M.Y.O.P.I.A. #34: Discarding Daenerys (What Still Bugs Me About the Game of Thrones Ending)
Were I to ask you to name your favorite fantasy-genre hero, the answer might come easily. If not, there are many choices to contemplate: Frodo,...
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M.Y.O.P.I.A. # 33: Zombie Convergence: How Movies and Videogames Funneled this Monster into Focus
By sheer volume alone, zombies have become popular culture’s dominant monster over the last few decades—of course there is admirable irony that the monster known...
M.Y.O.P.I.A. #32: A Hero Best Suited to the Syndicated Past – The Night Man
Jazz musician by night, superhero by night also, and frequently during the day despite the name, this is my retrospective on the live-action superhero no one was clamoring to see on TV, but for comic-book fans in the 90s, this was about as good as it got. This is the not so aptly named Night Man.
MYOPIA # 31: The Lasting Legacy of 80’s Toys and the Politics that Helped Birth Them
The 1980s were a time of many pop-cultural shifts in the US. There was MTV, the proliferation of neon, movies aimed at youthful angst, even...
MYOPIA #30-Tip of the Triangle: A Lifelong Fan’s Ranking of the Best Zelda Games
I’m a big fan of The Legend of Zelda. My first MYOPIA was about Zelda. I’ve always seen the series as being the pinnacle of...
M.Y.O.P.I.A. 29: Robots 101, as in, Robots Have Been Around for 101 Years
As big a fascination as robots are in popular culture, as much as an absolute mainstay that they are in science-fiction, it may seem odd...
M.Y.O.P.I.A. # 28: Slightly Lamenting the Loss of Indoor Shopping Malls
There is a slew of content on the internet about shopping malls closing, about the loss of what was once a societal staple of American...
M.Y.O.P.I.A. # 27 Gremlins: A Recent Monster
Within oral and written records of early stories, supernatural creatures are abundant. Did people really believe in fairies in the forest, or that leprechauns could...
M.Y.O.P.I.A. #25: Nine Movies That Actually Deserve a Remake
A good movie remake is like finding six-year-old leftovers in the back of the freezer that taste something kind of like how they were once supposed to, if not a little different too. Yeah, remakes are common, and often disappointing, but sometimes they're also amazing. Check out this list of some movies that could really benefit from a trip through the remake machine.
M.Y.O.P.I.A. #24: Shadows on the Screens a.k.a. The Ninja Invasion in American Entertainment
Ninjas are about as easy to ignore these days as is a roundhouse kick to the head. Seriously, ninjas are all over. But unlike cheap Halloween costumes, toys, videogames, ninja-based-business-terminology, the ninja invasion of American entertainment began slow and subtle, rather like ninjas themselves. Read more about this history in the latest M.Y.O.P.I.A.
MYOPIA #23: Horrific or Horrible: Recommendations on Classic Horror Novels
Fall is the season for horror. Not just for TV and movies. On these cold nights, as the moon disappears behind clouds, and leaves rustle against the corner of the house, there's nothing like reading a good scary book into the wee hours of the night. Check out my recommendation for classic horror books, and believe me, some of these are well worth reading, and others are well worth skipping.
M.Y.O.P.I.A. # 22: The Appeal of Apparel on Superheroes
Get ready to read about fashion...well, sort of. To end the slightly celebrated Superhero September on the site, check out a bit of food for thought on superhero outfits, and particularly, where the movies can really fail fans, and the core of what a character is, by getting the costume wrong.