Purveyor of Nerdstalgia
Today we are watching Atragon, for the very first time. Atragon (海底軍艦, Kaitei Gunkan, literally ‘The Undersea Warship’) is a Japanese science fiction (Tokusatsu) film produced and distributed by Toho in 1963. The movie is loosely based on the story “The Undersea Warship” by Shunrō Oshikawa and “The Undersea Kingdom” by Shigeru Komatsuzaki. Being a […]
In this Side Note I want to talk about my first impression of “The Old Guard”. It’s different but it also feels very familiar. This could easily be branded as a Highlander reboot with a twist… instead of fighting other immortals they band together to fight for the world. I think the concept of The […]
While watching “The 36th Chamber of Shaolin” today, a wonderful Kung-Fu film from Run Run Shaw in 1978 and my favorite of all the Kung-Fu Flicks, it dawned on me that I am more enamored of a Martial Art Film’s training sequences more that the loss and revenge of that loss that necessitated the training […]
Dungeons and Dragons: Venger, Dungeons and Dragons Statue Dungeons and Dragons was a well written and nicely animated program that ran from 1983 through 1985. While I had the first Basic Edition set of the TSR game, I never could find anybody to play with. This show was the next best thing, at least […]
Do you think Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull sucked? Then this thought process may just change your mind like it did mine. First, we need to talk about our attitudes. We ALL went into this movie with high expectations. We wanted our Harrison Ford from, at least, 1989. After some time, […]