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Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. the Ticketmaster, Representing the Lolipop Guild. In my review of Midnight Runaround and the last Ticket Stubs , I referred to today's movie review as " Midnight Run For Your Life : Helium Edition." That's because at the time of this writing, the Midnight Run Action Pack movies are only available to watch in poor quality on YouTube . Another Midnight Run  and Midnight Runaround  are in decent, but not upscaled, resolution, with a sort of tinny, murky sound quality that begs to be improved upon for some kind of  WalMart Quadrilogy Anniversary all-in-one collection or something. But for some reason, the final entry in the franchise, Midnight Run For Your Life , is on YouTube with the beginning and ending hacked off so that it lands at a little over an hour long, and has been pitched up to make everyone sound like helium-huffing forest creatures. I have no logical segue from munchkins and chipmunks to my usual call of action, so plea...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. the Ticketmaster Welcome to the week to come, Ticketholders! This was supposed to be another typical, full week of content (minus Tuesday and Sunday, of course; but you know what I mean...), but professional and personal circumstances (namely, my continued trend of being unhappy with my job and shrinking work schedule and the associated diminished financial position, my continuing repayment of my gambling debts--which will take another two years of bi-weekly payments to clear the balance--and the impending pressure of also having to start paying back my student loans beginning this September) have led me to cut back to just three days this week so that I can really  focus on putting together my marketing portfolio (which I've started doing several times, but I keep going down a rabbit hole of nostalgia and getting distracted) so that I can start looking for secondary employment. I still want to give my thanks for getting  Just the Ticket ...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, Come on, Eileen, Why you gotta give me the runaround? You said it's a sure-fire way to speed things up, But all it does is suh-low-ow me down. Oh, and I'm also known as the Ticketmaster. I haven't done a byline reference like this in awhile, so I thought I'd squeeze out two to make up for it: "Come On, Eileen" by Dexy's Midnight Runners (because I'm doing Midnight Run May-hem this month) and "Runaround" by Blues Traveler (because, if you couldn't tell by the title of the post, I'm reviewing Midnight Runaround  this week). Please make  Just the Ticket  part of  your  midnight run by remembering to  Become A Ticketholder  if you haven't already, post your shortcuts to the airport in the comments section at the bottom of this post, help out my ad revenue as you read to help with my loan repayment, and follow me from coast to coast on  Tumblr ,  Reddit ,  Facebook , and  LinkedIn  to like what you see ...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Ticketmaster Google hates me, Ticketholders. In preparation for these GFT Retrospective  pieces, I research the original fairy tales that each issue is based on so I can provide some comparative analysis between the versions and point out the more absurd and poorly aged quirks of the cultures and story structures that made these (originally word-of-mouth, because they came about in cultures that either hadn't invented regional paper stock yet or were too elitist for the poor to afford writing materials or the education to use them) moral allegories into the pop-culture foundations for modern society that they became. There's a reason the Disney Princess era films are so popular, why YouTube is full of slideshow, storybook, and international knockoff versions of common fairy tales, and why Zenescope even exists at all. They're the main, wear it on your sleeve inspiration for RWBY . Hell, if not for China doing a subverted hero's jo...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Animeister Last time , I said I would be doing Anime Spotlight  posts on anime that I slept on until I could get further along with One Piece , and I still intend to do that with the following series: Frieren: Beyond Journey's End Tsukimichi: Moonlit Fantasy As well as doing compilation updates for Date A Live (once the new season ends) Natsume's Book Of Friends (once the new season ends) That Time I Got Reincarnated As A Slime (...once the new season ends) And "Banger"-themed showcases for Metallic Rouge Solo Leveling Kaiju No. 8 So please build the hype for these upcoming projects by remembering to  Become A Ticketholder  if you haven't already, commenting some healing energy at the bottom of this post, helping out my ad revenue as you read so I don't contract a bad case of karoshi  and get isekai 'd into a world without fun, and following me on  Tumblr ,  Reddit ,  Facebook , and  LinkedIn  to like ...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. the Ticketmaster Welcome to the week to come, Ticketholders! 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! Especially since you helped me get to another month of over ten thousand views, with a possibility of going to at least fifteen thousand. Keep it up, and keep being you! 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 content calendar for more information...

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 Q...

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 ...

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...