Joe Pace
Favorite Fictional Characters, #170: Cliffjumper
The Autobots' resident hothead, Bumblebee's fiercer, more aggressive, less milquetoast brother, Cliffjumper was always my favorite...
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Joe Pace
Jun 17, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #169: Vincent Benedict
You would be hard-pressed to find a more quintessentially 1988 film than Twins. It's a silly exercise based on a silly premise, rife with...
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Joe Pace
Jun 16, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #168: Jessica Rabbit
So, yeah, it was 1988. We were thirteen, and pretty much the target audience for an animated voluptuous sequined redhead cabaret singer....
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Joe Pace
Jun 15, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #167: Q
Star Trek: The Next Generation was a worthy, if somewhat lesser, heir to the Original Series. It stumbled a bit out of the blocks, as...
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Joe Pace
Jun 14, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #166: Rabbit
During our UNH days, Becky Turner once compared me to Rabbit from Winnie the Pooh. I have to admit there's some merit to the claim. The...
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Joe Pace
Jun 13, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #165: Dr. Benjamin Stone
In 1991, Michael J. Fox's career was at a turning point. He had wrapped his seven-year star-making run on Family Ties in 1989, completed...
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Joe Pace
Jun 12, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #164: Edith Bunker
There was a peculiar beauty and brilliance to All in the Family. Like most good art, it was a mirror in which we could see parts of...
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Joe Pace
Jun 11, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #163: Che
Eva Peron, of course, was a real person, and one whose story might feel eerily familiar to some. Webber's tragic treatment of the former...
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Joe Pace
Jun 10, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #162: George Costanza
Seinfeld is rightly considered one of the best sitcoms of all time. The writing is razor-sharp, topical, unforgiving and hilarious. The...
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Joe Pace
Jun 9, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #161: Canio (Pagliaccio)
I make no claims to having a great understanding or appreciation of opera. I can appreciate the artistry involved, and like ballet, sit...
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Joe Pace
Jun 8, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #160: The Beyonder
In 1984 I was nine years old, and new to the world of comic books. By that, I mean the serious business of comic books, not the casual...
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Joe Pace
Jun 7, 2016
Favorite Fictional Characters, #159: Suzy Bishop
Wes Anderson's Moonrise Kingdom (2012) is a quirky, awkward little romance that is equal parts Romeo and Juliet and Lord of the Flies....
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