Being the continuance of a series abandoned… I never read any of D.C.’s New 52, because I objected to it on principle. The whole point of comic books is that they provide the balance of new tales as part of a coninuity. I get that managing said continuity can be a challenge. But re-booting is… Read More Comic Book Post #5
This is old, but if you’re sick of the way “nerd culture” has been inflated into a Seriously Important Thing, Red Letter Media is Awesome. NSFW for some crude language. There’s a second episode: You might not get this if you don’t hang around on YouTube, but they’ve been making fun of the hysterical… Read More Nerd Culture Abused
This click-baity article at the Federalist: “Why Does Disney Hate Boys So Much?” way overstates its case. Contra the article, male Disney characters have not gotten lamer lately. As the father of two little girls, and as a boy who had a sister during the “Disney Renaissance”, I’ve seen my share of Princess movies. And… Read More A Sober and Logical Analysis of Disney Princes, or No, Disney Doesn’t Hate Boys
I had this long blog post about Statistical Clustering and Artists Die, but Art Survives written in response to Carrie Fisher’s demise called Why I Don’t Get Sad Over Dead Celebrities. I was letting it lie to give it an editorial once-over before I posted it. Here’s the part that got Overtaken By Events: Is… Read More That’ll Do, 2016. That’ll Do.
The news has taken up space in my brain and I’m working on finishing a short for the 7th issue of Unnamed Journal, but I just had to post this. (h/t Ace of Spades). (Click to enlarge. Do it!) It’s a map of Arda, Tolkein’s world. The Middle Earth you know from The Hobbit and Lord of… Read More A Complete Map of Tolkein’s World
Which is to say, fisking his liner notes, which are irritating and pretentions: the latest post over at Every. Damn. CD. Original text in italic, my responses in Bold. Notes on the Compositions Included Herein AKA, I’M A MUSICIAN AND A GENIUS AND I LIKE FISH STICKS IN MY MOUTH. 1. Hungry Freaks, Daddy…(3:27) Was… Read More Fisking Frank Zappa, Because Why Not?
First, the same chap who cheekily questioned Aragorn’s claim to the throne of Gondor lists the Most Metal Deaths in Middle-Earth. From the Feanor entry: While Ecthelion, Glorfindel, and Gandalf all bit the dust fighting individual Balrogs, Fëanor died in battle with a platoon of them. Not only that, his spirit was so fierce it incinerated… Read More And now, some Tolkien Nerdery…
Oh, Existential Comics, mashing up Jurassic Park with Ancient Greece. Does he look like Kermit? He looks like Kermit. Does he debate the nature of flies? He tries to. Does his incessant demand for ontological clarity come off as preventing other people from getting a word in edgewise? Yup. It’s just too good to pass… Read More Frog Socrates, Everybody
In the midst of fisking the usual gang of idiots about raaaaaaacism, Larry Correia lets drop an interesting factoid: For a long time entertainment tried to lump as many customers as possible into one big box to provide dumb bland mushy product to. To make a living at this stuff you needed to sell to… Read More How ‘Stranger Things’ Got Passed Around Hollywood
A little while ago, I tweeted this: Has anyone considered not giving a shit about the new Ghostbusters movie? — Andrew J. Patrick (@ajpwriter) May 29, 2016 Apparently no one else has considered this. Because apparently this film sits across the cultural divide like the fulcrum on a teeter-totter, and everyone’s pushing it one way… Read More Ghostbusters Ghostbusters Ghostbusters blah blah blah blah blah
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