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A Timely Doctor Who Quote

Taken from the Season 9 two-parter The Zygon Invasion/The Zygon Inversion:


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On Peter Capaldi Leaving Doctor Who

In all honesty, I shouldn't be too surprised that Peter Capaldi is leaving Doctor Who at the end of this season....after all, Steven Moffatt is leaving and turning things over to Chris Chibnall.

What's surprising is that, much like Colin Baker and Paul McGann, I feel like Capaldi's Doctor has been severely underserved by poor writing.

"But Gordon" I've heard many people say, usually at Chicago Doctor Who Meetup events, "Steven Moffatt is a great writer! I like Doctor Who!"

But Capaldi'...

Monthly Online Shenanigans & Shameless Self Promotion

Ok, so it's that time once again when I post various online appearances, writings, and other general items of interest to provide you with plenty of insight, update you on my goings on, and help improve my personal SEO.
First, as always, you can check out my personal site....in an effort to drive some freelance/full-time work, I've added a professional services page as well as reformatted my professional portfolio. Plus, if you haven't noticed, I've also sorted the top links and included my Am...

Another Golden Age Comics Panel Taken Out of Context....

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OPERATOR 5 Purple Invasion: Reading Pulp in The Age of Trump

Timing is everything, especially when you're reading pulp novels.

When I first began reading the Operator 5 Purple Invasion Saga three years ago, it seemed...quaint. A kind of alternate history in which totalitarian European forces (aka, "a very veiled Germany with a Geller-ese name") took over the United States in the height of the Great Depression....and one man - Jimmy Christopher, espionage agent - led resistance efforts to free our country.

(Think of it as the 24 of the 1930s, on...

Even For the Golden Age, This is Trying Too Hard....

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SECOND CITY ETC'S FANTASTIC SUPER GREAT NATION NUMERO UNO: A Must See

One of the things I love about being on Second City's press list is that I often get invited to premieres when I most need a laugh. (Plus, I also get to publicly disclose that I receive free tickets, but this review is strictly my own).

Wanting to avoid the Grand Coronation, er, I mean, the Inauguration last week, I decided to kick it off by attending the opening of Second City ETC's Fantastic Super Great Nation Numero Uno...and I'm really glad that I did.

Because it's one of the smartest, shar...

Public Domain Drive-In: Inauguration Day Viewing

For many of us, Inauguration Day is going to be a challenge....and many of us want to protest in some way.

Here is a partial listing of Chicago-area activities; I'll be attending Artists Against Hate's fundraiser Friday night and for those not in the area....some great public domain movies and cartoons.

Because, let's face it, the next four years are going to be interesting....












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STAR TREK: BEYOND Boldly Goes Forth....

"We got no ship, no crew, how're going to get out of this one?"
"We will find hope in the impossible."
Now this is how you write, shoot, and act in a major Star Trek movie....

One of the advantages of waiting to see a newer movie is that it's done without the context of hype, advertising, or even personal enthusiasm. As a person who's discussed Star Trek on WBEZ twice in one year, I have to admit that I was OK with the films (although my I've grown to dislike Star Trek Into Darkness  af...

Goofing Off Online As 2016 Ended....

Since I've been working hard on getting some further freelance work (for more details, check out my web page and my LinkedIn profile), not much has happened worth blogging about. I'll be doing some planning this weekend, but without further adieu, let's look at how 2016 ended for me in terms of online appearances, writings, and other efforts.

Towards the end of the year, I managed to write a tribute to Carrie Fisher for Chicago Now's One Cause At A Time...and more recently, managed a post abo...