Michael May's Blog, page 18

AfterLunch | Comics Trivia

Rob, Pax, Evan, and Christian Nielsen form teams and test their superhero knowledge as I ask them questions from a card game I got in my Christmas stocking. There is triumph and there is defeat, but mostly there's a lot of laughter. And Meryl Streep playing the concertina.
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AfterLunch | Bond Novels – Thunderball

I continue exploring Ian Fleming’s James Bond books with Thunderball, a controversial novel with complicated origins that finally introduces Ernst Stavro Blofeld and SPECTRE to the series. 
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Hellbent for Letterbox | Forty Guns (1957)

Pax and I watch the Western Noir Forty Guns starring Barbara Stanwyck, Barry Sullivan, and Dean Jagger. I also check out Sam Worthington, Machine Gun Kelly, Heather Graham, and Thomas Jane in 2021's The Last Son.
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AfterLunch | Bond Novels – For Your Eyes Only

I continue exploring Ian Fleming’s James Bond books with the eighth in the series. For Your Eyes Only isn't a novel, but a collection of five short stories. Elements of all five have turned up in various films though, whether it's the titles of "Quantum of Solace" and "From a View to a Kill" or the villains of "Risico" and "The Hildebrand Rarity" or the revenge-seeking daughter of "For Your Eyes Only." 
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AfterLunch | Enterprise, Season 4

Rob, Evan, Delaney, and I wrap up our look at Star Trek: Enterprise. The show tried some new things in its final season, so we talk about whether or not that worked to improve things for us. And then there's that series finale... 
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Thundarr Road | Harvest of Doom

Noel, David, and I are back to discuss Ookla's kidnapping by crocodile-people, Thundarr and Ariel's attempt to rescue him, and the introduction of a great new character. Also, multiple theories and some great conversation about where this takes place and when it fits in the timeline. 
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Hellbent for Letterbox | Old Henry (2021)

Pax and I discuss 2021's Old Henry with Tim Blake Nelson, Stephen Dorff, and Trace Adkins. I also watch Jane Campion's The Power of the Dog and Pax reads Mad Amos Malone: The Complete Stories by Alan Dean Foster.
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AfterLunch | After Dinner Lounge – I Want to Believe

Rob, Evan, Pax, and I  chit chat about The Beatles, The Morning Show, the post-Endgame MCU, and whether or not the Supernatural is real. 
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AfterLunch | After Dinner Lounge – Every Rose Has Its Thorn

Rob, Evan, Pax, and I gather again to talk about what we've been listening to and reading. And our favorite flowers. Lots of recommendations, but in the process of meandering, the conversation occasionally settles into topics like The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy, the Fast and Furious movies, and gritty super hero comics. 
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AfterLunch | Bond Novels – Goldfinger

I continue exploring Ian Fleming’s James Bond novels with the seventh in the series, Goldfinger. Like with the film version, the novel introduces a lighter tone than had been in the series so far. But is that a good thing or bad? 
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