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Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. the Ticketmaster Back when all TV aired live or pre-scheduled (and on television), there were things called blocks, kind of like breakfast, lunch, and dinner menus for your eyeballs. People of my generation most likely remember things like TGIF , Must-See TV , Saturday morning cartoons , the Disney Afternoon , Toonami , and Adult Swim , most of which were collections of family- or child-oriented programming that aired on major networks at mainstream viewing times. But cable networks had their blocks, too, with big-budget-for-TV, mid-afternoon or weekend programming aimed typically at a teenage or young adult male demographic, which is why you had stuff like Hercules and Xena , Black Scorpion , Mutant X , Beastmaster , Jack Of All Trades , and Mortal Kombat Conquest airing at these times. Some of these properties even did well enough at the time (or just needed a feature-length pilot episode to get them off the ground) to get movie adaptations. This i

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. the Ticketmaster The fairy tale that inspired this next issue of Grimm Fairy Tales  for the Retrospective  was pretty hard to pin down in terms of an original text. Googling "golden stag" mostly gives results about the item in Animal Crossing  or a Mediterranean fusion restaurant . Adding "fairy tale" or "Romanian fairy tale" narrows it down to links to the comic book itself, various fan-generated Romanian legends (including one about a man who teaches his village to overcome religious prejudices and be more in tune with nature because the Golden Stag gave him elf/fairy powers, and when he dies, he becomes the new Golden Stag for the next generation ), and a Wikipedia entry giving its fairy tale type and a brief (but confusing because of translation issues) synopsis of The Golden Stag . I'll get into that more in a bit, but first, please remember to  Become A Ticketholder  if you haven't already, comment at the

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. the Animeister Back in 2021 or so, an anime trend started where there seemed to be one fantasy series after another about a member of "the Hero's party" (read: the main character group from every JRPG ever) being kicked out of the group or quitting, and choosing to switch sides for revenge or seeking happiness in ordinary life. To make Just the Ticket  part of your ordinary happiness, please remember to  Become A Ticketholder  if you haven't already, commenting at the bottom of this post, helping out my ad revenue as you read so I don't get banished from the Worldwide Crawly-Wawly Space, and following my "heroics" on  Tumblr ,  Reddit ,  Facebook , and  LinkedIn  to like what you see and receive the latest Blessings of news on my content. Beginning its still-ongoing life as a lengthily-titled novel-turned-light novel-turned-manga-turned-finished anime in 2017, Banished From the Hero's Party, I Decided to Live A Quie

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. the Ticketmaster Welcome to the week to come, Ticketholders! Had I kept to doing these on a weekly basis last year (even during the weeks that had no new content), this would have marked a year since Time Drops began. But that was back in January...oops! Thanks again for getting  Just the Ticket  past the twenty thousand mark for April, to the tune of almost a thousand views a day. May looks like it may (LOL) not live up to that number, due in part to The Algorithm not thinking my choice of content is set to be as popular as Alien and One Piece , and in part because of my "You're not getting The 40 Year Old Virgin or Star Wars this month, so prepare for disappointment!" marketing choices. You're still awesome, Ticketholders! Keep it up! Maybe another 10k? Please‽ As usual, I will keep up the year-in-content list at the end of these posts going forward, in addition to these weekly announcements. So please read beyond the weekly cont

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. the Ticketmaster The title of this week's movie up for review (and its three made-for-TV sequels, with a feature sequel/reboot in the works as of 2021), a "midnight run" refers to a quick stop at the local convenience store to pick up beer, cigarettes, or snacks to satisfy those fourthmeal cravings. It can also refer to when someone suddenly abandons their home or business in the middle of the night, or in the case of Marquette University , a charitable program by the campus ministry where they used to drive around at night delivering food and amenities to the unsheltered homeless. Please remember to make Just the Ticket  part of your midnight run by remembering to  Become A Ticketholder  if you haven't already, lazily write profanity into the comments section at the bottom of this post, help out my ad revenue as you read to help me post bail, and follow me from coast to coast on  Tumblr ,  Reddit ,  Facebook , and  LinkedIn  to li

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. the Ticketmaster Good morning, Ticketholders! Today, we begin Volume Nine of Grimm Fairy Tales  for the GFT Retrospective , which is where I remember starting to hate Sela Mathers as a character (not counting the time the writers killed her off , or the many times they turned her into a non-committal ditz to introduce a new love interest when Robert was perfectly fine in that role already, or the times they turned her into a helpless damsel when we know she has an entire magic book full of monsters and weapons at her disposal and can shoot magic energy lasers from her hands, or the time they wasted a perfectly amazing new lead character with unexplored lore so they could bring her back to life, write her completely out of character, pressure her into failure, and reduce her to a female comic book character because the stakes got too high and all the men got killed ). If that rant didn't clue you in, the Retrospective got me to hate Sela's c