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Fame and Felony

WARNING! SPOILERS! Pearl – We watched this on Wednesday night in preparation for the release of Maxxine. It’s a prequel to X, providing the background for the murderous old lady played by Mia Goth, the same actress as Maxine. While … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Capitalism, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Corporations, Economics, Health, History, Humor, Monsters, Relationships, Religion, Satanism, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged armie hammer, david cross, horror, kevin bacon, maxxxine, mia goth, pearl, pornography, richard ramirez, robocop, satanic panic, satire, science fiction, sorry to bother you, telemarketing, tessa thompson, the house of the devil, ti west, world war i, x (2022) |

Pig in a Plane

SPOILERS for all three movies covered here. Beyond the Valley of the Dolls – I’ve actually now seen this twice, and didn’t get that much out of it either time. It’s pretty good aesthetically, though, with the outfits and the … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Aztec, Babylonian, Cartoons, Comics, Greek Mythology, History, Music, Mythology, Names, Native American, Roman, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged ajak, ajax, angelina jolie, athena, baloo, beyond the valley of the dolls, celestials, circe, eternals, fio piccolo, gilgamesh, hephaestus, jack kirby, kingo, kingu, makkari, Marvel Cinematic Universe, marvel comics, mercury, phastos, phil spector, pipettes, pirates, porco rosso, quetzalcoatl, roger ebert, russ meyer, salma hayek, sersi, studio ghibli, talespin, tiamat, tiamut, valley of the dolls, world war i, zeus |

If Wishes Were Streetcars

The Wish Express, by Ruth Plumly Thompson – This could essentially be considered the author’s first book, although it wasn’t published in that form during her lifetime. Before she took over the Oz series from L. Frank Baum, she serialized … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Authors, Book Reviews, Fairy Tales, History, Humor, L. Frank Baum, Lewis Carroll, Oz, Oz Authors, Places, Politics, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged charles evan hughes, delusion, democrats, dogs, donkeys, elephants, emerald city, horses, illusion, joe bongiorno, marvelous travels of a wish, ozma, philadelphia public ledger, president theodore roosevelt, president woodrow wilson, queen else of somewhere, republicans, ruth berman, some one else, something else jus tas bad, somewhere, somewhere else, state of discontentment, talktown, the enchanted island of oz, the wish express, the wonder book, the wonderful wizard of oz, thomas nast, through the looking-glass, wishes, wizard of oz, world war i |

Never Steal a Used Carpet

Koopa Klaus – Christmas was almost a month ago, but here’s the Christmas episode of this show. I already wrote about this one twelve years ago, and I can’t say I can think of much to add. It is weird … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Cartoons, Celebrities, Christmas, Comics, Dreams, Fairy Tales, Food, History, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Mario, Monsters, Music, Super Mario Bros. Super Show, Television, Video Games | Tagged al capone, albatosses, apes, bad rap, baron manfred von richtofen, birdo, bob-ombs, brian bonsall, captain lou albano, caught in a draft, cloud land, crime land, danny wells, dirk drain-head, donkey kong, duh stoopid bomb!, ed metzger, eliot ness, fat boys, flab boys, flurries, flying carpets, george washington slept here, gorilla my dreams, gorillas, james brown, king bowser koopa, king james, koopa klaus, koopa klub, koopa troopas, lakitu, little mac, little marios, luigi mario, mama mario, mario and the red baron koopa, mario mario, michael jackson, mother brain, mouser, mushroom king, nester, nintendo comics system, nintendo power, ostros, pasta, pasta land, perry martin, pidgits, president george washington, princess peach toadstool, rap land, ratigator, sam shalam, santa claus, sergeant slaughter, shy guys, snifits, spaghetti, spinies, super mario bros. 2, super mario bros. 3, the untouchables, the unzappables, toad, wart, wooster, world war i |

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 |

Diana, Diana, Diana, I Would Die for You

Wonder Woman – I hadn’t seen any of the last few movies based on DC Comics (I don’t think I have since the Christopher Nolan Batman trilogy), and I hadn’t heard good things about them. I got the impression they … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Greek Mythology, History, Mythology, Roman, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged amazons, ares, dc comics, etta candy, gal gadot, general erich ludendorff, hippolyta, steve trevor, themiscyra, themyscira, william moulton marston, wonder woman, world war i, zeus |

I Hate My Generation

It seems that every generation criticizes the ones after it, which is kind of hypocritical because they’re the ones responsible for bringing these later generations into existence. I’m not sure when the trend of naming generations began, but the Wikipedia … Continue reading →

Posted in Advertising, History, Video Games | Tagged baby boomers, generation x, generation y, generations, greatest generation, internet, jolt cola, korean war, lost generation, millennials, narcissism, nintendo, pepsi-cola, silent generation, time magazine, tom brokaw, vietnam war, world war i, world war ii |