Classic and new Christmas specials and longer videos. See what I add all year and see if one of your favorites is on the list.
“Mobian Idol” oddly didn’t last long.
Sonic The Hedgehog #201
Archie Comic Publications (August 2009)
“Change In Management” & “Devotion”
WRITER: Ian Flynn
PENCILER: Tracy Yardley
INKER: Terry Austin
COLORIST: Matt Herms
LETTERERS: John Workman (main story) & Teresa Davidson (back-story)
EDITOR: Mike Pellerito
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Sadly, we live in interesting times.
Netflix, the former mailaway home video rental service that killed the home video rental industry by putting the stores out of business and then moved to streaming when technological advances of the internet allowed for decent quality videos without tying up the landline telephone for hours, now will do the same thing to the movie theater. At least if you ask Hollywood. Sure, it’s not like Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos has been subtle in his goal of ending the movie theater experience, thus bringing more people to Netflix. They practically all but ended physical media, which Hollywood studios love because it means they can get more money out of you like they do in theaters since you have to keep paying or get them ad revenue through streaming like they can out of movie theaters.
On the other hand, it wasn’t a single company operation. Hollywood itself did their part in ending interest in the theatrical experience. It just isn’t the reward it used to be with technological advances and rude people, plus the quality of the movies themselves, I find it funny that Netflix is opposed when nobody had a problem with Disney doing the same thing. It’s all about the theatrical experience. These directors, actors, and producers were taught that the theatrical movie experience was the top of the media pecking order, especially in live-action. So now Netflix is being poised as the scapegoat when the theaters close for good. Look, I’m one of those people raised to see the movie theater as a reward. I have good memories of going to the theater with my parents or my friends, and my grandma took me to see The Muppet Movie in theaters. I remember always wanting to visit the drive-in I saw from the highway leaving my grandparents house, and my parents surprised me by taking me there for Star Wars…and then I fell asleep during the Star Destroyer going after Princess Leia’s ship because I was that young. I saw the second movie in theaters before the first one. It was still cool getting to finally see The NeverEnding Story in the theater as well as The Transformers: The Movie. Nowadays more than streaming is responsible for the end of theaters as the go-to experience and no matter who ultimately wins Warner Brothers (Skydance is now trying for a hostile takeover, going after all of Warner Brothers Discovery, believing they were robbed by David Zaslav), but the Hollywood mindset is not prepared for the real world.
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If I’m in trouble I can think of greater heroes to choose. One who will actually show up for starters.
Thunderbolt v3 #59
Charlton Comic Group (September, 1967)
Okay, when comes to the main story, I’m not sure if “Assassins” is supposed to be a title or not. Editor Dick Giordano credits Pat Boyette (with P.A.M as series creator) as having researched a story that Peter Cannon denies happening, which serves as the framing device.
The Sensational Sentinels: “Night Of Doom”
WRITER: Sergius O’Shaugnessy
ARTIST: Sam Grainger
EDITOR: still Dick Giordano
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Yes, the drunken Scotsman swears, but he make a good point.
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Chapter by Chapter features me reading one chapter of the selected book at the time and reviewing it as if I were reviewing an episode of a TV show or an issue of a comic. There will be spoilers if you haven’t read to the point I have, and if you’ve read further I ask that you don’t spoil anything further into the book. Think of it as read-along book club.
Forgot to fix the intro after the previous book. This book has good chapters so it should just be a chapter an installment. This one even has 9 1/3 pages.
Last time we saw the current TARDIS crew–The Doctor, Ian, and Barbara–deal with their first travel without Susan. They got out of the ship and into the cave they materialized in. Excitement?
This isn’t the first time I’ve read this book but it is the first time reading it just after the episode it’s adapting. Actually, it’s the first time I’ve done this with any Doctor Who episode and I still haven’t watched the full version of Masque Of Mandragora though I have read that novel. It’s the only American novelization I have among my handful of British novelisations. (The spelling of novelization/novelisation depends on the country.) I know that this is the old days. Not a lot of the action even in later classic Who, nevermind what we usually get in the modern incarnations. Blame the time period, blame the budget, blame the presentation (still working like a recorded stage performance), or blame any combination of the three. It’s still an interesting story and one we’re going to get back to as we continue the adaptation of “The Powerful Enemy”, the first story in the arc.
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I wish I had my bicycle going before winter hit.
Solitaire #5
Malibu Comics/Ultraverse (April, 1994)
“Even In Death”
WRITER: Gerard Jones
LAYOUTS: Jeff Johnson
PENCILER: Stephen B. Jones
INKER: Barbara Kaalberg
COLORING: Keith Conroy & Foodhammer!
LETTERER: Tim Eldred
EDITOR: Hank Kanalz
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