Anyone that knows me, knows I like the abnormal. Things out of left field. That is probably why I’m into history, aliens, UFOs, bigfoot and ghosts. Continue reading Into the Unknown – UFOs
Monthly Archives: June 2016
Comics Cosmos – Buy Me a Mockingbird
Thanks to Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. I became interested in the character Mockingbird (Bobbi Morse). As sad as it was to see her and Hunter leave the show (yes, there was weepiness), I’m hoping they return since their spin-off wasn’t picked up for next season. She’s actually been around in the comics since 1977, showing up in other hero’s books or as part of a team. Only recently did Marvel give her a title all her own. So, of course, I’m reading it. Continue reading Comics Cosmos – Buy Me a Mockingbird
Miss Dawn’s Musings – When Nostalgia Trumps Quality
There are a lot of properties making comebacks on the small screen lately (over the past few years, really) and a lot are really popular, especially among fans who remember them from “the first time around”. So I was thinking about this and whether the popularity stems from actual quality (in the writing, acting, overall production value) or if people are blinded by nostalgia. I think, in a majority of cases, it’s nostalgia. Continue reading Miss Dawn’s Musings – When Nostalgia Trumps Quality
Best Geeky Finds – House on Haunted Hill (1959)
“The ghosts are moving tonight, restless, hungry.”
It opens with a scream…
As part of a party for his fourth wife, Annabelle (Carol Ohmart), millionaire Frederick Loren (Vincent Price) invites five strangers of differing backgrounds to a haunted house. Once there, he informs them if they can spend the night at the house on haunted hill… and survive… they will be given $10,000 each. They are given the option to leave before midnight, but before they have this chance the staff rush out, locking the doors behind, forcing everybody to risk their lives in the house until the morning. Continue reading Best Geeky Finds – House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Irregular’s Intel – Remembering “The Champ”
Back before cable, regular TV would actually show major boxing matches. When I was a kid, I didn’t like boxing, it just looked like two guys punching each other in a square. But things changed when I watched Muhammad Ali! I’d love to hear Howard Cosell interview him and how Ali talked about how pretty he was and he was the greatest of all time. Even back then, if someone said that about themselves you could hear the collective eyeroll, but Muhammad Ali backed it up. He’d get in that ring and be so light on his feet and yet hit so hard!! I couldn’t imagine what a right hook from him would feel like. But there was so much more about him to appeal to the kid in me. Continue reading Irregular’s Intel – Remembering “The Champ”