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22 Feb 25
It's a good thing I already had this finished last time or else I doubt I would've had anything for you. It's time for Chapter 10 of RttW, where we dip our toes in the fascinating world of isekai finance. I'll have reviews for you tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 18:06:15
16 Feb 25
Do you hear the strains of "O Fortuna" rising in the background? We start our coverage with 1981's Excalibur, and then go on to my favorite Steven Seagal film (heh heh), Executive Decision. Next is the Ivan Reitman-directed Evolution, the original 1975 version of Escape to Witch Mountain, and lastly the William Holden film Executive Suite. Next week's reviews remain to be seen, but I can at least promise the next chapter of RttW. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 13:31:24
15 Feb 25
We're gearing up to begin our journey in Chapter 2 of CoP. Look for reviews tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 13:15:23
09 Feb 25
By just going through and plucking movies out of the review backlog, we end up with quite the eclectic mix. (No fun Flem(i/y)ng pileup like last week, unfortunately.) We'll go chronologically, starting with 1969's Easy Rider, followed by a movie every parent-to-be needs to see, David Lynch's Eraserhead, then the post-Python Terry Jones-directed Erik the Viking, actual cannibal Shia LeBeouf in the 2008 thriller Eagle Eye, and then the Sylvester Stallone/Arnold Schwarzenegger teamup film Escape Plan. I've got Tuesday off, so maybe I can get caught up on some anime viewing. Hopefully I'll have the next chapter of CoP up by Saturday as well. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 12:55:47
08 Feb 25
My little snow bunny was so happy about the snow this morning that she woke me up at 0600 to kick me out of bed because she wanted it for herself. Isn't she sweet? On to the main topic, we have Chapter 23 of TWH for you today. Look for reviews tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 14:47:20
02 Feb 25
Over the past week, I wasn't even keeping up with current anime, much less catching up on my backlog for review purposes. However, yesterday I did attend a 40th anniversary showing of The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: Do You Remember Love? Back when I posted my review of Macross Frontier, I was going to go back and fill in the gaps of my coverage of the franchise, and maybe I'll pick that goal back up now. Am I ready for the goofiness of Macross 7 again? Are you? Anyway, moving on, we've got a movie directed by Victor Fleming in 1941's Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Dr. Who and the Daleks by Gordon Flemyng, and Dr. No, based on a story by Ian Fleming. A lot of doctors and a lot of Flemings/Flemyngs and entirely coincidental, but there you go. And then there's James Cagney in Each Dawn I Die, which doesn't have any doctors or Flemings that I know of. I won't make any promises about what kind of reviews we'll have next week. Most likely more backlog movies. I just barely missed the deadline for that TWH chapter, so this weekend for sure. Surely. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 13:04:53
27 Jan 25
Here we are, eighteen years of Palidor Media. Last year was fairly eventful with the reconstruction of the site in Drupal followed by moving webhosts near the end of the year. EM3 wrapped and we now have CoP in its slot just now starting to build steam. Expect RttW to continue for the foreseeable future. Although the table of contents says 26 chapters, it'll likely be quite a bit longer than that by the time it ends, it should keep going through next year. As for TWH, I'd love to say we've moved past its history of delays, but we should temper our expectations. The best case scenario is that we could wrap things up around May or June. What comes after that remains to be seen. I could jump on The Penitent Priest as it's a direct prequel, but I might revisit the Gladius Cycle for one of the stories there. I'll have to think about it more. Naturally, there will be some hectic periods at work that'll gum up the works a bit, but I should at least be able to maintain the update schedule as well as the past year. Here's to me getting that chapter of TWH out by the weekend. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 05:05:52
26 Jan 25
First off is a couple more entries of Fall 2024 anime with Goodbye, Dragon Life and TsumaSho. For movie coverage, we have the 1935 Warren William film Don't Bet on Blondes, the Billy Wilder-directed Double Indemnity, Kelsey Grammer in Down Periscope and lastly, 2005's DOOM. We'll see if I can get caught up on anything else in the viewing backlog or if it'll just be movie stuff. We'll see if I can get the next chapter of TWH without any hiccups, but before that, tomorrow's the anniversary, so I'll be sure to drop in and speculate on where things are going this year. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 12:15:09
25 Jan 25
So here I am working to get Chapter 10 ready for today's deadline. I get the chapter finished and checked, then I get it coded up and ready to go and... The last chapter I posted for RttW was Chapter 8, which means that this week's chapter is Chapter 9. I suppose it doesn't hurt to have next cycle's chapter ready to go. Anyway, you enjoy the continuing adventures in the World and tomorrow we'll have a couple more Fall 2024 anime reviews and more for you. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 13:30:32
19 Jan 25
We've got more Fall 2024 anime for you this week in the form of Season 2 of Seirei Gensouki and You Are Ms. Servant, then a series from the summer season whose finale was delayed until December, Whisper Me a Love Song, and lastly another series that I just needed to catch the last couple eps, Quality Assurance in Another World. Next, we dig into the movie backlog with 1945's Dillinger, Dog Day Afternoon and Divergent. There are a few more Fall 2024 series I intend to finish before I start digging further back, so we'll see how many I can get together for next time. Also be on the lookout for the latest chapter of RttW (hopefully). Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 14:14:01
If you've been following the blog, you know there's been a little side project I started working on last year, and as I was writing on it a bit yesterday, I realized that I hadn't formally added it to the preproduction pipeline, so I'm doing that now. In the Fifth Empire cycle of the Cross Arc, I present you with Colony Flipper, a story of real estate and land development IN SPACE. It's an opportunity to do more of a ground-level story in the post-Skyfall era, so I'm looking forward to it. No idea when it'll enter production, but the more I write on it, the sooner its turn is likely to come up. I'll be working on the reviews later in the day, so be on the lookout for that. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 05:23:00
18 Jan 25
You can see how exhausted the mascot is after getting right down to the wire to present you with Chapter 1 of CoP. We get to meet our protagonist this time around and we'll be seeing more of her in action in the near future, so look forward to that. Look for more Fall 2024 anime reviews and more tomorrow. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 17:49:49
12 Jan 25
After a fun-filled week of getting back into the swing of things at work and us having our first snow in this neck of the woods, I've done some catching up so I can deliver some more Fall 2024 anime coverage. We'll kick things off with the remake of Ranma 1/2 and follow it with Let This Grieving Soul Retire!, Demon Lord 2099, and The Healer Who Was Banished From His Party, Is, in Fact, the Strongest. For movie coverage, I just happened to stumble across an old family favorite, the spaghetti Western My Name is Nobody and then dipping into the backlog, we have a couple war films in the form of the Errol Flynn/Ronald Reagan teamup in Desperate Journey and the Richard Widmark film Destination Gobi. I'm going to try to continue to catch up on my viewing backlog and hopefully get at least two more weeks of coverage of the Fall 2024 season. I'm also going to try to get that chapter of CoP out. Stay tuned.
Posted by: JamesUTC 12:59:07