Monthly Archives: April 2024

Fantastic Friday: Class is in session

Posted on April 26, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Now that we’ve met Dr. Doom’s teacher, it’s time for Doom to get some schooling in issue #567. After wreaking murderous havoc throughout the multiverse, Dr. Doom’s long-lost master, the all-powerful Marquis … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 2 Scene 2

Posted on April 24, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale! Act 2 Scene 2 introduces more new characters and keeps the plot moving. The scene brings in a character we haven’t met before, Paulina. This is the wife of Antigonus, the trusted Sicilian courtier who … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: No day at the beach

Posted on April 19, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. After several issues teasing the concept of Dr. Doom’s master, we finally get to meet the guy in issue #566. We begin on a beach in Thailand, where Reed asks a local, … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 2 Scene 1

Posted on April 17, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. We’re in act 2 now, with a trial (of sorts) an arrest, and what may or may not be fantasy magic. This scene begins with young prince Mamillus and some ladies of the court fawning … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: The original Dr. Doom

Posted on April 12, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Before we get into the storyline about Dr. Doom’s mentor, it’s finally time to look back at the first Dr. Doom. That means this week we’re reading… DC Comics??? Most comic book … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 1 Scene 2 (part 4)

Posted on April 10, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. It’s time for a confession and even more conspiratorial stuff at Act 1 concludes. Also, a D&D monster is here. We’re in the final stretch of the super-long Act 1 Scene 2, when Polixenes returns … Continue reading →

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Tim Burton rewatch – Wednesday (2022) episode 5-8

Posted on April 8, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Tim Burton rewatch! I couldn’t just watch the first four episodes of Wednesday without finishing season 1, right? These episodes were produced by Burton, and they were directed by Gandja Monteiro and James Marshall. (Not the same James Marshall who … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: It can’t reign all the time

Posted on April 5, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. The Dark Reign event was all about Norman Osborn throwing his weight around, and that’s what does for our heroes at the end of Dark Reign: Fantastic Four. Recap: Feeling overwhelmed by … Continue reading →

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Reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale – Act 1 Scene 2 (part 3)

Posted on April 3, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading Shakespeare’s The Winter’s Tale. We’ve seen romance and jealousy, and now as act I scene 2 continues, thoughts turn to murder. We’ve seen Leontes of Sicilia enraged with jealousy over the perceived flirtations between his wife Hermoine and Polixenes … Continue reading →

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Tim Burton rewatch – Wednesday (2022) episodes 1-4

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Mac McEntire

Tim Burton rewatch! Burton returns to episodic TV for the first time since the ‘80s, directing the first four episodes of Wednesday and producing the entire series. Here’s what happens: After a piranha-based incident at her old school, Wednesday Addams … Continue reading →

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