tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-71266817160439247182024-03-13T03:33:33.671-07:00Mr. K's Geek CornucopiaGeek blog on speculative fiction, movies, and comics through the lense of an over-intellectual Southern transplant.Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.comBlogger218125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-66275682220150127282017-04-14T09:41:00.000-07:002017-04-14T09:41:14.661-07:00In the not-too-distant future, next Deadshirt AD (La la la)In honor of the return of MST3K, Deadshirt asked me to contribute a write-up of my favorite MST3K episodes. Check out my choice (and the other talented Deadshirt writers' choices) here.Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-50543519677737509832017-01-20T09:47:00.001-08:002017-01-20T09:47:25.833-08:00There's no easy way out/There's no shortcut home...Hey everyone, I get to talk about ROCKY IV, the "Rocky ends the Cold War" installment with Max Robinson, over at Deadshirt.
It's something that might not hurt your soul today?Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-23466718069972140132016-12-12T10:41:00.000-08:002016-12-12T10:41:40.231-08:00"So sweet/On Christmas eve/ With the snow set deep when we went walking through the pines": The Ref (1994)I've got a new article up on Deadshirt, part of a feature on dark Christmas movies called Black Snow. My contribution is a bit on the 1994 dark farce The Ref with Kevin Spacey, Judy Davis, Denis Leary, and early-in-their-career appearances from B.D. Wong & J.K. Simmons.
Check it out!Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-35159384256820915892016-11-30T16:12:00.003-08:002016-11-30T16:12:50.190-08:00Something to think about....“MAKE YOURSELF BE BELIEVED. Dante in exile, walking in the streets of
Verona—people whispered to each other that he goes to Hell when he
chooses and brings back news from there.” - Robert BressonMr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-25884321900030784482016-04-20T15:06:00.000-07:002016-04-20T15:17:08.127-07:00"I made the list of top 5 Hitlers of all time - real Hitler's not even on the list!"As much as I find this new season of UNBREAKABLE KIMMY SCHMIDT overly broad, the bit where Titus earns the wrath of a bunch of bloggers has really rung true as of late.
First, io9 issued the breathless "Reminder: Rudyard Kipling was a racist f*** and the JUNGLE BOOK is Imperialist Garbage", written with the zeal and incompetence of a fourteen year old who just discovered Howard Zinn. I'm not Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-38147285760820233362016-03-15T09:12:00.003-07:002016-03-15T09:12:47.672-07:00Speak of the blogger and he shall appear!So, once again, I am contributing to a Deadshirt retrospective, this time about Batman, in honor of
Coldstone Creamery, Turkish Airlines & Warner Brothers Presents Batman vs. Superman: Dawn of Franchises.
My choice was The Dark Knight Rises. And it's still a flawed movie, but some of those flaws now seem kind of charming? Check it out here!Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-669590540492343222016-02-02T10:09:00.001-08:002016-03-15T09:13:06.945-07:00A Very Coen Brothers' February....So the wonderful folks at Deadshirt asked me to write about one of my favorite Coen Brothers films (so far), MILLER'S CROSSING. You can find that here.
I'd like to thank Max Robinson, who has been an amazing, sympatico editor for the two articles I've written for them so far, as well as my lovely wife Terra, for watching the movie again with me and discussing it as I tried to articulate my Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-77608628223940722282016-01-21T16:08:00.002-08:002016-03-15T09:13:24.906-07:00My thoughts on STAR WARS: THE FORCE AWAKENSHey blog fans, sorry for the radio silence. I've been busy with moving to Seattle, starting a new job, having a baby and getting another dog.
However, I do have a new post on awesome pop culture website Deadshirt about THE FORCE AWAKENS. You can find it here. And it should be a different take than most of the stuff the blogosphere has been talking about. So check it out and there might be Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-78552198231775303432015-01-06T12:56:00.001-08:002015-01-06T12:56:47.488-08:00Flash Fiction: FIRST CONTACTFIRST CONTACT
They came in peace. They wanted to share their advanced knowledge with us and help us travel to the stars.
