I can’t say how well you had it this year but I am happy to kick 2019 out the door and maybe down the long flight of stairs Joker was dancing on. This post will be a quickie. My second favorite SJW, Jenny Nicholson covers The Rise of Skywalker. I was expecting her to be […]
Read More Star Wars: Final Post of 2019The second weekend numbers are in for the last film in the Rey saga. And they are bad. Average per screen take last Friday was at $20,000. as of this writing it’s at $4,600. Weekend total is at $70 million domestic. Bringing the worldwide gross to $700 million total. This is against a film with […]
Read More The Fall of SkywalkerI recently saw an article that asserted that all cities eventually become insolvent. The reasons for this is that there is a cycle that begins with a period of rapid growth due to highly successful trade, industry or other. Infrastructure is built up to meet the demands of a rapidly growing population. Then the population […]
Read More Random ThoughtsOops, meant to put this in earlier. Honestly, the Holiday Special wasn’t as out there an idea as you think. In the late seventies variety shows were still a big thing. And pretty much all of them had already done something with Star Wars. Everybody from SNL to Richard Prior had done something with the […]
Read More Blogs and Ends: Late EditionA reader asked me my opinion of FX’s new “edgy” version of Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol. I said I’d give it a look. I did. Then I washed my eyes out with bleach. FX’s version of A Christmas Carol is hideous, hollow and Woke. I can’t do a proper review of it because I […]
Read More Blogs and Ends: The Post-Holiday EditionHug your loved ones. Remember the good times. If you think you might know someone who is alone today go out of your way to find them and say, “hi,” you’ll be giving yourself quite a gift. If you are on deployment and away from family, keep in mind you’ve got your brothers all around […]
Read More Merry Christmas to All!On the face of it, the numbers look good. The opening weekend is $175 million. Now that is pretty impressive. For anyone but Star Wars. J.J. Abrams first outing had an opening weekend of nearly $250 million. Now that was kind of a special occasion of a movie. It had been ten years since the […]
Read More The Rise of Skywalker: The First NecropsyFor obvious reasons, I have to keep moderation on, for new commenters. You will be published when I check in on my blog. I don’t have an army of moderators here, it’s just me and I’m very, very busy. It rarely takes more than twelve hours. After that you should be able to comment automatically […]
Read More Attention New CommentersWhen I was about twelve or so, I saw the final episode of The Prisoner for the first time. The kaleidoscoping collision of discordant scenes, random images, combined with a non-existent story-line, left my little mind in a swampy, brain-fried fog. I have never felt that way since. Until today. The Rise of Skywalker shows […]
Read More Cataline Does Not Recommend: The Rise of SkywalkerWell, we all know how the Skywalker Saga is going to end now, don’t we? I’m busy as hell today and as we all know the bomb drops tonight. I’ll be seeing The Rise of Skywalker ASAP and possibly getting my fully impartial and scathing review posted either Friday or Saturday. I’m not sure how […]
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