Sunday Dinner : Slow Cooker Chicken with Stuffing

Posted by John Klein III on August 1, 2017
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http://allrecipes.com/recipe/228109/slow-cooker-chicken-with-stuffing/

The picture is from my second helping, I was so hungry, I forgot to take the original picture!

My parents, my sister and her two kids (with the third in her belly right now!) came up from Arizona to spend the weekend.  Is there a faster way to refer to one’s own parents, sister and her two children?  I’ve been struggling with a nice phrase to summarize this group for a week now.  I don’t want to say “my family” as I have a wife and on my own son, and it doesn’t imply who exactly is coming up for the trip.

So with having to feed eight people instead of my typical three, I doubled the recipe.

We went with two Costco packages of chicken thighs, two cups of chicken broth, two cans of cream of chicken soup, two boxes of Chicken Stove Top stuffing and a cup of water.

I Googled it and you don’t actually change the cooking time at all, when you double a recipe.  The rule is to cook it for the same amount of time, and then check on it like every fifteen to thirty minutes, to see if it needs additional time.  Since we went to Lake Helena, I had to keep it on the warm setting for an additional hour.  We were back within 30 minutes, but with three kids under five, it takes us a while to get everyone ready.  I wish we ate around that 30 minute mark, as the stuffing still looked pretty great.  Instead, it looked a little darker than I would have preferred.

Everyone seemed to enjoy it except for Walker Dennis and the younger cousin.  Which is odd as Walker really enjoys stuffing but with two new playmates, they didn’t have time for meals, with all of the playing they could do.

San Diego Comic Con 2017 : Highlights

Posted by John Klein III on July 26, 2017
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Thanks to io9’s Charles Pullian-Moore for writing such great reviews of the convention, I felt like I was there.  Also, the studios releasing the trailers pretty quickly, helped too.

I’m going to post links to the days and trailers and offer my opinions on what I thought about what I found interesting.

Thursday

http://io9.gizmodo.com/all-of-thursdays-news-trailers-and-everything-else-fr-1797112240

Noah Hawley, of the incredible Legion show fame (and even more fame with Fargo) is going to bring Doctor Doom to theaters.  I imagine the Fantastic Four, or at the very least, Reed Richards, will appear in the film.  I still say that a West Wing style Doctor Doom show (or film) could be very good.  Maybe he’ll cast Rachel Keller in some role for this.  Legion Season Two will be ten episodes, as opposed to eight episodes, which I’m all for.

Batman 32 will have Catwoman’s response to Batman’s wedding proposal.  I’m all for these two getting married.  I want more heroes to be married and have children.  I’m married and I have a child, and my life is so much better now.

I wish the Ninja Ghostbuster Turtles didn’t have the hair, how much better would that have looked?  I do love the concept of mixing these two franchises together, in toy form.  I just don’t think they needed the extra step.

Friday

http://io9.gizmodo.com/fridays-news-trailers-and-everything-else-from-san-di-1797148502

The Defenders trailer came out!

Thanks to Netflix for hosting their own trailer.

This looks like so much fun!  We are almost done with Daredevil Season Two and still have Luke Cage and Iron Fist to watch, so it’ll be a while before we’re ready for this.

Misty Knight, from Luke Cage, will be coming over to Iron Fist’s second season.  That show has Colleen Wing already so let’s hope that we get a Daughters of the Dragon spinoff out of that!  That’s all I really want.  That and an official Heroes for Hire season of Luke Cage and Iron Fist together.  I take it that, with the low reviews Iron Fist gets, that Luke Cage doesn’t appear in it.  That’s what I’m guessing.

The new X-Men show, Gifted, got a trailer – a long trailer.

Thanks to Marvel Entertainment for hosting this trailer.

We just started Season Five of Person of Interest (the final season) and I’m glad I can go from that show to this show for my Amy Acker needs.  She’s so great on that show.  It has to be super awkward when Stephen Moyer leaves home for the set, right?  Like, are they going to ask him to see if his lovely wife, Anna Paquin, can make an appearance?  I keep having that through in regards to Carrie Preston’s appearances on Person of Interest.  Like, they ask Michael Emerson if his lovely wife can come for a few episodes and she said, “sure, why not.”

I need to get Walker Dennis into Big Hero 6 but we don’t have Disney XD, so I’ll probably hold off on that, for now.

Todd MacFarlane, Kevin Smith and Blumhouse Productions is bringing Spawn to teathers, so MacFarlane’s like 20 year mission for a R-Rated Spawn film might be getting closer to becoming a reality.

Saturday

http://io9.gizmodo.com/saturdays-biggest-news-trailers-and-all-the-other-stu-1797166112

Rob Bricken wrote the above article.

New Thor Ragnarok Trailer!

Thanks to Marvel Entertainment for hosting this trailer.

So much love for this trailer!  What I enjoyed the most was hearing Hulk talk!  That’s character development!  They are both like fire, Hulk is raging fire and Thor is more like a smoldering fire.  So incredible!  It makes sense that Mark Ruffalo is in this but I thought there might be a chance where he wasn’t going to be in the film.

Still no Black Panther trailer nor Infinity Wars trailers!  I was really hoping for that Infinity War trailer, that’s what made me keep checking out YouTube around 10 at night, each night this weekend.

Not thrilled that Captain Marvel is taking place in the 90s, thus pre-Iron Man.  So they are going to have to age her for Infinity War or put Brie Larson in ice to explain the lack of aging?  That seems silly.  I like a two-eyed Nick Fury in this (he’s definitely losing one of those!) and the Skulls being in this. I wonder what FOX got so that Marvel could get the Fantastic Four alien race?  The article implies that it is a “shared custody” issue like Scarlet Witch and Quicksilver.

Oh man!  Michele Pfeiffer is going to be Janet Van Dyne, the Wasp!  We have to get footage of her in any sort of Wasp uniform, that would be incredible!  We never got a good or proper shot of Michael Douglas as old school Ant Man, right?  They won’t make that mistake with Pfeiffer, that’s for sure.  Oh, and Laurence Fishburne is the Ant Man and Wasp film as Bill Foster.  Good thing Marvel already made Civil War.

The Justice League trailer came out!

Thanks to Warner Bros. Pictures for hosting the video.

JK Simmons as Commissioner Gordon, I can get behind that!  I like the Flash not getting the memo on disappearing at the dramatic act break of a conversation.  Still not loving that costume.  Looking at the Wikipedia page for the film –

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_League_(film)

William Dafoe is an adviser to Aquaman!  That’s two Raimi Spider-Man cast members in this film!

Amy Adams will be in this too!  I did like the ending “non-reveal” of who Gordon is talking to.  That’s a nice touch.

The Flash film is set to adapt Flashpoint, which seems pretty lofty for two hours.  Also, so odd to not just use the CW shows’ cast members if storylines are already going to be recycled.  Feels like a mess already in the making.

I’m excited about Batman by Gaslight being adapted for an animated film.  Seems fast, but they are going full two films like Dark Knight Returns with Death and Return of Superman.  I liked Doomsday but if they want to expand it, I’m all for that too.  So much was left out of that first attempt.  Though Louise Simonson’s story still brings a slight tear to my eye.

Thanks to gameraspinning for hosting this video.

It really made me think about Ma Kent during that storyline, like I’ve never given it much thought before.  I want more creator retrospectives on these DVD releases or just plain documentaries.  I would watch those so hard!

