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I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but Seeds of Doom is a near perfect 6 parter. Most arcs of that length consist of a lot of wheel-spinning. They avoided that by opening with a side story that then fed into the larger narrative. This worked quite well, and yet they seldom employed that strategy…

Beanie and Cecil gone horribly, horribly wrong. Or right.From the Third Doctor (you heard me) / Jo Grant arc Carnival of Monsters. Hot in Chicagoland again. Blech.

The Jon Pertwee and Tom Baker years of Doctor Who were surprisingly friendly to giant monsters. These where generally brought to life with lovably clunky puppets. I'm sure kids snort with derision when they see the effects work, but they warm my heart in a way that the CGI beasties of, say, Dinosaurs on…

Ah, that's the stuff.Happy Friday, everyone! Watch something stupid this weekend.

Well, sure boxers are sissies, if you're comparing them to *that* guy.

Friday's Discord Watch Party feature was 1979's superhero epic Supersonic Man. People seemed pretty pleased with it, it's exactly the right kind of stupid. There's one short stretch of scene that features SM picking up a *cough* bulldozer that's clearly made of balsa wood; they didn't paint it well enough to cover the grain…

Slang used by Fred Flanders', Ned's far sleazier Orgy Guy brother. If I could find a copy of this I'd read it just to learn what the heck a "Sex-A-Renno" is. It's not the band name, that seems to be (I assume) The Sexapes. Maybe?

Some people *really* don't want others pilfering their Bullseyes.Discord Watch Party on Friday.