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Walt Disney Treasures: Walt Disney on the Front Lines - The War Years

I've been meaning to look at this one again for some time now. It's a collection of various and sundry war-time Disney animation. I picked it up ages ago, and I don't know that I've ever sat down and watched the thing all the way through.

We start o

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Kirby Black Panther: Immediate Impressions

I recently received a couple of collections of these (Thank you!). I vaguely recall reading an issue or two back in dinosaur times, but most of these are brand new to me. So, here are some superficial impressions!

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Re-Watching Mystery Science Theater 3000

OK, I'll be handling this one a little differently than some of the other TV series I've re-watched. I don't own every episode of this, and what I do own isn't in broadcast order, so I'll be watching them as I find them, and updating this initial pos

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The Earth-44 Timeline, Appendix Thirteen: The Legacy of the Flash

The legacy of the Flash began in 1940, when college student Jay Garrick breathed in hard water vapors, thus gaining super-speed. Adopting the heroic codename "The Flash", he would go on to become a founder of the legendary Justice Society of America.

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Watching the Fleischer Brothers' Popeye Cartoons

I watched a lot of Popeye cartoons when I was little, and to the best of my memory, the only ones worth re-watching are the ones made by the Fleischer Brothers, who also made some excellent Superman cartoons, as well.

1)Popeye the Sailor (1933):  Th

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Earth-44 Stories, Part Three

(Another story that I wrote a while back.)

"Crises on Earth 2"

Prologue: Earth 2 Colony, AD 2375, somewhere north of New Springfield

Vessel status: Hyperdrive inactive. Sublight thrusters at 45% capacity. Helm controls at 90%.

Recommendation: Secu

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Earth-44 Stories, Part Two

Continued from Part One

Chapter 16: Goromand, Newektiland, The Present Day

The rest was clean-up. Bender had not killed Doom, though not for lack of trying. Even as Bender had throttled her into unconsciousness, her emergency teleport system had ki

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Earth-44 Stories, Part Four

"Doctor Who and the Monster-Maker"

Doctor Mihama Chiyo sat at a table in the rooftop cafe of the Hokuto Department Store, sipping tea and surveying the Tokyo spring as she waited for her friends. This was her first spring since she had returned home

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Earth-44 Stories, Part One.

(As I recall, this is the first one I wrote. A bit formulaic, maybe, but not too bad, an I say so myself.)

The Story of the Five

Chapter One: Washington, D.C., The Present Day

Scully was at her desk catching up on paperwork when her phone rang.

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The Timeline of "Possible" Characters - Part Two

(Continued from Part One)

A.D. 1984:

Character Debuts:

• Heathcliff Huxtable
• Winston Smith

 

Events:

• Charles Arcola Junior, is placed in charge of the Powell household.
• Miyagi Kesuke begins teaching karate to Daniel LaRusso.
• When his friend Mikey T

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A Guide to the Baron's Favorite Fictional Characters (SPOILERS)

(Hamlet of Earth-1948)

Real name: Hamlet, son of Hamlet

Aliases/Other Names: None,.

First Appearance: The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Occupations: Prince of Denmark, student, avenger

Bases of Operations: Elsinore Castle, the Universit

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Fifty Favorite Movies Timeline

(There's a few bits in this that I intend to re-write if I ever get the time.. Until then, enjoy!)

As I said once in the My Fifty Favorite Movies thread, I had always intended to try to create a timeline that combined the continuities of my Fifty Fa

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The Timeline of "Possible" Characters - Part One

This is going to be a timeline of characters who, although fictional, could exist in the real world, at least in theory.  there are a few in here that are stretching things a bit. I'm open to arguments against their inclusion if anyone really objects

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The Baron Re-Watches "Neon Genesis Evangelion" (SPOILERS)

This is one of those anime that is sort of a must-watch if you're an anime fan. Since it's the show's 20th anniversary, I figured I'd  take another look at it.  From what I've read, it was meant to be director Hideaki Anno's critique of the whole mec

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Watching the Toei Spider-Man

Note: The disks I have are in Japanese, without dubbing or subtitles.  I only know about twenty or so words of Japanese, although many of those are words that are likely to occur in tokusatsu.  The challenge I am setting myself is to see whether I ca

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The Baron Reads Spider-Gwen Comics (Possible Spoilers)

I've discussed why I like this character here.  We'll start with her first appearance:

Edge of Spider-Verse #2 (November 2014):

OK, as I've noted before, I've never read any Silver or Bronze Age Gwen Stacy stories, so I don't have the connection

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Watching a Bunch of Old Marvel Cartoons

OK, a gap opened up in the Sourcewall, see, and out dropped disks of the old 60's Marvel Captain America, Hulk, Thor, Iron Man and Sub-Mariner cartoon.  It's been close to forty-five since I've seen them last, and I never even knew they was Thor and

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The Earth-44 Timeline, Appendix Eleven: Major League Baseball on Earth-44

American League East
1)The Boston Red Sox
2)The Cleveland Indians
3)The Gotham City Knights
4)The Metropolis Monarchs
5)The New York Yankees
6)The Omegapolis Allies

The American League North
1)The Central City Pioneers
2)The Chicago White Sox
3)The Detroit Tig

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The Earth-44 Timeline: The Modern Age

(Continued from Pre-Modern History)

 

THE MODERN AGE (A.D. 1601 - A.D. 1912)

A.D. 1605:

Character Debuts:

• Don Quixote (Alonso Quixano the Good)
• Sancho Panza

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The Earth-44 Timeline: Federation and Imperium

(Continued from The Post-Disaster Age)

 

FEDERATION  AND IMPERIUM (A.D. 2161 - A.D. 2899)

A.D. 2161:

Event:

• The United Federation of Planets is founded. Founding members include :
  • Alpha Centauri
  • Andor
  • Duckworld
  • Earth
  • Mars (196) 
  • Neomondas (197) 
  • New

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