Sharing with y’all the choice pics from my trip to Salem from September 20-23. I am anxious to return, hopefully with friends and I am willing to brave the crowds for Spooky Season! Hell, I’d love to go there any … Continue reading Greetings from Salem Day Thread!
Don’t ask me why I was reading up on the plots of the Police Academy franchise, but I was surprised by this trivia about the final film, Mission to Moscow. Per Wikipedia: “The shooting of the film took place in … Continue reading Police Academy: Mission to Moscow Day Thread
Hey y’all, I’m making a run to the defunct convenience store, White Hen Pantry. You need anything? White Hen runs were a staple of my childhood. Yes, we had 7-11s in my area, but the White Hen was closer, thus, … Continue reading The Day Thread Goes to White Hen
What is Death Positivity? Per The Order of the Good Death: “People who are death positive believe that it is not morbid or taboo to speak openly about death. They see honest conversations about death & dying as the cornerstone … Continue reading The Day Thread is Death Positive
What is Clooneyville you ask? It’s not only a place; it’s a state of delusion. I invented Clooneyville as punishment for my friends always killing me first in games of Mafia, even if I wasn’t Mafia. So, I opted to … Continue reading Welcome to Clooneyville, Day Thread!
I know people have their complaints about the superhero film genre and as a fan of that genre, I get it. It really has dominated the market for the last 15 years or so, when before 2002 we may have … Continue reading Scene Dissections Punishes!
Tis the night to celebrate muscular sax men worldwide. Continue reading The Night Thread Still Believes
Today is my birthday but I don’t want this thread to be about that. Instead, I want to turn this into an opportunity to share our favorite pop culture from the year 1987. Every year on this date I reflect … Continue reading Pop Optics Forum: The Pop Culture of 1987
The Day Thread is Radio Active! Turn your car’s ignition to The Avocado Position! This will NOT drain your car battery! Continue reading The Day Thread Is Radio Active!
You know the drill. No threats or harm or even well wishing threats. Be kind to your fellow humans, piss on the GOP and the NRA. Hail Satan if you want. Continue reading Friday Politics Thread
How does a film where Denzel Washington is a rogue and imprisoned cop with a metal arm and Russell Crowe is a psychopathic AI residing in a silicon-based body not fully capitalize on either premise? How does a pseudo-tech noir … Continue reading Scene Dissections: A Scene-Eating Crowe
Last night I was watching episode 5 of Moon Knight and then just this morning I have Ghostbusters 2 on in the background. What’s the connection between those two? Aside from playing fast and lose with other entities possessing mortal … Continue reading Pop Optics Forum: Pointy Party Hats and Other Tropes
I have a memory of visiting my sister when she attended Iowa State University, located in Ames. It was the summer of 1996, not exactly sure of when, but likely before my 9th birthday in August. My mother and I … Continue reading The Complicated Feelings of Hometowns
Hey y’all! Posting a random PO Forum as I’ve got Double Dragon on and the scene where they’re roller blading came up and it got me thinking “You know… 90s films really though that roller blading was neat and was … Continue reading Pop Optics Forum: Depictions of Counter Culture in Film
I’ve already written at length about how horror films had a hand in popularizing the concept of movie franchises. In that article, I acknowledge a tendency for those sequels to rewrite or covertly reboot the timeline either due to time … Continue reading Pop Optics Forum: Sequels That Completely Upended The Series
Today is Billie Joe Armstrong’s 50th birthday! Today is also my half-birthday. While half-birthday’s aren’t universally celebrated, I always thought this was a cool as Green Day has been one of my favorite bands of all time. They were the … Continue reading Green Day Thread
