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Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a The Ticketmaster So, I just found out that the Chucky fandom is incredibly toxic. Why am I surprised? Because the internet is a horror movie and I'm the dumbass who decided to have an opinion in a virtual roomful of venomous, under-educated slasher villains whose twisted code is to only murder people with opinions they don't like. Even worse, I expressed my opinion based on false information. And dumbasses with bad ideas are always surprised when they get murdered. I could go on a rant about how technology is making people dumber, more isolated in their togetherness, angrier, etc. But I'd be repeating myself and not getting to why this post I'm writing right now is even a thing. I could also waste time trashing those who called me pretentious, egotistical, a bad writer, and a minority voice spreading falsehoods from his high horse...so I will because I enjoy what I do, I've been doing it for more than half of their miserable lives, a...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Ticketmaster This has been a tough few weeks back in school. I'm starting my last year of an online Bachelor's Degree in Accounting by doing a retake plan for a class that I failed last term, which is a class that I had to take a new version of because I didn't complete the follow-up class to the original version of it before the software changed. To force a bit of tie-in humor, you might say I tricked myself because I spent too much time smelling my feet, and now I'm stuck with no good-to-eat treats and my metaphorical pants around my ankles. As such, I haven't been in the mood to do much writing, so your  treats (if you feel that way about my coverage of the USA / SyFy dual-network series, Chucky , that is) are much delayed in the giving. To avoid spoilers, download the app of your choice from the above links and get caught up with the first two episodes, including the misnomed "extended cuts," which include cast in...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Ticketmaster I have been a long-time follower of the Child's Play/ [insert "ominous" noun] of Chucky  franchise. It hasn't always been good, but it's been more interesting than some of the better known horror franchises out there. I've already covered the movies in previous posts (I refuse to tarnish my mental image of the franchise by watching the reboot, though, even with Mark Hamill involved in the project), which you can check out at the following links: Welcome to the Dead Parade #12: Chucky Gets Chyerminaydit  ( Child's Play 1-3, Bride,  and  Seed ) Just the Ticket #69: Breaking The Curse of Chucky, Sequel-itis Cured?  ( Curse ) NICE! Welcome To the Dead Parade #14: Chucky's Cult Following  ( Cult ) New episodes will be simulcast Tuesday nights at 9pm PST on the USA and SyFy networks (ask your local provider), or you can stream them via the respective network apps at the link above. Chucky  is also availabl...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Ticketmaster The only word that comes to mind right now is wow . It has been an incredibly long time since I posted one of these (about seven and a half years!), and not only does that make me feel old and serve as yet another reminder of the many ways that I have wasted my time and money since then, it reminds me of all the ways my world, and the world in general, has gotten smaller in the process of getting bigger. I began writing these reviews during my first go-round through college, on several forgotten and defunct platforms (Yahoo! Groups and MySpace, specifically), in a different state, in an era when physical media was king and face-to-face conversation was still making an effort to be the norm. Countless bankrupt companies and discontinued physical rental services, an obsolete programming language (Adobe Flash)--and one too-long pandemic--later, the world is so saturated with ways to instantly self-gratify without the "inconvenience...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Ticketmaster Another streaming series from Marvel and Disney+ is behind us, and now that there's some breathing room until the next Marvel thing, I thought I'd go back and rate What If...?  as a whole. I mean, everyone else is doing it--if they haven't done it already--and I'm not going to lemming myself off a bridge in the process, so I'm doing a series overview, too. Go get caught up on the series at the link above so I don't spoil anything for you, because it's time to break out some old mechanics from my  Critical Quickies  and Bring Back the Soundtrack  days! Episode 1:  "What If Captain Carter  Was  the First Avenger?"  -- This was a nice, safe way to get people into watching the show. Maybe a little safe in concept with a line or two of awkward delivery, and the animators were clearly finding their footing in some ways, but I didn't hate it. And any way we can get more Peggy Carter is a good way. B+...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a The Ticketmaster Ironic post title, considering I'm writing this much later than I usually would. True, I haven't finished my coverage of the last two episodes until the Monday or Tuesday before the next episode would premiere. But that isn't the important thing. The important thing is that there were supposed to be ten episodes, but, as the title of this post says, the finale came one episode early. In light of the finale's events and cross-referencing with my usual sources, it turns out that I gave you all some erroneous information last time. First of all, I fully believed (as there was  evidence to support this at one time) that the missing episode was cut because it was deemed "too dark" to air. Clearly, the series had already set the darkness bar super-high by foreshadowing the potential death-by-cosmic-war of the T'Challa Star Lord Reality and depicting the revenge-serial murder of the Avengers, the numerous deaths o...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a The Ticketmaster It's time to get penultimate, Ticketholders! The second-to-last episode of What If...?  aired this week, and it's an epic one. Originally, there were supposed to be ten episodes (see, Marvel? That's how you use "were" with proper  verb agreement: with a plural noun). But in the interest of not going too dark, an episode about Spider-Man being trained by Doctor Strange didn't make the cut, so the season finale is next week. If you haven't seen Episode Eight, or any that came before it, join the Council of Watchers and binge What If...?  on the  Disney+  app. Also, check out my coverage of the first seven episodes at the following links: Episode 1:  "What If Captain Carter Was the First Avenger?" Episode 2:  "What If T'Challa Became A Star Lord?" Episode 3:  "What If the World Lost Its Mightiest Heroes?" Episode 4:  "What If Doctor Strange Lost His Heart Instead Of His...