I still need to read Ready Player One

Thanks to Movieclips Trailers for hosting that video!

They were nice enough to leave a comment about the Easter eggs:
Deadpool/Harley :34, Iron Giant :45, Freddy 1:00, Duke Nukem 1:01, DeLorean 1:43, Ben Mendelsohn 1:48

I caught the Iron Giant cameo, on my own and that was Deadpool and Harley Quinn, so that’s cool.  I should read the book.   I know Rob and Brian with the Uncanny X-Cast loved the book and my friend, Ben Tiller, liked it too.

Flash Season Four trailer!

Thanks to The CW Television Network for hosting this trailer.

So what type of Nega-Barry is going to show up?  I like them handling Iris having to deal with losing her fiance.  Caitlin having a larger role, is nice too.  I keep wanting to watch the Arrow one but I don’t want spoilers as I heard that season finale got intense.

Supergirl Season Three Trailer!

Thanks again to The CW Television Network for hosting this trailer!

Kara Danvers : No More!

Here is the CBR article that I read after the season two finale to help explain who that was at the end of that episode –

http://www.cbr.com/reign-supergirl-season-3-villain-explained/

I’m not familiar with Reign, at all.

I like Adrian Pasdar being in this, he was one of my favorites in Heroes and Agents of SHIELD.  We’re getting some DC and Marvel two-timers going on here.

The Krypton trailer didn’t reveal much.  Still an odd concept for the show, that I thought for sure would just fade away.  Is Syfy Channel still a thing?  It’ll be like if Gotham featured Thomas Wayne’s college years, for how far removed this is.

Riverdale Season 2 trailer.

Thanks to Entertainment Tonight for hosting this trailer.  Seems like an odd choice though.

I’m so pumped for this show to return, that it is crazy!

Strangers Things 2 trailer.

Thanks to Netflix for hosting this video!

There are going to be lots of people super tired on Wednesday, November 1!  I know I’m already tempted to take that day to recover.

Star Trek Discovery trailer.

Thanks to Star Trek for hosting their own video.

This show looks like it is going to be pretty awesome!  I wish it wasn’t going to look that great, as it doesn’t feel like it leads into The Original Series, as it takes place ten years prior to their first mission.  What happens wherein Starfleet goes so retro?  At least Jonathan Archer and his Enterprise stories are still in continuity – that’s what really matters.  I’m still hoping that we get plenty of Jason Isaacs as the Captain, it feels weird to not have a Captain-Centric Trek series.  It reminds me of what the original plan for the West Wing was, but then Martin Sheen committed to more episodes and we got the terrific show that we got.

Orville Trailer.

Thanks to FOX for hosting this video.

I was luke warm on the concept of this show, it could be fantastic like Galaxy Quest, or some show that would be a footnote in Star Trek parodies.  This looks like Seth McFarlane having a lot of fun and now I’m looking forward to this.  I didn’t realize Seth and Todd spelled their last names the same.

Here are the Eisner Awards Winners –

http://io9.gizmodo.com/here-are-the-winners-of-the-2017-eisner-awards-1797155107

I’m so out of touch that I don’t recognize any of the projects, outside of character names but I do know creators still.  Which is nice.  Even nicer is Jill Thompson winning two awards!  Saga is still popular.  Todd Klein (no relation) is still slaying it with lettering.  I bet that Chip Zardsky Jughead series is pretty fun.  I do like The AV Club, I don’t go there as often as I probably should.

I’m super interested in Ed Piskor’s X-Men : Grand Design, especially as Kitty Pryde would definitely be present for that!  Lockheed and Magik too!  30 Years of X-Men, Uncanny X-Men 1 through Uncanny X-Men 280, condensed into 300 pages.  Sign me up!

Harley Quinn Day is replacing Batman Day, September 23, this year.  Which seems pretty dumb to me.  Is she really that popular of a character?  I mean, I like her, and I’ve heard she is DC’s Deadpool but this blows my mind.  The character turns 25 this year, so I guess it is an anniversary year for her.

Sunday

http://io9.gizmodo.com/sundays-biggest-news-trailers-and-all-the-other-stuff-1797175366

Charles Pulliam-Moore is back at the writer of the article.

The Doctor Who Christmas 2017 Trailer!

Thanks to Doctor Who for hosting this video!

I love this concept so much!  From the casting of it to the general overall feeling of the trailer itself.  The article states that Mark Gatiss is not portraying Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart, as that’s who I thought he was playing.  He’s a World War I Captain, which I wouldn’t have noticed on my own.  Should be a great time!  I still haven’t watched any additional Doctor Who since my last post on the topic.  I need to get caught up!  David Bradley is the modern day William Hartnell!

This is the Avengers Infinity Poster –

That is beautiful!

Ryan Meinerding is the painter of that poster.  He’s the current Marvel Studios Head of Visual Development.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/dc-has-an-epic-plan-to-save-itself-from-the-comics-apoc-1797174893

So sales are down for both Marvel and DC.  That’s pretty interesting.  I imagine the closing of stores like Hastings, probably plays some part in that, as I know it took me out of the game.

Frank Miller is giving Superman the Year One treatment.  Not sure if that’s necessary.

http://io9.gizmodo.com/in-a-world-without-fantastic-four-comics-dc-basically-1797157225

DC is making their own Fantastic Four title!

The Terrifics is a bit on the nose, sure—Plastic Man’s got Reed’s stretch abilities, Phantom Girl can go intangible and phase through objects like Sue, Metamorpho has the same sort of appearance issues that have plagued Ben Grimm over the years—but hey.

Mr. Terrific is the Human Torch, I guess?  I’m all for Phantom Girl having a larger role in the DCU, outside of the Legion of Superheroes.

Such a fun concept!

It really reminds me of when DC released their “Invasion” trade and wrote “Secret No More” on the cover – poking fun of then Marvel’s current Secret Invasion storyline.  I miss that fun rivalry.

I’m sure I’m missing a bunch of stuff and YouTube hasn’t presented me with any panel coverage like they did last year.  I guess I can look up which panels happened this year and see if any footage found its way onto YouTube but I feel like I got the larger pieces of news.

If anyone has anything I should look at, please let me know!

. . .

I went looking for some comic news, on my own, and found Newsarama’s X-Men Inhumans ResurrXion panel coverage –

https://www.newsarama.com/35601-sdcc-2017-x-men-and-inhumans-s-resurrxion-panel.html

No Kitty Pryde references and no additional article about the art from that panel.  I’m just feeling more and more disconnected with comics.

Sunday Dinner : Patty Melt

Posted by John Klein III on July 24, 2017
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I have to admit, this was a bit out of my skill level.

Patty Melt Recipe

I went through a serious Patty Melt phase, like eight years ago.  I was ordering it whenever I saw it on the menu.  Back when I ate out a bunch, in my twenties and newly dating the woman who I would eventually marry.

I’ve been wanting to try making my own hamburger patties, so when my wife wanted me to attempt this recipe, I was all for it.

From the directions, I should have cooked the onions at medium heat and not medium low.

I also put the Garlic and Parmesan Spread on both slices of bread.  We bought the Sam’s Choice as our Walmart didn’t have the Hidden Valley selection.  Sam’s Choice was pretty sweet and tangy, not sure if that’ll be the case with Hidden Valley.

I also put Swiss cheese on both slices of bread too.

