Without Rutger Hauer, Blade Runner would have been one of the most forgotten about movies in the history of science fiction. This entire film rested on that one scene. And Hauer made up a lot it himself on the spot. He was the real star of Blade Runner. Rest in peace Roy Batty.
Read More Like Tears In The RainOkay, not the most English of names. Lady Cataline made a few remarks about, “Moose and Squirrel.” But aside from that Great Britain’s new Prime Minister is good news. Brexit is going through. At this point the only thing that needs to be done to assure that is… Nothing. It was May that was delaying […]
Read More It’s Boris!I’ll probably be updating this later with a bit more depth but here is the nub: When will this superhero crap end? I hear the constant cry in the electronic winds of the internet. Probably soon is my guess. But before we get into that lets see where it started. A lot of people credit […]
Read More Where Did Superhero Mania Come From?Well, why not? Black Panther grossed $1.35 billion worldwide. Captain Marvel’s take was $1.12 billion. Compare those numbers with more traditional superhero films like Ironman III: $1.12 billion and Captain America: Civil War: $1.15 billion respectively. There is effectively zero difference in boxoffice take. Yes, they were fiddling things rather aggressively with Captain Marvel but […]
Read More Why?Could have fooled me.
Read More So Apparently, This is Not a Trailer for a Horror MovieThere is a belief among civilians that stuff is cheaper in the PX. This is only marginally true, It really isn’t what it used to be. Back before I came in, everyone in the Exchange system was in uniform, (from the truck driver who picked up the merch at the warehouse to the guy who […]
Read More Anime is Great…It’s the Fan’s That SuckHow right I was, when I wrote that headline. Terrible news yesterday. There was a brutal one man attack on Kyoto Anime Studios. It left more than thirty people dead. A man in his forties doused the entrance of the studio with an accelerant and set fire to it. The studio, was three stories tall […]
Read More Anime is Great…It’s the Fans That SuckUPDATE: Cataline appears to have called it right. I haven’t commented on this up until now because I wasn’t sure there was anything to it. But at this point there are enough confirming reports coming in that I willing to say, I called it right. Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge at Disneyland is a flop. Even […]
Read More Is Star Wars Galaxy’s Edge a Mistake for Disney?HONOR Princess Honor was surprised by the smell. She had heard about the smell of blood. However, her own experiences with it were in too limited amounts to really detect a noticeable odor but it definitely was it’s own thing. Rusty, salty, marshy and a bit metallic all at once. It was thick and redolent […]
Read More Song of Grod: Chapter SixteenThe biggest Harry Potter fan under my roof, had not been able to see Fantastic Beasts when the movie came out. So as a smallish treat I rented it on Amazon’s streaming service. After twenty minutes, “please turn this off.” “Oh, you aren’t enjoying this?” I asked. “No one can enjoy this,” came the reply. […]
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