Casting Call: ROAD HOUSE
ROAD HOUSE is an old favorite of mine and it’s about to be remade with a female lead. My feeling is, why stop there? Flip the gender on EVERY role.
ROAD HOUSE is an old favorite of mine and it’s about to be remade with a female lead. My feeling is, why stop there? Flip the gender on EVERY role.
There’s this thing going around the internet where you are supposed to list five unpopular opinions about popular culture. I’m crabby most days anyway, and especially this week, with everyone exhorting me to be of good cheer even though I loathe Christmas and all its trappings. So sure, I’ll play.
Well, it is as I write this, anyway. December 13th. What’s Wold Newton Day, you ask? Well, it’s the day a meteorite struck outside the village of Wold Newton, England, …
Tough, two-fisted historians guarding the timeline is one of my favorite things. Here’s a quick rundown on some of them, including the brand-new one from NBC that might be the best version ever.
So Dave Smith wanted to know about me and Doc Savage, and I answered him. A column’s worth of answers, it turns out.
Every so often I’ll be doing a roundup like this. Bits of this and that. Not a column so much as a few column-ettes. This time it’s a couple of cool books people sent me, some scattered thoughts on The Twlight Zone and its imitators, and checking in with everyone’s favorite giant gorilla.
Yes, of course Robert Vaughn was Napoleon Solo, the man from UNCLE. But he was also badass private op Harry Rule, cunning con artist Albert Stroller, the last of the Magnificent Seven, and so much more.