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It’s funny how your opinion can change regarding a character or a movie, depending on your perspective, or even how the character or franchise had itself changed since you last watched the particular character or movie.  In 2006, not quite yet that controversial director Bryan Singer brought us the next chapter of the Richard DonnerContinue reading “Superman Returned again”

Albert Einstein is hilarious in his films I’ve yet to get The whole family history because the kids don’t talk about it a lot, so I’ll tell you what I know. Many years ago there was a comedian named Harry Einstein, who moved about in the Hollywood circles and in the famed Friar’s club. HeContinue reading “Albert Einstein is hilarious in his movies!”

Professor Xanax stepped out into the sun, over the bodies of the slumbering security force as he and his goons exited the bank, their duffels stuffed with cash. The plan had proceeded smoothly. Like any summer Sunday morning at 5AM, the city was deserted. The bank vaults combination and security protocols extracted from the formerContinue reading “The Purple Throbber”

Companies pay millions and millions and MILLIONS of dollars to air 30, 60, or 120 second commercials *during* the Super Bowl. It is definitely an event, seeing the alleged best of the best, most creative commercials of the year. Even if you’re not a football fan, it is fun seeing the whole state of theContinue reading “Why Spoil Super Bowl Commercials?”

Sounds like something you need a lime wedge for. As I lay here with abnormal amounts of phlegm that keeps hanging on eight days after the worst of my cold has already passed, sure, I worry about extinction level events.  Originating in some China zoo/market/carnival/bathhouse (?), Chinese officials have been incredibly proactive getting the wordContinue reading “Coronavirus”

Gerry Conway got away with murder, back in the day. He was a young kid who got some prestigious writing gigs at Marvel. He’s the guy that wrote Spider-man #121, the death of Gwen Stacy. Must admit, I think I kinda hated him after that for awhile. It wasn’t entirely his fault but that’s anotherContinue reading “Fantastic Friday looks at FF #137”

As a Doctor Who fan, first, if you haven’t caught the latest ep, spoilers coming, you’ve been warned. But damn, showrunner Chris Chibnall has presented fandom with a puzzle regarding who exactly this new Doctor is. What makes this particular puzzle extra tricky is that the guy who set it up, Chibs, may have totallyContinue reading “Wracking my brain about Jo Martin”

Chris Chibnall is the current showrunner on Doctor Who. He is not thought too highly of as a writer or a showrunner in many circles. Some things about Chibs: In the mid ’80’s, an early teen Chris Chibnall appeared with other members of a Doctor Who fan club on a live TV show with thenContinue reading “Chibey Chib Chib-Chibs’ first half of his era”

The dead machine burst through the clouds at Mach one within a green sphere. Inside the renegade flight simulator, the test pilot had no control, so he held tight, trying to keep a cool head. In the distance, large rocky outcroppings were approaching very quickly. But just as the pilot’s heart threatened to hammer freeContinue reading “No Evil Shall Escape His Sight”

***WARNING: Spoilers abound!**** With this daring adventure, Chibnall either began unveiling his own master plan which has been brewing since he got the gig but decided to wait until he was halfway through his run to enact it… or the Beeb had made it very apparent that he had to up his game BIG timeContinue reading “DWS12E4: Fugitive of the Judoon!”