What I bought, read, or otherwise consumed – May 2017
Yes, it’s time for another jaunt through my brain, as I offer up some thoughts about the trades and books I read in May. Won’t this be fun?
Movies They Will Never Make… But Should!
A recent discussion touched on stories and characters on film that none of us ever believed Hollywood would touch, and that got me thinking about movies I could never have dreamed of. And that got me dreaming of them.
The Goldblum Effect: Hey, I can coin phrases on the internet too!
Today, I take a look at what I call The Goldblum Effect. Why no, I don’t have much to do, why do you ask?
‘Section Zero’ on Kickstarter: Kirby Meets X-Files by Kesel and Grummett
Travis talks with Karl Kesel about Section Zero, the comic he created with Tom Grummett that is getting reprinted, as long as the Kickstarter is successful!
‘Clue the Movie’ Reviewed
Travis takes a look at the movie based on the board game Clue, and finds that it’s pretty good overall.
The Monsters That We Are
Everyone loves a good monster movie. Everyone has their reasons for loving a good monster movie. Some side with the monster, some root for the massive take down. There must be tons of analytical papers that look into a viewer’s relationship with monsters and why, despite not being realistic in any way, they feel real to us as we watch them on screen. We easily accept there can be such a thing as a Godzilla fighting Mothra or Werewolves, Frankenstein. Vampires, Succubi, and even Reptar.
Farewell to the Saint
“James Bond actor Roger Moore…” Of course it’s the first line of his obituary, and he acknowledged good-naturedly that it was inevitable that it would be so, several times, in …