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· by Thomas Stockel · Aug 17, 2020

Conan the Destroyer (1984), a recap (part 4 of 6)

Last time: Conan fought a dude wearing an ugly rubber mask and smashed a bunch of mirrors to defeat him. He turned back into Thoth Amon and he chose wizardcide rather than be captured. The princess retrieved the hot rock…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 14, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Envoys”

In today’s cold open, we trot out a well-worn Star Trek trope of a glowing ball of energy invading the ship, much like the alien that impregnated Troi in the Next Generation episode “The Child”. Mariner and Tendi are wheeling…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Aug 12, 2020

Superman’s mighty creepy romance: Action Comics #260

I’m back again to talk about Bizarre Silver Age Comics. And yes, I’m looking at another Superman story. I’ve got some stories featuring other characters in the pipeline, but there’s just no escaping that most of the true Silver…

Movie Recap / Movies / Text

· by Thomas Stockel · Aug 10, 2020

Conan the Destroyer (1984), a recap (part 3 of 6)

Last time: Conan and company began their quest, picking up new members Zula (okay, I’m calling Grace Jones by her character name now) and Mako (still calling him Mako). But the team hit a snag when the sorcerer Thoth Amon…

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· by Tyler Peterson · Aug 6, 2020

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Second Contact”

Before we’d gotten too far into the fabulous 21st century, it became evident that the kind of television the Star Trek franchise produced wasn’t going to be relevant for very much longer. New technologies such as DVR and streaming, new…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Aug 4, 2020

Son of a Super-dick: Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #30

It’s time for another long overdue entry in my Bizarre Silver Age Comics series, and this time around I’ve got something special on tap: One of the first comic books that inspired the famous Superdickery meme, long before “memes” were…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Aug 3, 2020

Conan the Destroyer (1984), a recap (part 2 of 6)

Last time: Conan and (sigh) Malak, professional thieves, were tracked down by Queen Taramis, who had a job for the former and pretty much pretended the other didn’t exist. If Conan undertakes the quest to bring her niece…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jul 29, 2020

What We’re Streaming: August 2020

All hope of movie theaters reopening in August dissipated pretty quickly, so the team that used to bring you box office predictions in those long ago days of early 2020 is now back again for another installment of What We’re …

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jul 27, 2020

Conan the Destroyer (1984), a recap (part 1 of 6)

It’s safe to say that Conan the Barbarian was and is one of my favorite movies from my youth. Arnold seemed like a larger than life demi-god with that inhuman physique of his, the action was the most violent I…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jul 20, 2020

Wonder Woman #7 (1987): Gods and Mortals (part 7 of 7)

Last time: Diana defeated Ares by wrapping Gaea’s lasso around him, which she discovered could force a person to see the truth of things, and Ares came to realize this new war would be the last and a lack of…

Movie Review / Movies / Text

· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jul 16, 2020

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

A sheriff in a small town pulls up to a diner and finds several bloodied and battered men sprawled across the grass out front. Entering the diner, he learns their assailant Jack Reacher (Tom Cruise) is sitting calmly at the…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jul 13, 2020

Wonder Woman #6 (1987): Gods and Mortals (part 6 of 7)

Last time: Team Diana figured out some of Ares’ plot and fought Deimos and Phobos. Killing off the first and driving off the other, they used both amulets together to face off against Ares, whose mortal stooge General Tolliver has…

Movies / Text

· by Rob Kirchgassner · Jul 8, 2020

The best Jaws knockoffs

On social media in recent months, some have compared the narratives of a few classic horror films such as Night of the Living Dead and Jaws to the coronavirus pandemic that the world is currently going through. But the purpose…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jul 6, 2020

Wonder Woman #5 (1987): Gods and Mortals (part 5 of 7)

Last time: Diana defeated Decay and the media crowned her with a new name: Wonder Woman. Steve tracked her down for help, but before he could explain, Etta was apparently ambushed by Trevor’s friend, Colonel Michaelis. On Paradise Island, things…

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· by Nathan Kerner · Jul 2, 2020

How presidential action movies ruined our politics

As we celebrate the nation’s birthday, we can all admit something is very wrong with this country, isn’t there? The current political climate has become our default entertainment format because COVID-19 shut down production on everything, and no one…

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

What We’re Streaming: July 2020

Well, we were all extremely confident that July would be the month that the Agony Booth would triumphantly return to bringing you box office predictions as Tenet and Mulan packed newly reopened theaters and subsequently saved the entire movie industry.…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jun 29, 2020

Wonder Woman #4 (1987): Gods and Mortals (part 4 of 7)

Last time: Diana and Hermes brought Steve Trevor back home, only for him to face attempted murder and to be framed for one himself, while Deimos fomented war between the East and West. Meanwhile, Diana met new friends and was…

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· by Dr. Winston O'Boogie · Jun 25, 2020

Star Trek (TAS) “The Counter-Clock Incident”

At long last, we’re coming to the end of an era here at the Agony Booth: This is the last ever episode of Star Trek (the ’70s animated series) left for us to recap. A lot has happened on the…

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· by Nathan Kerner · Jun 24, 2020

How the Snyder Cut and a child’s question sum up modern fandom

So my daughter and I are both big fans of the anime series Inuyasha. I would tell you what it’s about, but like a lot of shows in the stateside anime boom of the late ’90s/early 2000s, there’s a…

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· by Thomas Stockel · Jun 22, 2020

Wonder Woman #3 (1987): Gods and Mortals (part 3 of 7)

Last time on Wonder Woman: Vietnam veteran Colonel Steve Trevor was ordered to fly an F-4 Phantom to the middle of the ocean while Diana with the aid of Hermes tracked down clues to Ares’ whereabouts. Trevor’s co-pilot went…

Category: Text

Conan the Destroyer (1984), a recap (part 4 of 6)

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Envoys”

Superman’s mighty creepy romance: Action Comics #260

Conan the Destroyer (1984), a recap (part 3 of 6)

Star Trek: Lower Decks “Second Contact”

Son of a Super-dick: Superman’s Pal Jimmy Olsen #30

Conan the Destroyer (1984), a recap (part 2 of 6)

What We’re Streaming: August 2020

Conan the Destroyer (1984), a recap (part 1 of 6)

Wonder Woman #7 (1987): Gods and Mortals (part 7 of 7)

Jack Reacher: Never Go Back (2016)

Wonder Woman #6 (1987): Gods and Mortals (part 6 of 7)

The best Jaws knockoffs

Wonder Woman #5 (1987): Gods and Mortals (part 5 of 7)

How presidential action movies ruined our politics

What We’re Streaming: July 2020

Wonder Woman #4 (1987): Gods and Mortals (part 4 of 7)

Star Trek (TAS) “The Counter-Clock Incident”

How the Snyder Cut and a child’s question sum up modern fandom

Wonder Woman #3 (1987): Gods and Mortals (part 3 of 7)

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