I thought it came out pretty well.  I have to work on my patty formation and I’m still not awesome at making grilled cheese sandwiches but I’m getting better with each attempt.  Just not mastering when to flip it over or the amount of butter on each slice of bread.

I also went with 1/4 teaspoon with everything as I couldn’t find our 1/8 teaspoon and that was fine.

There may have been extra Worcestershire sauce.  I would say that I wasn’t thrilled with the onions until the Worcestershire sauce came into the pan, as that’s when the onions got that classic brown appearance.

My wife and Walker Dennis cut up the pineapple.  Super 1 Foods had pineapples for only 89 cents!  So we picked one of those up.  Now, I have to check for pineapples, when we are at the store, as if they are usually a dollar, we are going to pick them up more often.

The fries were just the Great Value fries with garlic powder thrown on there.  I like to use the seasoning with one part of the dish in another part, to make the tastes have synergy.  I should have added onion powder to those fries too, to bring the entire dish together.

Now I can start making other hamburger recipes, and I’m super excited about that.

 

 

Jodi Whittaker is the (13th) Doctor!

Posted by John Klein III on July 21, 2017
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Thanks to BBC for hosting the video!

As I’m sure most people know, Peter Capaldi is out as the 12th Doctor.  Replacing him, is Jodi Whittaker, an actress I’m not that familiar with.  Not like I’ve been that familiar with most of the Doctor actors prior to their casting.  Well, besides Christopher Eccleston and John Hurt.  Oh, and Paul McCann, but I knew him mostly from hassling Christopher O’Donnell in the always amazing to rewatch, The Three Musketeers.

I have no problem, at all, with a lady being the Doctor.  Wouldn’t it have been awesome though, if it was a complete surprise, come Christmas 2017.  I guess we have five months to forget the news, but we would be reminded of the casting choice again, before then.  Gosh, is Christmas just five months away?  Ooof!  Walker Dennis is a December baby, so December is pretty tight for us.  Lots of planning goes into making both his birthday and Christmas a thing to do.  Being in Montana, also means we have to really plan where to host a birthday party too.

I’ve been a fan of Doctor Who ever since I saw it on PBS with my parents, in the 80s.  Probably why my favorite Doctor will always be Peter Davison, the 5th Doctor.  Especially when people want to talk about Tom Baker, the fourth (and without doubt, the most famous version of the Doctor – prior to the relaunch) Doctor but I like Davison so much more.  It helps that he is the star of The Five Doctors, and I’m a sucker for any story that involves multiple-Doctors.

It wasn’t until a few years ago when I thought about my origins with the franchise when I doubted if I watched Doctor Who on PBS, in the way that I thought I did.  I recall watching it on PBS, with my parents.  But if you look at when Davison was the 5th Doctor, he’s tenure was 1982 through 1984.  Which I was born in 1982, so I must have watched reruns on PBS.  Most likely, I just saw my father’s tapes of the program.  My father was huge on recording everyone on VHS, back in the day.

I was a little late coming back with the 9th Doctor, as I couldn’t watch it anywhere.  I’m sure Hulu had it before Netflix did (now Amazon has it) and that’s when I caught up with the show.  I’ve really liked the new show.  With their production schedules, I saw the Season 8 finale, and the Christmas episode but did not come back for the 9th season.  Until this news broke, and then I relooked it up and Amazon has the series.  I saw the Magician’s Apprentice and I’m going to try to catch up with all of season nine, hopefully soon.  I was missing it already but learning that it isn’t just Capaldi’s final season but also Steven Moffat’s final season too.  Well, ten is their final season, and that just wrapped up.  I read the episode list for season ten and that final moment sounds so amazingly fun that I have to try to get caught up.  I’m sure it’ll cost me actual money to watch season ten, so I’ll just wait until it is free with Amazon Prime (if it isn’t already).

I’m going to really miss Jenna Louis Coleman as Clara, she’s up there with Amy Pond (Karen Gillan) as a great companion to the Doctor.

Here are two Wikipedia Pages that will cost you a full day of temptation to keep opening links.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Doctor_(Doctor_Who)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regeneration_(Doctor_Who)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companion_(Doctor_Who)

For the companions of the original series, I’m a big fan of Jo Grant (Katy Manning), Peri Brown (Nicola Bryant) and of course, Sarah Jane Smith (the legend, Elisabeth Sladen).   I do like how how the companions make the Doctor transition work as smooth as it does.

My mother was always a fan of the 2nd Doctor’s companion, Jamie.  Kilt and all.

My parents were huge fans of the show and even my Aunt Denise (my mother’s twin sister) was a huge fan too.

There has been fun projects like the charity event, The Curse of the Fatal Death –

Thanks to Doctor Who for hosting their own video.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doctor_Who:_The_Curse_of_Fatal_Death

Here is the page that explains how the zaniness that went into this!  Moffat was always a fan.  This takes place but does not take place, between Doctors 7 and 8, before the American attempt to relaunch the series.

It boosts a very impressive cast of actors portraying the Doctor –

Rowan Atkinson (Ninth Doctor)
Richard E. Grant (Tenth Doctor)
Jim Broadbent (Eleventh Doctor)
Hugh Grant (Twelfth Doctor)
Joanna Lumley (Thirteenth Doctor)

That’s right, Jodi Whittaker is really the second woman to portray the Doctor!   Hugh Grant probably could make a grand Doctor too, if he wanted to.

Apparently I should watch Broadchurch Season One as it has Whittaker as the mother of the missing boy and, of course, David Tennant (the 10th Doctor) in it.  My wife really liked the show.  I believe she watched the FOX version, that also stars Tennant, and saw the first episode of the BBC one and it was so similiar she didn’t need to watch a second episode.  I’ll go BBC, of course, so I can see Whittaker as an actress.  I’ve read that I should check out Venus, a movie she did back in the day.

Referring to charity specials, I’m sure this is the one that finally convinced me to watch the relaunch series.

Thanks to Hollie Bird for hosting this one, it was the best one I could find.  There used to be a legit version, like a year ago.

I’m sure people have written about this before, but I’ll write it here too, as I’m trying to make this my initial Doctor Who post that just covered all of my thoughts on the franchise (or most of them, at least).

But David Tennant is a smart man, so his favorite Doctor was also the 5th one.  Davison’ daughter, Georgia Moffett, starred in an episode titled “The Doctor’s Daughter” during Tennant’s tenure.  They met, fell in love, got married and now have three children together.  So that is super fun and makes me smile as the chances of all of that happening are insane!

Here is a video of all the Regenerations –

Thanks to Doctor Who again for hosting their own video.

So happy that we finally got to see McGann’s regeneration.  I still wish they had him be the Doctor during the Time War but if John Hurt agrees to do your show, you take that opportunity!

Reading more about the season 10 finale, so much fun that they got David Bradley to portray the First Doctor, like how he did for the incredible An Adventure in Space and Time.  Well, he portrayed William Hartnell, the actor who started this entire odyssey but its really one and the same.

Looking at the other videos that Doctor Who has up on YouTube, I wanted to point out, when I mention Joanna Lumley above, that they had already made The Master a woman, the very fun Michelle Gomez as Missy (short for Mistress, the female Master – so clever!).

I might have to say Tennant is my favorite of the modern Doctors, the more I think about how many awesome adventures he had.

That 50th Anniversary lead up and the episode itself, was pretty amazing and really was a present for the fans.

