“Masters of Doom” by David Kushner There was a nice paragraph in this book where the author, David Kushner, walked through the last few decades and discussed what […]
San Diego Comic-Con 2023 Analysis As usual, I viewed the San Diego Comic-Con’s 2023 edition as an opportunity to get a barometer on the next year in […]
Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker (2019) Reviewed Let’s all just be honest – it should have been titled “The Rise of Fan Service” and I like fan service as […]
“Starfleet”/”X-Bomber”: An Appreciation This was a 24-episode puppet-based (think “Thunderbirds”) sci-fi show out of Japan. It predated “Macross” (i.e. “Robotech”) but this show’s story reminded […]
San Diego Comic-Con 2022 Analysis As usual, I viewed the San Diego Comic-Con’s 2022 edition as an opportunity to get a barometer on the next year in […]
Otherworld: A Short-Lived 1980s TV Gem? This was a very short-lived alternate reality show on CBS that was a mid-season replacement in early 1985. The jist was that […]
Reviewing Mike Tyson’s Fights While growing up, I had a fascination with the phenomenon that was Mike Tyson, but access to footage of his fights was […]
Ready Player Two by Ernest Cline Review Talk about an up-and-down experience for me… while having moments early on, the trajectory of “Ready Player Two” was on a steady […]
San Diego Comic-Con 2021 Analysis This won’t be a conventional report, as San Diego Comic-Con is again not having a conventional year. The COVID-19 pandemic continued into […]
Musings on Harry Smith’s Anthology Of American Folk Music (1952) A look at the track listings of Harry Smith’s Anthology Of American Folk Music from 1952, with notes on specific songs of interest.