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· by Thomas Stockel · Oct 19, 2020

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), a recap (part 4 of 6)

Last time: Shad and Nan found new recruits: an assassin for hire, a collective consciousness that was bored, and a reptilian space whaler with a grudge. Oh, and Sybil Danning. Speaking of which… Gelt (Robert Vaughn, in case you forgot…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Oct 17, 2020

The 32nd century isn’t so tough: Star Trek: Discovery “That Hope is You, Part 1”

Previously on Star Trek: Discovery’s first two seasons: It was all Michael Burnham, all the time, as she went from disgraced mutineer to a decorated officer to the key to saving all sentient life in the galaxy. Her ship…

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· by Steven Birkner · Oct 14, 2020

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies, ranked

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles theatrical film series, like most long running film series, has its ups and downs and its periods of dormancy as well. In looking over all of the six, it’s easy for me to determine which…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Oct 12, 2020

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), a recap (part 3 of 6)

Last time: Shad avoided a frog march to the wedding altar and made two new friends, and Sador nuked a planet… pretty much because he could. We cut to Nanelia, who had been heading to the Lambda sector. She’s flying…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Oct 9, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “No Small Parts”

Previously on Star Trek: Lower Decks: Boimler found out that Mariner was Captain Fletcher’s daughter, a secret that both had kept under lock and key. This brings the show dangerously close to having a consequential plot development, and the…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Oct 5, 2020

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), a recap (part 2 of 6)

Last time: Sador of the Malmori showed up in his hammer (time!) ship to threaten the Akira and their peaceful way of life. With him coming back in seven days, it’s up to wide-eyed farm boy Shad to take…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Oct 2, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Crisis Point”

This week on Star Trek: Lower Decks: Ow, it hurts. Owww, mommy it hurts. Mariner is on a planet with a species of lizard people and a species of rat-like people who are oppressing the lizards and eating them…

Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Sep 30, 2020

Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe films (part 2 of 2)

Read part one of this list. Roger Corman kept his Edgar Allan Poe series going strong with four additional films in the series. The Raven (1963) The fifth entry in the series took on a more flamboyant, lighthearted tone. The…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 28, 2020

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), a recap (part 1 of 6)

To say Star Wars was a gamechanger is putting it lightly. While science fiction as a genre had been represented in some way, shape, or form in cinema since its inception, it seemed once George Lucas and Gary Kurtz’s masterpiece…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 25, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Veritas”

This week’s cold open is a dang hot one! The setting: K’Tuevon Prime. Our four intrepid lower decks ensigns are pushed inside a circular stone dungeon in a creepy tower. Jagged metal barriers retract from the door frame, preventing them…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 21, 2020

Top 10 Astro City tales (part 2 of 2)

Read part one of this list. I knew when I was compiling this list and going back through the Astro City library that there were going to be stories that almost made the cut but didn’t. Such is the strength…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 18, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Much Ado About Boimler”

This week’s episode of Star Drek: Lower Blecchs (RIP MAD magazine) is entitled “Much Ado About Boimler”, yet doesn’t actually have much ado about Boimler at all. The cold open features Tendi excitedly showing the other lower decks ensigns her…

Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Sep 16, 2020

Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe films (part 1 of 2)

Roger Corman has always been regarded as the filmmaker who, if he didn’t invent the B-movie, certainly perfected it. During the course of his decades-spanning career, Corman has produced, directed, written, and acted in numerous films across multiple genres. He…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 14, 2020

Top 10 Astro City tales (part 1 of 2)

I love Astro City. I love the concept of Astro City, a sprawling anthology series about the heroes and normal people living in what is arguably the most amazing metropolis ever seen in comics. That sounds like hyperbole.…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 11, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Terminal Provocations”

This week on Star Trek: Lower Decks: The show still hasn’t decided whether or not it has a cold open, nor what should go in it. Last week didn’t have one. This week does, but wastes it on a…

Agonizer / Comic Book Review / Text

· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 10, 2020

A rare case of Olsen-dickery: Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #121

It’s time for another installment of Bizarre Silver Age Comics and another comic book story that became world-famous as part of the Superdickery meme: “Jimmy Olsen’s Death-Trick!”, published in July of 1969. Surprisingly, there’s no bait and switch on this…

Agonizer / Comic Book Review / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Sep 7, 2020

The Horn of Azoth, the original Conan the Destroyer screenplay: Marvel Graphic Novel #59

If you read the sixth and final part of my Conan the Destroyer recap last week (you did read that, didn’t you? No? Well, here’s a link to it. You’re welcome), you know I discussed a little bit about what…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Sep 4, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Cupid’s Errant Arrow”

Our episode gets off to an uninspired start when Ensign Boimler narrates his personal log about an interaction he wasn’t there to see and has no reason to write in his log about. The Cerritos is in the Mixtus system,…

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· by Rob Kirchgassner · Sep 3, 2020

13 Fanboy director Deborah Voorhees on her new Friday the 13th-inspired film

This week, I had the pleasure of chatting once again with actress/writer/director/editor Deborah Voorhees (read our previous interview here). Her latest upcoming work, entitled 13 Fanboy, centers on a deranged Friday the 13th fan who targets actresses who have…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Sep 1, 2020

Batman and Robin, Mummy Crime-Fighters: Detective Comics #320

I’m back again with another Bizarre Silver Age Comic, and another cover that’s pretty well known to Superdickery fans. This is despite the fact that it doesn’t even involve Superman. In fact, I think this is my first look…

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Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), a recap (part 4 of 6)

The 32nd century isn’t so tough: Star Trek: Discovery “That Hope is You, Part 1”

The Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles movies, ranked

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), a recap (part 3 of 6)

Star Trek: Lower Decks “No Small Parts”

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), a recap (part 2 of 6)

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Crisis Point”

Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe films (part 2 of 2)

Battle Beyond the Stars (1980), a recap (part 1 of 6)

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Veritas”

Top 10 Astro City tales (part 2 of 2)

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Much Ado About Boimler”

Roger Corman’s Edgar Allan Poe films (part 1 of 2)

Top 10 Astro City tales (part 1 of 2)

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Terminal Provocations”

A rare case of Olsen-dickery: Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #121

The Horn of Azoth, the original Conan the Destroyer screenplay: Marvel Graphic Novel #59

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Cupid’s Errant Arrow”

13 Fanboy director Deborah Voorhees on her new Friday the 13th-inspired film

Batman and Robin, Mummy Crime-Fighters: Detective Comics #320

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