ANY week now. Or so I’m hoping. I, and countless other fans, are awaiting casting news on two franchises. The first is who will be picked as the 14th Doctor Who. The next is who will be cast in the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s version of the Fantastic Four. Some crazy and unsettling rumors abound withContinue reading “Waiting for casting on Doctor Who and the FF…”
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Look! There, there! A 7-11!
This was the fevered declaration, every time my grandparents and I would travel down route 41 in southern Florida, circa the mid 1970’s. Ever since my grandparents left Chicago for the warmer climate in 1973, my mom would plop me on a plane (I was 11 years old) and send me down there every summer.Continue reading “Look! There, there! A 7-11!”
George Perez
At some point in 1975, after a couple years without them, I was able to locate an alternative place to buy my new comics. I found a drug store that was a mile from my house, so I hoofed it over there each week for new comics. Amongst the offerings was I *think* the firstContinue reading “George Perez”
The Uphill Battle
Saw the most interesting comic strip in the newspaper the other day. My wife was reading the paper, and it caught her eye. She wasn’t quite sure what to make of it, so she showed it to me. We questioned what the deeper gag was. I mean, okay, Sisyphus endlessly pushing the rock up theContinue reading “The Uphill Battle”
Multiverse, Multiverse, what is Multiverse?!?!
It’s theorized that there are other realities besides ours. Each time we make a decision, that there’s another reality, or parallel world where we make a different decision. That in fact, there are millions of billions of alternate/parallel earths/galaxies/universes that co-exist side by side. It’s a fascinating, authentic, scientific theory. That can never be proven.Continue reading “Multiverse, Multiverse, what is Multiverse?!?!”
Hey, Here Comes Another Batman…
Director Matt Reeves’ picture The Batman is coming out in theaters next March. Robert Pattinson heads an impressive cast including Jeffrey Wright as James Gordon, Andy Serkis as Alfred, and even Colin Farrell as… the Penguin? Okay, most of that sounds solid, and the trailers so far have looked good, yada, yada, yada. I’mContinue reading “Hey, Here Comes Another Batman…”
The Time Tunnel!
In 1966, innovative producer Irwin Allen created what he later called his favorite tv show production. The set was a massive undertaking, occupying two whole sound stages at the studio, and was the most expensive show made during the 1966/67 television season. It’s the story of two men lost in the corridors of time. Continue reading “The Time Tunnel!”
Feeling Fantastic Friday
I often get asked “how are you feeling?”, which is only natural considering the past 3 years. For the majority of this year coming off Covid last November, then getting it again this past June (unbeknownst to me), I’d say I was feeling “okay”. It’s really a sliding scale when most of the past yearContinue reading “Feeling Fantastic Friday”
Walter White, Tony Soprano and Al Swearengen walk into a bar
I’ve made no secret of the fact that I consider Breaking Bad, The Sopranos and Deadwood to be the three finest tv series ever. In that order! Running technically 5, 6, and 3 seasons respectively (depending on how you breakdown the split seasons), these shows did what few shows managed to do– maintained a highContinue reading “Walter White, Tony Soprano and Al Swearengen walk into a bar”
Russell T. Davies is returning to Doctor Who as showrunner in 2023
…..and my mind is blown. Never in a million years would I have thought that he would come back to the interminably exhausting position, but Davies is coming back to Doctor Who just in time for the show’s 60th anniversary, succeeding Chris Chibnall. The good news is Chibnall is finally leaving in 2022 after 3Continue reading “Russell T. Davies is returning to Doctor Who as showrunner in 2023”
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