The first trailer for Shazam! came out eight months ago, and it looked like a pretty good movie. Unlike certain other DC superhero movies, it looked like the Shazam! filmmakers remembered that comics were supposed to be fun.https://youtu.be/go6GEIrcvFYI managed to catch one of the sneak preview showings of Shazam! last week, and I thought it lived up to the promise of … [Read more...] about Shazam! – Review
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The Walking Authorial Intrusion
Walking Dead is pissing me off. Again.The problem started with the final episode of Season 6, when Negan finally appears. The show had been building up to this for several episodes, as Rick's group had a series of run-ins with Negan's minions. In this episode, several of Rick's group were captured by Negan's much larger force and hauled into a clearing where they were … [Read more...] about The Walking Authorial Intrusion
A Libertarian Meets the Honorverse
My list of reliably entertaining fiction authors has become too short, so I've been spending a lot of time lately poking through the Amazon Prime discount bin trying to find new authors to read. Lately, I'm looking for military sci-fi or space opera. After a batch of disappointing starts -- some books are free to read from Amazon for a reason -- I decided to check out a … [Read more...] about A Libertarian Meets the Honorverse
An Alien Product Placement
The most recent Alien: Covenant trailer comes with an opening commercial for Walter, the synthetic (a.k.a. artificial person a.k.a. android) played by Michael Fassbender in the movie. Here it is:https://youtu.be/B4Cmf4BuNggAt the end, they flash a couple of corporate logos. I naturally had to step through them. The first one is a new logo for Weyland-Yutani, which is … [Read more...] about An Alien Product Placement
The Late Night Double Feature Picture Show
Back in the 1980s, I used to go see the Rocky Horror Picture Show at the Biograph Theater on Lincoln Avenue. I wasn't one of those people who went every weekend, but I probably saw it maybe a dozen times.In case you're wondering, no, I didn't dress up. There wasn't any single character I wanted to be. My personality was pretty much Brad, but my body type ran more to Eddie. … [Read more...] about The Late Night Double Feature Picture Show