Spindrift: Witcher 3 and Conflicts in Westeros
Before we get started I’d like to mention a friend of mine, Nate Hughes, who recently put out a very powerful short film. If you’ve got the time, it’s definitely something that you should check…
May 2015
The Return of the Captain Marvel Thing, Part 3 – This Captain Marvel is Just Right
Peter David has the three qualities I enjoy seeing in comic book writers: 1. He only writes stories that he would want to read. 2. He has a long-standing feud with J. Michael Straczynski over…
Things I Thought Were Cool Last Week – 5.25.2014
So, you may have noticed that we seem to have not had a column from Robert Goldshaw, this week, and this has led to some speculation that Bob has taken some issue with the current…
Dear Management…
Dear Management, As always, I would like to thank you for your continuing contributions to this site, lackluster though they are. I am certain that it takes a great deal of time and consideration to…
State of the Site, One Month In
We launched on April 20th; a little over one month ago and we are happy to report that Doc Palindrome.com has successfully grown rapidly over the course of the last month. Most of our contributors have…
Dawn of the Proto-Nerd: Dusk and Dawn
When is a TV show better than a movie? I loved the Movie, From Dusk Till Dawn, real stick to your teeth vampires, complex plot, great actors, and the camera zoom out at the end—to…
Spindrift: A Movie for the Mad and a Not-So-Super-Girl
Mad Max: Fury Road came out on Friday and of course I went and saw it. If you remember an earlier article of mine I gave my opinion on what I thought about Mad Max…
Fiction: Age of Enlightenment – Legion
[What follows is the first (horrible) chapter in what I had planned to submit to Fantasy Flight when they announced they were looking for writers of DragonStar novels. I am keeping all the characters and…
Things I Noticed Last Week – 5.18.2015
Lots to cover this week so let’s go! 1. I guess I have no choice but to come to the conclusion I’m one of only about 5 people on the planet who did not enjoy…
Dawn of the Proto-Nerd: Hitchcock and Bathing Suits
Pop culture. The ‘pop’ stands for ‘popular,’ just in case you forgot, and pretty much, if it is overly popular, I don’t care for it. Mediocrity is the driving force behind pop culture. It takes…