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Fantastic Friday: The middle years, part 13

Posted on February 28, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still marching through the death march of comics that is the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Issue #171: To recap, Ben is human again, but still fights … Continue reading →

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21 Jump Street rewatch: “Last Chance High”

Posted on February 25, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Rewatching 21 Jump Street! The goes back to what it does best, cop show plots combined with high school melodrama, in season four episode twenty, “Last Chance High.” What’s goin’ down: There have been a series of thefts at an … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: The middle years, part 12

Posted on February 13, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Rereading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still clawing our way out of the creative black hole that was the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Issue #164: We begin with talk about how Sue’s … Continue reading →

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21 Jump Street rewatch: “La Bizca”

Posted on February 11, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Rewatching 21 Jump Street! Hey, remember a couple of episodes back when Penhall got married? Then his wife was deported to her native El Salvador? The writers finally remembered that happened, because now here’s the follow-up — season four, episode … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: The middle years, part 11

Posted on February 6, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still in the horribly mediocre “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Maybe this is the week we’ll find that elusive hidden gem. (Spoiler: We won’t.) Issue #158: Ben … Continue reading →

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21 Jump Street rewatch: “Awomp-Bomp-Aloobomb”

Posted on February 5, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Rewatching 21 Jump Street! After so many deadly serious episodes, it’s time to have some fun again. It’s time for… Spring Break! It’s season four, episode nineteen, awkwardly titled “Awomp-Bomp-Aloobomb, Aloop Bamboom.” What’s goin’ down: It’s the dead of winter, … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: The middle years, part 10

Posted on January 30, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. Time for more mediocrity from the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby but before John Byrne. Issue #150: This “anniversary” issue is a double-sized one, with two stories. The first is a continuation … Continue reading →

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21 Jump Street rewatch: “Hi Mom”

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Rewatching 21 Jump Street! Corruption in college athletics? You don’t say! It’s season four, episode eighteen, “Hi Mom.”  What’s goin’ down: A college basketball star dies in a drug-related car crash, so the Jump Street cops go undercover at his … Continue reading →

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Fantastic Friday: The middle years, part 9

Posted on January 23, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Re-reading the Fantastic Four comics from the start. We’re still suffering our way through the “middle years,” after Jack Kirby and before John Byrne. These ‘70s FF comics are dreadful, but I remain hopeful we can discover some sort of … Continue reading →

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21 Jump Street rewatch: “2245”

Posted on January 21, 2015 by Mac McEntire

Rewatching 21 Jump Street! Hope you like morbidity, because there’s a lot of it in this one — season four, episode sixteen, “2245.” What’s goin’ down: Ronnie Seebok, the drug dealer we saw in the season two episode “Besieged,” is … Continue reading →

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