But they were made of felt and poly-fill. And they met dogs first.Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-60270021558110001002014-05-27T14:36:00.000-07:002014-05-27T14:36:47.568-07:00Characters who will be popping up in GAME OF THRONES next seasonAs yet another season of Game of Thrones draws to a close, pop culture sites have already started seeding the soil of fandom with news items on the next season.
Despite the fact that this series is based on books that you can read, people like to read press releases and gossip about what is coming next season and what will actually make it from page to screen.
Luckily, Mr. K. happens to Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-31750720674607376272013-11-18T12:54:00.001-08:002013-11-18T12:54:24.939-08:00Fear of monsters...I wrote this piece for a Halloween-themed story-telling event about fear.
It's very different from my normal snark. It's about the murder of a close friend and it was one of the most difficult things I've ever done.Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-60709404833786427092013-11-11T17:12:00.000-08:002013-11-11T17:12:25.018-08:00Italian buffonery at the outset of World War III'm reading The Second World War by Antony Beevor, which is yet another general account of World War II, distinguished by two things: 1) With the exception of Weinberg's World At War, this is probably the most global depiction of the entire war that I have read; and 2) Antony Beevor wrote it.
As always, reading a history of World War II can be dehumanizing or brutalizing: endless statistics and Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-58020835931820155812013-10-31T13:57:00.000-07:002013-10-31T13:57:01.431-07:00"Christianity is stupid! Communism is good!": IF FOOTMEN TIRE YOU, WHAT WILL HORSES DO?If Footmen Tire You, What Will Horses Do? (1971)
Directed by Ron Ormond
Based on the writings of Estus W. Pirkle
Starring Judy Creech, Cecil Scaife, and Gene McFall
While Ron Ormond might not be as famous as Ed Wood or Herschell Gordon Lewis, he occupies a very curious place among schlock auteurs. A hacky B-movie director in the 50s, Mr. Ormond found religion and decided to devote his "talents",Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-86914936266792600172013-10-03T11:37:00.001-07:002013-10-03T11:37:52.521-07:00Self-promotion time: Sketch comedy!So some friends of mine (the amazingly talented Katie Hall & her fiancee Travis Goodman) shot a sketch I wrote for them. I've worked with Katie before through my college's alumni association, and she & Travis did a good job bringing this to life.
Check it out on Youtube!
Oh, and stay tuned after the credits for some hilarious out-takes. Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-20520676269308220462013-09-18T16:34:00.000-07:002013-09-18T16:34:03.787-07:00Helen Rittelmeyer has returned...And it's been well worth the wait.
Helen has an interesting essay on "the distraction war" and the internet mindset which lowers the stakes of that conversation debate, in the best possible way. She sums up pretty well that these new things aren't the end of the world or its salvation, they're just new. And they serve the same purpose as talking about weather or mutual friends.
I do want to Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-7114753068901359462013-09-06T15:45:00.000-07:002013-09-06T15:45:16.844-07:00What I learned from... watching END OF WATCHSo, in the interest of actually putting things on my blog, despite the fact that I'm not really in the place for major thoughtpieces right now, I'm going to try a new thing.
I've got mixed feelings about the screenwriting site Scriptshadow on various levels, ranging from the aesthetic to the ethical. But one thing I have found interesting is the occasion feature the site does where they list 10 Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-91865361809280747912013-07-11T16:40:00.004-07:002013-07-11T16:40:51.851-07:00Thought about Steve DitkoIt's been a while between posts, but life has been interfering. To tide you over, here's something I wrote about Steve Ditko's latest work from Robin Snyder's publishing imprint. They are Kickstarting a reprint of another one of Ditko's later works right here. My thoughts, inspired by reading his self-published SEVENTEEN:
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Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-72067210365020143462013-05-02T22:20:00.001-07:002013-05-02T22:20:54.560-07:00"This is how the world ends, not with a bang, but a tweet..."Your Friends Close (2012)
Directed by Jocelyn Kelvin
Written by Brock Wilbur
Starring Jocelyn Kelvin, Brock Wilbur, Kovar McClure, Heather Wood, Laura Nicole Harrison, Blake Silver, Rob Ondarza, Ricky House, Michael Eliopolous, Lisa Renee Foiles, Ramsay Robinson and Yahtzee Croshaw [as well as many others]
[Disclaimer: I know Brock, Jocelyn and some of the other cast members from college. I alsoMr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-27711668953163843052013-04-10T12:08:00.003-07:002013-04-10T12:08:37.272-07:00Tramping the dirt down?
