******TARDIS-SIZED SPOILERS!****** Okay, I know I’m very late to the party on this one (by nearly two weeks or so), but the holidays have been very busy for my wife and I (see: my last post on the “Duran Duran” concert in Las Vegas), so without further ado, let’s check into the ‘Time Hotel’ of…
Tag: Christmas
Personal Log: My favorite Christmas gift of all time…
Inspired by the talented blogger from FireWatersite, who recently put together a great list of groovy Christmas toys he and others of our generation enjoyed as kids, I remembered my greatest Christmas gift of them all. These days, my wife and I are not all that into gift-giving for each other (to quote Elias Sandoval…
Retro-Musings: “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians”; 60 years of a children’s Christmas anti-classic…
******STOCKINGS STUFFED WITH SPOILERS!****** We of ‘a certain age’ (Gen Xers, Boomers) often look back on certain favorite films from our childhood with nostalgia and forgiveness; dismissing their flaws, leaps of logic and production shortcomings in favor of the warm, fuzzy memories they evoke. Oh, and then there’s “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” (1964)… I…
Yes, “Die Hard” (1988) is absolutely a Christmas movie, and here’s why…
*****NAKATOMI PLAZA-SIZED SPOILERS!!***** Without going into a lengthy plot synopsis/breakdown of the 1988 action movie “Die Hard,” or its sequels, I’d like to add my voice to the ongoing online debate over whether or not the movie is truly a “Christmas film.” Short answer; yes, it is. Absolutely. Having watched it again this past weekend,…
Happy Life Day! The holiday season in fandom…
I’m of a certain generation (Gen Xers) who remember the Charlie Brown “Peanuts” holiday specials (with the Christmas and “Great Pumpkin” specials being standouts), and the stop-motion Rankin-Bass produced Christmas specials such as “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”, “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town”, “Little Drummer Boy” and others. These were fond childhood memories of TV…