We’re now well into the new TV season and there were a number on new shows to which I was looking forward as well as some returning ones. I’ve now seen at least one of each and have formed some opinions. Since that’s what this column is all about, off we go. On the returning…
By its nature, a trilogy connects. In movies, it becomes a single story united by narrative and/or theme. Each component film should stand on its own but they should come together as a single narrative. Star Wars, especially the Original Trilogy (now known as Episodes IV, V, and VI), is a good example of this….
SPOILER ALERT: This week’s topic is Doctor Who. If you don’t watch the show, you probably won’t like the column. Also, if you’re saving this season to binge watch and haven’t seen any of the episodes yet, there may be some spoilers. Fair warning. We’re several weeks now into the new season of Doctor Who…
Dr. Hibbert: Homer, I’m afraid you’ll have to undergo a coronary bypass operation. Homer: Say it in English, Doc. Dr. Hibbert: You’re going to need open heart surgery. Homer: Spare me your medical mumbo jumbo. Dr. Hibbert: We’re going to cut you open, and tinker with your ticker. Homer: Could you dumb it down a…
Frequenters to this spot on the ComicMix radio dial are aware I’ve been MIA for the past two weeks. Attendees at the Jedi Con in Dusseldorf, Germany, also know I was a no-show. Mike Gold has supplied the basic info but I feel I should elaborate. I’ve been sick. Really, really sick. It started with…
Ye Ed Babbles Once Again… Once the medics got their hands on our pal John, they put him on the rack for an oil change and discovered he needed to have a few other parts cleaned out. The phrase “triple by-pass” sounds scary (although it’s scarier on most Interstate highways), but we’re assured that this…
Ye Ed Babbles… Our pal John is, as they say, under the weather. He’s been in the hospital for a couple of days and is scheduled to be unleashed mid-week. He’s in for complications resulting from, ahhhh, “passing the Rock of Gibraltar” and if you don’t understand that, ask an aging Baby Boomer. Mary Mitchell…
Once upon a time, when I was a boy, TV consisted of the three networks, one independent channel, and before long, one “education” channel. (“They actually had TV when you were a boy, Uncle John?” Yes. Quiet, you.) Every fall, each of the networks took a week to trot out their new and returning shows…
As the Bat-mythos goes, Bruce Wayne saw a bat fly into his window and thought, “Criminals are a cowardly and superstitious lot. I shall become a bat!” I’ve never been quite sure how the first half of that statement leads to the second half, but never mind. Maybe the bat flying in so freaked Bruce…
I read recently that Dan Brown’s book Inferno has been optioned for a film. Brown is most famous for The DaVinci Code that was subsequently made into a film by Ron Howard starring Tom Hanks as Brown’s character Robert Langdon. I’m not a big Brown enthusiast, but I bought Inferno. I needed something to read,…
We distinguish “pop culture” from “High Culture” usually because the main objective of “pop culture” is to entertain while “High Culture” looks into the human condition. It can entertain and should. Tragedy should entertain but in ways that are different from, say, Guardians of the Galaxy. But that is not its primary purpose. That said,…
Let’s have our own little adventure in time and space. At the time I’m writing this, the new season of Doctor Who, starring the new guy, Peter Capaldi, has not yet played. By the time you read this, it will have already been on. A bit of the old timey-wimey thing. If you’re not a…
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