Author Archives: rickjlundeen

Fantastic Friday note: FF action figures I’ve always appreciated a quality sculpt on an action figure. The mechanics and design that go into action figures these days is crazy. The quality has made a quantum leap, or two, or three, since the ’80’s and early ’90’s. Back then, you’d be lucky to get an armContinue reading “Fantastic Friday – FF Action Figure Sets”

This was in the mid ’80’s, when life was carefree, meaningful job free and partially responsibility free. We can’t say for certain how it happened. We can’t say for sure where it happened, but we do have suspicions and circumstantial evidence.  I got sick. Sicker than I’d ever been. I may have either already movedContinue reading “Unwashed Vegetables of Death”

Sometime in — I want say 1981, so I will– 1981, I was turned on to an amazing little restaurant. It’s very possible it may also *originally* have been a death trap that was probably breaking health code violations, situated in a sketchy neighborhood. None of that can be proven though, except maybe the statusContinue reading “El Faro”

Not even sure what I meant by the title—I’ve re-written portions of this about 7 times while it’s been in the queue, so here it finally is. Play Ball! That might have been a better title…. So I’m curious to see how grandpa Rossi manages the Cubbies. Pretty much the  same Cubbies from last year. WellContinue reading “Lonely baseball season… I guess”

Spoilers ahead as always… but in a nutshell, the big reveal was that the Doctor is really an ancient being that predates the civilization of the Time Lords, is billions of years old, and is THE source of how Time Lords regenerate. She just doesn’t remember any of that. Anyway, on with the review…. I’mContinue reading “DWS12.10 – The Timeless Child Rating: 6/10”

I approach each episode of new era Doctor Who (Series 12 final ep tonight), as an amateur sociologist, one of a million critics, a 40 year fan, and a would be writer.  Showrunner Chris Chibnall wasted half of Series 11 which served no one. Not the fans, the BBC, no one but himself, leaving someContinue reading “As the finale approaches…”

When my wife convinced me to do a blog, I thought that I should do an entry each day for one year. That’s 365 days to you and me.  I figured that during that time period, I should be able to get everything out. Every story, confession, theory, experience, you name it. Although that’s not entirelyContinue reading “Leap Year Day intrudes on my blog schedule”

One of the nice things about a million cable channels and various streaming services is that those entities, combined with a DVR which searches out programs, means you can usually find most anything, especially old tv shows. Case in point, Columbo. Peter Falk played the disheveled detective from 1968 to 2003. 35 years!  The formulaContinue reading “Revisiting a classic- “Columbo””

Buckle up–I’m going with the flow on this one. Pretty much anytime I see a heartfelt father and son moment on tv or in the movies, odds are, there’ll be waterworks at some level. It could even be an old man and a boy as in grandfather/grandson. Same cause and effect. Emotion. It doesn’t takeContinue reading “Cat’s in the Cradle…”

Sooooo many times, me and my brethren at the ***** ****** (sorry, top secret) have ranked the Marvel movies and with each film that’s come out, the list gets crazier and bulkier. Since I love lists — although I’m finding maybe not quite as much as I used to– I figured I’d put up myContinue reading “The Superhero Movie Ranking List”