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DVD Review: The Tick Saturday March 18, 2006
Okay, I've seen all the episodes, and The Tick (live action) still = Brilliant. From the pilot episode: "Destiny dressed you this morning, my friend, and now Fear wants to pull off your pants. If you give up, if you give in, then you're going to end up naked, with… Read more
Movie Review: X-Men: The Last Stand Tuesday May 30, 2006
I'll make this quick: 1) Don't see this film without first seeing the prequels. 2) It is a very entertaining, dramatic, and satisfying film. 3) Those who are complaining about it do so largely because of "canon" issues. I'd say more, but I don't want to spoil it. That said,… Read more
Movie Review: UltraViolet Friday March 3, 2006
So... let's see. Since December I've now seen four films that have strong female protagonists, an SF/F setting, and which have not been released to critics ahead of time. Three of them were vampire-themed. I have a feeling that anything I say at this point will be irrelevant. I've already… Read more
Alert of potential problem with schlockmercenary.com Sunday July 27, 2008
Note from Sandra Tayler If you have any difficulties reaching www.schlockmercenary.com over the next few days, please click over to www.schlocktroops.com. It has been set up as an alternate location for fans to get their daily Schlock fix. Please spread the word in the event of a problem. That is… Read more
DVD Review: A Mighty Wind Tuesday March 14, 2006
My buddy Dennis told me I needed to see this film. I'm not sure he and I have the same operational definitions of the word "need," but I confess to being entertained. If you're not familiar with the work of Christopher Guest, here's a quick primer: He creates "Mockumentaries," which… Read more
Movie Review: The Day The Earth Stood Still Saturday December 13, 2008
I had a great time at the movie with Richard and all our friends from GWAVA, Grouplink, Omni, Brainstorm, and of course Novell. About twenty Schlockers showed up, too, but there's a healthy chunk of those IT guys reading the strip as well. It was quite the party. The movie… Read more
Discovery CONTACT: See Myke & Friends Hunt Aliens Friday August 30, 2019
My friend Myke Cole is on TV again, this time on the Discovery Channel’s CONTACT, in which he, Mike Livingston, Sarah Cruddas, Nick Karnaze, Kawa Mawlayee, and Paul Beban, go hunting for answers to the question “have extraterrestrials made contact with humankind?” This show is a LOT of fun. I did… Read more
Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Friday July 7, 2006
Drink up, me hearties, yo-ho! I walked into the theater with "Yo Ho, Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me)" running through my head. I walked out of the theater with a stern realization that a pirate's life is NOT for me. Pirates get chased by governments, eaten by cannibals,… Read more
Avengers: Endgame Thursday April 25, 2019
As promised, here is my spoiler-free review. 1) I really liked it. 2) It clears my Threshold of Awesome 3) It retroactively boosted my enjoyment of Avengers: Infinity War. I’ll say more later. I do think you should make time to see this in theaters soon, because being part of… Read more
Live-Tweeting an Unwatchable Movie Wednesday September 28, 2016
Technically Raiders of the Lost Shark isn’t actually unwatchable. K.B. Spangler and I did watch it, after all. We shouldn’t have. It’s not “so bad it’s funny” or “so bad it’s good.” It’s “so bad I can’t imagine how it happened.” Anyway, we live-tweeted our viewing, and then K.B. posted… Read more
Book Review: Jack Knife, by Virginia Baker Thursday February 22, 2007
I saw a familiar face at LTUE, but was having a hard time placing it. You know how that is, when you bump into somebody from (for instance) the comic-book store while you're seeing an off-Broadway show? Virginia Baker worked with me at Novell, and I recall a couple of… Read more
Book Review: Mad Mike's Sniper series Thursday June 29, 2006
Let's get the obligatory disclaimers out of the way. Michael Z. Williamson is a friend of mine, and I'm happy to count him as such. He is a fan of Schlock Mercenary, and I am a fan of his work. Recently (well... Penguicon, so maybe not so recently) Mike handed… Read more
Book Review: Better to Beg Forgiveness Friday December 21, 2007
Okay, I love Michael Z. Williamson's heroes. They're tough, they're flawed, and when they break stuff it stays broke. When I saw that the title of his latest was Better to Beg Forgiveness I figured I was in for a great ride. I was right. But before I gush: I… Read more
My Buddy Bob Writes Role-Playing Games Saturday July 29, 2006
I've been meaning to plug the excellent RPG work of Robert J. Defendi for, like, EVER. I keep meaning to, and then keep not doing it. I played a demo back in February, and I blogged it, but then I posted an auction and it slipped below the fold. Well,… Read more
Three Movies in Twenty-Four Hours Friday December 21, 2018
I saw three movies in twenty-four hours. It’s possible I’m on vacation. Of course, I just spent an hour reviewing all three of them, so it’s also possible I’m actually working. My job is weird. In the interest of not pushing anybody below the fold, here are links to all three.… Read more
Movie Review: A Sound of Thunder Thursday April 20, 2006
In 8th grade I read Ray Bradbury's short story "A Sound of Thunder." I loved it. Last night I rented the big-screen adaptation and watched it with Sandra. It was nice to make fun of, but the punch of the original story was gone. Also, the effects were very 1993.… Read more
DVD Review: Dungeons and Dragons Gets a Sequel Thursday February 23, 2006
It used to be that a successful film would get optioned for a sequel, and that "two" movies (sequels) were ALWAYS worse than what came before. There have been exceptions. Spider Man 2, X-Men 2, and Toy Story 2 were all roundly decreed by critics and audiences alike to have… Read more
Book Review: Boundary, by Eric Flint and Ryk Spoor Saturday February 25, 2006
I just finished taking a vacation day. I decided to read a book -- Boundary, by Eric Flint and Ryk Spoor. I couldn't resist. It had a picture on the front of dinosaurs fighting over a crashed spacecraft. This was my kind of story: Hard science-fiction, Heroes-and-Heroines, and a Happy… Read more
Book Review: A Practical Guide to Dragons, by Lisa Trumbauer Friday February 23, 2007
If you're a D&D fan with kids, you need this book. I mean, you can't be letting your kids read the monster manual, even though they really want to, because they're not supposed to know how many hit dice that beholder has, right? A Practical Guide to Dragons is perfect… Read more
Writing Excuses CD-ROM at PodDisc.com Thursday October 2, 2008
You asked for it, we delivered it. Season One of Writing Excuses is now available on CD-ROM at PodDisc.com. Here's what you get: - Nine hours of fifteen-minute-long episodes in DRM-free MP3 format - Both bonus episodes - Two unaired episodes, including our pilot, straight from the cutting-room floor -… Read more