I bought a copy of the remastered Escalflowne movie BluRay on eBay, on the cheap. Despite it being a “grim retelling” of the series—those are almost as tedious and overworked as “feminist retellings”—I believe it still holds up 25 years later as its own story. As it didn’t have the runtime of its serialized counterpart, … Escaflowne Rewatch
Labyrinth An irresponsible teenage girl is whisked away to another land to solve the labyrinth and rescue her baby brother from the Goblin King. A childhood staple of mine, but not nearly as much as one of the other weirdo Jim Henson 19980s movies, The Dark Crystal. I want to say maybe Labyrinth was geared … Sci-fi and Fantasy Movies and Series Reviews, Part 47
Demon Slayer: Mugen Train Tanjiro, his sister-turned-demon, and two other companions, meet (big breath) Demon Slayer Flame Hashira Kyojuro Rengoku on a train and encounter, uh, demons. Though it’s an asterisk achievement, Mugen Train was the highest-grossing movie of 2020 because of you-know-what screwing things up. I’m not familiar with the Demon Slayer series at … Sci-fi and Fantasy Movies and Series Reviews, Part 33
I was tagged by Jill Domschot, who wrote Anna and the Dragon (read my review here), to write a post on what I’m working on. I barely talk about current book stuff so I badgered asked her to tag me when she was soliciting to be badgered asked for participants on Facebook. 1. What am … What I Am Working On
She chattered on with the appropriate disposition of a teenager displaced onto another world. This time she had to convince him that people on her planet dressed up like he does, just for fun, and got together in conspicuous groups to ogle one another. He ignored her as best he could when trying to vibe … Story: Luck Intensification Program