Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss the history of noteworthy video game series from the last four decades. Older entries can be found here. This week we will be warping through the pipes of Mario‘s 2D history. Cover art, unless … Continue reading Franchise Festival #49: Mario (2D)
To Boldly Sew is a recap of DS9 episodes, with a specific focus on the fashions of the many aliens and other characters that make up the series. Feel free to discuss matters of plot and general Star Trek things in … Continue reading To Boldy Sew: Star Trek Deep Space Nine S02E20: “The Maquis: Part One”
Welcome, my Avocados, to the fourth installment of Bagel Over the White House, my ongoing series focused on American politics on film and behind the scenes. Today, I finally get to the movie whose name inspired the title of this … Continue reading Gabriel (and Bagel) Over the White House (1933)
To Boldly Sew is a recap of DS9 episodes, with a specific focus on the fashions of the many aliens and other characters that make up the series. Feel free to discuss matters of plot and general Star Trek things in … Continue reading To Boldy Sew: Star Trek Deep Space Nine S02E18: “Profit and Loss”
As steaming services play a bigger and bigger role in the film and television industry, a lot of attention is going to their original content–but mainly streaming television shows. What about streaming movies? What hidden gems or washed up flops … Continue reading Into The Dark: The Body (Hulu, 2018)
Well, here it is, the last part in what you probably thought was an interminably long series on the interpretations of Quantum Mechanics. In this part, I want to do three things – first, mention a few other interpretations that … Continue reading A Primer on the Interpretations of Quantum Mechanics, Part 5
If you had to make a series that took place before TOS, what would it be? What would it look like? What time period would it focus on? Who would it be about? What aspects of the prequel game did ENT and DISC get right, and which would you be sure to avoid in your show?
Or alternatively, forget the prequel thing and just make your own show. With blackjack. And green space hookers. Continue reading This Week in Trek: Prequels & Jeffrey Combs
Welcome all to the second installment of Bagel Over the White House, an ongoing series in which I look at the effect of political context on American film and the effect of American film on politics. Today, I decided to … Continue reading Bagel Over the White House: Dr. Strangelove and Fail Safe (1964)
Part Five in a series: see parts one, two, three and four. On March 7, 1949 the biggest trial of the Red Scare began. Four hundred New York City policemen formed a barricade around the Foley Square courthouse, where eleven … Continue reading How We Got Here: Blacklisting Was Our Business
Welcome to my weekly discussion of the animated films of the Walt Disney Studio. I’m proceeding mostly chronologically. The title comes from a quote from Walt, “I never called my work an ‘art’ It’s part of show business, the business … Continue reading Building Entertainment: The Animated Films of the Walt Disney Studio. Pixar Edition. Monsters University
To Boldly Sew is a recap of DS9 episodes, with a specific focus on the fashions of the many aliens and other characters that make up the series. Feel free to discuss matters of plot and general Star Trek things in … Continue reading To Boldy Sew: Star Trek Deep Space Nine S02E15: “Paradise”
Decided on a whim to create a new universe where Marvel heroes were combined with DC villains and vice versa. Check it check it check it out. Heroes: Loki Wayne, a.k.a. Dark Trickster (Batman + Loki) A human reincarnation of … Continue reading New Amalgam Universe: Heroes + Villains
“There are plenty of unique and new LGBTQ stories to tell, and Hollywood must embrace that to remain competitive with other media industries.” ~ Sarah Kate Ellis, GLAAD President and CEO In the early 90’s it was easy for me … Continue reading LGBT Media: Male Couples in Soap Operas
I’ve always been a DC guy more than a Marvel guy. What keeps me with the Distinguished Competition is also what keeps vexing DC’s attempts to create a universe capable of being translated to movies, TV shows, and even into … Continue reading The Venture Bros. Review: “Careers in Science” (Season 1, Episode 2)
Welcome back to Franchise Festival, where we explore and discuss noteworthy franchises from the last several decades of gaming history. Older entries can be found here. This week we’ll be gobbling up all there is to know about Kirby. Major sources include Nintendo … Continue reading Franchise Festival #29: Kirby
What’s your favorite “bad” episode of Star Trek? There are certainly quite a number to choose from. TNG had “Skin of Evil,” a ridiculous monster-of-the-week episode saved almost accidentally by the inclusion of Yar’s death and the resulting funeral scene. … Continue reading This Week in Trek: Brain and Brain! What is Brain?
To Boldly Sew is a recap of DS9 episodes, with a specific focus on the fashions of the many aliens and other characters that make up the series. Feel free to discuss matters of plot and general Star Trek things in … Continue reading To Boldy Sew: Star Trek Deep Space Nine S01E19: “In the Hands of the Prophets”
To Boldly Sew is a recap of DS9 episodes, with a specific focus on the fashions of the many aliens and other characters that make up the series. Feel free to discuss matters of plot and general Star Trek things in … Continue reading To Boldy Sew: Star Trek Deep Space Nine S02E06: “Melora”
Following a villainous altercation gone wrong, Fred Myers, a.k.a. Boomerang, sees an opportunity to get the law off his back for good by declaring himself a newly reformed superhero! But going straight isn’t easy when you still owe a debt … Continue reading THE SUPERIOR FRIENDS OF SPIDER-MAN #12
Season 6 Directed by David Maloney Written by Terrance Dicks and Malcolm Hulke Last time out we wrapped up one important era when we finished with the missing episodes, but that was more of a retroactively relevant serial. Quality wise … Continue reading Doctor Who (Classic): S06E07 “The War Games”
10/12/2018 – Nepal: Kagbeni (2008) Directed by Bhusan Dahal Compared even to the cinemas we’ve looked at thus far this year, the history of film in Nepal is more on the scarce side. The industry is known as Kollywood, but … Continue reading Month of Horror 2018: A/S/L – Nepal: Kagbeni
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