A stack of accumulated crossovers.

These creeped up, and gathered up on me...


Super Secret Crisis War: Billy & Mandy (2014)

They added Billy & Mandy to the mix of Super Secret Crisis War.
But, I already had them interlinked into the whole thing.
Now, they just show up in the story to solidify it.


Groo vs. Conan (2014)

Finally!

Conan has met Kull, who's met Spiderman, who's met Red Sonja, who's met Witchblade, who's met The JLA.

So, now Groo is integrated into all of that.


Chew/Revival (2014)

They're both dead-ends, but it can't hurt to have them handy for the future.

After all, Planet Of The Apes ended up connecting.


CHAOS (2014)

Evil Ernie, Purgatori, Chastity, and Lady Hel who's a replacement for Lady Death.

All the Goth Barbies again.
These broads hang out all the time, but I don't think Evil Ernie was in the mix before.


Justice Inc (2014)

The Shadow, Doc Savage, and The Avenger.

Shadow & Doc have met before, The Avenger is some lost golden-ager who Dynamite is digging back up.
Some albino guy with a shapeshifting face.

They really are reviving everyone.

And, that's those.


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The Big Romero Dead Series Review (addendum).

• The Big Romero Dead Series Review.
• Masters Of Horror! (George Romero).

All right, so George has said he doesn't want to do anymore zombie movies now, because "The Walking Dead", has over-saturated the market.

So, kiss the two quadrilogies goodbye...

...unless....you decide to count....


Toe Tags: The Death Of Death (2005)

For DC comics, by George Romero.

About a zombie who gets injected with an experimental preservative that saves his brain, and retains his memory and personality, so he becomes a zombie hero.

This was adapted from an unused script for a sequel to The Dead Series, so it's as close to canonical as you can get.


Empire Of The Dead (2014-2015)

Also by Romero, but this time, for Marvel.

About...well, basically, zombies vs vampires.
Whether you count this as canonical to the The Dead Series depends on how purist you are about bringing in other supernatural elements.

I say, hell, can't be as weak as "Survival", so bring it the fuck on.
Shake things up.

So, adding those...

Ahhhh, there, that's done.

Barring an absolute fucking miracle, that's going to have to be it.


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Adding to my collection (Part 23)

Part 22.

So, the same day I took my third "Guardians Of The Galaxy", trip, I also went to Bullmoose, and here was my small haul.


28 Days Later (2003)

There. I've got all the famous mega-popular zombie movies.

The Romero Dead sextilogy, The "Dawn..", remake, Shaun Of The Dead, Zombieland, Return Of The Living Dead, Re-Animator, Cemetery Man, and finally, this one.

And it came in a Blockbuster box, so I get the added satisfaction of pecking at their corpse.


This Is The End (2013)

See here.

And speaking of peeing on Blockbuster's grave, here's the last movie rented at their last store.
And, I can check that one off the list.
Bam.


Oldboy (2005)

See here, and here.

Said it all in those.
Haven't dug into the bonuses yet.

And, scratch that off the list too.
Zammo.

Those three, and the final Ben & Jerrys core flavor, "Peanut Butter Fudge".

So, those, and these (1,2), and the big summer movies, that's everything I wanted for my birthday.
Just, it got spread all over summer is all.
Time is such a sloppy stubborn force, I'd do so much compressing and organizing if I had a time machine...

Anyway..The End, until next time.

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Couple more documentaries.

No sooner did I add "Rewind This", and "Adjust Your Tracking", to my collection, then the slots got filled right back in.


Jodorowsky's Dune (2013)

This one is actually OUT, dammit!
I had this followed on Facebook, and somehow, either the page, or my feed neglected to tell me this not only got completed, but came out on fuckin' Blu-Ray back in July.
Thaaaaanks, Facebook.
*Eye-roll*

Anyway, this is about the greatest movie in the world that never got made.
It really would have been fucking incredible, but it would have been 12 hours long, and cost a billion dollars in 70's money.
But, if it had been pulled off, it would have come out probably instead of Star Wars.
It would have created a whole other alternate Hollywood.

Basically, it's Dune, but as envisioned by Alejandro Jodorowsky, director of "El Topo".
He's a fucking insane genius.
Holy fuckballs.

Gotta have this.


Women Aren't Funny (2014)

A documentary about female comedians meant to refute the Christopher Hitchens article of the same name.

I consider this Aristocrats 3.

Aristocrats 2 being "Satiristas".


So, that's those.

Counting these, right back up to 9.

• Atari: Game Over.
• The Death of "Superman Lives", what happened?
• Doomed!
• Leviathan.
• Unearthed and untold.
• There is no Jesse.
• Invaluable.

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The big summer movie recap. Part 2.

