Black Blades and Other Sorcerous Things
Because you demanded it! (Well, a dozen of you or so did, anyway.)
Month: November 2019
Comic Book Piracy or How to Kill What You Love
If you happen to read comic books then it can be safely assumed that you are a fan of the medium. Be it vigilantes swinging between buildings, alien space invasions …
Terminator: Trying to Sort Out The Timelines
Terminator: Dark Fate (2019) didn’t set fire to the box office, but if it’s the final film in the franchise (I wouldn’t bet on it) it’s still better than 2015’s …
Help! What Should I Read Next? (A Reader Poll)
The Shelf of Shame is out of control. I have all these cool new books to read that I planned to write about and, well, I’m feeling a little overwhelmed. I can’t decide.
Then it dawned on me– YOU can decide.
Here are some thoughts about movies from the 1960s, 1970s, and 1980s!
I think that most people reading this had a lot of their formative years during these decades, so let’s check out some movies from the time period!
Gone in 13 Episodes (or Less!)
It’s been my gift (and curse) that I seem to remember hundreds of terrible TV shows that only aired for half a season and dropped into the abyss half a century ago. I can’t tell you what my bride asked me to pick up after work tonight, but I sure as hell can tell you who starred in ‘A Year at the Top’ 42 years ago, because that’s how the blob of electric jello in my skull works. If I have to know this crap, so do you.
Grendel’s Mother or the Problem of Perpetual Escalation
Last night it was hot, as in at 4 AM it was 29c and heading for a 39c day. Sleep was difficult to find and, not surprisingly, my thoughts turned …