Monthly Archives: July 2012
Keep Calm and Be Batman
After commenting on the tragedy surrounding the release of much-anticipated The Dark Knight Rises, I did actually get around to seeing the final chapter in Christopher Nolan’s Batman trilogy this past weekend. I largely agree with the ruggedly handsome and sweet-smelling Morgan Lewis in his more-than-adequate review from last week, so I see no need … Continue reading
I Hate Moon Nazis
Nazis from the MOON! The goddamned MOON! *takes a deep breath* MOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!! So anyway, there’s Moon Nazis now. So I guess Captain Kirk went to all the trouble of letting Edith Keeler die again in “City on the Edge of Forever” for absolutely no reason. (That, and the rest of us have had to … Continue reading
We’ve Got Next!
It is amazing to think that it has been nearly 25 years since Star Trek: The Next Generation first graced television screens. It is equally amazing that – given the content of that first season – the show survived to become a phenomenon that far outstripped the success of the 1960s original. I mean, Wil … Continue reading
Always Darkest Before
It’s always difficult to know how one should behave and respond after a tragedy on the scale of what happened in Aurora, Colorado. Sympathy for the victims and their families, absolutely. But that’s only part of it. Television and social media, of course, has already turned to who should be blamed. And, as expected, fingers … Continue reading
Books / Life / Teh Interwebz
The Everchanging Spectrum of a Pie
A curious absence! A silent protagonist! A bewildered public, hungry for answers! Titties! Needless to say, the last few days have seen a dearth of posts from yours truly, and the reason is that my Prettybird kinda, sorta flew the coop. Not as in “we broke up and all the world will feel my … Continue reading
Rhoades to Madness 