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Good grief, Prof. Jones….

So the latest, horrible-sounding Indiana Jones movie came out on June 29th. Six days later, after less than a week in theaters (and I included the Thursday night "preview" showings, since Friday June 30th was the official release date), that $300 million plus production, mega-promoted feature was beaten $14 million to $11 million on…
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Monster of the Day #3428
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Monster of the Day #3428

So...attempts to modernize the Universal Monsters. We live in a vastly different world now. There are, functionally, no monster kids. In their attempt to force another cinematic universe (which no one has managed save Marvel, which itself has basically been burned to the ground by Disney), they did what DC did, and which Disney…
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Monster of the Day #3427
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Monster of the Day #3427

Weekend nearly here. I could get used to this three day work week. Oh, well, maybe eight or ten years from now. Anyway, nice poster, obviously. Universal should give up, though. They will never recapture this magic. The world is just too different a place, now.
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Monster of the Day #3425
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Monster of the Day #3425

Friday! Yay! And (for some of us), the Friday leading to a four day weekend. Whee! Watch something stupid, but still time to watch some good stuff too. For instance, Amazon Prime does now at this moment offer all four seasons of Lost in Space (as Watch Party attendees know), but also at this…
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Monster of the Day #3424
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Monster of the Day #3424

  Noice. Thursday! Fourth of July weekend on the horizon! Friday eve! New anime season this weeke... Wait, where is everyone going?
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Monster of the Day #3422
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Monster of the Day #3422

So comic book artist Alex Ross, known for painting his nearly photorealistic art, at one point put up a collection of the Universal Monsters. Here to start, obviously, is his Dracula. Man, I can taste that upcoming holiday weekend.
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Monster of the Day #3421
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Monster of the Day #3421

Happy (?) Monday, folks. I hope everyone is recovered from Baba Yaga. Anyway, time to start a new work week, although at least we have a holiday weekend coming up. Well, I do, because I was able to take next Monday off. And a new anime season starts Saturday, so sweet.
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