#Mike Richardson

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Timecop (1994)

I think we’ve finally done it: we’ve found a good Jean-Claude Van Damme movie. While Timecop may have more than a few logical shortcomings, it delivers what you want from a mid-90s action film and unlike Bloodsport or Double Impact, this is the kind of picture you’d watch as a kid, revisit years later and find it still (mostly) holds up.

In 1994, we've developed the ability to travel through time. This prompts the Justice Department to establish the Time Enforcement Commission (TEC) to stop temporal criminals from altering the future. As police officer Max Walker (Van Damme) debates joining the force, he is ambushed outside his home and his wife (Mia Sara) is murdered. Ten years later, Max discovers that the man in charge of the TEC, Senator Aaron McComb (Ron Silver), has been blackmailing agents to set himself up as the next president of the United States.

Timecop begins with a cool premise. Anyone who’s seen a big company start from nothing has thought “What if I could go back and invest in them when their stocks were cheap?” From there, you can just picture the kind of scenes we'll get: as TEC agents rush to preserve the present while future weapons blast through speakeasies, time travelers pretend they're fortune tellers, etc.

Another strength is the film’s self-awareness. In any other movie, Max would have to figure out who the puppet master behind his wife’s murder and the blackmailing is, only finding out during the second or third act. This is despite the audience taking one look at Ron Silver and screaming “Guilty!” In Timecop, Max learns Senator McComb is dirty immediately. The problem is that time travel is such a powerful ability that you can’t just go and arrest him. If Max makes one wrong move, someone might travel back to 1994 and have him erased! Not that the film is all that cerebral. In fact, the time travel is a block of Swiss cheese compared to what we saw in Terminator 2 (released three years earlier).

The appealing premise of Timecop and the easily-fixable flaws make it a prime target for a remake. An example of a logical hole that needs filling is the TEC itself. There is more than one scene where Max returns from the past to find the future altered. He’s never briefed to find out if his (supposedly successful) mission has completely mangled history. Another flaw is the time travel mechanism itself. When you go to the past, you hop onto this high-speed canister thing that fires itself forward on rails. To return, you use a device you can carry on your person. Either make it consistent or explain why we have both. Finally - and this is going to hurt the Muscles from Brussel’s fans - there's Van Damme. He’s… fine in terms of conveying emotion but several action scenes feel like they’ve been inserted purely to show off the man's ability to do the splits or his muscles.

While Timecop doesn’t explore its time travel premise to the fullest and it doesn't take much effort to find an aspect of it that doesn't hold up, you could say that about many pictures featuring someone traveling to the past. The bad guys are sufficiently slimy and dispatched in memorable ways. The film understands what you want to see and then delivers. Sometimes, that’s enough. (November 12, 2021)

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[nerds-yearbook]

In 1994, the TEC (Time Enforcement Commission) is created to regulate time travel and prevent time abuse. The Aaron McComb of that time is met by his future self (who is running for President) from 2004 who gives him important financial advice. The wife of one of the first time cops is murdered. Walker (the cop) from the future learns she was pregnant and attempts to prevent her murder. (Time Cop, flm)

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Charlie Day is set to star in Kill Me for XYZ Films and Dark Horse

Charlie Day is set to star in Kill Me for XYZ Films and Dark Horse #movies

Writer, director, actor Charlie Day has been set to star in the dark comedy Kill Me, directed and written by Peter Warren. The film is produced by XYZ Films, Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg for Dark Horse Entertainment, Charlie Day and Peter Warren, and is executive produced by Paul Schwake and Kasey Adler for Dark Horse. The film is financed by XYZ Films, who will also be handling worldwide…

[the-gershomite]

G.I. Joe #4 of 4 -April 1996-

"From the Ashes" part 4

written by Mike W. Barr

story by Mike Richardson

art by Jerry Bingham

colors by David Nestelle

letters by Tracey Hampton-Munsey

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Comics industry class picture of the 1992

Via Heidi McDonald at The Beat:

Front row (l-r): Jim Shooter, then editor in chief at Valiant; Chuck Rozanski (not doing a very good job of hiding his discomfort with the Marvel suit folks, he says); Richard Pini, publisher of Elfquest; Will Eisner; Mike Richardson, owner/president Dark Horse; Milton Griepp; retailer Bill Liebowitz

Middle row: Denis Kitchen, publisher Kitchen Sink Press; retailer Mike Raub; Bruce Bristow, DC’s marketing director; Mike Friedrich, agent at Star*Reach; John Davis, co-owner at Capital; writer Peter David; I think that’s Mel Thompson, a business analyst whose take in the comics industry was often sought; Mike Hobson (I’m pretty sure) a longtime VP at Marvel; Terry Stewart, then president of Marvel

Back row: Paul Levitz, not sure of his exact title in ‘92 but he ran DC Comics; retailer Gary Colabuono; Tom Flinn , I think he worked at Capital; Allan Caplan of Skybox, a trading card company; Chris Claremont; Mike Martens, then at Capital, later at Dark Horse; retailer Ron Hon; and Shame on me! It’s David Scroggy of Dark Horse!

