Do you know there was a time there were no franchises? It's true.Certainly not like we have today. Oh there were properties that people liked and they would go in and out of production like Charlie Chan and Tarzan. But these intellectual properties weren't viewed the same way that a "franchise" in the 21st century is viewed. These kind of properties were reliable but never exceptional money makers. The truth was they were viewed as...
The final scene in Blood Origin had some dude from the series transporting forward in time 1,500 years. And the first thing he sees is Ciri playing dice with the street urchins. Then she looks up when she feels someone’s gaze upon her.Quick reminder this was the first time we ever saw Ciri. In the seventh episode of season 1 we found out it was because Geralt was looking for her.But now it’s some retard from Blood Origin.This strongly indicates they...
I don’t think there has ever been a worse year for the genre of fantasy than the year of our Lord 2022.There is something almost magical in the way that an entire school of storytelling has been so unrelentingly subjected to incompetence in every way available to it. How could any studio which theoretically exists to make money, so thoroughly fuck up everything they touched? Writing.Set design.Costuming.Casting.Direction:Cinematography. These shows failed consistently on every single level. One of the most important elements of epic fantasy...
It was an appropriately horrible way to start such a horrible game. The first scene was Duke Nukem, clearly and obviously getting some mouth magic from both of the Olsen Twins. Given how long Duke Nukem Forever was in development, you can’t help but shudder at the thought of how young they had to have been when they were written in. I mean they were in school uniforms and everything. I won’t remind you how their story ended in the game, or what Duke...
Tonight's post was supposed to be a RE:Play of Duke Nukem which is 90% done. But 90% is NOT done. I will finish the other 10% tomorrow.Here is the first trailer for the Doctor Who mini-series starring a much older David Tennent.This thing going to be a memberberry milkshake. A former Doctor (at least one that we know of), a former companion. And it's headlined by the Tom Baker-era logo from the 1970s. They are bringing back...
DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old.Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus.Papa says, ‘If you see it in THE SUN it’s so.’Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?VIRGINIA O’HANLON.115 WEST NINETY-FIFTH STREET.VIRGINIA, your little friends are wrong. They have been affected by the skepticism of a skeptical age. They do not believe except they see. They think that nothing can be which is not comprehensible by their little minds. All minds, Virginia,...
Behold the Santa Rocket Express which used to grace the ceiling of Herpolshiemer's department store in Grand Rapids, Mi.It traveled around the ceiling while mothers got on with frantic business of shopping for presents in world where Amazon would bring you nothing because it didn't exist.That was a real bit of magic for kids.It ran from 1947 to 2000 and it now sits in the Grand Rapids Public Museum, instead of rotting in a junk yard. You can sit...
The Dark Herald and His Lady are having a Christmas film fest while we are completely snowbound.We were watching one of the dance numbers, when one of the kids cruised by, stopped looked for a couple of minutes then asked, "When was this made?"1954, was the answer."It was that bad back then?" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-cXP1uDFpA
My opening line was supposed to be, “It was the best of Cameron. It was the worst of Cameron.” But the Critical Drinker beat me to that too!!!I have talked to people who loved it and I really wasn’t one of them. It has it plusses. No question. Men weren’t stupid for a start. A lot of this film was about strong fathers and the importance of the family unit. It’s nice to see that in American filmmaking. Instead of Beverly Hills latch-key kids making...
