I 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 […]
Read More Knowing How it Ends…It’s officially rotten. Even the professional shills don’t like it. In case you can’t read the screencap. Critics Consensus Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker suffers from a frustrating lack of imagination, but concludes this beloved saga with fan-focused devotion. 59% TOMATOMETER Total Count: 198 Coming soon Release date: Dec 19, 2019 AUDIENCE SCORE Ratings: Not yet available […]
Read More Oh My Glod…The Rise of Skywalker is in Jar Jar TerritoryOne of my biggest gripes with Special Editions is that they bulldozed the efforts of the original special effects team. Today everything is done by CGI but that wasn’t remotely possible in 1977. The work that John Dykstra and his team did for George Lucas was nothing short of heroic. But because George got a […]
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