“Even if he’s a supervillain– which he’s clearly not– he’s on vacation.”
–Cliff Steele
The most brilliant absurdist superhero show ever returns for a third season.
Author Archives: JD DeLuzio
SurrealEstate Review: “White Wedding,” “The House Always Wins”
–Nothing demonic there.
–Well, something possessed her to buy those shoes.
SurrealEstate ends its first season with two connected episodes that solve some mysteries while opening up a portal to new directions for season two.
The most significant cliffhanger? We do not yet know if the show will have a second season.
Gen Con, Indianapolis
Gen Con Indy, delayed slightly this year, will run beginning the evening of Thursday, September 16 both online and in Indianapolis. Check out their website for further details.
My schedule may be found here. Although many events have been sold out, most of these will be streamed on Twitch, and you will be able to watch, if not participate.
Novel Review: The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu
“Ambush!” Ming turned and shouted behind them. “Ambush!” he raised his gun and shot the two lead riders in quick succession, their riderless horses running out from underneath them and galloping panicked onward (85).
A Chinese-American railway worker, accompanied by a blind seer, heads across a magic-realist old west seeking revenge and hoping to reunite with his wife.
SurrealEstate Reviews: “Quarantine” and “Baba O’Reilly”
–Pleased to meet you, Constance.
–Die in a fire, Bob.
SurrealEstate continues a generally strong streak with two closely-connected episodes which share a writer and a director.
The first one uses a premise with which contemporary viewers will be very familiar.
Movie Review: The Green Knight (2021)
Þis kyng lay at Camylot upon Kryst-masse,
With mony luflych lorde, ledes of þe best,
Rekenly of þe rounde table alle þo rich breþer,
With rych revel oryȝt, & rechles merþes.
But then this great green guy gate-crashes
(crazy pre-Christian Celtic character),
And feces would fain fall into fan
But fans haven’t been invented yet, yo.
Spider-Man: No Way Home Trailer
This trailer, released earlier in the week, gives a pretty detailed look at the next Spider-man film. Peter, MJ, Doctors Strange and Octopus, and earth going through a difficult spell:
SurrealEstate Reviews: “Ft. Ghost Child” and “Roman’s Six”
SurrealEstate hits a stride with two solid episodes, both directed by Melanie “Wynonna Earp” Scrofano.
Superman and Lois Review: “The Eradicator” and “Last Sons of Krypton”
Superman returns… And so does Lois, the Eradicator, John Henry Irons, the DoD, the Cushing/Langs, and a room full of kids with red Solo cups for a two part season finale that pits them against their greatest adversary:
Mediocre writing.
Fusion Power Just Around the Corner– Again
Skepticism over the more hyperbolic articles remains warranted, but the latest news out of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California is certainly interesting.
The New York Times calls it an “energetic burst of optimism”
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