Our favorite villains from 1980s cartoons were serious badasses. They didn’t give a shit about anyone, their own henchmen included. And it was a damn good thing their plans were all ludicrous and destined-to-fail, because these bastards were the very personification of pure evil. But 30 years later, audiences need to feel as though they … Continue reading
Last night, I re-watched the original 1986 animated movie, aptly-titled The Transformers: The Movie. You may have seen me live-tweeting about it, in which case I apologize. This movie is the first one I ever saw in a theater, way back when I was a tender four years of age. I can’t say how I … Continue reading
Transformers Week on Rhoades to Madness begins in an unexpectedly appropriate place: The Beginning. The roots of my geekdom were sown early in life when a little show hit the airwaves in 1984 about a high-stakes battle between good and evil waged on Earth by extraterrestrial robots that could shapeshift into vehicles. Transformers (Generation One) … Continue reading
Blog-readers all over the world have been blown away after the premiere of MacGyver and Magnum, p.i. on Rhoades to Madness. It has been hailed as not only “something on the Internet,” but also “something to read.” But the success of this massively ambitious project was never a certainty. For the next fourteen hours, we’re … Continue reading
LAST TIME ON MacGyver: I’m black and sassy and a WHOLE lotta woman! 18-MINUTE MONTAGE OF MACY’S THANKSGIVING DAY PARADES FROM THE LAST 25 YEARS Magnum: This man will die if we can’t cure his lupus and replace all his blood with liquid styrofoam! CLIP FROM PETER GABRIEL’S SLEDGEHAMMER VIDEO MacGyver: I’m leaving Sterling Cooper … Continue reading
LAST TIME ON Magnum: Pete and Higgins have been brutally murdered! We have to hunt down their murderers! RANDOM FOOTAGE FROM AN EPISODE THREE SEASONS AGO OF MACGYVER EATING A SANDWICH MacGyver: Dammit, Magnum, they’re getting away! STOCK FOOTAGE OF WRIGHT BROTHERS FLYING AEROPLANE Magnum: This won’t end well for you, Galtieri! The Falklands are … Continue reading
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My name is Alex. I have pop culture feelings. Updates every Friday (usually). Slight tendency to edit as I go.
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