Nope.  Just the same, it was the tension set up from the waning daylight, the characters knowing exactly what predicament they were in with things only getting worse due to sabotage, options quickly running out… and of course the horrific discovery once they are in the cabin that the enemy is already there and all…

I love "Darkness Falls", particularly the final line and yes, I do prefer it to "Ice" though both are series highlights.  Just something about the sun going down in the deep woods that pierces me more than getting stuck in the Arctic- of the two, one is more plausible to happen to me, ergo its more effective.

I love "Darkness Falls", particularly the final line and yes, I do prefer it to "Ice" though both are series highlights.  Just something about the sun going down in the deep woods that pierces me more than getting stuck in the Arctic- of the two, one is more plausible to happen to me, ergo its more effective.

I like your choices Squiddy but I'd posit per your critique of the write-up of "Home" that they "did" get it, as its a big homage to "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and also "The Hills Have Eyes" where some of the greatest horrors occur not cloaked in night but in a wide open sun drenched landscape.

I like your choices Squiddy but I'd posit per your critique of the write-up of "Home" that they "did" get it, as its a big homage to "Texas Chainsaw Massacre" and also "The Hills Have Eyes" where some of the greatest horrors occur not cloaked in night but in a wide open sun drenched landscape.

"Blades" is an excellent story and despite my liking of a lot of Jeph Loeb's Bat stories, Robinson shows here what a Loeb story with a little focus and coherence would look like (much as I love "Long Halloween and Dark Victory"- there are certain threads that when pulled, bring the story apart- the former moreso than…

"Blades" is an excellent story and despite my liking of a lot of Jeph Loeb's Bat stories, Robinson shows here what a Loeb story with a little focus and coherence would look like (much as I love "Long Halloween and Dark Victory"- there are certain threads that when pulled, bring the story apart- the former moreso than…

Ah yes, that little blunder.  That's where I decided this was not an author I'd be checking out any further.  I mean, that whole book helped that notion along, but yes, retconning the character just cuz he was popular on celluloid and hey we can get some more mileage out of him?  And to do it with a smug wink?  Yeah…

Ah yes, that little blunder.  That's where I decided this was not an author I'd be checking out any further.  I mean, that whole book helped that notion along, but yes, retconning the character just cuz he was popular on celluloid and hey we can get some more mileage out of him?  And to do it with a smug wink?  Yeah…

I thought the Burn Notice reference was inspired.  As a dedicated and borderline obsessive fan of Volumes 1 & 2 the subsequent volumes have been a mixed bag but I think reading them as a full collection now rather than slivers of stories separated by months and years, it may be a better go.  Honestly, if anything I…

I thought the Burn Notice reference was inspired.  As a dedicated and borderline obsessive fan of Volumes 1 & 2 the subsequent volumes have been a mixed bag but I think reading them as a full collection now rather than slivers of stories separated by months and years, it may be a better go.  Honestly, if anything I…

That very same reason is why I've stayed at a few films long past their expiration date.

That very same reason is why I've stayed at a few films long past their expiration date.

That's interesting Simon, because I didn't feel the book was anti-science, but anti-anything that didn't require discipline.  Malcolm is the only person acting with some degree of conscience when he's calling into question Hammond's use of the cloning technology- not just for pure learning and exploration, but for…

That's interesting Simon, because I didn't feel the book was anti-science, but anti-anything that didn't require discipline.  Malcolm is the only person acting with some degree of conscience when he's calling into question Hammond's use of the cloning technology- not just for pure learning and exploration, but for…

Also want to add that despite my aversion to "Once Upon…" yet my acceptance of "Chronicles", my absolute favorite sci-fi book, Alfred Bester's "The Stars My Destination" has the protagonist commit rape (which no, is not the reason its my favorite book), yet I could get past that for the sake of the rest of the story,…

Also want to add that despite my aversion to "Once Upon…" yet my acceptance of "Chronicles", my absolute favorite sci-fi book, Alfred Bester's "The Stars My Destination" has the protagonist commit rape (which no, is not the reason its my favorite book), yet I could get past that for the sake of the rest of the story,…

I kept up with Chronicles (funny enough I just started re-reading the latest book in the "Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant") but yes, the first book when I read it was very hard to get through the first read through- not only are the man's actions vile and reprehensible, but from that moment forward his attitude is…

I kept up with Chronicles (funny enough I just started re-reading the latest book in the "Last Chronicles of Thomas Covenant") but yes, the first book when I read it was very hard to get through the first read through- not only are the man's actions vile and reprehensible, but from that moment forward his attitude is…

The latest Spidey film.  Now granted, I didn't "quit" anything… more like "no.  Fuck No.  I refuse to engage a film that was made perfectly well ten years ago.  Fuck this."  If I lived in the world of "True Blood" I would have abjured it.  Then I would make bad decisions and take my pants off.