Color picture posted on Chuck Rozanski's FB.

B&W ID'd picture supplied by John Jackson Miller, as well as the cover of the booklet:

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[thebuhonerodazorrow]

Criminal Macabre: La gran hemorragia (The big bleed out)

#3 de 4

Dark Horse

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oh my god it feels like forever. um

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HEY!! THIS IMAGE IS HUGGEE SRRY IF ITS HARDEE TO SEE.

(Close ups below <3)

(Left to right: Jonathan Sims, Martin Blackwood, Tim Stoker, Sasha James, Not!Sasha)

(Melanie King, Georgie Barker + the admiral, Basira Hussain, Daisy Tonner, Elias Bouchard)

(Michael Shelley, Helen Richardson, Distortion Michael, Distortion Helen, Jane Prentiss)

(Mike Crew, Oliver Banks, Gerard Keay, Annabelle Cane, Nikola Orsinov)

:)

[thx to @foggyjackbiggestfan for having a cat <3]

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tma discord emoji shitpost

just a bunch of emojis for discord (yall can use em all ya want just hand over credit me thinks)

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TMA Characters and whether or not they would wear the Wiimote wrist strap

Jon Sims- of course he wears the wrist strap, it's there, why wouldn't one use it

Martin Blackwood- obviously he uses the wrist strap

Tim Stoker- does not wear the wrist strap, he and Danny never wore them as kids

Sasha James- does not wear the wrist strap because she doesn't think she would ever throw it

Elias Bouchard- wears the wrist strap to spite Peter

Peter Lukas- does not wear the wrist strap to spite Elias

Basira Hussain- wears a wrist strap

Daisy Tonner- does not wear the wrist strap

Melanie King- used to wear the wrist strap and then stopped and then resumed

Georgie Barker- did not wear the wrist strap until she dated Jon, now she still does

Gertrude- did not wear the wrist strap

Gerry Keay- wore a wrist strap for certain games but not usually

Mary Keay- wears the wrist strap for non-safety related reasons

Michael Shelley- wears it arbitrarily to make you wonder if he usually does or doesn't

Helen Richardson- is wearing one but it keeps getting longer

Mike Crew- does not wear the wrist strap

Simon Fairchild- wears the wrist strap so he can take it off specifically to throw the wiimote

Jared Hopworth- did not wear the wrist strap and now he cannot

Jane Prentiss- wears the wrist strap

John Amherst- is missing the wrist strap

Jude Perry- does not wear the wrist strap

Agnes Montague- loves wearing the wrist strap

Raymond Fielding- will make you wear the wrist strap

Julia Montauk- wears the wrist strap for certain games

Trevor Herbert- wears the wrist strap for the same certain games

Mikael Salesa- has a personalized wrist strap

Annabelle Cane- is wearing eight wrist straps

Calum Brody- does not wear the wrist strap

Oliver Banks- did not wear the wrist strap and now he does

Rosie- wears the wrist strap

Joseph Rayner- does not wear the wrist strap

Breekon & Hope- wear the same wrist strap

Nikola Orsinov- is wearing your wrist strap

[a-dumbass-jester]

I forgot to post this here but I made a tma ver of that pixel voice trend

{TikTok ver}

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Bang! with Idris Elba and Mind MGMT get adaptations as Dark Horse and Netflix extend their partnership

Bang! with Idris Elba and Mind MGMT get adaptations as Dark Horse and Netflix extend their partnership #comics #comicbooks #netflix

Netflix and Dark Horse Entertainment have extended their first look deal. Under this multi-year deal, Dark Horse will continue to give Netflix a first look at its IP for both film and TV.  Netflix and Dark Horse recently collaborated on the third season of The Umbrella Academy, which in its first four weeks reached the Netflix Global Top 10 in TV in 91 countries with 283.55M hours viewed (as of…

[the-gershomite]

G.I. Joe #3 of 4 -March 1996-

"From the Ashes" part 3

written by Mike W. Barr

story by Mike Richardson

art by Jerry Bingham

colors by David Nestelle

letters by Tracey Hampton-Munsey

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**Shots of the Episode**

The White Lotus (2021)

Season 2, Episode 3: “Bull Elephants” (2022) Director: Mike White Cinematographer: Xavier Grobet