Van's Inner Universe

Living For The Future

June 2016

  • Voltron Legendary Defender First Season review

    I’m not going to review every episode as I already did with the first two. Instead I will review the entire season. In watching the entire season of Voltron Legendary Defender, it felt like a three hour movie with so much happening so fast. As the Voltron Force go into space to deal with Zarkon… Read more

  • Voltron: Legendary Defender – Some Assembly Required review

    With a great start from the pilot, this is where they get deep with the Paladins as we discovered that they are not connecting with each other. Their fight with a simulated Arusian combat warrior showed how sloppy they are as a team. Their meditation doesn’t seem to work because Pidge is thinking his brother… Read more

  • Voltron: Legendary Defender – The Rise of Voltron pilot review

    I had the fortune of watching the feature-length pilot of the new Voltron series, Voltron: Legendary Defender. While the previous Voltron series, Voltron Force, was a loose sequel to the original this was a complete reboot from top to bottom. The essence of the characters are there with Keith being the fighter, Lance the cocky… Read more

  • Farewell Anton Yelchin 1989-2016

    Actor Anton Yelchin, who played Pavel Chekov in the Star Trek reboot movies, was killed by a car accident at the age of 27. He was born in Russia and came to the United States when he was 9. Anton was an only child. He appeared in many films, including Alpha Dog and Terminator Salvation… Read more

  • Farewell Mohammed Ali 1942-2016

    Boxing legend and icon Mohammed Ali has passed away at the age of 74 due to respiratory illness as well as Parkinson’s Disease. He was born Cassius Clay and was trained to be a boxer in many gyms, including Miami Beach. He was rising through the boxing ranks and changed his name to Mohammed Ali.… Read more

  • Ace Frehley – Origins Vol. 1 review

    After the success of his last album, Space Invader, that hit the Top 10 Ace Frehley puts out a covers album called Origins Volume 1 that sees him covers songs that influenced him as well as a few KISS songs that he didn’t sing. Aside from being known as a great guitar player, Ace is… Read more

  • The Monkees – Good Times review

    The Monkees celebrate the 50th anniversary of the show in 1966. What better way to celebrate their anniversary with a new studio album called Good Times? When Davy Jones passed away in 2012, I thought there would be no new Monkees album without him. According to Micky Dolenz, it was Rhino who wanted a new… Read more