The Dragon's Cave

I've decided to bring back my "How to Fix It" idea with a new name and a new approach. From now on, I won't just be taking something that was horrible and try making it better. Instead, I'll be taking a look at stories that I believe actually had potential to be amazing, but missed it. The quality of the title being discussed can range from "kind of good" to "Oh please, make it stop!"  Let's be clear, though. I will only make a post regarding a story (movie, comic, book, etc.) if there are enough things I'd change to make an entire post. If the only change I'd make is to remove one scene or tweak the lighting on the set, that's not enough. I need to be able to change a lot in order for something to qualify. Another change is that I intend to use visuals in this series. They can range from screenshots to my own illustrations (or other artists when/if I start asking for commissions on Deviantart). Here are a few titles tha

After doing two Spider-man related posts in a row, I decided it was time to change things up and talk about another franchise I love. So here we are. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. I've loved these guys ever since I discovered them with a game at a certain pizza arcade as a little kid. You know you're hooked on a game when you're wasting all your tokens on it even though it doesn't give any tickets. Years later, I managed to catch the 2003 series when they started airing it on Cartoon Network and I've been following them ever since. A couple of years ago, I got a copy of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Ultimate Visual History . It's a great recounting of the franchise's history with nice little attachments throughout its pages and I recommend it to anyone who's a turtles fan. On the back cover, it lists that the book contains a reprint of the first Turtles comic. I searched through the pages over and over, never finding the dang thing. It was only l