There they all are, and just like last time, sorted in order of goodness.
Best to worst, top to bottom.

Another pretty decent summer.
IMHO, not quite as huge as last year. I could have lived without some of these.
But, more on that at the end.

Recap time...

1. Guardians Of The Galaxy. (First, second, third).

Well, pretty obvious the winner of this one. My first ever triple-dip.
Nothing more to say here.

2. Captain America: The Winter Soldier.

This was more epic, but...Guardians had more heart. I'll be watching this multiple times on DVD though.

3. X-Men: Days Of Future Past.

Another one better digested on DVD.
Truly, the "Avengers", of X-Men.
The franchise is back on track.

4. A Dame To Kill For.

Enjoyable. Sick fun. Visual junkfood.
Will be collecting it.
First one was still better.
Safe to say, there probably won't be a three.

5. Edge Of Tomorrow.

Surprisingly good. Might even get this on DVD.

6. The Amazing Spider-Man 2.

They need a real freakish prodigy of a director to course-correct this franchise.
Otherwise, I'm out.

7. Godzilla.

Pretty good, for what it is. Spiderman, despite its flaws, had better character stuff.
And "Edge", was just plain better than Spiderman in acting and writing.
5, 6, and 7 on this list are really only ahead of each other by decimals.

8. Lucy.

Did good box-office, but wasn't really wowed by this.
Everything but 9 topped it.
9 is a huge dropoff.

9. Transcendence.

Fudgey wudgey.
Stinky winky.
Kucky wucky.
Poopy doopy.


Now, in summation, if I had it to do all over, I'd see the top three twice each, "Dame", once, and rent the rest.
And I'd sidestep "Transcendence", completely.

And, that was the summer of 2014.
Another big one for getting me out and around.

See you next year.
That'll have Avengers 2.
That should be interesting.

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Big Summer Movies Part 2. (Part 6.75)

• Part 0 (Transcendence).
• Part 1 (Winter Soldier).
• Part 1.5 (Amazing Spider-Man 2).
• Part 2 (Days Of Future Past).
• Part 3 (Edge Of Tomorrow).
• Part 4 (Godzilla).
• Part 5 (Lucy).
• Part 6 (Guardians Of The Galaxy).
• Part 6.5 (Guardians Of The Galaxy).
• Part 7 (A Dame To Kill For).

Come on, you know what it is. You have to.


Guardians Of The Galaxy (2014)

Damned right. ;-)

I said I would...

Definitely go see it.
See it twice.
Thrice, muthfuckas!! Thrice!!!

I done did it.
Thought I was kidding, didn't ya?

The re-re-rundown.

• Picked  up on lines I didn't before.
• Picked up on background details I didn't before.
• Choked up at parts I didn't before, and vice versa.
• Laughed in different spots.
• Had it all synced in my head to the soundtrack this time.
• Basically, you get different stuff out of it every time. Truly the mark of a great flick.

Hell, I would have re-watched "The World's End", a couple more times too, but, money and life bullshit got in the way. Think I said so at the time.

And, that's the end! :)
Next, the big recap.


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Big Summer Movies Part 2. (Part 7)

• Part 0 (Transcendence).
• Part 1 (Winter Soldier).
• Part 1.5 (Amazing Spider-Man 2).
• Part 2 (Days Of Future Past).
• Part 3 (Edge Of Tomorrow).
• Part 4 (Godzilla).
• Part 5 (Lucy).
• Part 6 (Guardians Of The Galaxy).
• Part 6.5 (Guardians Of The Galaxy).

And finally, the last one on the list....

Sin City: A Dame To Kill For (2014)

See here for the review of the first one.

Overall, I enjoyed it.
It's bombing hard, and the critics are shredding it, but I don't see the problem.

If you liked the first one, you'll like this one.
I think the 10 year wait raised expectations too high.
The bad reviews actually cushioned my expectations to the level they should've been.

I'll definitely be getting the DVD to go with the first one.

If you're a fan of the first one, go ahead and see it on the big screen, it's a visual feast.
Of junkfood, but a feast.

One nitpick....anything where Marv is still alive has to be a prequel to "The Hard Goodbye", but there's no way in fucking Hell "Nancy's Last Dance", could happen before "The Hard Goodbye".

So....is Frank saying "fuck continuity!!"??
Or....is there a slot within "Hard Goodbye", it can squeeze into?
Guess I'll need to watch the DVDs against each other when "Dame", comes out to buy...

My other nitpick...I can never get enough Rosario Dawson.
More!! More!!!

Hmm, yep, I liked it, but didn't love it.
I enjoyed it a lot more than the "meh", films, but "Guardians", "Winter Soldier", and "Future Past", are still in my top 3.

Anyway, that kills the list, but tomorrow, one more little thing to do. ;-)

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