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Author: Dr. Winston O'Boogie

· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 18, 2017

Hit or Bomb First Annual Roundup: One year of box office predictions

As I mentioned in our box office predictions for October 2017, we here at the Agony Booth have been predicting which films would be HITs and which would BOMB for one year now. Yes, our very first attempt at…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 17, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery "Choose Your Pain"

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Michael Burnham, allegedly the first mutineer in Starfleet history, was invited by Captain Lorca to join the crew of the USS Discovery, the only starship outfitted with a super-spore-powered drive allowing the ship to…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 10, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry"

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Burnham was stripped of rank and sentenced to life in prison, but still somehow ended up on the USS Discovery and became roommates with lovably awkward Ensign Tully. The ship’s captain Lorca revealed the…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 3, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery “Context is for Kings”

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: Michael Burnham, first officer of the USS Shenzhou, tried to save the ship by incapacitating Captain Georgiou and ordering a preemptive strike on a Klingon ship. It was too late, because dozens of other…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 3, 2017

Hit or Bomb? October 2017 movie predictions

It’s October, which means it’s time for a slew of movies that weren’t good enough for the holiday season. But more importantly, October means we’ve been doing box office predictions for one whole year! Come back later this month for…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 28, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery “Battle at the Binary Stars”

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery: We met Michael Burnham, first officer of the USS Shenzhou, and her commanding officer Captain Philippa Georgiou. While investigating damage to subspace relays, the Shenzhou encountered a big-ass Klingon ship populated by some of…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 26, 2017

Star Trek: Discovery "The Vulcan Hello"

Here we are at last: the first new Star Trek TV series in 12 years. The pilot episode, titled “The Vulcan Hello” (which sounds like something Star Trek characters would travel to Risa to have performed upon them) aired last…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 23, 2017

Star Trek: Enterprise “These Are the Voyages...” (part 2 of 2)

Previously on Star Trek: Enterprise: As the Enterprise-D searched diligently for a shipwreck containing a top secret device that could have potential far-reaching consequences for relations between the Federation and the Romulan Empire, Riker was play-acting on the holodeck…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 22, 2017

Star Trek: Enterprise “These Are the Voyages...” (part 1 of 2)

As incredible as it is to believe, it’s now been over 12 years since Star Trek: Enterprise aired its final episode. At the time, ratings for the show were hitting all-time lows, Nemesis had recently bombed in theaters, and there…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 5, 2017

Star Trek (TAS) “Yesteryear”

We’re coming into the home stretch with our recaps of the animated Star Trek series, with just four episodes left to go. So it should only follow that we’re finally getting around to the episodes we didn’t have much motivation…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Aug 31, 2017

Hit or Bomb? September 2017 movie predictions

September’s here and school is back in session, meaning it’s the time of the year that the studios usually reserve for more mature, adult-oriented films. Which sounds great in theory after a summer full of comic book movies and CGI…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Aug 9, 2017

Movies that Predicted Trump: Citizen Kane (1941)

As of this writing, we here at the Agony Booth have covered 16 films and TV episodes in our Movies that Predicted Trump series. Sixteen films and episodes that have, in various ways, been spookily prescient about the election of…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jul 31, 2017

Hit or Bomb? August 2017 movie predictions

August is upon us, which means it’s time to find out which movies had the great misfortune of being dumped in a month where the prime moviegoing audience is preoccupied with vacations and going back to school. But could there…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jul 3, 2017

9 classic TV intros that were too damn long

If you’re a lifelong TV viewer like me, you know that TV show opening credits were much, much longer back in the day. The insane length of opening credits for classic sitcoms has since been endlessly satirized; MadTV once did…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jun 29, 2017

Hit or Bomb? July 2017 movie predictions

Welcome to July! This looks to be another big blockbuster month, so let’s get right to it. Once again, we at the Agony Booth are here to judge which releases this month will be HITs and which ones will…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jun 1, 2017

Female superhero movies, ranked

Expectations are sky-high for this weekend’s debut of Wonder Woman, the very first female-led superhero movie to premiere since the era of cinematic universes kicked off roughly ten years ago. And if it proves to be a hit, it’ll…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · May 31, 2017

Hit or Bomb? June 2017 movie predictions

Welcome to June! We’re now in the thick of the summer movie season, with all the unwanted reboots and sequels a moviegoer could ever want. Once again, we at the Agony Booth are here to judge which releases this month…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · May 25, 2017

Movies that Predicted Trump: V, the Original Miniseries (1983)

-“How’d someone like that get to be your leader, anyway?” -“Charisma. Circumstances, promises. And not enough of us spoke out to question him until it was too late. It happens on your planet, doesn’t it?” —A mildly prescient conversation from …

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · May 19, 2017

Twin Peaks: The 6 nuttiest moments from season two

When Twin Peaks premiered as a midseason replacement in April of 1990, ABC didn’t have high hopes for it. Created by director David Lynch (known for decidedly non-commercial fare like Blue Velvet) and Hill Street Blues writer Mark Frost,…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · May 3, 2017

Hit or Bomb? May 2017 movie predictions

It’s the start of another month, and time again for another round of box office predictions. But this time around, our predictions should be way easier than usual, because May, for all intents and purposes, is now the official kickoff…

Author: Dr. Winston O'Boogie

Hit or Bomb First Annual Roundup: One year of box office predictions

Star Trek: Discovery "Choose Your Pain"

Star Trek: Discovery "The Butcher's Knife Cares Not for the Lamb's Cry"

Star Trek: Discovery “Context is for Kings”

Hit or Bomb? October 2017 movie predictions

Star Trek: Discovery “Battle at the Binary Stars”

Star Trek: Discovery "The Vulcan Hello"

Star Trek: Enterprise “These Are the Voyages...” (part 2 of 2)

Star Trek: Enterprise “These Are the Voyages...” (part 1 of 2)

Star Trek (TAS) “Yesteryear”

Hit or Bomb? September 2017 movie predictions

Movies that Predicted Trump: Citizen Kane (1941)

Hit or Bomb? August 2017 movie predictions

9 classic TV intros that were too damn long

Hit or Bomb? July 2017 movie predictions

Female superhero movies, ranked

Hit or Bomb? June 2017 movie predictions

Movies that Predicted Trump: V, the Original Miniseries (1983)

Twin Peaks: The 6 nuttiest moments from season two

Hit or Bomb? May 2017 movie predictions

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