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Some Say It’s True, and Some Say It’s a Fable

Breverton’s Phantasmagoria: A Compendium of Monsters, Myths and Legends, by Terry Breverton – This is a collection of myths and legends, some ancient and others pretty recent. They include people, places, artifacts, and both mythical animals and weird beliefs about … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Dreams, Greek Mythology, Hellenistic Greece, Historical Personages, History, Humor, Jonathan Swift, Language, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Philosophy, Roman, Sesame Street, Television, William Shakespeare | Tagged a link to the past, aesop, ants, bible, breverton's phantasmagoria, cats, chip zdarsky, cranes, demetrius of phalerum, dogs, donkeys, flash thompson, foxes, frogs, gods of pegana, gulliver's travels, hera, hermes, herodotus, in the land of time, in the land of time and other fantasy tales, iron man, jack of hearts, jen again, jeremiah, jorkens, juno, jupiter, lilliput, lions, lord dunsany, luca maresca, mark bagley, mars, mercury, mice, momus, monkeys, peter parker, pliny the elder, poseidon, rainbow rowell, roge antonio, she-hulk, sheep, spider-man, spider-man life story, superheroes, terry breverton, the complete fables, the farmer and the cranes, the frogs asking for a king, the mountain in labor, the tortoise and the hare, the wolf and the lamb, vietnam war, wolves, zeus |

The Multiversal Trendsetter

SPOILERS for all four movies! Soft & Quiet – A group of annoyingly entitled women meet up for a new group, which turns out to be a white supremacist organization. They use the standard racist rhetoric, with all its obvious … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Cartoons, Characters, Comics, Corporations, Families, Humor, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Prejudice, Relationships, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged america chavez, black bolt, bobcat goldthwait, bruce campbell, captain america, captain marvel, cowardly lion, doctor strange, doctor strange in the multiverse of madness, dr. christine palmer, dr. jonathan ohnn, dreamworks, fantastic four, gwen stacy, illuminati, inhumans, ironic racism, jane horrocks, jason priestley, kathy griffin, leonardo da vinci, lion of oz, lion of oz and the badge of courage, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, miguel o'hara, miles morales, monica rambeau, multiverse, patrick stewart, peggy carter, peni parker, peter parkedcar, peter parker, professor charles xavier, racism, reed richards, roger baum, sam raimi, scarlet witch, silly ozbuls, soft and quiet, spider-ham, spider-man, spider-man across the spider-verse, spider-man into the spider-verse, spider-man noir, spider-punk, superheroes, tim curry, vulture, white supremacy, wicked witch of the east, wizard of oz, x-men |

Superheroes Behaving Badly

Sometimes I watch a movie and can’t think of that much to say about it, but still want to acknowledge seeing it. That’s happened only sporadically over the last few months, and I don’t even remember how long ago I saw … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Drugs, Ethnicity, Families, Humor, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged bad lieutenant, crime, elliot page, harvey keitel, kevin bacon, moonstruck, nicolas cage, police, rainn wilson, rape, super, superheroes, superstition |

Heroes and Villains

Daughters of Destiny, by L. Frank Baum – This 1906 story of succession and conspiracy was originally written under the pseudonym Schuyler Staunton. It takes place in Baluchistan, a region made up of parts of Pakistan, Iran, and Afghanistan. Within … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Comics, Eric Shanower, Islam, L. Frank Baum, Magic, marissa meyer, Monsters, Oz, Oz Authors, Religion, Video Games, Zelda | Tagged akira himekawa, baluchistan, daughters of destiny, dragons, fairies, link, manga, master sword, na'vi, ocarina of time, oz-story magazine, renegades, schuyler staunton, skull kid, superheroes, supernova, the legend of zelda: ocarina of time, volvagia |

