Gentle reader, perhaps you have noticed I have been missing from these pages the last few weeks. Then again, perhaps not. It’s hard for me to imagine a you that does not monitor my comings and goings as carefully as a presidential physician, but I acknowledge the theoretical possibility. If that’s you, well, so be it. I probably wasn’t talking to ( Read more... )

(Interior, BAG END. GADALF and ME.)

GANDALF:

This is the One Ring. Forged by the Dark Lord Sauron in the fires of Mount Doom. Taken by Isildur from the hand of Sauron himself. For sixty years, the ring lay quiet in Bilbo's keeping, prolonging his life, delaying old age, but no longer, Jason. I'm sorry, did I say something amusing?

ME:
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I was on the fence when it came to this new Halloween remake, figuring it had a chance to bring the series back to life (after all, we’re talking about a series that recently had Michael Myers stalking Bustah Rhymes during a reality show webcast… doesn’t get much worse than that), but it could also continue the trend of awfulness. Either way, I ( Read more... )