My sister-in-law and my wife tried to watch the show, I forget who finally convinced them to give it a shot.  I kept telling them, don’t give up on the show until the episode “Dalek” as that is really the first episode of the relaunch that dives into the mythos plus it reintroduces the Doctor’s greatest (and my favorite) villain, the Daleks.  I love those guys!  The Master is probably my second favorite, as I’m crazy for Evil Opposites.

Watch the below for some of the greatest trash talk as the Daleks belittle the Cybermen –

Thanks to minetruly for hosting the video.

-You are superior in only one respect
-What is that?
-You are better at dying.

So great!  I had the dumbest and widest smile when I heard that.

That’s from Doomsday, and Tennant had the best season finales.

Oh man, this show introduced me to John Barrowman, well me and the rest of the world.  Such an amazing actor!

I haven’t seen any episodes of Torchwood nor Sarah Jane Chronicles, but I really should.

K9, the Doctor’s robot dog companion, such a great addition to the show.

You really can tell any story that you want with Doctor Who – ultra serious, silly comedy, any time period, any planet – there are no rules.

Have I really written 1457 words regarding Doctor Who and not once mention the TARDIS!  Time and Relative Dimension in Space, so great!  My favorite way to travel through space and time.  That classic console room, with the spheres, such a great design.  Glad they were able to add those back in for the 50th Anniversary Special, even if it was just for a moment.  The Day of the Doctor, I really should use the proper title.

I recall Conan, back on his Late Late Show days of NBC, had a parade of characters and one of them was something along the lines of “your uncle who still is into Doctor Who” and that guy was dressed with the classic 4th Doctor, five yard long scarf.

I do like how all the Doctors have their own specific wardrobes and such.

For a franchise that is now 52 years old, they are still doing an outstanding job keeping it current and hip.

I am surprised they went with a woman Doctor before going with a different nationality male Doctor, good for them though, either way.

I still remember when the Doctor was supposed to turn into the Valeyard from the Trial of a Time Lord, the Sixth Doctor storyline.  That concept has stuck with me, over all of these years.  The Doctor’s evil personality that comes between his 12th and final, 13th incarnation.

But if you count the War Doctor, and we have to at this point, 12 is really 13 so he’s on super borrowed time.  Unless they just keep injecting him with additional life or some timey wimey nonsensical silliness.  They can really do anything they want, at this point.

Another reason to watch Broadchurch, is that creator, Chris Chibnall, is the new showrunner, so Jodi Whittaker should be in great hands.  Does she get a male companion?  All lady companions?  There are a slew of questions that need to be answered.  I’m sure her first season is going to run the gauntlet of all the classic villains, just to get their take on his new female body.  Which, I would really like most of them to just shrug it off.

Romana, a fellow time lord, and her second incarnation (Lalla Ward) married fourth Doctor, Tom Baker, for a few years.  There was an episode where she burnt through like six of her incarnations, and they were mostly all alien types.

I should mention the spin offs of Doctor Who, including the Big Finish Productions Audio Adventures.  I’ve never heard any of them, but they do have quite a few multi-Doctor adventures.  The only book I’ve read is The Eight Doctors by Terrance Dicks – also a mutli-Doctor adventure.  Which makes sense, it is essentially printing money.

Now that I know how to link to the templates, here is all of the Multi-Doctor stories –

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Multi-Doctor_stories

Just like LOST, whenever I finish an episode of Doctor Who, I have to go to the Wikipedia page to see if I missed any of the continuity nods or allusions.  That’s how I’m wired.

Such a great show!

 

D23 2017 News

Posted by John Klein III on July 19, 2017
Posted in: Convention, Fun With YouTube, Websites. Tagged: . Leave a comment

https://www.theverge.com/2017/7/16/15978254/star-wars-marvel-pixar-disney-d23-expo-2017

Gobbledy Gosh!  Disney really brought the entertainment this year at their specialty convention.

So I’m just going to go down the above website and hit the news I have an opinion on.

. . .

Still not sure how I feel about Toy Story 4.  3 was such an amazing experience and thought it concluded nicely.  I get that there is money left on the table, but sometimes, one leaves that money there.

Wreck It Ralph 2 – took me forever to watch the first one.  I do love that scene with Bowser and the other villains.  Such a popular scene, that they are bringing a version of that back, but with the Disney Princesses.

My wife is excited that Jodi Benson is coming back, I believe she has voiced Ariel in everything since 1989.  That’s dedication!  I found an image that has the princesses over their heads, that’s nice that someone did that.  Not sure who the original photographer was or who made the edit.

Someone should make a live action movie with these ladies in it.  Comic Book : The Movie was amazing for using almost all voice actors as the main cast.  Wish Mark Hamill could make that other movie he wanted to do, essentially doing the same thing with a live action film but casting voice actors.  Maybe I’ll try to be in that one too.

I’m super interested in Incredibles 2, that should be super fun!

My wife is happy with the Wrinkle in Time – a book series I’ve never heard of.

More Live Action Remakes of Disney films.  Dumbo, Aladdin and The Lion King.  I’m not excited that Tim Burton is directing Dumbo, my all time favorite Classic Disney Animated Film.  Not a big fan of his Alice in Wonderland.

How can it be better than Dumbo’s Circus, from 1985!?!

Thanks to Nostalgia Nancy for hosting the first episode.  That took me back!

I also feel like Will Smith as the Genie, not a great decision but I haven’t really sought out any of this live action remakes.  Finally saw the Jungle Book on Netflix, it was okay.  Favreau is back for Lion King.

I’m all types of pumped for Star Wars : The Last Jedi, especially after Freddie Prinze Jr. mention how Jedi is one of those words that is spelled the same plural-ed as it is singular.

Avengers : Infinity War, oh man, when that trailer is finally released (hopefully next week for Comic Con) that is going to be watched so much!  Sounds like everyone is back for this, like everyone!  Kevin Feige made a point of saying “nearly every hero character we introduced is back for this” so I’m not sure who is missing.  Some were not there on the stage, but their characters were named as having roles in the film – so we can’t judge that.  Glad Doctor Strange is going to be in this, as I checked after we finally saw his film, and there was no hint that he was scheduled to be in another film.

Gosh, when I read that link the night before, I thought this was going to be a longer post.

ANAHEIM, CA – JULY 15: (L-R) Actors Sebastian Stan, Dave Bautista, Karen Gillan, Pom Klementieff, Benedict Cumberbatch, Chadwick Boseman, Josh Brolin, and Chris Hemsworth, producer Kevin Feige, and actors Robert Downey Jr., Mark Ruffalo, Tom Holland, Elizabeth Olsen, Paul Bettany, Don Cheadle, and Anthony Mackie of AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR took part today in the Walt Disney Studios live action presentation at Disney’s D23 EXPO 2017 in Anaheim, Calif. AVENGERS: INFINITY WAR will be released in U.S. theaters on May 4, 2018. (Photo by Jesse Grant/Getty Images for Disney)

That’s nice that WordPress forces that above copy into the link.  I would have done if I had known the correct format and who took the picture.

I’m a sucker for these giant cast pictures.  Ever since that very first Avengers SDCC picture.

The Children of Thanos are going to be in this and it sounded like those children come from the Black Vortex crossover, so that is fun.  Shame they can’t get Kitty Pryde or Ellen Page (or both!) to be in this movie.

oh and I didn’t even expect this!

http://www.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2017/03/first-look-david-tennant-voices-scrooge-mcduck-in-ducktales

David Tennant is going to be the voice of Scrooge McDuck, and that’s awesome!  Looks like they have a great cast of known actors for all the roles.

