*****QUANTUM-DRIVE SPOILERS!***** Charting a Course. Writer/producer/star Seth MacFarlane’s “The Orville,” which debuted on the Fox TV network in September of 2017, had a longer than expected hiatus between its second and third seasons, due to the chaos caused by the global COVID pandemic. When the series finally returned in June of 2022, it left Fox…
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San Diego Comic Con 2022 returns at full-strength…
Welcome Back, San Diego Comic Con. With the cancellation of San Diego Comic Con 2020 and the much smaller capacity San Diego Comic Con ‘Special Edition’ over last year’s Thanksgiving weekend, SDCC returned in all of its 130,000 attendee glory this past week (July 20th-July 24th), and it was both good and a little terrifying…
San Diego Comic Con returned for an in-person Special Edition over Thanksgiving weekend…
San Diego Comic Con: The Special Edition. After two years and four months, San Diego Comic Con has finally returned as an in-person event–but not quite at full blast. In the thick of the ongoing COVID pandemic, San Diego Comic Con was turned into an online-only event, which meant that panels were held via Zoom…
Remembering Dave Prowse, the ‘force’ behind Darth Vader (1935-2020)…
The summer of 1977 was my first introduction to actor Dave Prowse. Not in person, of course, but when he (in character) boarded a captured Rebel starship in the opening scenes of “Star Wars” (pre-New Hope). I can never forget Prowse’s embodiment of that awesome black-clad villain. What an entrance! In fact, I still remember…
“Serenity” (2005); the film that briefly resurrected “Firefly” for the big screen…
“Firefly” Felled by the Fox. Continuing the success afforded by his back-to-back TV successes “Buffy the Vampire Slayer” (1997-2003) and “Angel” (1999-2004), writer/producer/director Joss Whedon (currently of Disney/Marvel “Avengers” cinematic fame) created, along with “Angel” partner Tim Minear (“American Horror Story”), a short-lived TV series (2002-2003) that could be described in broad terms as ‘Han…
Happy Birthday, “Back to the Future” (1985): Sending us back for 35 years…
“Well, I figured…what the hell?” 1985 saw the release of “Back to the Future”, a pop culture phenomenon that has, in the years since, become more a time capsule of 1980s pop culture than the 1950s culture it romanticized. It is one of the most iconic films of its decade, right along with “Ghostbusters,” “Raiders…
San Diego Comic Con 2020 has been cancelled. Here’s to Comic Cons past…
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…
San Diego Comic Con 2019, final Megapost: Memories of Apollo 11, the Star Trek pilot, and The Night Gallery…
Another San Diego Comic Con (SDCC) is in the rearview mirror, and once again, it was (as usual) another grand, exhausting, epic celebration of pop culture. As readers of this site may or may not know, I usually don’t wait in line all night for the ‘big ticket’ events, such as those held in the…
San Diego Comic Con 2019 Megapost 2: Star Trek, Space Command, and a BIG shark…
Lessons learned; the ecstasy and agony. The first lesson of San Diego Comic Con attendance should be choose where to spend your time wisely. Try to sift through what sounds good versus what has real substance. Of course, it’s difficult to say what is actually worth your while until you’re actually there, right? It’s a…
San Diego Comic Con 2019 MegaPost: Preview Night and Cosplay…
San Diego Comic Con 2019 (the 50th anniversary) is once again upon us, and the crowds (limited to around 130,000 now) once again make this glorious, wildly over-the-top celebration of pop culture feel like a curious mix of “The Wizard Of Oz” and “Soylent Green.” Preview Night. Cosplay. Cosplay is the soul of these conventions….
San Diego Comic Con 2018, Last day. Until next year…
First, here are my previous entries on my Comic Con 2018 experience to date: San Diego Comic Con 2018: Preview Night megapost… San Diego Comic Con 2018: Day One Megapost… San Diego Comic Con 2018, Day 3 Mega-Super-Duper post… And now? The big goodbye. Sunday, July 22nd was the 4th and final ‘official’ day of…
San Diego Comic Con 2018, Day 3 Mega-Super-Duper post…
Last night ended Day 3 of San Diego Comic Con. Despite some disappointments earlier in the day, the night ended on a high note for me. It also reinforced a long-held belief of mine when it comes to conventions; have backup plans when your primary goals fall apart, and most importantly, allow room for…