Saturday mornings were a treat when we were kids. The whole day was reserved for cartoons, because you needed something to talk about back at school on Monday. MASK, G.I. Joe, Transformers, Wacky Races, He-Man, SilverHawks, ThunderCats. A full lineup, back to back, and every single one of them left its mark. In 1987, kidsContinue reading “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles — Cowabunga Dude!!!”
Doc Ock — A Father’s Day Find
Father’s Day 2011. Burwood East Primary School was holding a car boot sale for the dads. Tables everywhere, secondhand power tools, old records, DVDs, clothes, all sorts of odds and crafts people had been holding onto. Among the tables was a father with his kids, going through a box of toys. What looked like nothingContinue reading “Doc Ock — A Father’s Day Find”
Blade — The Daywalker
Before he ever picked up a sword to hunt vampires, Wesley Snipes was already someone I paid attention to. Sidney Deane, the smooth-talking streetball hustler in White Men Can’t Jump. Chief John Cutter, the airline security expert going up against hijackers in Passenger 57. Simon Phoenix, the unhinged villain in Demolition Man. Snipes always broughtContinue reading “Blade — The Daywalker”
Ghost Rider — Straight From the Source
I have always liked Nicolas Cage. The Rock, Con Air, City of Angels, and more. He has that range, and when he goes big, he goes all the way big. Before all the big MCU and DCU films took over, there was Blade, played by Wesley Snipes, and Ghost Rider, played by Nicolas Cage. RougherContinue reading “Ghost Rider — Straight From the Source”
Heat — The Crew I Had to Have
When Heat came out in 1995, it was a big hit. Not just because it had a roster of an epic all-star cast. The storyline, the action-packed scenes, especially that down town LA gunfight in the streets, and everything else in between. That is just what makes the movie hold a top 20 spot inContinue reading “Heat — The Crew I Had to Have”
Connor… The One
I wrote about winning a Duncan MacLeod figure at an eBay auction — four days of bidding for the immortal from the series I watched on my own, after my dad had passed. If you missed it, that one’s here. But there’s another MacLeod. And he’s the ONE that started it all. The Original BeforeContinue reading “Connor… The One”
There Can Be Only One (And I Waited Four Days For Him)
Makati Cinema Square, 1986 There was a cinema across from my school when I was still in the Philippines. Makati Cinema Square, right there, sitting between my classroom and my dad’s office like it had been placed there on purpose. Some afternoons that’s exactly what it felt like. That’s where we watched Highlander. Christopher LambertContinue reading “There Can Be Only One (And I Waited Four Days For Him)”
Hannibal — A Gift, a Brush, and a Plan That Came Together
Part of my childhood was watching a lot of 80s TV. Saturday mornings, after school afternoons, weekends on the couch. And right up there among the best of them was The A-Team. Four ex-Army Special Forces soldiers, branded as war criminals for a crime they didn’t commit, breaking out of prison and becoming heroes forContinue reading “Hannibal — A Gift, a Brush, and a Plan That Came Together”
Captain Jack Sparrow – My First Barbie
Unlike today, my generation only knew two genders. You were either a BOY or GIRL. And if you were a boy, the rules were simple. Toy guns. Cars. He-Man. Robots. GI Joe. That was the list. Full stop. Pink and Barbie Dolls was for girls. Everyone knew that. Fast forward to 2011. Pirates of theContinue reading “Captain Jack Sparrow – My First Barbie”
Six SEALs — Remembering the Navy Sillies
1990. Navy SEALs hit the cinemas. Charlie Sheen, Michael Biehn, a team of elite operators taking on the bad guys. For a group of young blokes with airsoft guns and way too much energy, that film was everything. We had a team of five. And every single time we played, we were the SEALs orContinue reading “Six SEALs — Remembering the Navy Sillies”
