nbsp;As of this posting my life has been changed. Yesterday a judge signed divorce papers, ending my marriage of years. Don’t let that upset you, as this has been a long time in coming and, really, it’s the best for everyone involved. My ex wife has moved back with her mother and our fifteen...

   I fell down a rabbit hole recently. Well, it was actually a foxhole, but more on that in a minute. Through a rather round about way starting with a discord post with a couple of comics from Little Tales, reading it’s entire archive, and then making my way from there I discovered a web comic...

   This past week we re watched The Polar Express, as that’s one of the movies specials in our rotation, and I developed a theory about the conductor. As everyone who has seen the movie knows, Tom Hanks has a number of roles, including the Conductor and the Narrator. When he’s playing the Hobo or...

   Let’s give you a situation. The two most popular kids in school, the guys that have all the girls wanting to date them and all the guys want to hang out with them, have someone they don’t like. This guy has different ideals from them, keeps to himself, hangs out with his few friends, and if he’s...

   Today marks the st anniversary of Star Blazers beginning to air in the United States. I cannot overstate the effect that this show has had on my life. This is one of those shows that I discovered very early on, probably before I even started school, and I remember it distinctly. It was on very...

   Those that know me are aware that I am a Trekkie, having been exposed to Star Trek at an early age. My favorite movie is, in fact, Star Trek The Motion Picture, with its wonderful Jerry Goldsmith score. And that brings me to the point of this post, music in Star Trek movies. It’s no secret that my...

   Listening to Next Generation’s First Generation, I hear about Wesley Crusher quite a bit, and that got me to thinking. In the show, Wesley is made an Acting Ensign until he can go to Starfleet Academy and earn the rank himself. This gives him duties and responsibilities on the Enterprise, while...

   Controversial opinion time: The Marvel Cinematic Universe killed Star Wars, at least the sequel movies. I think that the major issue with the Sequel Trilogy Episodes,, and is the fact that they aren’t cohesive. The Force Awakens set some stuff up, The Last Jedi took that set up and twisted...

   Last night I finished reading I Am C PO by, you guessed it, Anthony Daniels. If, like me, you are a member of Generation Star Wars, then I would highly recommend this book. It’s a series of stories that goes, mostly, in chronological order about Mr. Daniels experiences in being a part of the Star...

   I recently finished reading Space Battleship Yamato: The Classic Collection, which is the comic book version of the original Star Blazers. As a HUGE fan of the anime, I really wanted to read this and, on one level I’m glad I did. On another, not so much. You see, the manga was being developed...

   There are a few movies that I simply HAVE to re watch every so often. It isn’t an every year thing, but more like if I haven’t seen them for awhile my brain starts to drop hints that I need to pull out the disk soon. The first of these should be no surprise to anyone that knows me or has read...

   Dressing like an anime character Yup, she’s obsessed. It’s interesting watching anime with my year old daughter. There are some times when I have to explain references or point out things that she wouldn’t know like what the heck was going on in an episode of Maid Sama that we watched where...

   Star Trek has long been known to tackle societal issues, and racism is one that has come up a few times. Usually, as in Let That Be Your Last Battlefield , it’s fairly on the nose and shows the how ridiculous the very concept is. Here’s an exchange from that episode: While the above example...

   Since I moved to Florida which has been great, thanks for asking I have been lucky enough to still play in the monthly Pathfinder game that my friend Adam runs. I have been asked and I’m sorry, but I don’t remember by who what I use to participate. There are two things, really. The first is...

   Lately my viewing habits have been a bit all over the place. We typical watch Live PD and Live Rescue every week, along with their spin offs. There are some shows on Food Network that we work in, and try to catch up on various series that we missed like Dark Shadows , but once in awhile we try...

   I am a big fan of Sherlock Holmes. I have read a good number of the original stories, thanks to my parents having a collected edition, and I have seen many on screen iterations. Some I like. Some I’m so so on. One actor, though, stands head and deer stalker above the rest, and that is the late,...

   First off, I’m not sure if this is the end of the hiatus or not, but I just had to write a post about this. Apparently some enterprising pun not intended has taken the time to enter the information for Tales of the Seventh Fleet into IMDB. That includes the cast amp; crew, which means my friends...

   Time for some big news, everyone. The blog podcasts etc will be going on hiatus for an indefinite period. I’ll still try to work in podcast guest appearances, but no promises. As such, I will be suspending the Patreon as well, since it doesn’t make sense to collect money for no work. Why is this...

   There’s some behind the scenes stuff going on right now, so I didn’t have time to put anything together for this week. Stay tuned for news in the near future. In the mean time:

   It’s common knowledge that a movie based on a book will be the lesser of the two, as the book can do more with the story. Whether that’s getting you inside the heads of the characters, or just delving deeper into the story than you would be able to in minutes, the books will treat the subject...

   Last week, commenter Kirk asked for a Marvel version of my analysis, so here it is. I took one of his suggested titles, The Amazing Spider Man, but I decided to do it a little differently. Since Marvel hasn’t been around as long as DC regardless of the years hype , I chose to start with Amazing...

   Due to a project that I’m doing for Paul over on Back to the Bins, I’ve been seeing a lot of comic book covers recently. What has struck me is that we are pretty much back where it began. Let me explain that by using Batman, a character continuously published for years, as an example. This...

   As we get closer to our upcoming cruise vacation, the excitement is building in our house. This will be Kira’s first cruise and plane ride, and it will be Michelle amp; my first decent cruise. We went on a really rinky dink cruise years ago that was part of a vacation package, which is why I...

   With all of the talk of the new Robotech comic on my news feeds which sounds really good, so I might pick it up , I’m reminded of how I missed the show as a kid. I watched Star Blazers and Battle of the Planets whenever I could find them which I remember being REALLY early on Saturday mornings ,...

   Through a quirk of timing, today is Valentine’s Day, so I thought that we should celebrate with one of the longest relationships that I know of. Yup, Mickey and Minnie are celebrating years together having both premiered in Steamboat Willie on November , . Here’s hoping that...