Jack’s Bad Movies: Renfield 2023

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IMDB’s description: 

Renfield, Dracula’s henchman and inmate at the lunatic asylum for decades, longs for a life away from the Count, his various demands, and all of the bloodshed that comes with them.

So, if you remember the movie Bram Stoker’s Dracula from 1992, you might recall that Keanu Reeve’s character took over the accounts of Dracula from R.M. Renfield, who went insane. This movie instead has Renfield (Nicholas Hoult)  working for Dracula (Nicolas Cage) and becomes the familiar of Dracula ( a familiar being someone who apparently doesn’t age). Ninety years later Dracula and Renfield are hiding out in New Orleans while Dracula tries to recuperate from a near fatal encounter with vampire hunters. 

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Favorite Question and Answer from Fourth Quarter 2023 Through First Quarter 2024

Due to a lot of personal things I haven’t been keeping up on the blog for the last 6 months. Better late than never though. This covers the time frame from October 1, 2023 through March 31, 2024. Because I dropped the ball, there was no opportunity for user submissions.

Top Question

The question with the most votes was A hilarious story where “Cyclists” does not mean what you think. asked by Alfred and answered by Mithical. 

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Top Answer

The answer with the highest score was to the question Why would a ship-launching woman need to resemble a champagne bottle? asked by Clockwork and answered by Valorum. 

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Most Viewed

The question with the most views was Who are these characters in “What If…?” Season 2 Episode 9? asked by galacticninja and answered by LogicDictates. 

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Controversial

The most controversial question was Why do they fight with knives and not with assault rifles in Dune? asked by Triceratops.

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Bounties

There were 25 bounties awarded for 3450 rep.

Jack’s Bad Movies: Alien (1979)

Alien

IMDB’s description: 

The crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform after investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin.

Hoo boy, another Ridley Scott “masterpiece.” If there is one thing an audience loves it is long slow things moving through space. The onboard computer, which looks like it is running CP/M, wakes up the crew on the spaceship Nostromo. The opening title card says there are seven crewmembers. That sounds like a lot of people so I doubt I’ll be able to keep track of them all. 

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Salt Lake FanX Comic Convention Fall 2023

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This was a very strange year for SL FanX Comic Convention. Despite it being the 10th anniversary of the event. Because of the writers’ and actors’ strikes nearly all of the celebrities were not permitted to discuss past, present, or future works. This made for some ridiculous and in some ways pointless panels. At the beginning of panels they announce you could not discuss specific works or franchises. In the main ballroom Chris Provost said “also this is kind of fun, you can’t ask them anything about their work.” It particularly seems bizarre that they can’t discuss previous roles, in some cases things that happened decades ago. 

The hours were also reduced this year, particularly on Saturday with the event ending at 7:00pm. The reduced hours meant a reduction in the number of panels. It showed as less rooms were dedicated for panels resulting in fewer options once you tired of the exhibit hall. 

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