Category Archives: Blogcritics

Get mama’s pryin’ bar! We’re goin’ to the moovies!

Posted on December 16, 2003 by Solonor

Someone told me there was a new sequel to that movie I saw a while back. Ya know, the one with the lizard boy? I think his name was “Golldamn” or somethin’? I’m not too good with names. Anyway, since … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, The Big Screen | 7 Comments

Felgercarb!

Posted on December 4, 2003 by Solonor

I admit it. I was a fan of the original Battlestar Galactica, at least for the first season. Sure, it wasn’t the greatest show ever made, but the “rag tag fugitive fleet” searching for the lost tribe on a shining … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, Rants 'n' Whines | 7 Comments

Nothing spells “hard rock” more than Ron Wood in a fuchsia outfit.

Posted on December 4, 2003 by Solonor

Twenty-Five albums that should NOT have been recorded Read it for the hilarious commentary, and be sure to follow the Gygax link on Number 19. Fortunately for my aural senses, I’ve not heard many of the tracks on these classic … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, Wouldya Lookit That! | 7 Comments

Searching for What’s Missing

Posted on November 25, 2003 by Solonor

In the latest trip to Free Preview Land, our clan went to see Ron Howard’s The Missing last night. It turned out to be something that you don’t often see these days–a straightforward Western. In fact, if you were to … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, The Big Screen | 1 Comment

Let It Be Reborn

Posted on November 21, 2003 by Solonor

I can’t believe it. Me. The biggest Beatle fan this side of Liverpool, and I totally missed the release of Let It Be… Naked. After reading an article about the album in The Observer, I really can’t wait to get … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, Tunes | 5 Comments

TV History

Posted on October 23, 2003 by Solonor

All right, here’s where I divert course with the rest of the pop culture blogonetisphereaverse. While I am saddened by the death of anyone, I’m not feeling all that nostalgic about the fact that Fred ‘Rerun’ Berry has died. I … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, Wouldya Lookit That! | 8 Comments

Bang! Bang!

Posted on October 20, 2003 by Solonor

Finally got out to see Kill Bill on Saturday night. What I saw was anime come to life… the part that wasn’t actual anime, of course. Tarantino has combined the more over-the-top elements of graphic novels (characters bleed… a lot) … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, Carnival of the Vanities, The Big Screen | 9 Comments

SciFi Classics Challenged

Posted on September 23, 2003 by Solonor

From the Rio Grande Valley of Texas comes word of challenges to Huxley and Heinlein. Apparently, Huxley’s Brave New World and Heinlein’s Stranger in a Strange Land are “pornographic”. One of the misconceptions about Banned Books Week, I think, is … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Banned Books, Blogcritics | 1 Comment

A cold, wild wind has come

Posted on September 12, 2003 by Solonor

CNN.com – The ‘Man in Black’ Johnny Cash dead at 71 – Sep. 12, 2003 Johnny Cash was probably one of the first musical sounds I ever heard. He was the staple of my dad’s repertoire. The lead to “Folsom … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, Life, the Universe and Everything, Tunes | 7 Comments

Tell Me A Story, Uncle Walt

Posted on August 29, 2003 by Solonor

OK. Show of hands. How many of you rushed into the theaters to see Finding Nemo because of the animation techniques? I mean, did you actually sit down and choose between Nemo and Rugrats Go Wild! on the fact that … Continue reading → Continue reading →

Posted in Blogcritics, Rants 'n' Whines | 3 Comments