Evangelos Odysseas Papathanassiou, better known as Vangelis, was born today in 1943. His progressive electronic soundtracks for Blade Runner, Chariots of Fire and Carl Sagan’s Cosmos are considered classics among science fiction and music fans alike. So what are you doing this weekend? (more…)
Today is the birthday of William Shatner. Celebrate his birth by listening to his cover of “Common People.” Enjoy your weekend, boldly. Here is what we are doing – what are you doing?
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2012 was a great year for comics. Keeping this list to ten was impossible due to ties, so we went for twelve. However, even at twelve, this list feels too small to encompass all the great comics that were published this year. Nevertheless, there was one comic that pretty much every comic reading member of Team Unwinnable agreed on: Hawkeye. (more…)
Today in 1903, the Wright Brothers made their first attempt at flight at Kitty Hawk, North Carolina. Pretty cool! What are you doing this weekend?
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Venom #6
(Marvel – writer: Rick Remender; art: Tom Fowler)
This is an event tie-in that is not completely necessary to read, but it does reveal a major spoiler – one that I won’t say here. But whereas I’ve enjoyed the previous Venom issues, this one was a mess – both in its visuals and its story. (more…)
Project Superman #1
(DC – writer: Scott Snyder & Lowell Francis; art: Gene Ha)
I was really looking forward to this comic. Scott Snyder is one of my favorite comic authors. I love both Detective Comics and American Vampire. But Project Superman suffers from the same problems as every other Flashpoint tie-in. It seems as if the purpose of all of these alternate stories is to show that the DC Universe is destined to be filled with its current cast of characters. While Project Superman is no different, it doesn’t necessarily tell a bad story. In fact, Snyder does a great job of developing his characters while saving the introduction of Big Blue for the final page. (more…)
Now that we have finished looking back at what we loved about 2010, Team Unwinnable takes aim at the future. What great videogames and comics does 2011 have in store? Will we have to struggle against the tides of mediocrity or is another geek renaissance upon us? Only time will tell… (more…)