My buddy Greg is happy that they are giving Scrooge McDuck the video game accurate pogo stick . . . er, cane for the cartoon.

What got me the most excited though –

https://ohmy.disney.com/news/2017/07/15/darkwing-duck-howard-the-duck-and-all-things-duck-during-the-ducktales-panel-at-d23-expo/

Darkwing Duck may appear!  If I can’t get Walker Dennis hooked on DuckTales (hopefully he likes it) I’ll for sure, watch the Darkwing Duck appearance.

June 30, 2017 – S&FwM’s Fourth Birthday

Posted by John Klein III on July 18, 2017
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Like a real jerk, I missed my own blog’s fourth anniversary!

During the month of June, we were living with my in-laws, as we were waiting for our next apartment to open up.  Towards the end of the month, we were told that the apartment wasn’t going to be ready until the second week of July.  It was a real mess but now we are settled in.  I have been anticipating making the anniversary post, and had plans to prep it early.  I knew with WordPress’ new Stats page, it was going to be harder to gather the stats like I’ve been accustomed to in the past years.  So I really should have started this much earlier.

Instead, we were watching Chopped, a show we are quickly becoming addicted too after falling in love with Chopped Jr.  One of the chefs on proper Chopped (Chopped Sr.?) discussed how he had plans on moving to Trinidad.  This is during Season 27, we may work our way backwards on the show, sort of like how we did with Master Chef.  Wherein we start with the previous season, see if we like it and work our way backwards.  That was the plan until we got to Chopped Redemption, now we might start it properly at Season 24, as that is what Hulu has for Chopped.  Earlier in Season 27, another chef had just come back from Trinidad, so Trinidad has been on my mind as of late.  Earlier in June, I looked at our stats of countries and noticed Trinidad was sitting at nine visitors from that country to this blog.  So all of a sudden, I remembered why I had looked up that stat.  Now we have had 48 visitors from Trinidad & Tobago.  Which is tied with Slovakia.

Since I don’t have access to my comics, I knew I wasn’t going to be able to review a fourth Annual, which is lousy.  So that was another reason for my hesitation.  I still wanted to do this post though as it is amazing I’ve been doing this for four years now.  Not as impressive that it isn’t a daily blog but I’ve been enjoying the Monday, Wednesday and Friday new routine.  Now that I’ve started just doing more general posts (I still have some comic posts drafted) I’ve gotten a slew of other posts being drafted.  I really have been missing writing.

I just wanted to write something regarding this, in case that someone clicks on the S&FwM tag, they see that this post was delayed and I completely missed my June 30th deadline.  Usually I’m way ahead of this.  I really should have it memorized that my wife’s birthday is on the 25th of June and so, after that, I really need to get the blog’s birthday under wraps.

Now we are settled in our new apartment, I can concentrate on this post – like an adult.  My apologies for the long delay, I’m recommitting to the blog.  Our hopes is to be at this apartment for the year’s lease and then be ready for our first home.  Which is super exciting for us – as we officially embark on that, I’m sure I’ll have thoughts on real estate as I start really researching that.  We met with a really wonderful Mortgage Loan Originator, so that was the first step onto that path.  I finally got the job I needed to be set for a home purchase, and one day, “down the road” will be just around the corner.

Onto the fun stats!

We’re still taking over the world!  I was showing Walker Dennis the map and he was quick to point to that strip of Africa that I haven’t been able to touch yet.  If anyone knows anyone in that part of the world, please recommend this blog to them!  I need to figure out which countries those are and see what interests them.

Those countries are : Western Sahara, Mauritania, Mali, Burkina Faso, Niger, Chad, Central African Republic, Sudan, South Sudan and Ethiopia.

I’ve heard of some of those, mostly the last five listed there.

Let’s see how many stats I can recreate from the previous list.  My problem is that WordPress did away with the “All Time” stats page, which seems silly to me, why go : Days, Weeks, Months and Years and not have “All Time” as well?  So, if I have the numbers, I’ll do the math to try to get as close as possible.

All Time Views : 117,551
Comments : 281
Review Posts : 813
Posts : 1,413
Categories : 37
Tags : 1,352
Followers (Blog) : 146
Followers (Twitter) : 368
Followers (Facebook) : 8
Followers (Tumblr): 48
Followers (Pinterest): 73
Followers (Total) : 643

At 1,958  views – our most popular post has been: Bounce Patrol, so I really should check up on those nice people!  Walker Dennis has outgrown them, I’m sad to report.  Maybe he would get back with them, if I reintroduced it.  I heard that they finished the alphabet and released a FAQ type of video – which I should just watch on my own.

At 99 views – our most popular comic review has been; Death of Wolverine 3, just one more to break 1,000!

Best Ever Single Day View : 275 -July 24, 2014 . I imagine this must still be it, it is the only stat I can’t recreate it.

Best Month : May 2016, with 5,341 views

I’m still a tad obsess with getting my visitors from countries with nine views to ten views so if you know anyone in Moldova or Laos, or can go there and visit this site there, please let them know that they are welcome back!

The only stat I couldn’t recreate is Best Ever Single Day, it probably is still July 24, 2014 at 275 but I would love to be able to verify that.  I had to do my own math on followers, and had to go to the individual websites to get the numbers.  I had to recreate my Instagram page, which killed all of my enthusiasm for that site, so I haven’t updated or done anything with it.  I also had to do the math for the All Time Views and Comments but doing that math was pretty easy.

Once again, thank you, all of the visitors who have made all of this possible – I wouldn’t keep doing this if it wasn’t for the constant encouragement of visitors.  Thank you.

Hey, look, a Tuesday post!  Just to further highlight my embarrassment!

For the record, regarding Big Brother 19, I’ve seen live feeds but no episodes so no threat of covering that show this year.  My wife is just so far ahead of me.  If I could get a Kindle or a working tablet (don’t buy a trio tablet, their customer service is not that great and very rude!), I could at least watch more shows.  My wife did point out that I should use the laptop more often to watch shows, I use to say the volume wasn’t great on it but since I’ve been listening to podcasts with earplugs, I should be able to do the same thing with the laptop.  It is all about creating a new habit.  I just need to start that process.

Seriously though, thank you all, again for visiting the blog when you do and can.  I know it isn’t quite the same as it has been in previous years.  Losing my comics outlet wasn’t great and money is tight so buying online isn’t really an option either.  Maybe next year, things will be different.  That’s become our motto at Klein Manor but 2018 should be an amazing year.  Our van will be paid off and without that loan, we should be able to get ahead on several other bills.  It has been a long three years but we’re finally doing it.

 

Sunday Dinner : Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken

Posted by John Klein III on July 17, 2017
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So for the past maybe two years, I’ve been making Sunday dinners.  On an occasion, I’ll make an impromptu weeknight dinner.  I’ve really liked cooking, something I really should have done sooner in my life.  It is super relaxing and I have always been a fan of an activity that you have a clear result after completing it.

To make things even more fun, our three year old son, Walker Dennis, has really started helping with the prep work, and he’s super cute when he does it.

I thought it might be worth it to start tracking what these dinners are, as a few of them, I’ve gone back to create.  I figure I’ll just start with this past Sunday’s dinner and go from there.

https://therecipecritic.com/2016/05/creamy-tuscan-garlic-chicken/

From the base recipe, I made some changes.  Usually, that change would be to add onions – which I didn’t do this time.

