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August 1, 2018August 1, 2018

AFI Countdown Challenge #29: Mr. Smith Goes To Washington

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment AFI, AFI Challenge, AFI Countdown, Alfred Hitchcock, Apocalypse Now, Discworld, Francis Ford Coppola, Jean Arthur, Jimmy Stewart, Mr. Smith Goes To Washington, Terry Pratchett

Idealistic Jimmy Stewart fights corruption in the Senate in this 1939 political drama/comedy.

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September 4, 2017September 2, 2017

Comic Review: Huck Volume 1

Posted By: tomk74 2 Comments Discworld, Huck, Man of Steel, Mark Millar, Superman, Terry Pratchett

Writer Mark Millar responds to the movie Man of Steel with Huck.

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July 26, 2017July 26, 2017

Discworld Read-Along Continued: The Long War

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Discworld, Joshua Valiente, Lobsang, read-along, Stephen Baxter, Terry Pratchett, The Long Earth, The Long Mars, The Long War

It’s been a while, but I finished another book in this series.

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March 21, 2017March 18, 2017

Discworld Read-Along Continued: The Long Earth

Posted By: tomk74 1 Comment Discworld, Good Omens, Joshua Valiente, Lobsang, Neil Gaiman, read-along, Stephen Baxter, Terry Pratchett, The Long Earth, The Long War

Infinite Earths. Infinite possibilities. Only one world with humans.

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February 15, 2017February 13, 2017

Discworld Read-Along Continued: Good Omens

Posted By: tomk74 2 Comments Aziraphale, Crawley, death, Discworld, Four Horsemen of Apocalypse, Neil Gaiman, read-along, Terry Pratchett

Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman wrote an Apocalypse comedy.

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December 13, 2016December 12, 2016

Discworld Read-Along #41: The Shepherd’s Crown

Posted By: tomk74 0 Comment Ankh-Morpork, Archchancelor Mutrum Ridcully, death, Discworld, Good Omens, Granny Weatherwax, I Shall Wear Midnight, Lords and Ladies, Magrat Garlick, Nac Mac Feegles, Nanny Ogg, Neil Gaiman, Queen of the Elves, Raising Steam, read-along, Snuff, Terry Pratchett, The Amazing Maurice and his Educated Rodents, The Wee Free Men, Tiffany Aching

Terry Pratchett’s last novel discussed.

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November 9, 2016November 9, 2016

Going Through The DCAU Part Thirty-One

Posted By: tomk74 2 Comments Amazon Prime, Apokalips, batman, Batman The Animated Series, batmobile, Bruce Timm, Bruno Mannheim, Captain Carrot, Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, Central City, Clark Kent, Corey Burton, Count Vertigo, Dan Turpin, Darkseid, DCAU, Discworld, Fourth World, Frank Costanza, Games of Thrones, Green Lantern, Hannibal Lecter, Huck, Intergang, Jack Kirby, Justice League, Kanto, Lana Lang, Larry David, Lex Luthor, Lobo, Lois Lane, Maggie Sawyer, Mark Millar, Martian Manhunter, Mercy Graves, Metropolis, Michael Ironsides, Michael York, New Gods, Parasite, Pete Ross, Power Girl, Seinfeld, Smallville, Spider-Buggy, Spider-Man, Sportscenter, Superboy, Superman, Superman The Animated Series, Supermobile, Swamp Thing, Talia, Terry Pratchett, The Flash, The Simpsons, Toyman, Watson

Jimmy and Tom cover the episodes “My Girl,” “Tools of the Trade,” and “Two’s A Crowd”.

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October 21, 2016October 20, 2016

Discworld Read-Along #40: Raising Steam

Posted By: tomk74 1 Comment Adora Belle, Ankh-Morpork, Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, Commander Sam Vimes, Corporal Nobby Nobbs, Discworld, Dwarves, goblins, Havelock Vetinari, Moist von Lipwig, read-along, Sergeant Fred Colon, Snuff, Terry Pratchett, The Fifth Elephant, The Librarian, The Shepherd's Crown, Tiffany Aching

Perhaps the last of the completed Discworld books takes a different approach from the rest.

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August 15, 2016August 15, 2016

Discworld Read-Along #39: Snuff

Posted By: tomk74 1 Comment Ankh-Morpork, Ankh-Morpork City Watch, Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, Commander Sam Vimes, Corporal Nobby Nobbs, death, Detritus, Discworld, Havelock Vetinari, Lady Sybil Ramkin, Lord Rust, Moist von Lipwig, Nac Mac Feegles, Raising Steam, Sergeant Fred Colon, Terry Pratchett, Unseen University, Wee Mad Arthur, Willikins, Young Sam Vimes

Sam Vimes returns for one last crime to solve.

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July 8, 2016July 8, 2016

Discworld Read-Along #38: I Shall Wear Midnight

Posted By: tomk74 2 Comments Ankh-Morpork, Ankh-Morpork City Watch, Captain Carrot Ironfoundersson, Commander Sam Vimes, Constable Angua, Corporal Nobby Nobbs, Discworld, Equal Rites, Granny Weatherwax, King Verence II, Magrat Garlick, Nac Mac Feegles, Nanny Ogg, Roland, Terry Pratchett, The Cunning Man, Tiffany Aching, Wee Mad Arthur, Wintersmith

Tiffany Aching must confront both romantic disappointment and the Cunning Man.