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George Lucas Killed Star Wars and It Cannot Be Resurrected
A long time ago, A Galaxy Far, Far Away @HalfGuarded George Lucas killed Star Wars and that was his right; God can kill his creation if he so chooses. With Star Wars Episode VII: The Force Awakens,...
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Thank You for Smoking
Once upon a time if you heard that somebody said something bad you didn’t have any idea if that was simply a slip of the tongue or a glimpse into their true soul. But today we do have that ability....
View ArticleThe 10 Greatest Horror-Themed Wrestlers Of All-Time!
Saying pro wrestling is stupid is kinda’ like saying water is wet. Of course pro wrestling is stupid, and that’s what makes it so great. In a world chock full of pretense, phoniness and brass-balled...
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Why Horror Movies Today Suck
The great thing about horror movies is that, by and large, they all secretly mirror what’s going on in society as a whole – in the process, bringing to light a lot of subconscious fears we have about...
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Marvel had diversity in the 80’s and no one freaked out.
(Yeah, who says I can’t come up with a catchy title?) It was 1968, a time when some newspapers cancelled the popular Peanuts comic strip when it introduced a black character and when NBC were freaking...
View ArticleTHE SUPER BOWL SHUFFLES YOU DOWN MEMORY LANE
January, 1986, Chicago What’s happening with the Super Bowl when you watch it? I’m first writing this post for Super Bowl 52. Pats v Eagles was then, what’s now? I wonder if I do meta editing in the...
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Hallelujah as Covered by Jeff Buckley
Heaven Above Mike’s Twitter A song that was sung and ignored, covered and ignored except for one man who covered it again, only for it to be ignored. Until there was a death. Who knows when anyone...
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The Cello: Wherein Man Kills Death Through Music
Music has been with us since the world’s first percussionist debuted in a dark cave, someone unrecognizably human by our standards, rhythmically slapping their hands on a rock. We have fought wars to...
View ArticleBack in the USSR; aka: Guess What’s Stuck in Mike’s Head?!
Moscow, USSR 1983 @HalfGuarded History is written by the victors but sometimes they don’t seem to fully appreciate what they’ve won. When Ronald Reagan single handedly defeated the Soviet Union, he...
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Why Star Wars Ruined Filmmaking
Taking a glance at the highest grossing films of 1970 shows you just how much the motion picture industry has changed over the last 45 years. Of the top ten highest grossing U.S. movies, three were...
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