Monthly Archives: September 2017

Fantastic Friday: Welcome to the gun show

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. This week it’s issue #342, which is forgettable, and #343, which has a notorious reputation. After a one-page intro, issue #342 is a flashback story, taking place a short while ago, when … Continue reading →

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Random Warner Bros.: Full Metal Jacket

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Mac McEntire

Watching all the movies on the Warner Bros. 50-movie box set that I bought for cheap. This week the random number generator takes us back to the weird wild word of Stanley Kubrick in Full Metal Jacket. Here’s what happens: … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Dick Tracy destroys the universe

Posted on September 22, 2017 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #341 continues and almost concludes the FF’s latest journey through time and space with the fate of all existence on the line. The FF, Thor, and Iron Man have traveled into … Continue reading →

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Random Warner Bros. – The Departed

Posted on September 18, 2017 by Mac McEntire

Watching all the movies on the Warner Bros. 50-movie box set that I bought for cheap. This week the random number generator has some chowdah and slams back a pint o’Guinness as it selects The Departed. Here’s what happens: The … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Celestial navigation

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Walt Simonson’s cosmic time travel tale continues in issue #340, in which the FF confronts a godlike Celestial. The FF, Thor and Iron Man have traveled to the future, where Galactus has … Continue reading →

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Random Warner Bros. – The Color Purple

Posted on September 11, 2017 by Mac McEntire

Watching all the movies on the Warner Bros. 50-movie box set that I bought for cheap. This week the random number generator gets serious with The Color Purple. Here’s what happens: Celie is a young woman growing up in rural … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Are you not entertained?

Posted on September 8, 2017 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #339 continues Walt Simonson’s time travel/space epic, with some classic Simonson Thor action as well. The FF, Iron Man, and Thor have journeyed into the distant future, where Galactus is using … Continue reading →

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Random Warner Bros.: Driving Miss Daisy

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Mac McEntire

Watching all the movies on the Warner Bros. 50-movie box set that I bought for cheap. This week the random number generator just wants to go to Piggly Wiggly as it selects Driving Miss Daisy. Here’s what happens: It’s 1948. … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: That’s no moon

Posted on September 1, 2017 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Writer-artist Walt Simonson hits the ground running with a time-travel epic continuing in issue #338. The FF have teamed up with Thor and Iron Man to travel into the future, where some … Continue reading →

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