Psychic Dose - Myrkviðr: Album Review

Psychic Dose are a doom metal band from Florida whose music typically talks about witches and the occult, aka, typical stuff you see in Florida on a daily basis.

Movies That Should Be Remade Vol. 1

Remakes get a bad rap. As you would expect, doing an all-serious remake of Robocop with none of the satire and humor, a Clash of Titans remake with the gracefulness of a Michael Bay movie, and an edgy remake of Snow White all based on name recognition rather than artistic integrity tend to fail pretty hard. But what about when there are ideas left on the table, and a remake is actually justified? A while back, I discussed some of the movies that should never be remade, so let’s get a little bit more positive and examine movies that I wouldn’t mind seeing a remake of… if they were done right.

Okilly Dokilly - Howdilly Doodilly: Album Review

Nothing really cleanses my cynical, cold-hearted palette like shitting all over an album that nobody wanted and is pretty much rotten to its very core. Ladies and gentlemen: this is the Ned Flanders themed metal band.  

Update: We Have a Schedule!

So the eternal problem with this blog is the fact that I didn't really start a posting schedule because I just can't commit to something I rarely get a benefit from. Well I had a Change of Heart(TM) and now I decided to keep a schedule for this blog (and maybe touch up this ugly place while I am at it.

So here's how the schedule works from now on. Every Friday at about 1 PM EST, a new post will be up. What that post is will change every time. Starting this Friday, you'll get a review, followed by an article every week. The review could be anything from movies to music to anime, and the article will be something like my "Movies That Should Never Be Remade" post, long posts about my opinions on certain topics, stuff of that nature. That means 2 reviews and 2 articles a month. Shouldn't be too hard, and I can keep relatively up to date on new stuff as it arrives.

Coming up this Friday (Dec 16th) is a special mystery review, the following Friday is a new article (something actually positive this time) and from there the schedule will take over.

Here's to the end of 2016 and making a fresh start in 2017.

-Eric

Movies That Should Never Be Remade Vol. 1

Remakes get a bad rap, for good reason. The modern remake is all about name recognition, not revisiting an idea or plot point or concept that was forgotten about in the past to try and tell a new story, instead it’s all about finding the right name that will get the right amount of money. That’s a pretty cynical way of looking at things, but can you blame me? So while we know nothing is sacred in Hollywood, why don’t we talk about all the movies that should never have remakes. Ever. 

Jamcast Episode 27: At Least Green Day is Consistant With How Trash They Are

Note: Podcast was recorded in late October.

Prepare for the most outdated episode of The Jamcast yet! On this episode, Eric is at school, complains about Drifters, gets hype over Testament and laments over 90s pop punk. Meanwhile, Dakota loves Drifters for some reason and discusses the Uncanny Valley of Edge.

The Misfits - Friday The 13th: EP Review

Originally written on July 8th, 2016, for Tumblr. 

There comes a time in every critic’s life where he simply must ask himself: “why bother getting out of bed anymore”? For me, that time is now. I often wonder why I bothered to hold on to hope for The Misfits after The Devil’s Rain, and for some reason thought that maybe, just maybe, Friday The 13th would bring it all around. Jerry would be a competent singer, they’d go back to heavier punk/punk rock, and we could enjoy a new era and just forget about the early 2000s like most of us already had. Turns out, for once in my life, I was wrong… and also kinda right.

The Shallows: Quick Review

Originally written on July 8th, 2016 for Tumblr. 

Let’s be 100% honest. 2016 has been one of the worst years for films.