The FENX and Action Figures: Life as a worn out superhero toy

I’ve been thinking some about action figures lately.  When you’re young you don’t think past tearing the miniature plastic superhero or villain off the card and using the figures to re-enact your favorite scenes from a show or movie.  I did this a lot with Batman figures such as the Caped Crusader, Robin, The Joker, [...]

The FENX and the Avengers: Worth the Assembly Required *minor spoilers ahead*

In May 2008, movie-goers the world over were introduced to Robert Downey Jr. as Iron Man; it changed things forever. Marvel had formed their own movie-making apparatus and had an ambitious plan: release movies about the origins of characters in the Marvel universe (Iron Man, The Incredible Hulk, Thor, and Captain America) that made up [...]

The FENX and the Native Son: Fragments of the Gospel in the Thudercats Reboot

“Don’t let your pride get in the way of forgiveness” – Lion-o, Lord of the Thudercats I have memories of watching the original Thundercats alongside the Silverhawks when I was very young, and when Cartoon Network aired both series together when I was in High School.  Last fall, Cartoon Network launched an updated reboot of [...]

The FENX and Giving Life: Maybe I should have asked for that Midichlorian Count…

To break the chains of routine or elude the bonds of habit, sometimes people do something spontaneous, acting on a whim.  It’s never been better captured than in the words of Sheldon Cooper on The Big Bang Theory:  “What’s Life without Whimsy?”  I did a bit of that this week when I decided to give [...]

The FENX and Life As Story: I never thought I would actually read a book by Donald Miller.

I really like books; I like owning them, having shelves full of them, and reading them.  I’m currently in the midst of four separate books between various small groups and my own personal reading.  I started reading Frank Peretti at 11 years old and started collecting the Star Wars expanded Universe at 12; 17 years [...]

The FENX and Scott Pilgrim: A Hero for the 21st Century vs. The League of Evil Ex’s?

Author’s Note:  Thoughts on Scott Pilgrim vs. The World (via a Facebook note) after it’s release in 2010; great movie. Anyone who knows me knows that I really enjoy heroes, comic books, and video-games. Now if someone can successfully turn that into a movie, I am all in. Scott Pilgrim vs. The World is all [...]

The FENX and the Last Son: Long Live the House of EL

Author’s Note:  This is a post/note written for Facebook in May 2011 at the conclusion  of Smallville on television.  Since then, it has been announced that Smallville will be continuing in comic book form from where it left off at the end of the 10 season finale. As Bilbo once said, “I’m going now, this [...]

The FENX and the Dark Lord (of the Sith): Redemption and removing the mask

Star Wars lightsped it’s way back into theatres this weekend, in 3D no less, so in honor of it’s return, I want to talk a bit about what I, among many, affectionately call “The Wars”.  I’m an unabashed Star Wars fan, a FANBOY if you will.  I cannot tell you how many times I’ve seen [...]

The FENX and the Captain: Thoughts on the Silverscreen treatment of Steve Rogers’s Origin

“I’m just a kid from Brooklyn” – Steve Rogers, Captain America I can only imagine the roar and applause that must have erupted all across movie theaters in Brooklyn, NY Friday when die-hard fans and those just curious sat down to watch Captain America: The First Avenger this weekend. Captain America: The First Avenger is [...]

The FENX and the Emerald Power of Will: Thoughts on Green Lantern *updated*

“In Brightest Day, In Blackest Night, no evil shall escape my sight; those who worship Evil’s might, beware my power, GREEN LANTERN’S LIGHT!” – The Oath of the Green Lantern Corps. Those words were first penned many decades ago and for many decades since then, fans of the Green Lantern comics have waited for silver [...]