Monster of the Day #1394
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Monster of the Day #1394

Toys have gotten significantly better since I was a kid. Amok Time does a nice line of 12 inch B-movie monsters, although they are a bit pricey. I don't own any of them, sadly, although I do have Sputnik Supplies It Conquered the World figure sitting around in an unopened box somewhere. Anyway, things…
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Monster of the Day #1393
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Monster of the Day #1393

Pick your poison, folks. Last night, due to G-Fest being in town, I was able to see The Green Slime in a big old theater. I don't want to oversell it, but it's pretty much the greatest movie in cinema history.
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Monster of the Day #1389
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Monster of the Day #1389

Yesterday I stumbled across a Half Price Books (sparse on the ground up here) and foolishly went in. I knew I was in trouble when I saw a graphic novel display right in front of the door. My eye was immediately drawn to six or seven or eight hardcover volumes of reprints of old…
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High School Musical A GUEST DISSERTATION (Part 1)
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High School Musical A GUEST DISSERTATION (Part 1)

HIGH SCHOOL MUSICAL 2006 – Disney Channel, Salty Pictures, First Street Films Directed by Kenny Ortega Written by Peter Barsocchini NOTE: Comments are closed for the first four parts of this piece, just to keep them together. Please jump ahead to Part 5 if you wish to comment. Thanks! PROLOGUE I suppose that at…
High School Musical A GUEST DISSERTATION (Part 2)
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High School Musical A GUEST DISSERTATION (Part 2)

ACT TWO We return to East High the next day, only to find that Sharpay has decided to start her morning by digging her karmic grave even deeper.  She and her brother are still unopposed for the leads in the musical.  Yet she’s brownnosing Ms. Darbus with the gift of a scented candle, as…
High School Musical A GUEST DISSERTATION (Part 3)
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High School Musical A GUEST DISSERTATION (Part 3)

ACT THREE We return from our commercial break to find Chad harassing Troy in the library.  Like Coach Bolton before him, he has decided to skip the best point he could possibly make -- that Troy needs to live up to his role as team captain -- and instead blame Gabriella for Troy’s bizarre…