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Jurassic World: Dominion (2022)

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June 9, 2022 – So, it’s been a while since I watched Fallen Kingdom, so I forgot a bunch of stuff, I’d seen Jurassic World on television recently, so it was fresh in my mind.

I enjoyed this movie a lot. I loved seeing the classic Jurassic Park characters interact with the modern era characters. The dinosaurs were of course gorgeous as always. There were ones that we’d not seen in a while and familiar ones. This movie takes place 4 years after Fallen Kingdom, so the world is not doing well after dinosaurs were unintentionally introduced back into the wild. Plus those bugs! Wow. There were two clear plots that weaved in and out throughout the movie and they connected nicely later on.

All the actors did brilliantly as one would expect. Since this is the end of this story, I wouldn’t mind seeing a couple of the new characters have their own projects. They certainly seemed to have more to offer.

Seeing the dinosaurs in the midst of the normal world was intriguing and visually fascinating, even if not great for the people in the movie. There were some cameos via photos in one scene from the other Jurassic World movies that was nice. And there was even a couple specific things directly from the original Jurassic Park.

I really enjoyed being in this world again, it’s always fun. Of course it’s not been that long since we’ve been there since Netflix has had its Jurassic World: Camp Cretaceous animated series which has been going the past few years. The final season of which drops next month. I’d certainly suggest it, it gets deeper than I thought it would when I first watched it. It’s set before, during and after the first Jurassic World movie, so the connections to that in season 1 are many. Season 2 is during the same month and season 3 is three or so months after season 2. It’s quite fun to see connections to the movies via this series and to see what potential there is for future projects.

All-in-all, this was a great ending for this story that started for us all in 1993 (1990 for those who read the novel first).

Mid-credit scene: No

End-credit scene: No

May 25, 2022

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I’m way late posting this week because it was Star Wars Celebration and I watched the livestream for the four days. Didn’t have time to take photos till yesterday (May 31).

The DC versus Vampires Hunters one-shot I got just for the cover. Wally wasn’t having a great time with things. We got the final issue of Teen Titans Academy. Things seem to be moving in Action Comics. We got the next two parts of Shadow War. I’m very happy that Unnatural got a new run! I’m interested in what’s happening with Liliana in her MTG title. Image Comics is making an anthology series for their anniversary and I got this issue for the cover but I may flip through it and maybe get the collected edition of this anthology if there are enough captivating stories. The Punisher story is intriguing. We got a new X-title called Legion of X. I’m wondering what is going on between Peter and MJ. Avengers has been going through a lot and I’m excited for it all! And we got the Devil’s Reign conclusion.

Favorite A covers and variant covers in latter images. Four A covers and four variants this time.

This is the variant for the final issue of Teen Titans Academy. I usually like getting variants of first and final issues of runs if I like if of the covers. Always love BB and Raven ^__^

This Moon Knight variant is another one of the AAPI variants like I got last time.

I always try to get a cover (A of variant) if it has Rose on it. love this variant.

Love an InHyuk Lee cover of course. It’s a plus that it’s a Daredevil-related A cover.

Another A cover that I loved the art from. I mean look at that!

I enjoy both of Jane’s superhero personas. This was just a great A cover of them both.

This I got just because Mirka Andolfo’s Paprika character was on the A cover.

And this Unnatural variant by Peach Momoko I bought online since it was an incentives cover and my store tends not to qualify for those.

May 18, 2022

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I’m way late posting this week because it was Star Wars Celebration and I watched the livestream for the four days. Didn’t have time to take photos till yesterday (May 31).

This will be what I start reading today (June 1), hence I the past tense. Duo was suggested by my store, so I decided to see what it was. Though I do seem to remember these characters from something relatively recently, but I can’t place it. It’s a couple who have to share one body and become a hero. I’m excited for Nightwing since things have been getting interesting there. Shadow War continued. We got the next part in the Earth-Prime event. The next Marvel Voices issue came out. I’m intrigue by Juggernaut in the X-Force issue. X-Men Red and Immortal X-Men seem to be very tense. I’m happy to have the next issue of Iron Fist to learn more about what his journey will be as Iron Fist. Savage Avengers got a new run which I am excited for, though Marvel will soon lose rights to Conan, so he will have to be written out of the series soon. I think this is the last Eternals issue before Judgement Day, but I’m not sure. I’m excited for this Thor and Hulk crossover to continue. And we got the next issue in the Reckoning War event.

Favorites of the variant covers in latter images.

For the Immortal X-Men variant, I like the black and white contrast here and the art style it just amazing. for the Nightwing variant, it’s a Jen Bartel cover, I love the colors and the scene itself with the Bat-Family. And the Shadow War Zone cover is just an amazing tribute to the classic The Uncanny X-Men #141: Days of Future Past cover from 1981.

And of course, there’s another post-card variant I had to get. Loving these covers! Though I seem to have forgotten where I put the box I placed the others I got in for safe keeping till I could bag and board them. So, that’s causing my stress.

May 11, 2022

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Posting these a day later than I usually would have because I just forgot to do this after taking the photos yesterday, haha.

