The Crow

The Crow

Lately, movie reviews and true accounts of high strangeness have become popular post subjects here. With the spooky season upon us and Hollywood on its knees due to Corona-chan, I thought it fitting to post my analysis of a movie that is itself a nexus of high strangeness. Said to…
October 16, 20206 Comments
Alt Revolt out of Control

Alt Revolt out of Control

A recurring theme since the sci fi genre began has been the machine revolt. Whether you date that beginning to Frankenstein or "Rossum's Universal Robots", science fiction has always conjectured that one day, man's inventions would get fed up with us and push back. This sci fi conceit is, perhaps…
October 15, 202023 Comments
Batman Returns

Batman Returns

Tim Burton's first Batman movie was a classic black swan event. Like Star Wars, it was a genre film by a fledgling director whose quirky vision inspired little confidence in the corporate office and the press. Also like Lucas, Burton defied expectations to create a genre-redefining cultural landmark that launched…
October 14, 202019 Comments
Vicki Vale Popcorn

Batman 1989

Back in the 80s, an action movie by a young director with only two films under his belt was shot at a venerable British studio with a motley cast of Oscar winners and veterans of 60s schlock from Hammer/American International. Dismissed as B movie camp by the press, and even…
October 12, 202035 Comments
Combat Frame Data: SCF-001 +Seed Castellan

Combat Frame Data: SCF-001 +Seed Castellan

SCF-001 +Seed Castellan    Technical Data Model number: SCF-001 Code name: +Seed Castellan Nickname: Mitzi Classification: Multipurpose transforming combat frame Manufacturer: PAX, in collaboration with the Saeculum Operator: PAX First deployment: CY 98 Crew: 1 pilot in right chest cockpit, 1 Witness in left chest A.I. bay Height: 19.5 meters Weight: dry weight 97 metric tons, full weight 155…
October 9, 20204 Comments
Trekonomics

Trekonomics

Robert P. Murphy points out that, not only does the post-scarcity economy portrayed in Star Trek not make sense, it's not really even post-scarcity. In reply to Brad DeLong, an economist on the Trekonomics panel at the New York City Comic Con, Murphy writes: In reality, DeLong is wrong to think…
October 8, 202012 Comments
Bizarro America

Bizarro America

We talk about generations as if they're clearly defined categories, but in reality the gaps between generational cohorts are pretty ambiguous. Being Gen Y, my perspective on current intergenerational conflicts is as close to objective as anyone but a member of the dwindling Greatest Generation. If you've been paying even…
October 7, 202022 Comments
God’s Mercy Is Infinite

God’s Mercy Is Infinite

And so is His justice, as the late Italian dictator Benito Mussolini learned. At least, if three Catholic mystics--two blessed and one a saint--are to be believed. First item: a letter from Blessed Elena Aiello entrusted to Mussolini's sister: Mussolini apparently experienced divine justice and divine favor, according to this…
October 6, 202011 Comments
Salvini: A Trial Run for Trump?

Salvini: A Trial Run for Trump?

A perennial fly in Trump supporters' ointment has been the president's inveterate Boomerism. Four years ago, it was common in dissident circles to half-jokingly portray Trump as a reactionary autocrat who would swoop in, throw the Clinton machine in Gitmo, and declare himself emperor.While the God Emperor meme wore out…
October 5, 202012 Comments
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Death Cult Vows

Like all religions, the Death Cult that currently dictates Western morality has a creed that its adherents are required to profess in order to be members in good standing. The Z Man complied a pretty accurate encapsulation of the Cult's dogmas, which I present here with some light editing.  …
October 4, 202012 Comments