Greetings Fanatics, and welcome to JJ's Fan Feature. So, Star Wars fans are nothing if not passionate. We writers here at That Hashtag Show are fans too, and just as passionate. Our goal is to channel that passion into our writing. An unfortunate side effect of doing so is that sometimes we let our
The Umbrella Academy, Netflix's latest comic book adaptation, is fine, I guess. The story plays out in a sufficient arc, the pacing is steady, and the action is pretty decent. While I was never bored, however, I was also never really excited. And that's what surprised me most by this series.
JJ Abrams sent Star Wars fans into a tizzy this week with an Instagram post in which he declared a wrap to photography for Star Wars: Episode IX. But did her perhaps reveal a little more than anticipated? The photo he posted showed sequel trilogy leads Daisy Ridley, John Boyega and Oscar Isaac
Flash back six years ago. George Lucas made the stunning announcement that he was selling Lucasfilm to Disney. Fans were immediately concerned about the direction of the Star Wars franchise. Their concerns were realized when Disney's first "official act" was to declare the Expanded Universe no
Greetings Star Wars fanatics, and welcome back to JJ's Fan Feature! Last time out we settled the debate over which Corellian freighter was better, the Millennium Falcon or the Outrider. This week's topic comes straight from the comments section of Hashtag writer Matt Jabs' piece entitled In Defense
Alright fans. If you tuned in to Star Wars Fanatics last night, you got to hear about leaked concept photos for Star Wars: Episode IX. While the photos confirmed a bunch of rumors (including one about Richard E. Grant's character), they also led to some interesting questions. The biggest among
The Star Wars universe is full of interesting characters. Trying to pick the best, or worst, among them is not as easy a task as one might think. Doing so becomes harder if you draw upon the old Expanded Universe from which to choose. It's still not easy even if you limit your choices to canon
The Star Wars prequel trilogy did much more than simply provide background on our original trilogy favorites in Obi-Wan Kenobi and Yoda. Yes, the prequels were (are) much-maligned. Nevertheless, the films did add a plethora of new Jedi characters to Star Wars lore. They introduced us to characters
For better or for worse, the Cold War action-comedy lives! 35 years after the fall of the Soviet Union, John Francis Daley and Jonathan Goldstein have meshed the longstanding Odd Couple road trip with Iron Curtain hijinks and modern action sensibilities for a surprisingly solid but conceptually
Jaadugar: A Witch in Mongolia gives us a true puppetmistress in the form of Boraqchin in Ep. 11 "An Ungraceful Stone". This episode has shown her to be a master planner and manipulator, making her quite the political genius. However, this episode also reveals that the people she's puppeting don't
Have you ever considered the similarities between the landmark 1978 slasher Halloween and 1982’s First Blood? In both films, a man of few words arrives in a small town that treats him like the bogeyman, and when circumstances escalate to the point of murder, a specialist who’s highly familiar
