Contrary to appearances, I enjoy new media as well as old. From both Avatar series and the most awesome Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles of 2012 to Filoni's Clone Wars and Rebels, I love great stories. Even when those stories are remakes of childhood favorites. Some of these remakes are far better than any of the [...]
Month: November 2019
My 70’s Saturday Morning
So, it's Saturday morning and I woke up at 0500 hours. What could I possibly do? Well I could fire up some old School Saturday morning fun. That's exactly what I decided to do. My theme was Live Action programs. I began with "Land of the Lost" and went down the rabbit hole from there. [...]
Star Wars: Everything is Cyclical
This poster echoes the greatness of the original from 1977. I am blown away by the bookend style of poster. I skipped attending the Last Jedi in theaters, but with everything coming out about this film... wow. I loved what JJ did with the Force Awakens, even though his movie killed off Solo, but that [...]
Return of the Ewoks?
Yes, please! I was thirteen in 1983, when Return of the Jedi was in theaters. Perhaps I was just as easy going then as I am now, but they didn't bother me at all. In fact I loved them. Do I wish the Empire was a bit more of a task for them to [...]
Spending Thanksgiving Day with the Avengers
Well, most of the day. Watching Avengers Infinity War and Avengers Endgame back-to-back today. While the movies will never get a comic storyline just right, with the proper writers/directors/producers, they have zero problems getting them far better that the stories they were originally based upon. Since I have only seen both films once it [...]