Growing up during the 90s and early 2000s was a great time to be a DC fan – largely because of the DC Animated Universe. Depending on the year, you had your choice of the Batman and Superman shows, Batman Beyond, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited or Static Shock, among others – a series of […]
Read more "The Animated Batman Beyond Film That Never Was"It may have been the Thrawn Trilogy that reinvigorated the Star Wars fanbase and kicked off the first of hundreds of books and stories set in the Expanded Universe, but it was the Star Wars: Dark Empire series by Dark Horse Comics that continued the Skywalker saga and helped usher in a new era of […]
Read more "Alternate Sequels: Dark Empire"The Sith were defeated, the Second Death Star destroyed, and the villainous Darth Vader was finally redeemed through his son, Luke Skywalker. With the Galactic Empire crippled, the door was opened for the return of the Republic and for Luke to create a New Jedi Order. The sixth and formerly final movie in the Star […]
Read more "Alternate Sequels: The Thrawn Trilogy"The long-running “Jack Ryan” novel series by Tom Clancy has given readers stories of political intrigue, high-tech warfare and recurring characters for decades, many of them telling the story of Jack Ryan’s ascendancy through the Central Intelligence Agency to the White House. With international incidents that serve as the main focus of each story, such […]
Read more "Tom Clancy’s Third World War"Writing with an eye for detail and an ability to blend real-world politics, nations and equipment with plausible stories, Tom Clancy’s works earned a reputation that still draws readers today. Though Clancy’s name may be more recognizable due to the “Tom Clancy’s” brand of video games by Ubisoft, the Jack Ryan series of novels is […]
Read more "Tom Clancy’s Pacific War: Japan and Korea"The silent 1922 film Nosferatu, eine Symphonie des Grauens, or Nosferatu, a symphony of horrors, is renowned for being not just the first film adaptation of Bram Stoker’s novel Dracula, but a remarkable and early film in the horror genre which influenced later vampire films to the slow-gait of Michael Myers in the Halloween series. […]
Read more "Occultism in 1922’s Nosferatu"Many towns across the U.S. have their own urban legends, ranging from a haunted building to a mysterious creature, such as the Mothman legend of Point Pleasant, West Virginia. The town of Loveland, Ohio, also has an urban legend of its own, regarding strange frog-like creatures known as the Loveland Frogmen. There are two main […]
Read more "The Loveland Frogmen"The Shining, today regarded as one of the greatest horror movies ever made, tells a story of isolation, paranoia and paranormal activity involving a family of three at the snowbound Overlook Hotel. Early on in the movie, the hotel manager Stuart Ullman shares some of the Overlook Hotel’s grisly history with Jack Torrance, who is […]
Read more "Charles Grady, Delbert Grady and the Overlook Hotel"The Haunted Mansion is a favorite attraction for many attendees at Disney’s theme parks, each one filled with numerous ghosts and hints as to their varied stories. Of these, there is a notable ghost who, for most of his history, was actually never in the Haunted Mansion, yet went on to have one of the […]
Read more "The Hatbox Ghost"Among the strange sights and entities described in the Christian Bible, two creatures have always stood out among historians and theologians for their colorful descriptions: the Leviathan and the Behemoth. The Behemoth is first mentioned in the Book of Job, where God uses its description to illustrate the immense power of God to Jacob. According […]
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