Author Archives: Patrick Garone

DVD Review: Transformers Prime Season 1 (Shout! Factory)

Posted on March 15, 2012 by Patrick Garone

The wait is over, Hasbro’s latest Transformers series is now available on home video both on DVD and in high-def Bluray disc.  Back in November, I took a look at the first batch of episodes when they were released on … Continue reading →

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DVD Review: Futurama, Volume 6

Posted on January 23, 2012 by Patrick Garone

Like Family Guy, Futurama  is a show that refuses to die.  This animated  sci-fi show from the creator of The Simpsons was cursed with a truly awful time slot in 1999 and met an untimely end.  While it never found … Continue reading →

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Comic Review: Jurassic Park: Dangerous Games #4 (IDW)

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Patrick Garone

I am a huge Jurassic Park fan, I’m having a really hard time getting into IDW’s Dangerous Games series, which tells the tale of an undercover CIA agent who has been exposed to the drug cartel he was investigating. The … Continue reading →

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Comic Review: Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes #2 (BOOM! Studios)

Posted on December 8, 2011 by Patrick Garone

Betrayal of the Planet of the Apes continues it’s solid story set in the continuity of the original movies and about a generation before Planet of the Apes. If you missed out on the first issue, Betrayal circles around a … Continue reading →

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DVD Review: Transformers Prime: Darkness Rising (Shout! Factory)

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Patrick Garone

The latest incarnation of the venerable Robots in Disguise franchise finally makes its way to home video with “Transformers Prime: Darkness Rising” which collects the pilot miniseries that launched the series which just wrapped up its first season on Hasbro’s … Continue reading →

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Comic Review: Star Wars: At War With The Empire, Volume 2

Posted on November 23, 2011 by Patrick Garone

Dark Horse collects a handful of their post-A New Hope comics in the new collection At War With The Empire, Volume 2.  This collection features stories mostly set within the first year after the Battle of Yavin, which is a … Continue reading →

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Comic Review: Godzilla Kingdom of Monsters #9 (IDW)

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Patrick Garone

IDW’s ongoing Godzilla series, Godzilla: Kingdom of Monsters, keeps lumbering along with its ninth issue.

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Comic Review: Star Trek: 100 Page Spectacular (IDW)

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Patrick Garone

IDW collects four of its previously published Star Trek stories in the new 100 Page Spectacular trade paperback.  The stories don’t have too much in common, other than that they are all roughly in the Original Series/movies timeframe.

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Comic Review: Aliens: Fast Track To Heaven (Dark Horse)

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Patrick Garone

Dark Horse has had the Aliens license since the mid-eighties and their catalogue is absolutely huge. The latest entry is Aliens: Fast Track To Heaven, and, sadly, it doesn’t add much to the existing Aliens expanded universe or tell a … Continue reading →

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Comic Review: Godzilla Legends #1 (IDW)

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Patrick Garone

As a Godzilla fan, I’ve had a mixed reaction to IDW’s two previous comics series, Kingdom of Monsters and Gangsters and Goliaths, both of which had their strengths and weaknesses, each one was done in by inconsistent and often uninspired … Continue reading →

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