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In Memorium per Cantum
Memorial Day, here in the US, is a bit of a mixed bag. It is, by its very nature, a day we set aside to focus on those who have laid their lives down in pain, misery, and suffering, so … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, History, News, Resources
Tagged Armed Forces, Memorial Day, Military, Rogue, Rudyard Kipling, The Cruxshadows, Veterans, Winter Born
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Can Frankenstein Resurrect Fox?
Many moons ago, I had heard that Dean Koontz’s Frankenstein material was going to be made into a film. But then book 3 took forever to come out, it was clear that it wasn’t going to be as good with … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, News, Science Fiction
Tagged Frankenstein, Frankenstein (TV Show)
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The Tyranny of the Mega-Novel: A Fisk
Yesterday’s fisk covered a lot of stupidity, and there is more to be slapped down today. There is a counter-argument for yesterday’s article, also from The Guardian, and it was written by someone who is dumb enough to deserve multiple … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Fisks, Writing
Tagged Game of Thrones, George R. R. Martin, J. K. Rowling, J. R. R. Tolkien, John Carter of Mars, Les Miserables, Liberals, Matthew Bowman, Monster Hunter International, Novel Ninja, Publishing, Short Fiction, Tarzan, Terry Goodkind, The Guardian, Tor Books, Worldbuilding, Writing
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The Return of Minority Report
Yeah. Minority Report as a television show. Uh huh. So … this happened. Item the first, bad things happened to the last sci-fi cop show on television, just saying.
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Mystery, News, Science Fiction
Tagged Minority Report, Person of Interest, Tom Cruise
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More Fall TV: Blindspot
First of all, if the actress looks familiar, picture her with long hair. With battle armor. And a Valkyrie. Yes, this is lady Sif from the Marvel movie universe, Jamie Alexander. I guess somebody saw her on Agents of SHIELD … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Mystery, News
Tagged Blindspot, Jaime Alexander
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Fantasy Worlds in Short Fiction: A Fisk
AUTHOR RAGE ACTIVATED! There are few things more maddening than some stupid liberal author trying to tell all the rest of us what is and isn’t possible. They seem to enjoy making gigantic blanket statements that are supposed to be … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Fisks, Writing
Tagged Baen Books, Brandon McClellan, Chicks in Chainmail, Damien Walter, David Weber, Farseer, Frodo Baggins, George R. R. Martin, Harry Dresden, Harry Potter, High Fantasy, Honor Harrington, Honorverse, Ian McEwan, James Bond, Jane Austen, John D. Brown, K. D. Julicher, Liberals, Lord Darcy, Merlin, Monster Hunter International, Natasha Pulley, Powder Mage, Pride and Prejudice, Reader-Response Criticism, Robin Hobb, Shattered Shields, Short Fiction, Tales of Tethedril, The Dark God, The Dresden Files, The Expendables, The Guardian, The International Lord of Hate, The Lord of the Rings, Worldbuilding
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Coming to TV: Lucifer as Detective?
Yes, you saw that correctly, this is a real thing. Lucifer is bored with running Hell, so he moved to LA. How he can tell the difference is beyond me. Anyway, Lucifer is also fed up with vice directly affecting … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fantasy, Fiction, Mystery, News
Tagged Lucifer, Lucifer (TV Show)
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The Nastiness of the Obligatory, Pre-Mass Rosary, and Other Problems
My parish (which shall remain nameless. So no comments with names, any of you who know me well enough to know where I go to Mass. Yes, this means you) has some funky habits. Like the Children’s Bulletins. Or the … Continue reading
Posted in Commentary, Rants, The Church
Tagged Chant, Children's Mass, Choir, Gregorian Chant, Liturgy, Mary, Mass, Rosary, Sacrosanctum Concilium, The Eucharist, Vocations
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GrimDark to Grimm, Dark: the Endarkenment of Television
A while ago, Kevin Feige, currently running the phases of Marvels’ movies, has mentioned that Marvel will never go “GrimDark,” like the Batman vs. Superman trailer seems to be. As he said it, I discovered I had the perfect word … Continue reading
What comes after Marvel: Age of Ultron?
So, what’s next? Yes, we’ve got the upcoming movie list of the rest of Marvel, but what can we expect to see, given what’s come out thus far? Obviously, there will be SPOILERS from Age of Ultron, so if you’re like one … Continue reading
Posted in Analysis, Commentary, Fiction, Superhero
Tagged Agents of SHIELD, Andy Serkis, Ant-Man, Asgard, Avengers, Avengers: Age of Ultron, Black Panther, Black Widow, Bucky, Captain America: Civil War, Captain America: The Winter Soldier, Captain Marvel, Daredevil, Doctor Doom, Doctor Strange, Falcon, Guardians of the Galaxy, Hydra, Infinity Gems, Infinity War: Part 1, Infinity War: Part 2, Inhumans, Iron Fist, Iron Man, Jessica Jones, Loki, Luke Cage, Martin Freeman, Marvel Cinematic Universe, Marvel Comics, Netflix, Robert Downey Jr., Scarlet Witch, Sharon Carter, The Defenders, The Vision, Thor, Thor: Ragnarok, Tony Stark, Wakanda, War Machine
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Video Games: Not the Root of All Evil
There they go again. A while back, (on another Catholic site) I wrote an article about video games, essentially saying that, yes, they’re morally neutral, they are what you make of them, and the violent, profanity-ridden video games are clearly … Continue reading →