1993 All Stars - Detroit Red Wings

Shattered Lives

Fantastic Four #373

Great run continues.

Doctor Doom joins the story-in-progress; Molecule Man vs. Rogue Watcher.

DeFalco and Ryan sure know how to deliver top-quality escapist fun. With a big anniversary issue on the horizon they are packing the comic with big story ideas. Frankly, any one alone could sustain an issue.

On Sale Date: December 29, 1992.

Total Paid Circulation: 217,625 (average #371-382).

Wizard Top 100: #63.

Tom DeFalco (18 of 66).

Paul Ryan (18 of 60).

10/10

𝔇𝔦𝔳𝔦𝔫𝔢 𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥 - 𝔄𝔰𝔭𝔥𝔦𝔵𝔦𝔞𝔱𝔦𝔫𝔤 𝔇𝔢𝔞𝔱𝔥

In the Source Link, you will find a gif pack of Shane Harper in the short lived MTV tv show Happyland (2014).

Shane played the role of Ian Chandler, the younger brother of Theodore Chandler. A few secrets come out over the course of the short eight episodes.

Source - FabledEnigma

On February 22, 1993, the pilot for Babylon 5 aired. The events take place from January 3rd to January 8th, 2257. ("The Gathering" Babylon 5, TV Event)

If I had a nickel for every time a character voiced by Matt Frewer accidentally got hit by one of Cupid's arrows, I'd have two nickels.

Which isn't a lot, but it's weird that it happened twice.

@GregvsMatt February - from the official 1993 @madonna calendar  

February book club events 🐉💘🏮

Welcome back to Dragon February, BBC! We’ve got several events planned, some dragon-y, some literary, some both!

We heard you guys love when a bitter, lonely girl discovers her love of life through the beauty of nature, so we’re watching The Secret Garden (1993) on Discord on February 10th at 9 PM EST!

Next up, our Dragonflight live read-along will be Tuesday the 13th (chapters TBD) at 8 PM EST! Because what’s Valentine’s Day Eve for if not celebrating weird dragon sex? Come hang out and read or just listen to your fellow BBC-ers do silly voices.

And finally, our usual monthly discussion (also on Dragonflight) will take place on Monday the 19th at 8 PM EST (Tuesday the 20th at 11 AEST for Aussies). Bring your hottest Pern takes! In the meantime, track your progress by joining the official BBC read-along on Storygraph here (and feel free to add Bella's Book Club on SG for future updates!)

Bella's Book Club is an interactive virtual book club created by the Three Books One Plot podcast. Our monthly discord discussions are open to all! More info here.

Happy Birthday! Marc Márquez #93 February 17 1993.

Army Of Darkness

“Army Of Darkness” is a quotable mess of a film that was still fun to watch.

Ash Williams has been transported to the Middle Ages and is captured by Lord Arthur’s men. He’s a prisoner alongside Duke Henry and is sentenced to death. This is because Lord Arthur suspects they’re working together to plague them with Deadites. Ash must now fend for his life so that he could prove his innocence and try to get back to his time period.

While the first movie in this franchise was pure horror, this movie is on the other end of the spectrum and is pure comedy. On the one hand, I really enjoyed the comedy of this film. On the other hand, I don’t really like such a dramatic shift in tones in so few movies. Another franchise I enjoyed a shift in the genre was the Fast & Furious movies. They went from grounded street race movies to world-ending spy movies. I think I enjoy the shift in genre for two main reasons. The first is because the street racing drama genre got stale quickly. I’m sure they could’ve had a few more movies in the same vein, but the second and third movies ruined the goodwill of audience members. The second reason is that the change in genre felt like an upgrade to the storytelling. The stakes were higher and the action was more over-the-top each time around. Why am I mentioning the Fast & Furious movies in my review of “Army Of Darkness”? Well, it’s because I think the shift from horror to comedy is a bit of a downgrade. The horror genre relies on the audience buying into the world and taking things seriously. Comedy does the exact opposite. While the Deadites were once menacing and virtually unkillable monsters, they’re now doing a Three Stooges routine. Looking into the production of this movie, it feels like a reactionary piece of content rather than something made of passion. I know Sam Raimi wanted to make this movie as the second installment, but I think his severe turning down of violence was in fear of its MPAA rating. A lot of choices feel like they were made to appease the rating board rather than delivering Raimi’s pure vision. However, this movie isn’t devoid of any good merit. The claymation is really clean in this movie. You could tell they were more ambitious with claymation this time around by making an entire skeleton army. I think most of the quotes I know from this series come from this movie alone. If that doesn’t make this movie iconic, I don’t know what will. Finally, Bruce Campbell’s physical slapstick comedy is top-notch here. He really put himself out there for this role and I’m glad he did. I can’t think of anyone else that could’ve played this role better than he could. Still, at the end of the day, I would’ve preferred a more traditional horror movie with humor injected within it for levity rather than just a medieval comedy movie.

★★★

Watched on April 26th, 2023

Dark Soul Drifting

Venom #1

Good start to new series.

Eddie Brock in San Francisco.

Heavy on recaps but this a solid and entertaining read nonetheless. We get the beginning of a new storyline where Eddie helps some homeless people, and there’s plenty of satisfying Venom action. He’s such a twisted, fun character.

On Sale Date: December 29, 1992.

Wizard Top 100: #1.

David Michelinie (1 of 6).

Mark Bagley (1 of 3).

8/10

WAIT GREGG ARAKI DIRECTED AN EPISODE OF RIVERDALE??? AS IN GREGG ARAKI, OF LOW-BUDGET ‘HOMO MOVIES’ FROM THE 90s???

The CONMEBOL – UEFA Cup of Champions - Artemio Franchi Cup 1993

The 1993 Artemio Franchi Cup was the second edition of the Artemio Franchi Cup, a football match between the winners of the previous South American and European championships. The match featured Argentina, winners of the 1991 Copa América, and Denmark, winners of UEFA Euro 1992. It was played at Estadio José María Minella in Mar del Plata, Argentina, on 24 February 1993.

Argentina won the match 5–4 on penalties following a 1–1 draw after extra time to win their first Artemio Franchi Cup title. It would be the last trophy Diego Maradona won with Argentina.

World Trade Center bombing: In New York City, a truck bomb parked below the North Tower of the World Trade Center exploded, killing six and injuring over a thousand, on February 26, 1993.  

🩷 Thirty-One 🦇