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Rampage Thursday April 19, 2018
Rampage was everything I wanted from a cinematic adaptation of one of my favorite video games. The writers did a fine job of splitting the difference between making the monsters our protagonists, and giving us human protagonists we can relate to. It’s worth seeing on the big screen, because big. I… Read more
The Fleening of Chupaqueso.com Wednesday January 18, 2006
Ordinarily when a blog gets blogged, the blogged blog is the only blog to mention the blogging, and may blog back. When Fleen blogged Chupaqueso.com, however, the blogging blog was also a blog of topical interest in the blogged blog's blogger's OTHER blog (even if that relationship requires the blogged… Read more
DVD Review: The Man Friday February 10, 2006
I rented The Man this evening, and just now finished watching the movie, and then the blooper reel. The verdict? Don't bother. The movie was amusing, but neither laugh-out-loud funny nor edge-of-the-seat exciting. And the blooper reel was downright disappointing. The film had SERIOUS potential: Samuel L. Jackson and Eugene… Read more
Movie Review: UltraViolet Friday March 3, 2006
So... let's see. Since December I've now seen four films that have strong female protagonists, an SF/F setting, and which have not been released to critics ahead of time. Three of them were vampire-themed. I have a feeling that anything I say at this point will be irrelevant. I've already… Read more
The Jungle Book Tuesday April 19, 2016
There’s no way to film the Mowgli stories from Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle Book absent the influence of the 1967 Disney classic, which casts a long shadow. Several such films have been made, and most of them didn’t work very well at all. 2016’s The Jungle Book does work, however, and it does… Read more
Movie Review: The Day The Earth Stood Still Saturday December 13, 2008
I had a great time at the movie with Richard and all our friends from GWAVA, Grouplink, Omni, Brainstorm, and of course Novell. About twenty Schlockers showed up, too, but there's a healthy chunk of those IT guys reading the strip as well. It was quite the party. The movie… Read more
Cheap Sins, Fresh Wrath Monday May 14, 2018
Sins of Empire, by Brian McClellan, is on sale for $2.99, likely as part of a dastardly ploy to lure readers of fine flintlock fantasy into the acquisition of Wrath of Empire when it releases on Tuesday, May 15th¹. The plot is all the more sinister given the likelihood that its victims… Read more
March 14, 2002 Thursday March 14, 2002
Yet another journalist (Kevin Chang, of Maryland) has stepped up to the task of reviewing Schlock Mercenary. I'm pretty pleased with the way the article came out--he interviewed me by email, and then posted this article in his award-winning school newspaper (that would be the Silver Chips Online, from Montgomery… Read more
Movie Review: X-Men: The Last Stand Tuesday May 30, 2006
I'll make this quick: 1) Don't see this film without first seeing the prequels. 2) It is a very entertaining, dramatic, and satisfying film. 3) Those who are complaining about it do so largely because of "canon" issues. I'd say more, but I don't want to spoil it. That said,… Read more
Gonna be a busy week... Monday July 28, 2014
Sandra and I had our usual planning meeting, and she went all "art director" on me and outlined this week's tasks: Design new banners for the GenCon booth Write & illustrate two weeks of Schlock Mercenary Finish my two pages of the Massively Parallel bonus story Here are the things she… Read more
My Buddy Bob Writes Role-Playing Games Saturday July 29, 2006
I've been meaning to plug the excellent RPG work of Robert J. Defendi for, like, EVER. I keep meaning to, and then keep not doing it. I played a demo back in February, and I blogged it, but then I posted an auction and it slipped below the fold. Well,… Read more
Movie Review: Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest Friday July 7, 2006
Drink up, me hearties, yo-ho! I walked into the theater with "Yo Ho, Yo Ho (A Pirate's Life For Me)" running through my head. I walked out of the theater with a stern realization that a pirate's life is NOT for me. Pirates get chased by governments, eaten by cannibals,… Read more
Alert of potential problem with schlockmercenary.com Sunday July 27, 2008
Note from Sandra Tayler If you have any difficulties reaching www.schlockmercenary.com over the next few days, please click over to www.schlocktroops.com. It has been set up as an alternate location for fans to get their daily Schlock fix. Please spread the word in the event of a problem. That is… Read more
There Won’t Be Spoilers Wednesday April 24, 2019
I’ll be seeing Avengers: Endgame on Friday morning. My review will be pretty basic. I’ll let you know if I liked it, and I’ll tell you whether or not it boosts my Infinity War review back up over my Threshold of Awesome. That’s it. I won’t be saying anything about who does what,… Read more
Kickstarter Alert! Book 18! Wednesday September 20, 2023
We’ve launched the Kickstarter for Mandatory Failure: Schlock Mercenary Book 18, and it has already funded. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/howardtayler/mandatory-failure-schlock-mercenary-book-18 Not only have we funded, but we’ve reached some stretch goals, too! Click here to visit the Kickstarter and see the latest news. The project will run until October 20th of 2023. Back… Read more
Atomic Blonde Friday August 25, 2017
This twisty, retro thriller is pretty amazing on a number of counts, but I’ll lead with this: The action is tight, with some through-composed fight scenes whose choreography runs across multiple blows and throws, and therefore requires the stars to be doing a lot of the fighting themselves. It feels… Read more
Sketch Edition Pre-Ordering is Now Closed Tuesday July 23, 2013
Pre-orders for The Body Politic remain open, but we are now closing pre-orders for sketch editions. I'd write more, but I need to be writing other stuff. Also, there's a book review coming. Read more
Working on Book Zero Wednesday August 8, 2007
I'm so behind. I meant to have the next Schlock book, "The Tub of Happiness" finished something like six months ago. But I'm only now finishing the coloring on the Bonus Story, and I'm still working on assembling a proper cover for it. Here's one of the cover elements. Since… Read more
Avengers: Endgame Thursday April 25, 2019
As promised, here is my spoiler-free review. 1) I really liked it. 2) It clears my Threshold of Awesome 3) It retroactively boosted my enjoyment of Avengers: Infinity War. I’ll say more later. I do think you should make time to see this in theaters soon, because being part of… Read more
A Wrinkle In Time Friday March 9, 2018
I saw A Wrinkle In Time in the IMAX theater on opening night, and loved it. The film is beautiful, and the younger cast members were absolutely brilliant, especially Storm Reid and Derek McCabe. It’s been decades since I read the book. In fact, it’s been so long that I barely… Read more