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Pot Pie Taste Fest 2016
I don’t quite recall when it happened. I don’t quite recall when the thought developed inside my brain. What I do remember is my lifelong love of pot pies. … Continue reading
Civil War II: Can’t We All Just Get Along?
Coming off of San Diego Comic Con, the good folks at Marvel are riding a wave of successful projects. Their movies and TV shows (especially the Netflix shows) are very well received and the upcoming films all look to build on that success. But hey, it’s Marvel! First and foremost this is a comic book company, right? And currently Marvel Comics is smack in the midst of yet another major comic event, Civil War II. Let’s look at how this event is shaking things up in the Marvel universe through the first four core issues.
Legacy: Creed and the Rocky Series
Photo by Courtesy of Warner Bros. Picture – © 2015 Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Pictures Inc. All Rights Reserved. I used to joke with a good friend of mine about the Rocky series. Back when I first started drinking, he and I’d joke about what the next logical step of the series would be. We sat at his place, throwing the Rocky marathon up on his 32 inch TV and I’d shoot out nonsense about how Rocky VI would be about the aging boxer coming out of retirement and would inevitably mimic the plot of the very first film. Hell, I even joked about how Rocky would end up coaching his son or Apollo’s son. … Continue reading
Men Behind the Curtain – Rod Serling/Walt Disney
On this week’s episode of Apathetic Enthusiasm, Travis and I took several listener questions and had a pretty good time exploring some of the answers we came up with. There was one particular question that I wanted to absolutely explore further but held back for the sake of brevity. The question: why do you think the Twilight Zone reboots haven’t been successful? … Continue reading