It's been a while since I've posted. I don't have much discipline when I'm not talking about role playing games I guess.
Halloween Movies:
I didn't write as much as I had planned...in fact aside from talking about the Nightmare on Elm St. series back at the end of September, I haven't reviewed any horror at all. Maybe next year I'll hit one a day like I planned. I did see a few horror films that were new to me: Don't Breath *** Not bad, more of a thriller I guess, but nothing that really made me have nightmares. I guess since I felt far more sympathy for the 'bad guy'. Occulus**** I liked it a lot. I don't know that I'd watch it over and over like a new classic, but from beginning to end it's a good one the first time through. It had the me and the wife talking about it after it was over, and that's always a good sign. The Babadook*** The set-up is so good. The creepy atmosphere is just what you want for this time of year...and yet at the end it was all sizzle. I never quite got the steak. Again, not one that I will feel the need to make into an annual tradition, but first time through is a must see. I'm also making my way through classics from Universal as I do at various points every year. Eventually, I will have watched them all because they only made so many. This year it was The Old Dark House**** An acquired taste as all of those old black and whites are. But, if you like the genre this is one that doesn't get a lot of hype like the others. Captain Kronus Vampire Hunter**** One of my very favorites out of Hammer Studios. I always mention this at Halloween time in any social media I care to comment on. I should mention Walking Dead's season 7 premiere, I don't know how much it put me in a Halloween mood, but that was freaking brutal.
Election 2016: In keeping with the horror theme I guess. I haven't made too many comments. Besides only around ten of you read my rantings anyway, but I think the differences are out there and plain as day for those who will open their eyes.
Clinton has a litany of scandals that she spins--blaming Russia etc.--but never denies. The mainstream media is in her pocket. They focus on all of the 'scandals' of Trump instead. Although his scandals never put the nation at risk. The Clinton campaign has played every dirty trick in the book, and even as a Trump supporter, I will agree that he hasn't done himself too many favors, but at the end of the day it still looks like Trump would win a fair election. That's the rub...will our elections be Fair? I've told a friend from Canada that most Americans will accept Broom Hillary winning even if the election is rigged. Because there is rigged--playing dirty tricks, spinning scandals, lying, making your opponent look his worst while making you look your best--that's expected. That's pollitickin'. But then there's RIGGED and I think that the Hillary campaign and the DNC have crossed that line. Conflicts of interests between the FBI and the Attorney General and her husband, the nomination as DNC candidate that was fixed from the start, and now possible voter fraud being reported early on in the process and possible felonies being committed by the Clinton campaign outside of Trump rallies. There's just too much smoke to say there isn't fire on the left side of the aisle. If the results look RIGGED there may well be civil unrest, and not from the usual suspects.
In spite of all of this, I for one have cast my absentee ballot for Trump, and I hope many many do the same.
Halloween Movies:
I didn't write as much as I had planned...in fact aside from talking about the Nightmare on Elm St. series back at the end of September, I haven't reviewed any horror at all. Maybe next year I'll hit one a day like I planned. I did see a few horror films that were new to me: Don't Breath *** Not bad, more of a thriller I guess, but nothing that really made me have nightmares. I guess since I felt far more sympathy for the 'bad guy'. Occulus**** I liked it a lot. I don't know that I'd watch it over and over like a new classic, but from beginning to end it's a good one the first time through. It had the me and the wife talking about it after it was over, and that's always a good sign. The Babadook*** The set-up is so good. The creepy atmosphere is just what you want for this time of year...and yet at the end it was all sizzle. I never quite got the steak. Again, not one that I will feel the need to make into an annual tradition, but first time through is a must see. I'm also making my way through classics from Universal as I do at various points every year. Eventually, I will have watched them all because they only made so many. This year it was The Old Dark House**** An acquired taste as all of those old black and whites are. But, if you like the genre this is one that doesn't get a lot of hype like the others. Captain Kronus Vampire Hunter**** One of my very favorites out of Hammer Studios. I always mention this at Halloween time in any social media I care to comment on. I should mention Walking Dead's season 7 premiere, I don't know how much it put me in a Halloween mood, but that was freaking brutal.
Election 2016: In keeping with the horror theme I guess. I haven't made too many comments. Besides only around ten of you read my rantings anyway, but I think the differences are out there and plain as day for those who will open their eyes.
Clinton has a litany of scandals that she spins--blaming Russia etc.--but never denies. The mainstream media is in her pocket. They focus on all of the 'scandals' of Trump instead. Although his scandals never put the nation at risk. The Clinton campaign has played every dirty trick in the book, and even as a Trump supporter, I will agree that he hasn't done himself too many favors, but at the end of the day it still looks like Trump would win a fair election. That's the rub...will our elections be Fair? I've told a friend from Canada that most Americans will accept Broom Hillary winning even if the election is rigged. Because there is rigged--playing dirty tricks, spinning scandals, lying, making your opponent look his worst while making you look your best--that's expected. That's pollitickin'. But then there's RIGGED and I think that the Hillary campaign and the DNC have crossed that line. Conflicts of interests between the FBI and the Attorney General and her husband, the nomination as DNC candidate that was fixed from the start, and now possible voter fraud being reported early on in the process and possible felonies being committed by the Clinton campaign outside of Trump rallies. There's just too much smoke to say there isn't fire on the left side of the aisle. If the results look RIGGED there may well be civil unrest, and not from the usual suspects.
In spite of all of this, I for one have cast my absentee ballot for Trump, and I hope many many do the same.
