Howdy Avocado! Welcome to the latest episode of the Apply Topically Podcast, hosted by Martha and MLA. This is our first posting of such on the new Avocado site. Today’s episode is all about escaping reality through pop culture, specifically, … Continue reading Apply Topically Podcast: Pop Culture Escapism
Hello there! Welcome to my first post here on The Avocado. Naturally, it’s about Star Wars, in particular, the animated series Star Wars: The Clone Wars. I thought I’d start this feature for anyone, not just me, to post sort … Continue reading Expanded Galaxy: The Clone Wars
(re-scheduled due to incompetence) On the 23rd November 1963, The BBC broadcast Doctor Who for the first time and set up a fantastic show with a theme tune that must have been mind blowing at the time. https://youtu.be/75V4ClJZME4 (the first … Continue reading Day Thread of the Doctor
Back on the old site, I wrote a few articles following a rewatch of the Marvel Cinamatic Universe. Here are those articles again. Title: Captain America: The Winter Soldier Director: Anthony and Joe Russo Writer(s): Christopher Markus and Stephen McFeely … Continue reading Marvel Cinematic Universe Phase Two Rewatch: Captain America: The Winter Soldier
You read the question, folks: What movie (or movies) are comfortable and reliable enough that you can just throw it on and enjoy, no matter what? Last night, amidst the insanity of my home life, my wife and I watched … Continue reading Comfort Movies: What Movie Could You Watch at Any Time, in Any Order?
Welcome to this week’s History Thread! This week we’re going to do something potentially NSFW: Sex in history. Awhile back we discussed sex scandals specifically, but use this topic to discuss anything about humanity’s oldest and most reliable pass time: sexual … Continue reading The Steamy Weekly History Thread
This is the space for our members to discuss and share their creative projects, ranging from written works to drawings, photography, and even craft projects such as knitting and woodworking. Self promotion is welcome (websites where we can view and/or … Continue reading Creative Endeavors Has a Special Announcement
Wild Seed (1965) This week’s TCM Underground write-up features two Michael Parks movies, back-to-back and are, perhaps not coincidentally, his first and second features after a long stint with television. Wild Seed is his first, and he stars in the … Continue reading TCM Underground: Wild Seed (1965) and Bus Riley’s Back in Town (1965)
If you haven’t watched the video of the Washington Post reporter tearing apart a sloppy attempt to smear the paper yet, you ought to. It’s remarkable how little scrutiny it took to blow their whole angle apart. I’ve never even heard … Continue reading Tuesday Politics Thread is Being Recorded
This post includes SPOILERS for Chrono Cross. In 1999, Squaresoft released Chrono Cross, the sequel to the beloved SNES JRPG Chrono Trigger, on the Sony PlayStation. People…kind of hated it. Despite a respectable critical reception, fans have long found it … Continue reading Where Angels Lose Their Way: Chrono Cross and Player Disorientation
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. The Sword and the Stone
Good morning Avocados and welcome to my fifth artist spotlight on this new website. If you haven’t read a M-AM Artist Spotlight before, I like to discuss a little history about the artist and/or my own personal connections to. From … Continue reading Artist Spotlight: Sublime – Why They Don’t Deserve Your Hatred/ In Defense of Ska Rock as a Genre
Happy 20th anniversary to the song “Tubthumping.” It’s also Sharlto Copley’s birthday, so feel free to think about everyone’s favorite movie Chappie tonight. Always remember, when you get knocked down, get back up again. Continue reading Tubthumping Night Thread (11/27)
Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Nov. 27 – The battle was between champ Marcus and Caity, as Marcus took the lead on DD2, then Caity had a chance to get it back on DD3, also the last clue of DJ. She … Continue reading Jeopardy! recap for Mon., Nov. 27
So, stop me if you’ve heard this one, but Treasure Planet wasn’t exactly a box office hit when it opened on this day 15 years ago. There may be no other Disney animated movie–with the possible exception of The Black Cauldron–that has … Continue reading Treasure Planet’s Box Office Failure Only Made its Fandom Grow Stronger
Live Chat for Day 1 of the CW Crossover. WestAllen get married. Punching Nazis. Doppelgangers. Have at it Continue reading Crisis on Earth X Crossover Night 1 Live Chat
As promised, here is the first installment in my new feature spotlighting music video directors. While his music video career only lasted about three years (save two since then), Chris Cunningham was still able to create some of the greatest … Continue reading Video Director Spotlight: Chris Cunningham
Hey folks! We’re going to record the thirtieth episode of the AVoCADo GamesCast this weekend, and this one’s all about Halo and Destiny! If you’re a fan of Bungie’s games, and would like to join me, The Kappa, and The … Continue reading AVoCADo GamesCast-ing Call #30: The Bungiecast
Sean is a young man who lives alone in a trailer in the woods. He spends much of his day conducting semi-scientific experiments from an occult-looking book in his trailer’s improvised laboratory. He takes breaks to goof around in the … Continue reading The Alchemist Cookbook (2016)
Howdy, Avocadoans! Welcome to the premiere edition of this (probably) weekly discussion of western animation! (Nothing against anime, but there are like 50,000 other places to talk about it, so let’s limit this to American/European cartoons.) Potential topics to discuss: … Continue reading The New Golden Age of TV Animation
Maude knew that using the radio was risky, but she was determined to find out as much as she could about the mysterious Others who haunted the castaways’ lives. After her fellow passengers were asleep, she sneaked off to the … Continue reading Werewolf XLVI: Live Together, Die Alone – Day 6
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