San Diego Comic Con 2020 is cancelled. It’s only been a little over a month since my state went on self-isolation status during the pandemic, and remembering things like going to the movies or going out to eat are beginning to look like grainy silent footage of flapper parties and speakeasies from the 1920s. As…
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Doctor Who, “Spyfall” Parts 1 and 2: The Doctor “Bonds” with her fam…
Doctor Who’s current showrunner Chris Chibnall has unveiled a new two-part Doctor Who 12th season opener (“Spyfall” Parts 1 & 2) after a year-long break following an uneven first year at the TARDIS controls in 2018. And the resulting spoof on the conventions of James Bond is well, once again, something of a mixed bag……
Doctor Who times two; a friend’s review of “Rosa,” and my own review of “Arachnids in the UK”…
“Doctor Who”’s new showrunner/writer Chris Chibnall and new Doctor herself Jodie Whittaker continue to impress in this latest season, which feels quite fresh and distinct from the Russell T. Davies/Steven Moffat years of the show. The latest two episodes demonstrate the variety of the season so far, with a potent historical drama about US Civil Rights hero…
Gallifrey One, day one; an adventure in space and time…
I picked up my wife from school today (she’s a teacher) and with our car fully packed, we drove straight to Los Angeles (and hour and a half drive, in today’s sluggish traffic) for the annual “Gallifrey One” Doctor Who Convention. Gallifrey One is the biggest dedicated Doctor Who convention on the west coast, if…
San Diego Comic Con 2017 final entry/recap…
Well, SDCC has come and gone. It’s been a lot of exhausting, sweaty, crowd-navigating fun. At age 50, it’s becoming increasingly patience-taxing at times to navigate/negotiate the formidable crowds with good humor and grace, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything. It’s Nerd-vana. And when you’re in the middle of it?…
San Diego Comic Con, Preview Night & Day One, July 19th-20th, 2017
Our annual pilgrimage to Geek Mecca (aka San Diego Comic Con) began yesterday morning (Weds. July 19th) as we arrived at our hotel (Springhill Suites, Marriott, San Diego) around noon, unpacked our stuff, ate, and Jules immediately went down to Preview Night down at the convention center. I, feeling a bit more infirm than…
One week till San Diego Comic Con 2017…
It’s that time of the year when my wife and I prepare for our annual July pilgrimage to San Diego (an hour and 20 minutes south of us) for Comic Con. She and I have been going to SDCC every year since 2004, with the lone exception of 2007 (and both of us regretted…
A timey-wimey weekend at L.A’s “Gallifrey One”; a Doctor Who extravaganza.
This past weekend, Feb. 18th and 19th 2017, marked the 4th time my wife and I attended Los Angeles’ annual Doctor Who love fest known as “Gallifrey One” (Gallifrey being the name of the Time Lord Doctor’s home world), and the 28th year of the convention itself. And we wouldn’t have made it this year…