Monthly Archives - December 2021

Streaming Wars: Paramount Plus Gaining on Disney+

Paramount has been on a major spending spree lately and for the life of me, I couldn't figure where they were getting the money from. They have been in last place and cash strapped for years now. And the simple reason they have spending money again, is that they are gaining subscriptions fast. The last time I checked in was months ago when CBS-All Access had failed and they only had a few million subs, these...

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This Thing Looks So Cheap

In case the unofficially official rumors of a big shake-up at LucasFilm had given you reason to hope... "As part of the ongoing “Star Wars Bring Home The Bounty” campaign, Lucasfilm Consumer Products is partnering with Walt Disney World Resort and Lucasfilm Publishing to give one lucky winner the ultimate adventure: a chance to win a 2-night experience on the Star Wars: Galactic Starcruiser before it opens in March 2022, and an exclusive meet and greet with the authors of “Star Wars:...

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The Dark Herald Recommends Ghostbusters Afterlife

Ivan Reitman’s early years in Hollywood are something he would like swept as far under the carpet as possible.     His salad days body of work includes such titles as Columbus of Sex, Cannibal Girls, Rabid (starring Marilyn Chambers in her only non-pornographic role), Shivers, and that groundbreaking classic, Ilsa the Tigress of Siberia.  All of these movies were all slightly better than they had any right to be, but it looked like he was never going to find his way out of...

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Friday Night Open Thread

Post what you want but... Rule 1: It has to be related to pop culture. Rule 2: Rule 1 is pretty much it, I'll nuke any post that doesn't conform to it. UPDATE: Flash! The new trailer for the Star Wars hotel has been STRUCK! And it was Disney that nuked it. A Disney pixie-duster influencer of my acquaintance had been trying to get an early reservation to do a review. And she wasn't able to secure one. None...

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How Relevant is Ayn Rand to Christian Nationalism?

How relevant is Ayn Rand's Objectivism to Christian Nationalism? An important question for the elders of the movement considering how many of us were some species of Randite when we were young. Sixty years ago, when it was first published the question would have been what relevance does her philosophy have at all.  The answer at that time, according to the National Review was none whatsoever. ... Out of a lifetime of reading, I can recall no other book in which a tone...

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