Reviews – Kane Gilmour

Look What the Mailman Brought

On July 29, 2019

I’ve been a fan of Tony Harris’s artwork for many years, as I’ll expound upon soon here. Never read The Whistling Skull, so I’m excited about that one. And I gave the whole New 52 a miss a few years back when it came out, because I knew things would revert to the default continuity (and they did in 2016). So I hadn’t read Scott Snyder’s Batman back then. But when I was down in FL this summer, I picked up The Court of Owls, and it was pretty good. Helps that Books-A-Million has all these for dirt cheap, in their discount graphic novel section. Not pictured is Vol 1–The Court of Owls, and Vol 2–The City of Owls (which I’ve also read.) Also missing is Vol 6–Graveyard Shift, which arrived the day after I took the picture. But I got every third book seen here for free. Of course, it’s going to take me a few years to read these, because I only have so much time…But it’s nice to have the collection of Shiny New Things.

Doctor Who: The Power of the Daleks – Review

By Kane

On July 3, 2017

In Doctor Who, Reviews

In 2016, the BBC wisely decided to start animating the completely lost serials of Doctor Who with The Power of the Daleks. While other sources can provide depth about what happened to many of the original First and Second Doctor Who stories, suffice it to say, when they needed space on old master video tapes in the late 60s and early 70s, the BBC simply wiped them out and re-recorded over them, when they thought the shelf life for television shows was finite. The policy is now known as ‘junking.’

2013 Prime to Omega Contest

By Kane

On August 13, 2013

In CALLSIGN: DEEP BLUE, RAGNAROK, RESURRECT, Reviews, THE CRYPT OF DRACULA, WARBIRDS OF MARS

[2015 Edit: The Contest Is Long Over Now.]

What’s that you say? You want another contest? You want Chess Team books?

Announcing the “2013 Prime to Omega Contest”!!!

Here’s what I need you to do. First, buy and read three books if you haven’t already:

RESURRECT is my first thriller. Got some great praise, but needs some more sales and reviews. Link here: Resurrect

My second solo novel is called THE CRYPT OF DRACULA. It’s an old-school take on Dracula. A little bit of horror and a whole lot of adventure. It needs sales and reviews as well. Link:
The Crypt of Dracula

Man of 21st Century Steel: A Spoiler-Free Review of the Most Recent Superman Film

By Kane

On June 15, 2013

In Inspiration, Reviews

Most people will either love or hate this film, all because of one crucial scene near the end of it. I’ll get to that issue in a minute, but let’s look at the rest first. Let me say that I enjoyed this film. I loved the acting. No performance was lackluster. Henry Cavill and the two other actors that play Clark Kent at ages 9 and 13 are all perfect. I’ve heard there was some CGI enhancement of Cavill’s musculature, so he looked beefy enough for the role. I don’t know if that’s the case, or if it’s all natural muscle, but I can say that this is the first actor to play Superman in live action film or TV that looks beefy enough to me. Christopher Reeve was skinny as a pole. Brandon Routh was even skinnier. This guy looks like my vision of Superman. As for the rest of the cast? Amy Adams’s Lois could have used more to do on screen, but she gets her moments. This isn’t a Lois film though, it’s about someone else. I expect she’ll have a meatier role in the next one. As for Russell Crowe, Kevin Costner, and Diane Lane? Fine performances all around, and they add to the film. And that’s coming from someone who loves Lane, couldn’t care one way or the other about Crowe, and actively dislikes Costner.