In Media Res: What DC Films Could Get Right
Sadly, no one from Doc Palindrome was able to make to make it to San Diego Comic Con. However, we have been, of course, watching the feed from the Con with great anticipation. I have…
Film
Spindrift: The Stanford Prison Experiment
A was browsing YouTube, when I came across a movie trailer that came out about three weeks ago. The movie was called The Stanford Prison Experiment. The movie stars Ezra Miller who is set to…
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….
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…
Spindrift: Method Acting at its Finest
A lot of interesting Suicide Squad news has been popping up recently. With each and every thing I hear about the movie, I get more and more excited. For one, Jared Leto has gotten so…
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…
Dawn of the Proto-Nerd: Project London/Hunter Prey
I have just finished watching the most FUN movie I have seen in a long while, titled Project London. This is a fan made movie, with CG effects done by various fans using a free…
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…