Australian Life In The Summertime
Australia is an interesting country. Australians love their country. “I love a sunburnt country, a land of sweeping plains.” Their capital, Canberra, normally has one of the best air qualities …
“Save Hitler? That’s not what you do with a time machine!” â SyFy’s 12 Monkeys
Late last year I discovered that Hulu was finally streaming the fourth and final season of SyFy’s 12 Monkeys TV series. In the lag between Christmas and the second half …
What’s wrong with ‘Star Wars’ (and How to Fix It)
Once again, I found myself writing a lengthy response to a post on Facebook, and just before I hit send, I thought “gee, this would be better as a post over at the Junk Shop.” So here we are. This time it’s the Star Wars Saga. The first response posted to that thread was the suggestion that “maybe, just maybe, Star Wars was a really cool idea that got taken way too far.” My reaction to that, and the reason we’ve assembled here today, was that some parts were taken too far, while others were simultaneously not taken far enough.
Comics You Should Own – ‘Animal Man’ #1-32
Hey, it’s a Grant Morrison comic! I can’t believe I would ever feature one of those in these columns!
Hatcher’s Junk Drawer #16: Lightning Round
This is another installment of the New Year’s resolution series of columns about my attempts to make significant progress reading the books piled on the Shelf of Shame next to …
âHe who possesses this weapon possesses the whole worldâ: The Death Ray Mirror of Dr. Mabuse
In 1964 the Dr. Mabuse series ended with a whimper. The Death Ray Mirror of Doctor Mabuse (also known as just The Death Ray of Doctor Mabuse) is better than …