Haiku Movie Review! Murder on the Orient Express

Purists may bitch, but 
still a fine Christie primer  
for the next gen.  B

Haiku Movie Review! Bright

Greyhawk 2000 
meets Training Day...  More fun than 
Justice League.  B plus

Haiku Movie Review! Justice League

Weak script, lame villain,
jarring CGI.  But... great 
heroes.  C minus

Haiku Movie Review! T2 Trainspotting

I felt profoundly
sad and old after.  But that's
the point?  A minus

Haiku Movie Review! Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 2

Fun, funny, and sure,
all the tunes.  But still... lacking
in purpose?  B plus

Haiku Movie Review! Arrival

Well crafted...  But it's
not about what it says it's
about.  B minus

Haiku Movie Review! Star Wars: Rogue One

Wow.  Holy shit.  Wow.
(A bit too much fan service
and CGI.)  A

Haiku Movie Review! Doctor Strange

Breakneck pace and boss
visuals, but it'd be
nice to breathe...  B+

Grover's Mills, Population: YOU! - Discussion Thread for the October 2016 Monthly Marathon

In no way is this image a metaphor for megalomaniacs potentially overestimating the size of their own hands

Just in time for the coming cold and flu season, it's a new monthly marathon!  Let's get to it!  

They're adaptations and spinoffs of HG Wells' The War of The Worlds, and they are coming to heat ray our souls into oblivion!

This month, we're watching:

• The War of the Worlds (1953)
• The Night That Panicked America (1975)
• The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across The Eighth Dimension (1984)
• The War of the Worlds (2005)

There will also be a lot of listening to the Jeff Wayne musical here in the Geekery, and perhaps even a re-reading of Volume 2 of The League of Extraordinary Gentlemen!

Haiku Movie Review! Yoga Hosers

A Kev flick I could
share with my kid!  (Only slight
cringing...)  B-

(What?  Were you expecting me just to give it an "Eh"?)

Haiku Movie Review! Suicide Squad

Pretty good fun. Great
cast, action, dialogue. Don't
overthink it.  B

Haiku Movie Review! Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice

Rushed, with some logic
jumps, but otherwise a grand
spectacle.  B+

Haiku Movie Review! Deadpool

The best romantic
comedy I've seen since Fools
Rush In, hands down.  A

(You know you want to)

Haiku Movie Review! Star Wars: The Force Awakens

So much freaking fun.
Who's with me to go see it
again Tuesday?  A

Haiku Movie Review! Pixels

Could have been worse - if
Peter Jackson directed.
(Dinklage saves it.)  D

Haiku Movie Review! Ant-Man

This clever heist flick
did capture my heart and mind.
Another!  B+

Haiku Movie Review! Mr. Holmes

A welcome respite
from tentpole capes.  Still - slowish, 

with much grunting.  B

Haiku Movie Review! Jurassic World

Quite good.  Would've been
brilliant though if Chris and Bryce 

had swapped roles.  B +

The CVG Podcast and Rhythm & Blues Revue - Episode #013: Dead House Over Yonder!

My standard-issue nametag for cons, et al - It's funny because it hurts.

Episode Thirteen of The Chippewa Valley Geek Podcast and Rhythm & Blues Revue is complete and can be found here or on iTunes and Stitcher!

We're taking a bite out of zombies this time around, getting the lowdown on a locally-produced survival horror RPG, and (re)making some very exciting announcements!

0:00:00  Intros
0:01:11  The Up Front: On oblivion and undeath - also, Clearwater Con 2015!
0:06:47  The Interview:  Eau Claire game designers Craig Sieracki and Matt Scott talk about their love of zombies, break down the inner workings of CHOMP, and take on the Geek-del Test!
0:24:56  Payin' some bills
0:30:51 The Roundtable:  Wherein Mike and Jack try to find some braaaaaaaaains!
1:30:30  Community Calendar
1:33:13  Outro & Credits
1:34:36  Bonus Track:    The Lannister Suite, in 3 Movements (or, How I Learned To Stop Worrying And Never Try To Play Slide Guitar Ever Again), featuring:
- Roslin's Wedding
- Mannish Boy-King
- I'm a Steady Whorin' Half-Man

Remember to support the CVG on PATREON!


Hey, how about some show notes?

Remember to pick up CHOMP!  The Zombie Survival Horror RPG, from FKI, LLC!

Find out more about the CHOMP! Survival Horror RPG on Craig and Matt's Facebook page.

You too can play it with Craig and Matt out at  Clearwater Con 2015!

Listen to our Actual Play session of CHOMP!

The Zombie Survival Guide by Max Brooks

Also, World War Z, by Max Brooks

You Can Run, You Can Hide: The Epidemiology and Statistical Mechanics of Zombies by Alexander A. Alemi, Matthew Bierbaum, Christopher R. Myers & James P. Sethna

You Can Run, You Can Hide:The Epidemiology and Statistical Mechanics of Zombies

Hebanon Games, (soon to be) makers of Red Markets

All Flesh Must Be Eaten!

A Necro-Biological Explanation for the Fermi Paradox by Stephen R. Kane, Franck Selsis

Check out this interactive model of the Zombie Apocalypse!  

PC Stinger:  "Bazooka" Joe Blutarski, RHP, was my own PC during a zombie one-shot of Mike's using Savage Worlds, called "Sacred Heart Hospital".  The game opened with a foreboding medical report as recorded by Dr. David Cook, the original of which is appended to the end of this installment of the CVG.

Haiku Movie Review! X-Men Days of Future Past

Predictable some,
but otherwise quite good.  (Hey
kids!  Rebar!)        B+