In which The Dark Herald describes in great detail Thunderbirds by Gerry Anderson. Part Two of a three-part series of Gerry Anderson’s productions. See Part One The 21st century is well underway by 2024, and let’s face facts, it blows moose. đź«Ž The super neato things Generation X was promised when we were kids are nowhere on […]
The 21st Century of Gerry Anderson (Part One)
In which The Dark Herald describes the early television efforts of Gerry Anderson. Part one of a three-part series of Gerry Anderson’s productions. “Stand-by for Action!” A middle-aged voice barks out of the Magnavox TV’s monaural speaker in my family’s living room at 6:30 am. The Little Dark Herald is rocking back and on the floor […]
RE:Play – Phantasmagoria
The Dark Herald reviews the mid-90s video game Phantasmagoria. The history of horror is basically a history of what we aren’t all that frightened of anymore. Fictional horror began appropriately enough in France shortly after the Reign of Terror. Religion was officially outlawed. The Catholic Church had been forced out of the country, and if […]
RE:View – Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan
The Dark Herald Reviews, and gives inside details on the best of the Star Trek Movies, The Wrath of Khan! Most sequels follow in the footsteps of a massively successful first movie. This film, on the other hand, was born from the ashes of Star Trek the Motion Picture.  Wrath of Khan is not a continuation of […]
Is Webtoons.com’s Originals Contract Predatory?
My wife just finished with her newest K-drama, Marry My Husband. The plot is that all men are garbage unless they are handsome and rich, however, the important part is that this very popular TV show started life on WEBToons. It’s far from the only one out there. There are now better than 20 of […]
Arktoons Spotlight Midnight’s War by Vox Day
Midnight’s War has been an epic vampire tale on Arkhaven by Vox Day, one of the best comics out there in the webspace. Dark Herald talks about its storyline and background. Countess Elizabeth Bathory; the infamous Blood Countess. Her story is that of a beautiful woman utterly obsessed with maintaining her beauty, no matter what […]
RE:View – Star Trek The Motion Picture
Star Trek: The Motion Picture is one of the most interesting films in existence, especially in the Star Trek Universe. Dark Herald reviews the sci-fi movie. One of my earliest memories is the landing of Apollo 11. My parents woke me up for it and dragged me downstairs so that I could wobble bleary-eyed on […]
Skydance is Likely to Buy Paramount
As I had guessed, Shari Redstone was just using David Zaslav to get David Ellison to see things her way. Skydance has entered into exclusive talks with Paramount with a view towards a merger. This is by no means a guarantee but Redstone is hot to sell and Skydance is hot to buy, so this is […]
The Dark Herald Recommends: Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire
The Dark Herald reviews Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire. I’ll begin with the obvious: This film is no Godzilla Minus One. It’s not even close to that good, but you knew that just looking at the trailers. However, this is a completely different kind of movie meant for a different audience. If you watched […]
The OG Godzilla X Kong
In a pre-Star Wars universe, guys in silly rubber costumes tramping around flimsy sets were awesome. Godzilla x Kong, in its original form, demonstrated this. Give a kid a bunch of cardboard boxes and a crayon, and within minutes, there would be a Tokyo skyline—all ready to be stomped flat by a hunched-over boy, who […]
Disney’s Cash Cow ESPN is Doomed
On September 7, 1979, Lee Leanard said the first words ever heard on ESPN: ” If you’re a fan, what you’ll see in the next minutes, hours, and days to follow may convince you you’ve gone to sports heaven.” This is the case with Disney’s most profitable endeavor. Leanard had no way of knowing just how […]
Book Discussion: Cixin Liu’s The Wandering Earth Anthology
The Wandering Earth is an anthology of novellas by Cixin Liu, the (2015) Hugo Award-winning author of the Three-Body Problem. Which incidentally was the last time the Hugos reflected the voice of the entire fandom instead of just 300-pound, purple-haired weirdos. I found this collection as intriguing as the Three-Body for similar reasons. When I read […]