Tag Archives: ghostbusters

The Enchanted Garden of Sedj

Posted on August 3, 2022 by Nathan

The 1994 Oziana has two stories that were written for the Oz Story Circle, run by Fred Meyer. I was a member back then, but it would take twenty more years for something I wrote around that time to appear … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Authors, C.S. Lewis, Characters, Chris Dulabone, Chronicles of Narnia, Dennis Anfuso, Eric Shanower, Fred Otto, Humor, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Marcus Mebes, Monsters, Music, Oz, Oz Authors, Phil Lewin, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Do Not Be Alarmed, We Are Only Little Children

Posted on October 15, 2020 by Nathan

Silver Bullet – Based on a Stephen King novella with a different name, this stars Corey Haim as a paraplegic kid who rides around in a motorized wheelchair called, appropriately, the Silver Bullet. He comes to realize that the murders … Continue reading →

Posted in Cartoons, Halloween, Holidays, Humor, Magic, Monsters, Television, VoVat Goes to the Movies | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

I Have the Power!

Posted on August 10, 2019 by Nathan

Hell’s Super, by Mark Cain – This comedic look at the popular conception of Hell is narrated by Steve Minion, a rich guy in life who became the superintendent in Hell, conscripted to fix everything that breaks. The fact that … Continue reading →

Posted in Book Reviews, Cartoons, Celebrities, History, Humor, Mythology, Oz, Religion, Star Trek, Television | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Gated Communities

Posted on August 30, 2018 by Nathan

As if Gamergate wasn’t bad enough, now there’s Comicsgate as well, because people suck. And both of these supposed movements have people using these terms to refer to themselves, despite the fact that using “gate” in the names of scandals … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Gender, Prejudice, Star Trek, Video Games | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Please Don’t Feed the Ghosts

Posted on November 5, 2017 by Nathan

Hungry ghosts are a Buddhist concept, but they’ve spread into other East Asian religious traditions as well. The Sanskrit term for this kind of spirit is preta, which basically means “departed.” The Chinese name for them, èguǐ, means “hungry ghost,” … Continue reading →

Posted in Buddhism, Chinese, Greek Mythology, Halloween, Holidays, Japanese, Judaism, Monsters, Mythology, Pac-Man, Religion, Video Games | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Something Strange in the Neighborhood

Posted on July 26, 2016 by Nathan

The new Ghostbusters movie was the subject of criticism long before it even came out, with some bottom-feeding Internet denizens being distraught over the idea that the new Ghostbusters were of the female persuasion. Some other complaints focused more on … Continue reading →

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Mashed Potatoes Can Be Your Friends

Posted on May 16, 2014 by Nathan

Released in 1985, “Weird Al” Yankovic’s third album, Dare to Be Stupid, showed higher production values than the first two. Al was more of an established artist by this time, and the label was presumably willing to spend more on … Continue reading →

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Who You Gonna Call?

Posted on August 16, 2013 by Nathan

Beth and I watched both Ghostbusters films last night. It had been a while since either of us had seen them, and they definitely hold up. I had actually remembered the first one including more of the guys catching individual … Continue reading →

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Ghosting Through Life

Posted on October 14, 2010 by Nathan

Even though Oz has a community of Halloween-style monsters, it seems to be pretty light on ghosts and ghouls. While L. Frank Baum did write ghost stories (“My Ruby Wedding Ring” comes to mind), he tended to leave the afterlife … Continue reading →

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It’s Slime Time

Posted on September 22, 2010 by Nathan

The Dragon Quest series was hardly the first to include sentient slime monsters. In fact, they seem to be pretty standard in fantasy role-playing games. According to this, producer Yuji Horii was directly inspired by the Creeping Crud from the … Continue reading →

Posted in Captain N: The Game Master, Dragon Quest, Television, Video Games | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 13 Comments