M.Y.O.P.I.A. #19: Homogenization—A Cereal Killer
Pop-culture theme-cereals used to populate the breakfast aisle, but not so much in recent years. Check out a flavorful read on a brief history of popular and fad themed cereals.
M.Y.O.P.I.A. #18: Why is Reginald VelJohnson Always a Cop?
This time I diagnose the phenomena of the most memorable cop of my childhood...even if he was just an actor...who seemed to play a cop over and over and over in television and movies.
MYOPIA #17: Star Wars Episode III – The Canon Cannibalized
A look at the fate of the Star Wars novels from the 90s and 00s...books that financed LucasArts and buffered Star Wars popularity. Books that quite frankly, faced a sad fate when Disney took charge.
M.Y.O.P.I.A. # 16: Star Wars: Episode II – The Canon Shaken
A further look at Star Wars novels during the 90s, and how books were the fuel that helped bring the movies back...even if all aspects of the changes that followed weren't exactly loved by all.
M.Y.O.P.I.A. # 15: Star Wars: Episode I – The Canon Awakens
During that lull in the hype surrounding Star Wars movies--yes there was once such a lull, though brief--novels about everybody's favorite wookies, Jedis, and scoundrels began to fill the void. These novels even deserve a ton of credit for returning Star Wars to the forefront of Hollywood.
M.Y.O.P.I.A. #14: Eight Creepy-Ass-Creatures from 80’s Era Live-Action Kid’s Movies
Remember those creatures from 80's movies that used to be terrifying, and that we pretend aren't terrifying once we're adults...unless we think about them too much at night. Here's my take on the creepiest creatures from 80s era kid's movies.
M.Y.O.P.I.A. #13: Thirteen Horror-Movie Recommendations That Won’t Leave You Fearing You Just Wasted 2 Hours of Life
Celebrate the cold dark autumn with some good old fashioned horror movies. The list is spoiler, and arguably, crappy-horror-movie free.
M.Y.O.P.I.A. # 12: What in the Shyamalan Happened to M. Night?
He used to seem like a movie making genius...until he began to make movies on par with what a kid might film. When did he change? What can we speculate happened to him? Is there hope left for Shyamalan?
M.Y.O.P.I.A. #11: Top-Ten “Best” Superhero Origin Stories
To close Superhero September, here's my take on superhero origins--that foundation on which great comic book characters are built, and usually the reason a character becomes a hero instead of just some jerk running amok with powers.
M.Y.O.P.I.A. # 10: Superhero Slump pt 4: Here Come the Heroes…Super-#$%&-ing Finally
At long last, superhero movies became a thing that comic-book fans didn't have to cringe at, and something mainstream audiences actually wanted to see too.
M.Y.O.P.I.A. #9: Superhero Slump pt. 3: The Bat, the Crap…and the Bat-Crap
The early 90s were a booming time for comic book movies, and a time when Hollywood turned a bunch of superheroes no one had ever heard of, into movies that nearly no one wanted to see.
M.Y.O.P.I.A. #8: Superhero Slump pt. 2-The Fall and Rerise of Serious Superhero Movies
The success of the Superman meant that fans of superhero movies were NOT in for a treat, not really at all, at least until a bat came along,