Jan

HEY THE NEW KIDS ARE BACK wait no

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column et cetera.

Jan

Twenty-one lessons I learned from the first year’s worth of Uncle Scrooge

Posted by MGK Published in Comics

1.) Be Tougher Than The Toughies And Smarter Than The Smarties 2.) Criminals Are Very Concerned About The Law 3.) Dam Technology Is An Ever-Advancing Arms Race 4.) When In Doubt, Barter 5.) Australia Has A Lot Of Precious Metal Just Lying Around 6.) Watches Are Overrated 7.) The Junior Woodchucks’ Guide Book Is Never, […]

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Jan

Perhaps the most important JPG you will see this year

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets

Take a look. Seriously: that is just about every single policy problem (or a contributing factor to one) that humanity has, wrapped up in a colorful, easy-to-understand nutshell. (And some of their numbers – like phosphorous – are probably optimistic.)

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Jan

Thursday WHO’S WHO: Peacemaker

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, Who's Who

When DC bought Charlton’s intellectual properties, they got some decent acquisitions on the cheap out of it: the Question is probably the most important, along with Blue Beetle (“the intellectual property so good, they shot him in the head”), and although everybody makes fun of Captain Atom the good Captain has his place as the […]

44 comments

Jan

Perhaps the least impressive superhero catchphrase ever

Posted by MGK Published in Comics, WTF

For those interested, Yank and Doodle are the kid sidekicks of the Black Owl, a superhero who wears blue and red and therefore makes no sense. The Black Owl is a suburban family man and Yank and Doodle are his sons, but Yank and Doodle are not aware that the Black Owl is their father […]

16 comments

Jan

“__________ Of Love” Can Totally Be a Show

Posted by MGK Published in The Internets, TV

My weekly TV column etc. etc. etc.

8 comments

Jan

The Best Movies Of 2009 (Vaguely In Order)

Posted by MGK Published in Flicks

1.) Up In The Air. Up until last week I thought my #2 had this in the bag, and then Jason Reitman had to come along and be brilliant and shit. Way to go, Jason Reitman, fucking up my list and making me have to juggle shit around! Anyway, George Clooney (who is undoubtedly the […]

38 comments

Jan

New decade, new Who

Posted by MGK Published in It's The Youtube, TV

I am cautiously approving. I don’t think that Moffat has an idea of the Doctor as stone-cold action hero (fisticuffs and dramatic firing of pistol aside), but the eleventh doctor certainly seems more actively inclined than some Doctors (and frankly if you’re going to cast Matt “I am older than twelve” Smith as the Doctor, […]

41 comments

Jan

You know how when something stupid happens to you, it’s always your stupidest friend who notices? That.

Posted by MGK Published in Bad Comedy, Conversations

FLAPJACKS: Is it cold outside? ME: Well, yes. It is January. FLAPJACKS: You should dress warmer. ME: “More warmly.” FLAPJACKS: That too. ME: It’s not that cold. It’s just, you know, winter. FLAPJACKS: Then why is your skin blue? Look at it. You look like you have frostbite or something. ME: If I had frostbite […]

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Jan

sigh

Posted by MGK Published in Nothing Else Fit

See sale on Steam. Purchase Max Payne and Max Payne 2 because they are cheap and I like those games and wouldn’t mind playing them again. Install games. Games do not work. Go on Steam forums. Look for patches/issue fixes. Attempt fixes. Games still do not work. Uninstall. Download warez copies of games. Install them. […]

8 comments

Dec

Stephen Harper takes ball, goes home

Posted by MGK Published in Canadian Politics, Politics

So I don’t know if the non-Canadians have been paying attention, but this latest bit of Stephen Harper’s fuckery should probably merit it. Remember this story the next time you complain about your country’s politicians, because there simply isn’t a more pathetic political class in any first-world country than Canada’s. See, the thing is that […]

15 comments

Dec

A twofer

Posted by MGK Published in Shameless Begging, Writering

Hey. while those of you eligible are nominating Matt’s story for the Aurora Awards, why don’t you nominate that Beatles thing I did? Win-win. Here, I’ll even set up a copypasta for you: “Scenes From An Alternate Universe Where The Beatles Accepted Lorne Michaels’ Generous Offer” By Christopher Bird (https://mightygodking.com/index.php/2009/11/10/scenes-from-an-alternate-universe-where-the-beatles-accepted-lorne-michaels-generous-offer) See? Easy-peasy. Nominate me in […]

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Dec

Worst Comics Ideas Of 2009

Posted by MGK Published in Comics

– DC putting the Milestone-verse into basic DC continuity not as an alternate universe but instead deciding to have Dakota be Yet Another Fictional City, like Metropolis and Gotham. This does not work. It doesn’t work on any conceivable level; Icon would not show up in the standard DC universe. The Blood Syndicate would be […]

44 comments

Dec

Single-sentence review of The Imaginarium Of Dr. Parnassus

Posted by MGK Published in Flicks

Really clever way to work around Heath Ledger’s death and amazing visuals don’t stop you from noticing that the plot goes all over the place and the movie tends to feel longer than it should; also, Mini-Me gets all the good lines.

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Dec