Batgirl has been hosting a villain (an iteration of one) that was created in Batman Beyond, it’s a bit weird though since I’m just used to that being solely from that era, I don’t think they needed to create Spellbinder in the past, but eh. Son of Kal-El got an gorgeous AAPI cover. We finally got the next issue of the JL vs LSH mini-event. Halcyon Legacy gave us a cool Asajj Ventress variant. X-Men and the new Sam Wilson Capt run gave us the start of these postcard variants which I enjoy. And Shang-Chi got an AAPI variant too. We got the next issue of the Miles What If story. And to celebrate both Thor and Hulk’s 60th Anniversary, we got a crossover between their comics, of which I also got the wraparound variant. And I got three posters. I’m showing only two of them because one is going o be a gift and I don’t want to spoil it for my friend. I’ll post it here after I give it to them.

It’s always fun when we get two titles crossing over, and both Thor and Hulk have been having a very difficult time recently, so this should be interesting to read.

Love the colors on this cover. The shading is great.

I feel like these postcard variants should be displayed somehow, I’m not sure what I’ll do eventually, maybe in a folio. Hmm, we’ll see. Can’t wait to get the rest of them.

May 4, 2022

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Last week’s issues. Getting the Legends of Tomorrow issue of Earth-Prime is bittersweet with the cancellation of the show. The next part of the Shadow War event dropped. Flashpoint Beyond started. And the aftermath of the Trial of the Amazons started with the official coronation of Nubia. I got that Marauders issue because of the Eric, The Red cover. Thunderbird got a Giant-size special. The Crimson Reign arc of Star Wars ended. We finally got the Obi-Wan Kenobi comic (for Star Wars Day)! Though it’s funny, that second cover (the Gist variant) is art that I’ve seen before, in 2018 I saved a promo image of that cover that I guess they never used for what it was supposed to be for, though I have a feeling this series was supposed to come out back then and they decided to wait till it coincided with the Disney+ series coming out. The Peach Momoko variant is also lovely, and I have the David Nakayama variant pre-ordered.

Doctor Strange (2) in the Multiverse of Madness (2022)

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May 5, 2022 – This is the first time I’m writing one of these movie posts on here after having finished being caught up on filling out this blog with content from as far back as 2016 (it took four weeks to catch up to present day XD)!! Woot!! I wanted to have done that before seeing The Batman, but that didn’t work out. This is also the first time I’m sharing this blog on my Facebook (normally I would have posted my thoughts on movies via a post on there).

If this is you’re first time seeing this blog, welcome! And have a look around after you read this! So far it’s comics and movie reviews/reactions. Anyway, enjoy:

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So. This. Movie. First of all, Props to Sam Raimi (first Spider-Man trilogy director) for directing and Danny Elfman (the master musical craftsman behind Batman (1989) which inspired the music and tone for the 90’s animated series, Batman Returns, the first Spider-Man, and many other spectacular scores) for the score. That duo was perfect! XD

There were specific threads that I had hoped would be stitched throughout this movie, and weren’t, but there was so much else going on, that I was perfectly ok with that.

Even though I was a little worried about 2 hours 2 mins not being enough, it certainly felt right. The pace was fine for me. Plus in the story that was being told, things were happening fast, so it made sense.

I can’t believe it’s been 6 years since the first Doctor Strange movie. So much has changed for Stephen since then. Even though this movie had a lot to do, it also served as a decent sequel.

The returning characters were a joy to see again, of course. And the new ones were also wonderful to meet for the first time. And the cameos were brilliant! Hehe. There certainly are some that haven’t been spoiled by the internet.

America Chavez was a character I was worried about a little bit because of how much I enjoy her character in the comics. Of course the MCU has to do it’s own version of all these characters and changes must be made at times. In general, her origins seem to be what they were (initially) in the comics. Though her characterization here was very different, I hope that whenever we see her again she’ll be more similar to her comic counterpart. Time will tell. But she was a fun character indeed.

The multiverse! All I’ll say is the moment this goes to Disney+, I’m going to watch it again and pause on so many frames to see if I can recognize any of the other worlds. There were a lot! XD

The plot itself wasn’t too complicated, but the path from A to B was well, a ball of wibbly wobbly stuff (to paraphrase a certain Timelord :-P). I enjoyed the story and I’m excited for everything that may come next!

And just in case you haven’t yet, if you’ve not watched WandaVision on Disney+, you are required to watch it entirely before watching this movie. Yes, you read what I said. Just do it. It doesn’t matter if you know what happened in the show already, just watch it first. XD

This was a fun movie with a creepy, scary tone thanks to the aforementioned director and composer. I’m excited to see this again soon!! XD

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Mid-credit scene: SO MUCH YES. I’m so glad this wasn’t spoiled. XD though many of you probably will be confused. XD ask me once you’ve seen it XD.

End-credit scene: Yes XD it’s one of those funny, non-essential ones, but I enjoyed it still XD. So, if you have the time to stay, stay. If not, no worries.

April 27, 2022

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Oh look, the issues from day before yesterday! XD We got two more parts of the Shadow War event, the last part of the Trial of the Amazons event, and the Death of the Justice League this week for DC. And for Marvel: The Knights of Ren infiltrated Vader’s Castle; Punisher and Carnage continue their new runs; Knights of X started; Thor #750 dropped with the funeral of Odin; this run of Ms. Marvel finished (though there are a couple more stories starring her coming this summer!); and a new run of The Amazing Spider-Man started and I got some variants of the issue.

Also, I probably will pick out a couple of the variants from each week that I love from fave artists or characters etc. to have separate photos for.

The gorgeous Jee-Hyung Lee Silk variant. I mean look at this!! I had to get this.

This is also a beautiful variant. I mean, wow.