.
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Have you seen Batman Begins? Good, because if you have, you’ve seen much of the story from Frank Miller’s excellent comic, Batman: Year One. Originally released in 1987, Year One was a groundbreaking work, looking at Batman’s origin as never before and giving us even more insight behind the character many of us have grown to love. Christopher Nolan was right in adapting much of the story into Batman Begins, but how will the original comic work when taken from the page to the screen? Read on to find out.
