Van's Inner Universe

Living For The Future

October 2009

  • Smallville – Crossfire review

    Crossfire has the entire cast in the episode and as usual, so much has crammed into it. We have the Clark/ Lois relationship, Oliver taking on his sidekick Mia Dearden, Chloe battling Tess’ minion, Stuart, the introduction of Cat Grant, and the mindgames between Tess and Zod. This episode ends Oliver’s arc of redemption as… Read more

  • Hulk Hogan Signs With TNA!!!

    TNA Wrestling has signed the biggest name is pro wrestling ever – Hulk Hogan. It is announced that Hogan has signed with the company and will be a partner. It is unknown what capacity he will be in. Along with Hogan, former WCW President Eric Bischoff has also signed with TNA as well and may… Read more

  • Smallville Roulette review

    Roulette is the Oliver-centric episode and you don’t need screentimes to guess that. It focused on him getting back on his feet as the hero himself, Green Arrow.  So much was unnecessary for this episode and certain characters were not needed as well.  The episode sums up the problem involving Clark in an episode’s main… Read more

  • The Justice Society of America Are Coming To Smallville!!

    The world’s first super-team, the Justice Society of America, are making their live-action debut in Smallville. They will be represented by three members – Hawkman, Dr. Fate, and Star Girl, who are played by Michael Shanks, Brett Stait, and Britt Irvin respectively. According to the episode’s writer and comic favorite, Geoff Johns, the JSA will… Read more

  • Sting Passes The Torch In What May Be His Final Match!!

    In TNA’s latest Bound For Glory, Sting has wrestled against AJ Styles for the World Title and the match could also be his final one. Sting gave AJ everything he had and more, but AJ came out on top retaining the TNA World title. The torch was passed from Sting to the new generation. From… Read more

  • Smallville Echo review

    Echo is written by Bryan Miller, who has written last season’s Committed, Bulletproof, and Hex. One of his main strengths is to write the relationship between Clark and Lois and he is maximizing this to the maximum. Two selling points for this episode were Clark gaining a new power and the return of Toyman. One… Read more

  • Smallville Rabid review

    Third episodes tend to be fillers with the example being last season’s Toxic that was Oliver-centric. I was worried for this episode because of the use of zombies. Fortunately, they were a surprise and they came out pretty good. The make-up artists did an incredible job that would give Rick Baker (Thriller) a run for… Read more

  • KISS Sonic Boom review

    I had the fortune of buying KISS: Sonic Boom at a Wal-Mart on the day of its release and it was worth it. It’s been 11 years since the ill-fated Psycho Circus, where there were ghost-writing and ghost-playing. Sonic Boom is purely KISS in a sense that it’s the entire band writing, playing, recording, and… Read more

  • Smallville Metallo review

    Metallo continues the things that Savior set up, but it is more cohesive than Savior in terms of story. The centerpiece of the episode is John Corben aka Metallo, whom the episode is named after. We are seeing the origin of how Corben became Metallo and what he first looked like before he was completely… Read more

  • Superman/ Batman Public Enemies review

    I had the fortune to watch the animated movie online in YouTube before I bought the single-disc edition. The movie is based on the comic story of the same name by writer Jeph Loeb and artist Ed McGuinness, whose art is coming to life in the animated movie. The emphasis on the movie is on… Read more