Almost Equal Sequels Part XII: 2010: The Year We Make Contact

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 …

Pluto: A Real Actual Honest-To-Goodness Planet

Being a parent, such as I am, I’m always intrigued when my children latch onto a new interest.  Of course, I prefer it when they latch onto one of my interests that I tenderly and lovingly shoved down their throats for their cultural consumption. It isn’t easy to keep the fires burning, warding off the …

My First The Last Jedi Review: Revenge Of The Return Strikes Back

*Since Star Wars is effectively a non-entity and a bit of a joke at this point, I thought I would drag my original post on this film out from the ether, update it a bit but not much, and send it back out into a cruel world.  Plus, I had just rewatched the Red Letter …

Annihilation: The Smartest Science Fiction Movie That Was Ever Released on February 23, 2018

AUTHOR’S NOTE: Since nothing new of any real note has come out into theaters, I thought I would dive back into the well once more to drag out some thoughts on a movie that I was dragged to by my wife over 3 years ago.  This movie was so incredibly successful that to date, they …

The Rise of Skywalker! And the Fall of Just About Everything Else Star Wars…

***Author’s Note: Yes, this should have come out on May 4th, but due to my laziness, I missed the mark.  Sounds like I would be perfect for a job at Lucasfilm!  Oh, but I kid!  Well, not really.  But I do.  Sorta.  Anyway, here are some reedited reactions from my seeing the Episode IX in …

How I Saved Lucasfilm and Star Wars: A Primer

With all the claptrap and hoohah with Lucasfilm and Star Wars and Disney and whatever else going on, I thought that I would do what I do best: help out even though no one asked me to in the first place.  Hey, no need to thank me!  Just think of me as a Good Samaritan wandering out in the …

The Toxicity of Toxic Fandoms that are Toxic!

I didn’t think that the day would end in controversy.  Certainly that wasn’t my goal, at least at that time.  It was a relatively chilly and cloudy day, par for the course of an admittedly blasé Wisconsin winter.  After a rigorous battle reorganizing the linen closet, matching pillowcases with sheets and folding more towels than …

This Certainly Trumps The Inauguration: A Rogue One Star Wars Story About Rogue One

Well, here we are for the first time as we were before once again.  Yes, that is the way that I have decided to start this blog post commemorating the beginning of a new year by going back to the winter of 2016!   And hopefully this clickbait title will drag in the readers, who will become …

The 25 Or However Many Days of 007 DAY 23: For Her Thighs Only Indeed!

Well, dear reader and even more read dearers, thank you for taking the time to sit here once again at the Chateau Bond to enjoy some more espionagey home cooked goodness!  The top three 007s have arrived and fortunately they are all fun Bond adventures.  They also share one thing in common: a plethora of …

The 25 Or However Many Days of 007 DAY 13: The Spatial Issues Of James Bond

Well, here we are yet again to spelunk into the cavern that is James Bond 007.  We’ve covered all the stalactites and stalagmites that are before us and now I’m already bored with the cave exploration analogies.  Moving on, I shall now go over a Bond movie that I’m sure most of you would have placed much, …