This blog shall stop at nothing and stay there, bringing all undiscerning readers up to date information about significant items of interest and intrigue that will certainly be interesting to someone somewhere at sometime. I shall also try to avoid being vague.
In the year of our Lord, One thousand, Nine hundred, and Eighty, the world was presented with a marvelous gift: Airplane! A monster hit upon release, the film still resonates today, with a bit of a timeless quality. David Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and Jerry Zucker wrote and directed Airplane! and I don’t think we’ve collectively …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels Part XXIII: Airplane II: The Sequel”
Gosh, I’d love to say that due to the injuries that I sustained while trying to stop a runaway school bus filled with nuns, orphans, orphaned nuns, and a squadron of sasquatch babies is what kept me from writing for so long, but sadly I cannot say that. I mean, I could say that, but …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels Part XVI: Lethal Weapon 2”
Just when I thought it was safe to go back into the waters of blogging…I decided to take a refreshing splash and jumped right in! The world of sequels is blessedly never-ending and now with summer coming oppressively at us, the luscious land of blockbusters beckons from the deep! So since this entry can’t stay …
When in Year of Our Blockbusters, One Thousand Nine Hundred and Eighty-Nine, there was only one man that could beat Indiana Jones, James Bond, Riggs & Murtaugh, Marty McFly, the Ghostbusters, and Weird Al Yankovic at the box office: Batman! There was such a demand for Batman movie tickets and bat-related paraphernalia, the country simply …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels PART XIII: Batman Returns”
Ye gods, it has been a terrifically long time, hasn’t it? I feel like I’ve finally awoken from hibernation as I make the long journey to Jupiter’s moons, I tell you! Now that I coincidentally on purpose mentioned Jupiter’s moons, I think the time has come to talk about a sequel to an acclaimed and …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels Part XII: 2010: The Year We Make Contact”
1989. Just 1989, I tell you. Wow. What a bursting at the seams, jam-packed year in film! In retrospect, it just takes your breath away. And me? Well, I was there and I somehow survived. You see, back in my ancient days, we were pummeled and bludgeoned by the unending supply of blockbusters. Right when …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels Part X: Ghostbusters II”
(This wondrous sequel entry was inspired due to my being a guest on Yuri Wainwright’s podcast: The Decline and Fall of the Dead Teenager Movie. Yuri is also the author of The Decline and Fall of the Dead Teenager Movie, which is available over at Amazon. Also, please be sure to check out his site …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels Part IX: Friday the 13th Part 2”
Ah, can you smell the Spring in the air? I know it is rather hard to detect because of the snow, but gosh, what a wondrous time of the year! And it certainly makes one nostalgic. I am not immune to Spring’s charm and that has made me nostalgic for the Golden Age of Hollywood! …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels Part VIII: After the Thin Man”
Yet another dismal snow-filled week in February begins. So let us gather around and warm not only the cockles of our hearts but cockles everywhere with throwing yet another wonderful sequel on the fire. The fire of appreciation that is! Let us stoke the furnace of love with these sequel logs, shall we? By the …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels Part VII: Magnum Force”
This sometimes updated, always indifferent series has been a tremendous success! So because there’s precious little else to do in-between facing earth-shattering poverty or death by breathing or maybe both, I thought I’d upchuck another entry! Perhaps I can generate even more enthusiasm by ending my third straight sentence with an exclamation point! Yeah! Actually, …
Continue reading “Almost Equal Sequels Part III: A Shot In The Dark”
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