You wouldn’t think it would be possible to make the Star Wars holiday special worse. I mean, some things just can’t be done right? Ostriches can’t fly. Water can’t be dry. John Scalzi will never write a decent book. And the Star Wars Holiday Special could not possibly get any worse. And Mickey the Great […]
Read More Then They Came For the Holiday Special…The Dragon Award ballot landed in my Email inbox recently, I put off opening it until tonight and now I wish to god that I hadn’t. The 2020 Dragon Award ballot is an SJW shit-fest. Look at these fucking nominees for best science fiction: The Last Emperox by John Scalzi (Tor) Network Effect by Martha […]
Read More The Dragons Have FallenAs well the rest of Warner Brothers. AT&T recently detailed a roughly $830 million hit to second-quarter earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization from the novel coronavirus pandemic and a roughly $2.8 billion revenue impact after in the first quarter having mentioned a $433 million earnings and a $600 million revenue hit. This is […]
Read More The Executions Are Under Way At DCFIRST Mulan Quite a few people wanted to know that if once Mulan is purchased on Disney Plus, it will be available on any other platform. The answer is no. You will have to maintain a subscription to Disney Plus in order to access your copy of it. I realize this seems more evil than […]
Read More Blogs and Ends: Various UpdatesAlex Kurtzman’s winning streak continues unabated. Now he’s failing at humor. Honestly, this shouldn’t be that hard. People have been doing funny Star Trek satire for better than 40 years. Secret Hideout could have hired some of Futurama’s old writers and then just got out of the way. But then Alex Kurtzman might have produced […]
Read More Yeah, It Sucks: Star Trek Lower DecksUPDATE: Disney has announced that calling the Mulan VOD a rental was “a mistake.” Now it’s a flat-out “purchase.” Which makes more sense because (a) those that rent, won’t rent more than once at that price and (b) a straight sale will likely move more units. Especially if Disney includes “exclusive bonus content.” Can I […]
Read More Disney Kills Family Movie NightWith the failures of Comicon, Worldcon and now Gencon fresh on everyone’s mind. I thought we should take a quick look at some other con fails. First Dashcon The first and last time Tumblrinas decided to meet in person. It was never going to be a good idea but it was beyond a stunning failure. […]
Read More Blogs And Ends: My Day Was Shot Before Nine EditionA Parable by Cataline Sergius Edited by Vox Day The vast fires of the besiegers blanketed the once-beautiful plains surrounding Tor Keep as far as the eye could see, glowing a hellish red-orange against a sky so dark from the smoke that mid-day appeared to be twilight. The black legions of Evil chanted, “he rises! […]
Read More The Tale of the HeraldThis years Hugos went so far beneath my radar I didn’t know they had happened. I think we have finally reached the point where a Hugo Award is actually damaging to an author’s reputation. Certainly, no one who loves Science Fiction will want to buy a book with the words Hugo Award winner on the […]
Read More Hugo Awards 2020Bob Iger is pissed. Allegedly. The guy he hired to be his replacement Yes-Man has stopped saying, “yes.” Bob Chepak is no hero but he is a guy who knows how to cut the fat and it looks like Disney is going on a forced starvation diet. Disney World is likely going to scale back […]
Read More Blogs and Ends: The Red Button Option
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