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Category Archives: Stage and Screen
Strange as Fiction
Everyone who has seen the movie Alien or any of its sequels knows and remembers the chest bursting scenes. But did you know that this scene isn’t as original as it seems on the surface. That there were a few … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science Fiction, Sports, Stage and Screen
Tagged alien, baby kick, chest bursting, doctors, Earth, endopiercing, fetus, football kickers, horror, horses, jockeys, kickboxer, killed mothers kidneys, martial artists, pregnant women, ribbed walls, soft walls, stomach bursting, womb
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Aliens are Humans? – Wait a Minute!
I’ve heard it said that all aliens in science fiction are really humans in disguise for getting the author’s point across about humanity. Apparently the prime directive about writing science fiction is that it must be human centred even when … Continue reading
Posted in Stage and Screen, Wee Bit O' Humour, Writing
Tagged 5 basic settings, aliens, aliens aren't just funny looking humans, aliens in Star Trek are usually humans with putty, alternate reality, animals, anything hard with gravity, are all planets really Earth?, compress my 6 kinds of character to one kind, compress the 5 settings into one, dystopias, free fall, godlike creatures, humans, humans and Vulcans almost certainly can't breed with each other, lesser magical creatures, robots or computers, science fiction, simpler universe but much more boring, Spock, Star Trek, the divine(heaven or hell), ustopias, Vulcans, weird and exotic settings (other astronomical objects
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Don’t Grinch or Scrooge This Post
How many times have we heard it? Someone is acting non Christmassy and so we label them a grinch. Or someone is cheap with the amount of money spent on gifts so someone calls them a scrooge. Who would argue … Continue reading
‘rump Roast
We are in dire need of another Donald Trump roast. Since 2012 we have learned so much more about the Donald now that this update must be done and soon. First of all we would have no problem getting comedians. … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Stage and Screen
Tagged 'rump, 'rump will try to out yell the roasters, comedians, Donny boy, empathy, equal rights, fairness, honesty, LGBTQ community, Nobel Prize, rights of females, roast, sarcasm orange headed troll doll, the Donald, the high Cheeto, Trump bound and gagged, tweet that the comedians are unfunny
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The Bird is the Word
“Flipping the bird” means to give someone the finger. Of course the “flipping” part means to put your hand into the proper position and the “bird” means either F—, or F— Y– or F— O–. For the purpose of this … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Humour, Music, Stage and Screen
Tagged Big Bird, bird, bird means f---, censors, ear worm, Family Guy, Family Guy is racist, flipping is positioning, flipping the bird, Jim Henson, muppets, radio, Sesame Street, surfin' bird, swear words, television, The Trashmen, word
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The Generational Shrinking of the Sitcom Family
I don’t remember when the shrinking between generations started happening in sitcoms. But the most obvious icon of this phenomena was Gary Coleman in Different Strokes. For that show there was the excuse that the parent wasn’t a blood parent … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Stage and Screen
Tagged bad for you cake thing is only 50 cents, Different Strokes, does Hollywood pick short kids to play younger?, Gary Coleman, generational shrinkage in sitcoms, large apple costs $1, middle ages, Modern Family, poorer nutrition means you might be shorter, small kids, suits of armour, tall adults, the kids in Modern Family are all smaller than their parents, will bulgin stomach plates be all that's needed for younger generations to fit suits of armour?
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Pop Music Naming Schemes
Cardi B has 13 songs in the top 100 on Billboard so let’s look at her name and where she got it from. Apparently her nickname in the hood was Bacardi but she couldn’t use this for trademark reasons. So … Continue reading
Posted in Language, Music, Stage and Screen
Tagged actors, Alan Ladd, Bacardi, Canadian Club, Cardi B, flipping the bird, gut flora, innards, J Law, J Lo, Jack Daniels, Jennifer Lawrence, Jennifer Lopez, knighting, naming schemes, pressure wash, Prince Igor, rinse, Robert Redford, singers, Sir Peter Ustinov
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The Star Wars Crapfest
Star Wars is half decent entertainment for your buck. There are interesting visuals, a fast moving story and even some growth in the characters at times. But it isn’t very good science fiction. Why is this a problem for me? … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science Fiction, Stage and Screen
Tagged 1/4 of a bookstore science fiction is Star wars, Alexa, bad science fiction, BB8, Chewbacca, Chewie almost certainly sheds, clean room, entertainment, giant hairnet, Millennium Falcon, most of the Empire is wheelchair compatible, R2D2, R2D2 and BB8 don't do stairs, Siri, Star Trek, Star Wars, the Empire, the rebel alliance, translator, vehicle to sell toys
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The Insidious Malevolence of Krypton
Many years ago, the planet Krypton almost stamped out its Kryptonians. I used to think that Kryptonians like Superman and Supergirl and Kandorians were just unlucky that Krypton exploded taking with it many loved ones. But I no longer think … Continue reading