There is a note to double the sauce, and so that’s what I did.

I added two cups of heavy cream, which we ended up buying a pint of heavy cream and a pint is essentially two cups and a bit more (which isn’t very technical, so they went with “pint”).

I changed it to 1 tablespoon, maybe a bit more, of garlic powder.

I changed it to a cup of Parmesan cheese.

Then for the spinach, it had to be two cups of spinach but after that, I quit chopping them and just tearing the spinach down the middle and putting the bigger pieces in the sauce.  That way, we could still see the spinach and the smaller pieces kept blending in.

I also added at least one cup of sun dried tomatoes, probably was closer to two cups but I should have stuck with the one cup.

My problem was, following the direction, that it looked like white chicken, in a white sauce on white penne pasta.  So I wanted to get some color in there so I added larger pieces of spinach and a cup more of sun dried tomatoes.

We really like it, my wife thought it needed some panchetta bacon – which probably could be added to more recipes.

oh, and we always do chicken thighs as opposed to chicken breasts – that’s how we cluck.

Does anyone else ever want to spell it “receipes” or is that just me?  Autocorrect wants to keep fixing it for me but I see that it is incorrect.  It feels like it should have three e’s in it.

 

69th Primetime Emmy Awards, Nominations

Posted by John Klein III on July 14, 2017
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/69th_Primetime_Emmy_Awards

They announced the 69th Primetime Emmy Award nominees yesterday.  I’m so far out of touch with television but a few things I’m still making time to watch did make the list.  My wife’s interests are definitely represented though.

Outstanding Comedy Series

I still need to watch Atlanta, as I do like Donald Glover.  I need to get get back into Silicon Valley, that first season finale was so good but we’ve been flirting with getting rid of HBO so much that I didn’t want to commit to the show, if I couldn’t finish it.  Which is silly, as I would have been done with it so long ago.  We’re still watching Black-ish and Modern Family, though Modern Family seems to be winding way down.  Still not enough Ariel Winters for me.  Alex is by far, the best character on that show.

Programs

Outstanding Drama Series

My wife watched The Handmaid’s Tale and Westworld.  James Marsden is on Westworld, so I really do need to make a point of watching that show.  We’re big fans of This Is Us, so it’ll be nice to see that show win.  I like how they got the series lasting until season three, that seems like a show that could have three great years and have told the story they need to tell.  We also enjoyed Stranger Things, and are looking forward to that second season on Halloween, this year.

Outstanding Variety Talk Series

Is there a reason Conan O’Brien can’t get nominated for this award!?!  It boggles my mind!  I would like to see John Oliver win it, but when that third season started off, and I knew it was going to be Anti-Trump like crazy but those first two episodes were hard to watch.  Like, I get it, not many were happy he become our president but our president he is, so I just can’t watch a show that is that extremely negative.  I barely have time to watch the shows I do like.

Outstanding Variety Sketch Series

Drunk History!  I can watch that show, all day!  Seemed like they were petering out with this latest season but still, the worst episode of that show is still better than most episodes of other shows.  I had to give up on Saturday Night Live too, just so Trump crazy and Alec Bladwin’s impression of him is a tad much.

Outstanding Limited Series

I want to watch Season Two of Fargo, just for Rachel Keller.

Outstanding Television Movie

I really do need to get caught up with Sherlock, finally got around to watching Doctor Strange, which I enjoyed.  On principle, I’ll be fine with Dolly Parton’s Christmas of Many Colors : Circle of Love winning.

Outstanding Reality-Competition Program

Now this is my category!  Which isn’t great, on my part, but like the Best Animated Feature category of the Oscars, this is the one that I’ve invested in the most.  We watch Amazing Race, American Ninja Warrior, The Voice and Top Chef – whenever Hulu updates with a new season – which feels like a while now.  I would love love LOVE American Ninja Warrior to win it.  That would be amazing!

Acting

Leading Performances

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Comedy Series

Of the two shows, I’ll pick Hang Time alumn Anthony Anderson over the Mace.  Shameless is becoming a show that is harder to watch, with each new season.  Like, it isn’t even fun anymore.

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Comedy Series

I guess Tracee Ellis Ross for her second win, for me.  Has Dolly Parton showed up on Grace and Frankie yet?  As a West Wing fan, I should watch that show on principle and I shout root for Allison Janney in this category but I can’t bring myself to do it.  Not yet.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Drama Series

Sterling K. Brown as Randall from This is Us, all day!  Such a great character!  Kevin Spacey’s character being listed as the President, Second Gentleman to First Gentleman, makes me want to watch that show.  Milo Ventimiglia as Jack from This is Us is another good contender.  My wife watches The Americans so I’m sure she’ll be fine with Matthew Rhys winning, so she’s not going to watch the Emmys.

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Drama Series

My wife watches How to Get Away with Murder, and I like Viola Davis, so I’m fine with a win from her.  Elisabeth Moss, another West Wing Alum, is up for The Handmaid’s Tale, a show my wife really got into.  She downloaded the book and said it was a pretty decent adaption.  Apparently the book and the show are rather hard to watch.  A win from her shows The Americans and Westworld would be good too.  I’ve barely heard anything from The Crown.

Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

HBO’s The Night Of sounds like an interesting show that I should track down.  Michelle Pfeiffer wasn’t nominated for The Wizard of Lies but I could watch a Bernie Madoff film, it has Robert De Niro in a credible role again so it has to be good, right?  Benedict Cumberbatch, I do like as Sherlock.  I’m like in the middle of the fourth episode, I should really try to finish that one.  Ewan McGregor was another reason why I wanted to watch Fargo.

Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

I didn’t watch Big Little Lies nor Feud : Bette and Joan – so that’s two thirds of the category right there.  I wouldn’t mind watching them though, though I was burnt out on Jessica Lange after two and a half seasons of American Horror Show.

Supporting Performances

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Comedy Series

I’m surprised to learn that Louie Anderson is still around!  Good for him, he’s 64 right now.  I rather Alec Baldwin did not win for being President Trump on SNL.  Imagine if he does!?!  It’ll be even more nonstop!  I should really watch Veep – everything about it sounds up my alley.  Ty Burrell is still hanging on strong in this category.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series

Good gosh!  I heard SNL was the best it has been in years but to have Vanessa Bayer, Leslie Jones and Kate McKinnon all nominated is pretty nice!  McKinnon won last year, and I would love to get Vanessa Bayer as this year’s winner.  I had to look up Anna Chlumsky, as the name looked so familiar.  She co-hosted the nominated ceremony, she’s the Girl in My Girl.  Which it looks like she’s been having quite the career in these past few years.

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Drama Series

Ron Cephas Jones as William from This is Us, such a great character!  That one episode, oh boy!  I’m surprised they put Sterling K. Brown as Lead Actor, I thought that show would pull a Modern Family and consider everybody Supporting.  It does seem to be Randal and Jack’s story though.  David Harbour is pretty fun in Stranger Things, he had quite the character arc on that show.  Is Homeland still a thing?  Who still watched it after season three?  I tried season four’s first episode and was just done as I couldn’t watch Carrie anymore.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series

I also gave up on Orange is the New Black, though I’m sure that had more to do with my wife wanting to really watch the show.  She’s home all day with Walker Dennis so whatever makes her life easier, I usually support.  Millie Booby Brown as Eleven on Stranger Things should probably take it.  I wonder if she would be a record winner or something.  I do like Chrissy Metz as Kate on This Is Us.  My wife would like that two people from The Handmaid’s Tale got nominated.  I guess, with Westworld, she has seen every show in this category – pretty impressive!

Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Limited Series or Movie

Alfred Molina is in Feud : Bette and Joan?  That’s really interesting.  I also learn recently that Alexander Skarsgard is in Big Little Lies and I’ll watch that man in anything!  I heard he is pretty cruel to Nicole Kidman’s character, on that show.  I use to be a giant Stanley Tucci fan, not sure what happened there, he’s like Olivier Platt, I would watch a movie just because he’s in it.

Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Limited Series or Movie

Laura Dern is in Big Little Lies?  I was already tempted by Shailene Woodley (who is also nominated) but Dern being in it means I should probably watch that first episode.  I like how everyone is nominated in that show, I’m just not a big fan of Kidman and Witherspoon.  I’m of the mind that Nicole Kidman has only truly been great in Batman Forever.  That’s the most I’ve ever been attracted to her.  She was alright in Moulin Rouge! and Eyes Wide Shut.  She’s in that horrible The Others movie that I saw in the theater and that may have been the turning point with me and her.  Usually, she’s just in films I have no interest in.  Same with Witherspoon, outside of Cruel Intentions and that action romantic comedy film.  Oh man, and she’s in Pleasantville and Election – great films.  So I like early Witherspoon, I guess.  This Means War, I like to look up that movie’s title.  I forgot she’s in American Psycho and the good Twilight film.  Gosh, she’s in Fear too, a film that every father should show his daughter, just so she can learn the important lesson to listen to their fathers when they saw the boy isn’t right for her.  Perhaps, they might listen for just a little bit.

Directing

Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series

Donald Glover directed an episode of Atlanta, they should give him the award!  I like MIke Judge directing an episode of his series, Silicon Valley, someone else directed the other episode the show got nominated for.  Veep got three nominations.

Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series

The Handmaid’s Tale got two episodes nominated.  The Duffer Brothers got nominated for directing the pilot episode of their series, Stranger Things.  Though the first episode wasn’t the most amazing of the batch but it sets up everything.  I didn’t realize Westworld was Jonathan Nolan’s followup to Person of Interest, a show we really enjoy.  I see the last season of that show is finally on Netflix so we can finally finish it.

Outstanding Directing for a Variety Special

This was the other category that I would certainly have seen everything on it.  We’ve been dialing way back on our interest in celebrities, unless they are cooking, so we don’t see many award shows anymore.  Mostly, just the highlights on YouTube or the photos the next day.  These shows really are just interesting for the results.  I don’t really care about the speeches.  Especially if they are political.  And even more especially, if all the political speeches are from the same viewpoint, so they are just adding to their own side.  I do remember liking Samantha Bee from The Daily Show but I usually just figure the Oscar director wins this.

Outstanding Directing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special

I really want Noah Hawley to win for Fargo, just for his work with bringing Legion to FX, alone.  Love that show!  Ryan Murphy is nominated for directing his show Feud : Bette and Joan.  Is there talk of doing another famous feud for season two?  I imagine that’s why they have the subtitle.  Ron Howard directing Genius, makes me want to learn more about that show.  I saw it nominated for a few other awards.  The Night Of got two nominations too.

Writing

Outstanding Writing for a Comedic Series

The Glovers got nominated for two separate episodes of Atlanta.  I watched Legion so I should be able to watch Atlanta.  I’ve heard of Stephen in Donald’s standup material before.

Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series

The Americans got nominated as did The Handmaid’s Tale.  I like the Duffer Brothers being nominated for Stranger Things as well as Jonathan Nolan being co-nominated for Westworld.

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special

I’ve been misspelling Outstanding, every single time. I think it is the two t’s being right next to each other that is messing me up.  Louis C.K. for his standup, is a nomination I can get behind.  Walker Dennis is all in on Secret Life of Pets so I’ve been hearing Louis C.K.’s voice a lot, this past week.  Plus, I keep getting Home Movies flashbacks as he isn’t doing a different voice.  If you cast Louis C.K., you want that distinctive voice.  Is Sarah Silverman still doing standup?  I’ve been liking her in her dramatic work, as of late.  The Tonys got nominated too.

Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series

Hey, Seth Meyers got nominated for an Emmy!  SNL is probably going to take this but I wouldn’t mind John Oliver too.

Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie or Dramatic Special

I should watch Black Mirror, I’ve been wanting too ever since Ryan Guy mention it on Turtle Soup.  Is Big Little Lies a David E. Kelley show?  Is he still married to Michelle Pfeiffer?  Yes and Yes!  One doesn’t divorce Michelle Pfeiffer!   I didn’t even realize Ally McBeal crossed over with his other shows Boston Public and Boston Legal.  They crossed over twice!  I should look those episodes up.  Also, I should stop looking at his Wikipedia page.  I should also donate three dollars to their cause, the next time that pops up.  There it is.  I wanted to confirm that he actually did work on To Gillian on Her 37th Birthday, as that was Freddie Prinze Jr.’s first gig and he told a story about seeing the two of them at the table read and they were pretty cute together, that morning.  Kelley wrote and produced that movie.  Probably shouldn’t read into the fact that she’s never done any appearances on any of his shows, right?  Like, that movie wasn’t a huge success, though it did give us Claire Danes as a movie actress and it gave us Prinze, so its legacy is secured in the annuals of time and important things.  Hey, he even created that Wonder Woman would-be show for NBC and he even created Sarah Gellar’s The Crazy Ones.  Heck!  He even co-created Doogie Howser, MD!   (Now, I’m just rewriting his Wikipedia page for your benefit.)

So Kelley should totally win an Emmy for Big Little Lies, as I’m not visiting anyone else’s Wikipedia page.  Hey, Noah Hawley is up for Fargo, so I’m okay with him stealing both categories!  That would be neat if he won a writing Emmy and a directing Emmy, on the same night.  That may be historic.  That Hawley, likes to be involved in all aspects of his show.  Which he totally should be.

Since there was a handy link to Feud  : Bette and Joan, I clicked on it and they totally are going with a new feud for season two.  Charles and Diana – which seems shitty to me.  Msn.com will still have articles about the princes being sad about their mother’s death (which was super tragic and fuck the paparazzi – who are still a pain, even twenty years later.  Are we 30 years later?  No, twenty years ago.  In fact, August 31, 2017 will be the twentieth sadiversary.  Which might explain those articles I saw a few weeks ago.  Anyone else see the headlines on msn.com and not be tempted to click on any of them?  Happens to me, all the time.

I guess I got bored with the Emmys, towards the end there, and started clicking on all the handy links on that page.  Shoot, the season season of Feud airs next year, that’s missing the opportunity to have synergy with this important year.  Maybe they are purposely delaying it for that reason?  Which won’t work, articles will just state that last year was sadiversary – so they were never going to escape it.  Not like that’s what they were hoping for, as they clearly created this show to tie with the reality of the situation.

. . .

