Jan

Thoughts on the Premiere of ‘Legends of Tomorrow’

Posted by John Seavey Published in Film/TV, TV

First, it’s important to note that I’ve seen none of ‘Arrow’ or ‘Flash’. That’s not because I dislike them or think the CW should stay out of the superhero business after ‘Smallville’ or any number of other Cranky Internet Person reasons; it’s just because there are only so many hours in the day and I’m […]

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Jan

The 2015 Not Quite The King William’s College Quiz ANSWERS

Posted by MGK Published in General Nerd Crap, Interactive Fun Time Party

Final tally: you guys got most of questions five, six and seven, and identified the categories, and were nosing around question one pretty closely. There were correct guesses in every other question but nobody got close as to those categories (the fact that nobody figured out the Star Wars question surprised me, to be honest). […]

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Jan

Review: Welcome To Night Vale – A Novel

Posted by John Seavey Published in Books, You Should Read

There are probably two target audiences for ‘Welcome to Night Vale – A Novel’. Neither of them will be entirely satisfied. The first is the actual fanbase of “Welcome to Night Vale”, the podcast that began in 2012 and has been spreading through the collective consciousness of geekdom to the point where Stephen Colbert brought […]

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Jan

Appraising Sarcastic Inedible

Posted by MGK Published in Comics

I was kindly sent a complimentary copy of Amazing Fantastic Incredible, Stan Lee’s comicbook autobiography (with the “assistance” of Peter David and Colleen Doran) (and yes, reading this, one discovers that Lee follows Jim Steranko’s spelling of “comicbook,” so for the sake of uniformity I will use it here). To be sure, it has some […]

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Jan

The Evolution of the Disc

Posted by John Seavey Published in Auf Wiedersehen Goodbye, Books, Politics (Other)

I just finished ‘Raising Steam’, the last of the “adult” Discworld novels (although of course, Terry Pratchett famously considered the difference to be nothing more than branding). It’s the saddest of ironies that even though Pratchett’s memory was failing him by then, this is really the most consciously retrospective of his novels; it is, even […]

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Jan

The 2015 Theszies (RSPW Awards) – CALL FOR VOTES

Posted by MGK Published in Interactive Fun Time Party, The RSPW Awards / The Theszies, Wrestling

This is the Call for Votes for the 2015 Theszie Awards. You can vote here. The Theszie Awards are the oldest fan awards in pro wrestling history, going back to 1990 (when Mr. Perfect quite appropriately won Best Wrestler and Junkyard Dog v. Ric Flair at Clash XI won Worst Match). They offer a record […]

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Jan

The Axanar FAQ

Posted by John Seavey Published in DRAMA MOTHERFUCKERS, Film/TV, Flicks, General Nerd Crap, General Nerd Shit, The Internets, TV

Q: So what is Axanar, anyway? Is it a prescription drug, or something? Wait, I think I read about this, it’s that “female Viagra” thing that– A: No, no, no. Axanar was a pivotal battle in the history of the Federation, fought by Garth of Izar before his descent into madness. It was taught to […]

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