I read. A lot. One plus to 2020? I read more this year. Gamed regularly. Binge watched even more. And that’s our topic for this month. Our first and probably only Papillon Overlord ‘Best in Class/What to Watch’ Award show.… Read More »People tested, Papillon approved
It’s no secret that I appreciate American composer, writer, director, and producer John Carpenter. I may have previously mentioned ‘Darkstar‘. Or ‘The Thing‘. Even ‘Ghosts of Mars’. I haven’t but should have mentioned ‘Escape from New York’, ‘Starman’, ‘Big Trouble… Read More »Remake, Reboot, or Rest in Peace? They Live
There are a lot of things that we didn’t do this year so that we could do them next year. The only problem with that? Some of the people we would have done them with didn’t make it to next… Read More »Home (Bound) for the Holidays
1987 It is 1987, six years after the animated cult classic Heavy Metal exited theatres. The up-and-comers of anime contribute to an anthology, Robot Carnival. In 2019 it is all but forgotten. Heavy Metal isn’t forgotten in 2019. That’s the… Read More »Shizuka ni gamba!
Returning to my writing roots.
In the 1974 made-for-TV movie and series pilot “The Questor Tapes“, freshly minted android Questor has three days to locate his creator, Dr. Vaslovik. Failure is not an option. Short on time and information, Questor basically kidnaps Dr. Vaslovik’s mentee,… Read More »Remake, Reboot, or Rest in Peace? The Questor Tapes
Escape Artists Podcast Network‘s Science Fiction Imprint, Escape Pod, is a finalist for the 2020 Hugo Award for Best Semiprozine. Their Flash Fiction contest is underway. My day job in real life involves work as a proof reader & fact… Read More »Pod People & Edit Evasion
Today a trio of groundbreaking works that need to be remembered. They just aren’t worth a re-watch. Trust me on this. Years of recommending all three. Decades of scorn and contempt in return. Well, not that much, really. But enough… Read More »Worth a Watch? Maybe Not?
People have Deals. Large ones, small ones. Some of our Deals are plain to see. Others are hidden by accident or design. A lot of us have multiple Deals. Everyone has them. Everyone. Everyone except fictional characters. Right?!? I write… Read More »What’s the Deal?
A bakers dozen of the images that were bursts of sunshine peeking through clouds of anxiety and uncertainty. Laughter really is the best medicine. Not your cup of tea? Brian Gable’s works in the Globe and Mail seemed spot on… Read More »COVID19 Coping