STRANGE LOG: Heart Attack City

So here we are and yet another Strange Log, however, this will be a bit of an odd one as I'll include a semi-small article in this one. Usually, I write Strange Logs to discuss what I'm doing, what I'm looking forward to, and address a few things that aren't worth full and complete articles. Full and complete articles are becoming scarce in my world anyway as by the type I get to share my opinion on the various on-goings of my teeny tiny corner of our little blue sphere it's all chewed meat and everything that needs to be said has been said...more or less. But the point is my time is becoming very limited, and as such I'm focusing on the things that really matter, mostly my wife (whenever we get time together...which is rare) and my son (who mostly just wants me to watch him play and stand in his closet with the light off...my son's weird.) The Blight that has cursed our land has made certain things impossible for me and I'll discuss all that and more below, join me, won't you?

The Failure Of "Us"

Enough time has passed for me to talk about this movie and talk about it I shall since I've been wanting to ever since I watched...or read the spoilers (I'm sorry, "Hereditary" taught me to never trust a hyped movie again) and now that we're a year and some change after its release I figured spoilers can now abound. From the title, you can tell that this won't be a flattering review but it won't be a scathing review either. Rather it'll be a review of the 2 critical failures that make "Us" an unfortunate attempt at being deeper than what it already was. So SPOILERS ABOUND, let's dive in.

My Problem With Kickstarter

Okay, buckle up, kiddos, this one is gonna be a rant. This isn't due to my own horribly unsuccessful launch (if you could call it that) of my own Kickstarter for my Blue Mist Card Game, no this has been a LONG time coming even before then and now, now it's finally reached the point where I absolutely have to write this. My problem with Kickstarter is that its NOT for independent creators anymore (if it ever was). What do I mean? Let's dive in.

What If...?: Mortal Kombat 11

So let's talk about things. As you may recall in my previous Strange Log I mentioned "Mortal Kombat: New Era" or "Chaotic" as it's called gave me an idea, lo and behold this is that idea come to fruition. "Mortal Kombat 11" for all its fanfare is a pretty divisive game, what with its storytelling, choices, and character designs or redesigns rather and (for me) the fact that it basically ended in a reboot. I'm a huge fan of "Mortal Kombat" the franchise and its one of the very few things I can speak authoritatively on as I have knowledge of the canon and a bit of the expanded universe stuff ("Mortal Kombat: Conquest", "Defenders Of Earth Realm" and both films). So in this article, I'm asking the question "What if Mortal Kombat 11" was good? No, like, really good? Join me if you will for "Mortal Kombat 11"

STRANGE LOG: Conformists!

Some year we're havin' eh? Yeah, The Blight is still 'pon The Land and yours truly dubbed a worker of the most essential service has been feverishly working ever since. Amidst the madness and chaos, I do have respites to provide you with insights into my musing on topics not worth the full breadth of an article and such a respite of my duties as both patriarch and servant yields me a most fortuitous opportunity to share with you such insights, shall we begin?

"Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" or What I Learned About Historical Fiction

I've often said that horror movies should be like telling a good joke, you have the setup and then the punchline that brings it all together and brings out the laughter (or in the case of horror the terror), but the film featured above (Quentin Tarantino's "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood") was neither a joke nor a horror story but ultimately resulted in what I can only describe as a "Shower Revelation". A "Shower Revelation" for those who don't know is a concept where a person is told something that they don't quite understand until one day they're in the shower and suddenly they understand it COMPLETELY so much so that the revelation blows their mind. That's what "Once Upon A Time In Hollywood" did for me SPOILER WARNING and I'll explain after the break. 

Comic Book Science

So there's this concept I've been meaning to share with you lot and this is a writing concept that goes above and beyond suspension of disbelief and that is something I call "comic book science". Wanna know more, let's dive in and figure out what it's all about.