Monthly Archives: December 2017

Fantastic Friday: Desk jobs

Posted on December 29, 2017 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Writer-artist Walt Simonson really had a thing for time travel stories, because our heroes are time travelling it up yet again in issue #353. Recap: Dr. Doom retook the Latverian throne and … Continue reading →

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Random Warner Bros. – Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone

Posted on December 27, 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 is angry about the word “philosopher’s” not appearing in Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone. Here’s what happens: Downtrodden … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Let’s all get non-linear

Posted on December 22, 2017 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issues #351-352 offer cosmic weirdness, time travel fights, bewilderment drama, and experimental page layouts. Issue #351 is a filler issue, in which we’re reunited with Kosmos, the godlike being who was created … Continue reading →

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Random Warner Bros. – Ben-Hur

Posted on December 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 feels bad for all those horses as it chooses Ben-Hur. This is the biggie, the movie prominently featured on … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: The great Doombot controversy

Posted on December 15, 2017 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Issue #350 begins a four-part tale that is controversial but also wildly ambitious.  This story arc is controversial for rewriting (or not?) Dr. Doom’s history. Also, Kristoff is prominently featured. Comic book … Continue reading →

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Random Warner Bros. – A Clockwork Orange

Posted on December 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 can’t shut its eyes as it watches A Clockwork Orange. (Fun with math: This is the first and … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: She’s a modern-day De’Lila

Posted on December 8, 2017 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Just after introducing the New Fantastic Four, their story already wraps up in issue #349. Recap: De’Lila is a telepathic Skrull fugitive. She’s come to Earth in search a device called an … Continue reading →

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Random Warner Bros. – Dirty Harry

Posted on December 4, 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 feels lucky as it selects Dirty Harry.  Here’s what happens: “Dirty” Harry Callahan is a homicide detective who doesn’t … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: Totally not a cash grab

Posted on December 1, 2017 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We met them in the last issue, now in issue #348 we see them in action. Spider-Man, Wolverine, Hulk, and Ghost Rider — the New Fantastic Four! To recap: De’Lila is a … Continue reading →

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