There's a bizarre, mid-1980s TV Halloween cartoon called "Witch's Night Out" that I used to have an ancient VHS recording of that is now lost to the mists of time. The dialogue was wry and mature for a cartoon TV special of the time, and I'd love the chance to see it again. I'm amazed I've had such a hard time…

The uncensored version is currently up on YouTube, just FYI.

As a lifelong Godzilla fan (who is NOT a fan of the 1998 US version), I'm very curious to see how this movie will compare with the 2014 Godzilla reboot. I have to say that the new Godzilla had better be slick and groundbreaking if it intends to compete with del Toro's usual level of quality.

That seems to be a very firm certainty of all the thoughts and intentions that pass through the heads of other people that think differently from you. I wish I had such a level of certainty (or some might say "faith" in that certainty) that gave me license to assume my superiority in social situations without getting…

No, I don't think Frazetta had any input on Bakshi's LOTR. Bakshi just sort of borrowed the Death Dealer aesthetic for the Ringwraiths.

Hmm..."These people", you say — meaning all religious people? Isn't that the same kind of generalization that results in certain religious folk characterizing atheists as all being amoral, self-centered and arrogant? My point (as an atheist who in the past had religious beliefs, just for full disclosure) is that…

This ad, which has been popping up all over YouTube lately, has me thinking about the "smug atheist" approach. While I think it's admirable to give atheist parents and children some additional social resources, is it honestly productive to insinuate that any religious person the atheist child comes in contact with is…

Right, because people are always so truthful when given sex surveys.

Backyard trampolines are hazardous enough, but that trampoline bridge looks like it's going to kill or cripple most of those simulated people hurtling through the air.

The Knickerbocker "Death Dealer" Ringwraith was the best from that '70s animated LOTR toy series.

The main problem with toy collecting today is that there's just too much out there. Back in the 1980's and early 90's when I started amassing my toy collection, finding anything that had to do with, for example, the movies Predator or Alien was difficult. Now the collector's aisle at Toys R Us is filled with pricey…

Yeah, this gets marked NFSW while that frighteningly psychotic "Fan Fiction Friday" article with the erotic/necrophiliac/vorarephiliac exploits of Tony Stark and Steve Rogers did not?

I think there was a missed opportunity here for a "Count Poohku" costume.

I am also very, VERY tired of River Song and would be quite happy to let her fade away so we can focus on some new reoccurring characters. Unfortunately, I'd be willing to bet that she's going to be prominently featured in the 50th anniversary storyline. It seems that the main writers of the modern DW series are…

Transformers Masterpiece MP-12 Lambor (AKA: Sideswipe)

I actually remember when the first Star Trek USS Enterprise Hallmark ornament came out in the early '90s. It seemed like such a big deal because it was an actual licensed ornament with a sci-fi pop culture theme. We fanboys went crazy over it at the time. Now, over 20 years later we've gotten spoiled the the point…

Yeah, the sprawling big budget scenes that a TV series would absolutely have to get right would be the Great Panic, Yonkers, India, the Chinese submarine battles, Hope, and possibly some scenes from the liberation of Hero City.

The nitpicky video editor in me spotted a continuity error at 0:32 . The monster's claw punches through the left side of the camper in the interior shot, but then the external shot shows the monster on top of the camper with its left claw nowhere near the side of the vehicle and no visible hole.

Geez, that makes my drunken shenanigans sound much less impressive than they seem to me at the time I'm engaging in them. :(

Ehhh... I'm getting a distinct 'Van Helsing' vibe here myself, which does not bode well. Perhaps the quirky fun elements will overcome the cornball CGI generic blockbuster elements, but we'll see.