Superfueled Elasticycle

SPOILERS! Doom Asylum – Beth really liked Frankenhooker, and this was the only other film with Patty Mullen, who played the titular character and was also a Penthouse Pet. And like Frankenhooker, this is a comedic horror film. Mullen plays … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Families, Humor, Names, Relationships, Revisiting Disney, Technology, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged dashiell parr, doom asylum, elasticycle, elastigirl, evelyn deavor, frankenhooker, incredibile, incredibles 2, jack-jack parr, kristin davis, mr. incredible, patty mullen, ruth collins, screenslaver, superheroes, the incredibles, violet parr, winston deavor |

America’s Ass

Avengers: Endgame – SPOILERS! I AM TOTALLY SPOILING THE ENDGAME HERE! The long-awaited follow-up to last year’s Infinity War ties up the loose ends from that one, and provides closure for some aspects of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s about … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Relationships, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged ancient one, ant-man, avengers, avengers endgame, avengers infinity war, back to the future, black widow, captain america, captain marvel, carol danvers, dr. henry pym, dr. strange, frigga, guardians of the galaxy, hawkeye, howard stark, infinity gauntlet, infinity stones, iron man, jane foster, loki, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, mjolnir, natalie portman, nebula, pegasus, quantum realm, red skull, ronin, russo brothers, scarlet witch, spider-man, superheroes, tesseract, thanos, the incredible hulk, thor, thor: the dark world, time travel, valkyrie |

Lightning with My Hands

Shazam! – SPOILERS! Hey, it’s that movie where Sinbad is a genie! No, seriously, while I can’t say I’m familiar with the comics in which he’s featured, I’ve looked into the history of the character, who was the original Captain … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Families, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Names, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged big, billy batson, black adam, captain marvel, captain marvel jr., crocodile men, darla dudley, dc comics, dc expanded universe, demons, dr. thaddeus sivana, eugene choi, fawcett comics, freddy freeman, marvel family, mary bromfield, mary marvel, mr. mind, pedro pena, seven deadly sins, shazam, shazam family, superheroes, wizards |

But Aquaman, You Cannot Marry a Woman Without Gills!

Aquaman – I can’t say I know too much about the character, aside from that he’s the butt of a lot of jokes for his clean-cut persona and seemingly useless powers. From what I’ve read, the comics have addressed that … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Arthurian Legend, British, Comics, Greek Mythology, Monsters, Mythology, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged aquaman, atlantis, black manta, dc comics, h.p. lovecraft, jules verne, julie andrews, king arthur, king atlan, ocean master, pirates, princess mera, queen atlanna, superheroes, thomas curry |

Superheroes and Dinosaurs (But Not in the Same Movie)

X2: X-Men United – Beth and I saw the first X-Men movie in the theater back when we first started dating; I think it might have been the first time we went to the movies together. We both knew the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Comics, History, Humor, Music, Revisiting Disney, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged apatosaurus, dinosaurs, ernest borgnine, jean grey, john ratzenberger, magneto, marvel comics, mystique, nightcrawler, paths of glory, pixar, professor charles xavier, rogue, sam elliott, stanley kubrick, super fuzz, superheroes, terence hill, the good dinosaur, tyrannosaurus, velociraptors, war, william stryker, wolverine, world war i, x-men, x2: x-men united |

I’m Going to Lowryland!

Friends, has this ever happened to you? You finish a book but don’t write about it right away, because you can’t think of that much to say. Then you finish several others, but don’t have the chance to write, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Catholicism, Christianity, Fairy Tales, Feminism, Greek Mythology, History, Humor, incryptid, Islam, Language, Magic, marissa meyer, Middle Ages, Monsters, Mythology, Poetry, Relationships, Religion, Roman, Roman Empire, seanan mcguire, Sexuality | Tagged a wizard in rhyme, aliens, amusement parks, antimony price, arachne, archenemies, christina rossetti, christopher stasheff, cryptozoology, goblin market, jinn, julius caesar, lowryland, metamorphoseon libri, metamorphoses, michael lowry, my son the wizard, ovid, pyramus, renegades, spanglish, super extra grande, superheroes, thisbe, tricks for free, trojan war, yoss |