That’s right, I am back on my Phantom Empire bullshit! After two weeks of Oscars posting from me, we return with The Phantom Empire, Part 9: “Prisoners of the Ray.” I genuinely don’t remember what happened last week, so we’ll … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 9: “Prisoners of the Ray”
Welcome to another week of The Phantom Empire! Today’s installment is called “Jaws of Jeopardy,” a cool title for what will surely be a profoundly uncool installment. There seems to be a weird phenomenon going on where I’m hot and … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 8: “Jaws of Jeopardy”
Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome back to The Phantom Empire! Yes, this is still going on, and yes, we are only halfway through it. After last week’s surprisingly good episode, anything could happen today! The protagonist could even have an … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 7: “From Death to Life”
Welcome one and all to The Phantom Empire, now written on time instead of a few hours late! After last week got me tired of this serial due to its long, pointless wheel-spinning and lack of Pete-Oscar first date scenes, … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Chapter Six: “Disaster From The Skies”
And so we begin The Phantom Empire! Approximately eight hours late. I originally posted these Monday at 1 PM, but having fully gone off schedule this week, I have decided to commit to a different schedule. In true Gene Autry … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 5- “Beneath the Earth”
Welcome back to The Phantom Empire, where Gene Autry, Radio’s Singing Cowboy, gets into it with some underground city dwellers! Last week, we left off during an exciting high-speed chase, where Gene’s out-of-control car flipping over headfirst and crashing directly … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 4: “The Phantom Broadcast”
Welcome back to The Phantom Empire, a few hours later than usual! I wish I could say that I was too busy fighting Muranians in their horse parking lot, but I actually forgot all about having to do this and … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 3: “The Lightning Chamber”
Hello, everyone, and welcome back to Part 2 of my coverage of the 1935 Gene Autry singing cowboy sci-fi serial The Phantom Empire! I know I said this would go up on Friday, but I have essays to write about … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 2: “The Thunder Riders”
If you haven’t come to Captain Video’s Sunday evening Tutturu screenings, I highly recommend them. We watch a series of educational shorts and early 20th century public domain films, and they’re usually a mix of fun, boring, and fairly educational! … Continue reading The Phantom Empire, Part 1: “The Singing Cowboy”
