A Thor Point (An open letter to Marvel)

I’ve been hearing whispers lately that Marvel Comics is shopping around a concept for a movie based on the legendary Norse god, and long standing comic book hero the mighty Thor. I’ve seen a couple names associated with directing as well as lead roles. Some of which I find quite disturbing. For those not […]

Rex Libris - I Librarian

Here’s a fun one I thought I should make you all aware of from SLG publishing. I Librarian is the first collection of stories about Rex Libris the librarian for Middleton Public Library. Sound pretty tame does it? Well, he’s been a librarian for over two thousand years working as an agent of the deposed, […]

The Deathly Hallows … a wrap up party

So Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is behind us now. Time to pause a moment and reflect.
Back in April of 2006 I shot off my mouth and made some predictions of what I thought would happen. I even wrote my own version of how I would end it, because yah know that’s what this […]

Potter 7/21/07 where were you?

Well I and my clan joined in the fun at WizardStock in Hogwarts (Harvard) Yard. While the youngins weren’t quite up to staying long enough to ring in the release of the Deathly Hallows, it was a lot of fun. Most notable during our stay was the band Draco and the Malfoys. You may think […]

An Inconvenient Truth

I just saw Al Gore’s movie An Inconvenient Truth. Yeah I know its been around awhile, but hey that’s what Netflix is all about right? Some pretty thought provoking stuff, and even if you think Al Gore is blander than stale salt free pretzels, you need to see it. Someday one of your children, or […]

Buffy Season 8

That’s right sports fans, Buffy is back! Season 8 of Buffy the Vampire Slayer is out in comic book form from Dark Horse. Joss Whedon remains at the helm of the Buffyverse as writer. I’ve read the March edition and April is due out in a couple days. While one comic is perhaps not enough […]

Scalzi Things

This post isn’t a predictive post or a better ending. I consider this more a public service announcement/ review. Lately I’ve read a couple of books by John Scalzi. http://www.scalzi.com/whatever/ If you like science fiction, and you have a sense of humor you should check out his work. I’ve been lurking his blog for awhile […]

Doctor Who? (2005)

For those uninitiated in the Doctor Who series , it is the English equivalent of Star Trek. The original series ran from 1963 to 1989, followed by a TV movie in 1996 and now started again for the 2005 BBC season. It is famous for its quirky science fiction plotlines and unabashed low budget special […]

Serenity

I hesitate to write about Serenity. I watched the movie without seeing the series Firefly that it was derived from. Also, Serenity was literally the movie that wouldn’t die. Without the fanatical Firefly fans, and their outrage when Firefly was cancelled there would be no Serenity. And yes, we all know that Joss Whedon is […]

Harry Potter Book 7 (–update: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows)

The Harry Potter books by JK Rowling are among the best I’ve read in a long time. Now that may seem like gushy fan praise, but hold that thought. For the past seven years I’ve read very little but children’s stories and board books. You guessed it; I’ve been reading these books to my now […]

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