The Final Curtain

The Final Curtain

Film industry sources are reporting that major studios have resorted to pulling underperforming movies from theaters in what continues to be the worst year at the box office in decades. It’s a bizarre season in Hollywood. Almost nothing is “working,” and the studios can’t afford to waste any more money hoping…
October 26, 201712 Comments
Resistance Is Nonexistent

Resistance Is Nonexistent

As the explosive scandal sparked by Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein rocks the film industry, normal Americans are bearing witness to the morbid spectacle of the Left accomplishing what conservatives have claimed to be pursuing for decades: destroying the Left. It should be no surprise that we had to wait for…
October 12, 201717 Comments
Whither Hollywood?

Whither Hollywood?

Vox Popoli commenter ZhukovG ponders the future of films based on best selling novels in the post-Big Five era. Just my uneducated opinion, but it appears that in the future, if you put in the work, it will be easier to 'make a living' as a writer but much harder…
October 4, 201710 Comments
Japanese Pulp Influence on Cinema

Japanese Pulp Influence on Cinema

Author M.T. White joined me on the latest episode of Geek Gab: On the Books to discuss the major influence that Japanese pulp novels have had on the world of film. We also speculate on how the pulp ethos survived in Japan while being almost totally memory-holed in the West.…
September 20, 20174 Comments
Losing the Plot

Losing the Plot

JD Cowan addresses how the corporatists in charge of every major entertainment medium have enthusiastically lost touch with the comic book reading, video game playing, and TV watching public. My thesis is simple; we've lost the plot. Not only have we lost the plot, we're proud of having done so.…
September 14, 201711 Comments
Casting Call: The Secret Kings

Casting Call: The Secret Kings

Every author daydreams about casting hypothetical movie versions of his books. Today I present to you my preferred cast for 2017 Dragon Award finalist The Secret Kings. Note: this list will only cover characters who are new to this book or who haven't been cast before. Actors already chosen for…
September 13, 2017
IT (2017)

IT (2017)

Art by Rabbittooth My low opinion of Hollywood, particularly their creative bankruptcy, is a matter of public record. Having exhausted the reserves of creative capital amassed by better men, the high priests of our culture are reduced to churning out one bland carbon copy sequel, remake, reboot, re-imagining, etc. after…
September 11, 201714 Comments
Valerian and Dunkirk

Valerian and Dunkirk

This week we're proud to bring you a Geek Gab double feature. First, Daddy Warpig and Dorrinal review Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets by Luc Besson. Does the movie live up to the venerable sci-fi comic series? Then, in a shocking twist, all of us saw Christopher Nolan's…
July 24, 20172 Comments
PulpFail

PulpFail

Appendix N author Jeffro Johnson recently took to Google+ to point out five ways that Rogue One fails to meet the pulp standards of the original Star Wars saga. #PulpFail number one: So the empire is here to kidnap dude's family and force him to create a doomsday weapon. This whole scene…
July 21, 201718 Comments
Ape-ocalypse Now

Ape-ocalypse Now

This week on Geek Gab, Daddy Warpig reports on the Planet of the Apes prequel marathon he attended, culminating with the series' latest installment War for the Planet of the Apes. Do the CG effects hold up? Are the Vietnam War allegories still as fresh as they were in the…
July 17, 2017