This article originally ran on April 3, 2018 on Mike Podgor’s Monsters of Multimedia. The second installment of the Super Mario Brothers series is an odd duck since it started life as an unrelated game called Doki Doki Panic. It was reskinned when Japan’s Super Mario Brothers sequel was deemed too difficult for American audiences andContinue reading “The Most Terrifying Monster in Super Mario Brothers 2”
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Remembering the King of Pop: A look back at Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker for the Sega Genesis
So, this article started out as a review of the game and quickly turned into an opportunity to celebrate the life of an artist I greatly respected (as an unbelievably talented transcendent musician, if nothing else). Because this was meant to be a genuine work of praise, I let my voice come through much moreContinue reading “Remembering the King of Pop: A look back at Michael Jackson’s Moonwalker for the Sega Genesis”
This Week in Wii: Sega’s Fantasy Zone 2 comes to the Virtual Console
This article was the first piece I’d written for Examiner.com, and was thus my “audition” piece. As a writer, I find I have two speeds: “Me” and “not me.” That is to say, I either insert a great deal of my voice into my work, or I write as a talking head who might asContinue reading “This Week in Wii: Sega’s Fantasy Zone 2 comes to the Virtual Console”
The Examiner Articles: Introduction
Here’s a rant I wrote for my Malus ‘N’ Mayhem blog about four years ago, when I found out that a former “employer” of mine decided to delete some of my articles because…well, actually, it’s explained in the rant below. Originally published 09/19/2015 WARNING: INCOMING RANT So, back in 2009, I became the local RetroContinue reading “The Examiner Articles: Introduction”
The Time the Ninja Turtles Basically Fought Jason Voorhees
This article originally ran on March 16, 2018 on Mike Podgor’s Monsters of Multimedia. Our next batch of monsters really need no introduction, but they’ll be given one anyway. Since 1984, they’ve been applying various tenets of ninjutsu in a very teen-aged reptilian way with a sharp detour into pizza antics in 1987. They are,Continue reading “The Time the Ninja Turtles Basically Fought Jason Voorhees”
Kelly’s Heroes (1970)
This entry into the old Ethan’s Film Journal just seems right for today’s Throwback Thursday, what with it being America’s Independence Day and all. Originally posted 01/24/2018. Summary: Grade A screw-up Private Kelly (Clint Eastwood) accidentally discovers a briefcase filled with lead-plated gold bars while interrogating a Nazi prisoner in Nancy, France during World WarContinue reading “Kelly’s Heroes (1970)”
Ranking the Enemies of “Super Mario Brothers”
This article originally ran on January 29, 2018 on Mike Podgor’s Monsters of Multimedia. Today’s subject: Super Mario Brothers, originally developed and available for the Famicom and Nintendo Entertainment System in 1985. Autobiographically, this is also the year I was released, albeit almost a full five months earlier than Super Mario Brothers. It is alsoContinue reading “Ranking the Enemies of “Super Mario Brothers””
20 Million Miles to Earth aka The Beast from Space (1957)
And here we have the third and final Journal Entry review in my Throwback Thursday AmeriKaiju triple feature. Going back to the work of Ray Harryhausen, we have a film that is as famous as (and as lauded as) The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, and starring one of Harryhausen’s most recognizable monsters: Ymir, the thingContinue reading “20 Million Miles to Earth aka The Beast from Space (1957)”
The Black Scorpion (1957)
As the second review of this Throwback Thursday AmeriKaiju triple feature, I’ve decided to revisit a Journal Entry featuring special effects by Willis O’Brien, the man who gave life to King Kong in 1933 and taught Harryhausen his stop-motion craft. How did this one fair when I first posted about it, and has my opinionContinue reading “The Black Scorpion (1957)”
The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)
In honor of the enjoyable experience that was the 2019 Godzilla: King of the Monsters (at least, I thought it was enjoyable), it seems appropriate for this Throwback Thursday to post an American Kaiju (AmeriKaiju?) triple feature of reviews originally written for Crane’s Cabinet of Kinetographic Curiosities. These reviews are part of a series ofContinue reading “The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms (1953)”
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