I'm not exactly a huge Russell Brand fan, so that's why I was so surprised to read his cogent recollections of growing up in Thatcher's England that doesn't devolve into sheer vitriol. And he latches onto something that the people who hero worship Thatcher seem to forget. Thatcher might have dismantled what she saw as a socialist government, but she also dismantled any relationship between the Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-14010735044739182332013-03-07T11:55:00.000-08:002013-03-07T12:17:48.941-08:00In which JCVD kickboxes a giant penguin to death...This weekend, I was watching Sudden Death, a really cheesy mid-90s action movie, where Jean Claude Van Damme is a firefighter who must rescue the Vice President from a scenery-chewing Powers Boothe during the 7th Game of the Stanley Cup. It's a master-class in cheap dramatic irony (Sudden Death refers to both the end of the game AND the situation Van Damme is in!), mainly notable for a sequence Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-44511281285413427992013-01-06T14:25:00.001-08:002013-01-06T14:25:26.413-08:00Helen Rittelmeyer has written a post about blogging etiquette. As she is one of the most talented Catholic female Ivy league alum bloggers, it is great to see her blogging about this topic, even though she has never once condemned the Armenian Genocide, to my knowledge.
I am skeptical her advice will work, as people disregard common sense all the time. Truly, this lack of following advice is oneMr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-13723822089855602102012-11-28T10:24:00.002-08:002012-11-28T10:24:47.212-08:00Self-Promotion: WOMEN AND MEN AND WOMENSo, some of you devoted readers (all...2 of you) might remember me nattering on about a short film I wrote and co-produced a while back called WOMEN AND MEN AND WOMEN.
Well, now that the festival submissions are all over, it's finally available on the internet for everyone to see!
It's a satire on male privilege, self-obsessed male writers, and the "bro-mance".
Check it out here on Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-50164775188328917492012-11-06T15:02:00.000-08:002012-11-06T15:02:17.674-08:00Everyday I write the book...
I know that my posting on here has been a bit erratic, but I'm assuming some people must still enjoy my blathering.
If you do enjoy my ramblings, then you might enjoy this: Midnight Symphony , an honest-to-good eBook that I've got a story in. In case the title and the Amazon page don't clue you in, it's a collection of horror stories.
There are also some pretty awesome stories by some Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-55944457691052606372012-10-31T12:22:00.000-07:002012-10-31T12:22:04.357-07:00"Last of the materialists. That's like last of the dinosaurs": GHOSTWATCHGHOSTWATCH (1992)
Directed by Lesley Manning
Starring Michael Parkinson, Michael Smith, Sarah Greene, and Craig Charles
Among a niche audience of horror buffs, Ghostwatch stands as the British answer to Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" broadcast. This is actually a little too simplistic, because whereas Welles' broadcast was never intended to be taken for a real news broadcast (it had been Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7126681716043924718.post-69628770875583260592012-10-11T14:15:00.001-07:002012-10-11T14:15:48.679-07:00Primer on BUILDING STORIES & Chris WareChris Ware's BUILDING STORIES is out, which means its time for media coverage to begin. Since a lot of media outlets generally don't have the time or knowledge to do in-depth research into "comic books", "graphic novels" or "those things kids like". So, for everyone out there just getting into Chris Ware, he's a simple guide to Chris Ware and his work.
Q: Who is Chris Ware?
A: Most people Mr. Khttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01489439585866708542noreply@blogger.com0