Game Reviews

  Avatar: The Last Airbender Comparison: A new live-action version of the Avatar, not the one with the blue aliens, has just been released but how much of it was changed from the original source? There have been many different comics, novels, and even M. Night Shyamalan's film over the years but this article will focus on the differences to the original 2005 animated series. Chapter 1 Aang: The first episode covers the Fire Nation attacking the Air Nation those 100 years earlier, Aang being lost at sea, him awakening and meeting our other two main protagonists, their confrontation with the banished son, and their departure to the ruins high in the mountains. While it may appear to be faithful to events, there are a lot of things different from those first three episodes: Instead of showing us the events, the first episode has Katara quickly narrate to get us up to speed in the animated version. These include her grandma telling stories of the Avatar, the Fire Nation attacking, an...

Godzilla Films Monster Films: Godzilla is a long-lasting idea that spans over 30 movies in 50 years. In almost every film, the monster appears spontaneously to do battle with another creature and is never defeated for good. In this respect, the spotlight shines away from Godzilla as a concept and highlights some new outrageous creatures of large proportions as a new tribute to the series. It slowly transforms public opinion of this monstrosity figure from a moving boulder that destroys cities to a hero figure that stops other types of beasts that threaten the world. For almost every release, there is also an interesting backstory when it comes to changing the movies from how their titles are translated to the words used in dialogue for an American audience. Instead of going through the films in chronological order, I figured listing them by monster or production type would be much better when it comes to learning more about the lore of the series. Despite a few oddballs, there were ...