In 2013, it shouldn’t be unreasonable to be able to find a mass-release toy you’re looking for on a store shelf or at the very least buy it online. The latest trend in Marvel Legends is making us long for the days when we only nerd raged over BAFs.
Making video games seems like a dream job… until you hear about company closings and mass layoffs. Why is a multi-billion dollar industry so volatile? It’s enough to make you go “BLAARGH!”
Marvel’s newest event is upon us and it’s kind of a mess so far. Age of Ultron is the biggest victim of its own hype in recent memory. Big on both scale and anachronisms, this one can really go either way. Oh, and a Spawn character is coming up!
Sometimes, a seemingly legit fan convention can turn into a nightmare. With stories of deceit, mismanagement, non-payment, and last-minute cancellations, these cons are true horror stories.
To our Amish readers: be warned, this story contains what you might call “spoilers.” For the rest of our readers: this story contains references to a now nearly week-old news story.
The axe has finally fallen on the DC animated series Young Justice, but it’s cancellation leaves a void that DC Entertainment doesn’t seem to have a plan to fill and points out some things the New 52 could learn from this series.
The popular basic cable channel features some of the best and most highly-rated shows on TV, but the way it treats many of the talent behind these programs is a serious problem that could lead to their undoing.
Sure, they’re topping the sales charts again, but Marvel NOW! is quickly becoming too much of a good thing. They haven’t released an Iron Man comic in over three days. That’s almost a record.
One of Marvel’s top writers on one of their biggest franchises sounds like a slam dunk, but which mutants will pay the price?
Boy, Dragonfire and Coldmoon have been great additions to the Marvel universe since their debut in Point One last year! And that Ultron War was pretty amazing, huh? Oh, right. Those things never happened despite being big news for 2012.
After forty issues, school’s out for the kids of Avengers Academy. It’s time to take a look back at one of Marvel’s best recent series.
The recently released trailer for next year’s big-screen revival of the legendary Western hero makes it look like just another goofy Johnny Depp vehicle. The masked man deserves better.
Both Marvel and DC seem to want to put all their most popular characters on teams, whether it makes sense or not. Story be damned…they want your dollars!
The movie informally known as ‘Star Trek 2′ now has a real name: ‘Star Trek Into Darkness’. Mary, PoP!’s resident Trek geek explains why she doesn’t like the new title, and then gives one reason why the title might actually be awesome in disguise.
Nearly everyone was looking forward to the beloved filmmaker’s return to Middle Earth until he announced that he is stretching the story of this classic Tolkein novel to three films, which smacks of studio greed and director excess.
When in your life have you EVER said this? And yet, how many films, comics, and television shows based entire plots around this single line?
Is anyone else a little weirded out by all of these grown men latching on to a television program aimed at little girls? Sure, we’re no stranger to weirdos here are PoP!, but this whole Brony thing is more than a littly icky, don’t ya think? Jason Knize BLAARGH!’s about the creepy new craze.
Y’know the multiplex down the road that is now advertising IMAX showings of ‘The Dark Knight Rises’? That’s not real IMAX. That’s LIEMAX. In a day and age when we feel like we’re getting ripped off every time we go to the box office, this time, we absolutely are.
PoP!ulation, let’s talk for a moment about the state of the American audience. We’re pretty terrible. And by “pretty terrible” I mean really, really terrible.
If you’ve ever befriended a cosplayer on Facebook, it’s probably no secret to you that there is a heavy layer of inter-personal drama bubbling just underneath the spandexed-surface of the hobby. When did dressing up in costume become so…hateful? Hey Cosplayers: Cut the bullsh–.
The Academy Awards are supposedly a celebration of films, but there’s one major facet that they’ve been ignoring for far too long.
Sometimes, downloadable content is a great way to continue with the story of a beloved game. But at other times, game developers are relying on DLC to continue charging customers for a game they already own.
Since 2009 TNA Wrestling has yet to reach its true potential. Where they were once innovative they have regressed. In trying to become a WWE clone TNA is letting the chance to become a viable alternative slip by. To that we say Blaargh!
Batman Inc? No, this is just the latest example in toydom’s disturbing trend of under-supplying villains and supporting cast member figures in favor of flooding retail with endless variants of main characters
Although trades can be preferable to single issues in several ways, some decisions made when putting them together can be quite frustrating.
What’s that you say? You’re surprised at the beating that one-time NBC golden child 30 Rock took from The Big Bang Theory during their short-lived move to 8pm? Well you shouldn’t be. 30 Rock has lost it’s magic. BLAARGH!
The Motion Picture Association of America has been in charge of film ratings for nearly fifty years, but recent decisions have put its relevance and credibility in question. Perhaps it’s time for the film industry to adopt a new system to regulate movie content.
Because a baker’s dozen-or-so worth of X-books isn’t enough, Marvel’s dusting off a old title, slapping it on a previously failed idea, and charging you $3.99 for it this July. I know I’ve got MY calendar marked.
One of DC’s most beloved characters is still sitting on the sidelines after their relaunch. Wherefore art thou, Wally West?
With another Transformers show comes a new Transformers toy line. Actually, this one comes with two… Sort of. It’s all really weird, actually, and eBay is loving it.
It’s the long-awaited return of one of the greatest toy lines in history… so why are so many fans seeing red? Let PoP! give you the rundown on just where this crazy train left the tracks
The number one comics publisher’s mantra for 2012 seems to be holding on to their bottom line, but it all seems to be done at the expense of creativity and variety, which deeply saddens this longtime comic fan.
What other image better sums up the concept of supply and demand than those four Crayola colored letters? Sick of paying through the nose? Misery loves company.
Yeah, it says 9PM Thursday night. But… isn’t that still Thanksgiving? Not in corporate America, where EVERY day is “Squeeze the pennies out of the masses” Day. Welcome to the Dickensian nightmare that is retail.
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