The Emmy’s air on September 17, 2017 on CBS – so hopefully CBS All Access hosts the show or we won’t be able to watch it.  Awkwardly, CBS only got six nominations, so that doesn’t look great for them.  If it wasn’t for James Corden and Stephen Colbert (who is hosting the show) and their late night shows, CBS would be barely represented.  Amazing Race and Mom’s Allison Janney got the other nominations.  Oh, and CBS aired the Tony Awards, last year.  Colbert is nominated for two awards, even.

Wikipedia’s Kitty Pryde Template

Posted by John Klein III on July 12, 2017
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So I was looking up information regarding Kitty Pryde, as I do, and I came across this –

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Template:Kitty_Pryde

Kitty Pryde was given her own template on Wikipedia, that’s pretty cool!

I was trying to figure out who originally created it but I can’t figure that out.

Oh, I was looking up to see how well received Days of Future Past was, as I downloaded the code for the Rogue Cut onto our Vudu account.  Something I didn’t really pay that close attention to, in the past.  It look like 30 minutes to upload our 20 or so codes.

Is there a way to reapply for Deadpool and Big Hero 6 codes?  I’m not sure what happen to our inserts but we no longer have the slips, so I can’t get credit for it.  Anyone know if I can provide the UPC and maybe a picture of it, to someone, and get a new code?  That would be nice.

So I went and checked Lockheed and Magik’s pages.  They don’t have their own templates yet.

Lockheed is still listed under Members of the X-Men template, between Lifeguard and Longshot.

Magik on the other hand, is involved in a couple templates.

X-Men Template, as a Member, between Maggot and Magma

New Mutants Template, as a Later Recruit, between Magma and Cypher.  At least it is in order of appearance unlike the X-Men template.  Which makes sense as they are a smaller group.  Seems odd to not include those three as Original Members, including Warlock.  I would start the “later recruits” page with Bird-brain, if it was me.  I guess it is interesting to note which five started the series, they did that with the X-Men template.  To me, though, the team isn’t really the New Mutants without someone or two of the later recruits – such as Magik and Doug.

Mystical Marvel Entities Template, under Demons, between Llan and Kazaan – two characters I’m not familiar with, at all.  Llan the Sorcerer was an Alpha Flight foe and Kazaan appeared in Fear Itself but starting out as a Ghost Rider villain.

Grigori Rasputin in Popular Culture, under Comics, and between her two older brothers – Colossus and Mikhail Rasputin.

According to this website –

https://www.comicbookmovie.com/x-men/new_mutants/new-mutants-storyboard-animatic-confirms-demon-bear-as-main-villain-nat-wolff-eyed-for-cannonball-a147035

Lockheed is in the animatic for the New Mutants film, along with Magik.

I’ll believe it once I see actual footage of him, in the film.  I am all for this though and I’m sure they’ll eventually work him over to Kitty Pryde but I’m super fine with him being associated with Magik, as well.

Anya Taylor-Joy is going to portray Magik in the movie, I’m not that familiar with her.  I haven’t seen The Witch but I’m following it on Roku so I can watch it once it arrives on one of our subscription channels.

She’s one of the gals in Split, a movie I really want to watch now that I heard about the ending of that film.

I was hoping to find a sweet picture of her that would show her as being a great Magik but I’m not finding one.

Someone was nice enough to put them together in the same image.  I can’t tell who did it originally.  I’m just adding to those who have done it.  If anyone knows, I would love to give the first person credit.  Seems like there isn’t that many great images of her to choose from.

To try to end on a more Kitty Pryde related note, Ellen Page is going to be in the Flatliners sequel, which looks intense!

Thanks to FilmSelect Trailer for hosting the video!

The trailer makes the film look so good.  I’m a huge fan of the original, that cast was amazing back then.  Time will tell if anyone besides Ellen Page makes a third film after this.  Well, I recognize Nina Dobrev from all of the Vampire Diaries that my wife watched.  But are they going to reach the fame of Kiefer Sutherland, Julia Roberts, Kevin Bacon, William Baldwin, Olivier Platt!?!  Oh and Hope Davis is in that original film too!  There was like 30 movies that I watched simply because it had Olivier Platt in it.  I’ll still watch an Olivier Platt film, as I’m such a fan of his.  Those original five cast members, well besides maybe William Baldwin being the weakest link in it, are all pretty incredible.

That Rogue Cut of Days of Future Past, it is like an hour before any of that footage shows up but I really like how they intercut the two Magnetos getting Rogue in the future and getting his helmet in the past.  Shame that didn’t make it to the final cut.

Searching YouTube, one video actually has the New Mutants animatic in it –

I’ll have to listen to the audio once I get a moment but it takes place between the 5:45 and 6:45 mark.  Magik, Lockheed and the Demon Bear!

Thanks to Emergency Awesome for hosting the video.

Wikipedia doesn’t have a page for the New Mutants film, yet, but that seems odd, right?  Most films get pages created as soon as one actor is attached to a project.

Pushing the bar along to find the clip I wanted, I was reminded that James McAvoy and Anya Taylor-Joy are both in Split, so I really do need to make a point of watching that film.  It appears that she’s the main girl of the three, for the film.

For some reason, it wasn’t easy to find the link to the New Mutants Film Wikipedia page –

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mutants_(film)

Maybe I clicked the character Magik or the New Mutants comics page was linked and not the film but the film page does exist.  That makes more sense.

Wish Doug was in the film, I’m sure he’ll probably get name checked or have someone make a comment about his existence.  He’s so easy to adapt.

April 13, 2018 is such a long time for that film!

For that Kitty Pryde template, Pete Wisdom really should be added to it.  I’m not sure if I should be the guy to try to figure out how to do it but it isn’t done in a month, I’ll probably take the time to figure out how to add him.  Seems odd to not to include him under Supporting Characters.  Under Publications, should have Mekanix and Shadow and Flame.  Mekanix does have its own page, so that’ll be easy to add but Shadow and Flame doesn’t – as far as I can tell.  Does adding those two items to the template, automatically puts the template on those two pages?  I’ll try to figure that out, too.  I imagine they do sync together, eventually.

Poor Pete isn’t even listed on the Excalibur Template!  That’s just bonkers!

I guess they don’t sync as Lockheed is clearly listed on the Kitty Pryde template and the Excalibur template but neither one is on his proper page.

I’m confronted with the thought about wanting to add Rachel and Magik to her Supporting Characters list but then does one add Kurt?  Criminy!  Lockheed isn’t listed as a supporting character of her’s.  It must be a brand new template.

If I knew how to do it from the very beginning, I would create that Shadow and Flame miniseries page on Wikipedia too, but that takes a bunch of work that I’m not sure I can commit too.  But now that it is an idea in my head, I might end up trying to do it.  Can’t be that hard to do.  At least, I can create the frame of it and see how much more detailed I can make it.  It just has to be the same quality that Mekanix was.

Wolverine : First Class would be another swell publication addition.

She should probably also get a Creators line too, like how the X-Men have that.  Gosh, I guess I might end up updating all of this onto her template, but I’ll let the idea rattle around so that if I do attempt to tackle it, I do it properly.

Sawyer Brown – Another Side

Posted by John Klein III on July 10, 2017
Posted in: Fun With YouTube, Songs. Tagged: , . Leave a comment

Thanks to YouTuber Sawyer Brown for hosting their own video!

This is one of those music videos, that for whatever reason, I can’t stop thinking about.  My main problem, is that I keep forgetting the band and I have to Google “90s country music video civil war” which is rarely any help.  Then one day, the name – Sawyer Brown – popped into my head and now I’m doing this post.