Category Archives: Projected Pixels and Emulsion

Tread Perilously — Doctor Who: The Sun Makers

Tread Perilously comes home for a month of Doctor Who. First up, the Tom Baker era story “The Sun Makers.” When the Doctor and Leela materialize on Pluto sometime in the future, they discover a human race crushed under a … Continue reading

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Tread Perilously — Alf: Consider Me Gone

Tread Perilously’s month of series finales continues with the final 21 minutes of Alf. An episode they had to call “Consider Me Gone.” When Alf gets a message from Rhonda and Skip, he prepares to leave the Tanners and join … Continue reading

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A Now Fear This Roundup

I’m planning to spend most of this week drinking, and frankly, that gets in the way of long, rambling, and expletive-filled reviews.  Fortunately, in the seven years Now Fear This has been alive and well, I’ve written a lot of … Continue reading

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Yakmala: Jaws: The Revenge

The original Jaws is a better movie than Mother Theresa is a person. That’s either the most or least controversial thing I’ve ever said, depending on who you are, but I’ll stand by it. The sequels, though, range from pointless … Continue reading

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Lifetime Theater: Below the Surface

I don’t even know with this one. I can’t even think of a nicely vague statement about writing, or the Lifetime Network, or even maritime disasters that can come close to my opinions on this movie. Because I don’t even … Continue reading

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Now Fear This: All Cheerleaders Die

Satire is a tightrope. Go too far in one direction, and all subtlety, and more importantly the teeth, is gone. Go too far in the other, and you’re just parroting the point of view of whatever it is you’re poking … Continue reading

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Yakmala: Warrior of the Lost World

Thanks to the runaway success of George Miller’s The Road Warrior (or Mad Max 2, if you’re Australian), for a brief, shining moment back in the early ‘80s, every hack with a camera was heading out to some dusty backwater … Continue reading

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