The Ardent Eccentric: Comic-Con Reflections
So I know my regular post is usually on Tuesday, but this week is a special edition-Comic Con 2015! Which I’m not at. For the first time in 5 years. And my heart is breaking….
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Things I Noticed Last Week – 7.6.2015
So time is catching up with old Bob. I can’t keep up with the week to week grind anymore. (Mostly I can’t stand that rat Jesse Edmond, but that’s neither here nor there.) It’s short…
Being Bad Can Be So Good
I love bad guys. A good villain can make a story; from an epic space opera about the fall of a galactic empire to a Disney tale about an amphibious princess to the saga of…
The Ardent Eccentric: Pippin – No, Not Our Favorite Hobbit
Sunday night was my daughter and I’s “forced-night-of-theatre-because-you-are-getting-old-and-we- won’t-have-these times-forever.” I have a season subscription to the local theatre that hosts all of the Broadway tours, and sometimes “Forced Theatre Night” is successful (such as…
Things I Thought Were Cool Last Week – 6/29/2015
It was an interesting week, last week, so much so that Bob Goldshaw was not able to devote his usual time and effort into developing the quality content we have all come to expect. Instead,…
Spindrift: HBO and Spider-Man
I watched two of HBO’s season premiers last Sunday: True Detective season 2 and Ballers. Before I get into the season 2 premiere of True Detective I’ll talk about the first season. What differentiates True…
The Flaw of the Power/Responsibility Equation
When I was a very young nerd, Spider-Man comic books were my jam. Amazing Spider-Man had been published since 1963 and Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man had begun publishing in 1976. Marvel Team-Up; where Spider-Man…
The Ardent Eccentric: Mashups
I was driving home last week, on a particularly terrible traffic day, when I heard a commercial for a new radio show hosted by Today Show host Hoda Kotb. In my exhaustion from being on…
Things I Noticed Last Week – 6.22.2015
After a week hiatus I’m trying to get together another set of solid pieces of entertainment news from the last fortnight. I apologize my personal obligations are getting in the way of continuing this column…
Crossover Everything!
I love crossovers. Back in 2007, I was working at a job I despised and had just released my first and only two gaming supplements which, pretty much, failed. I was no longer getting work…