Just the Ticket

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Omnibuster. As of this writing, Just the Ticket has surpassed my monthly goal of ten thousand views for the second month in a row. I will have also been on stay-cation for five days by the time this publishes, watched and drafted a review of Godzilla vs Mechagodzilla II , and hopefully be done bingeing both seasons of  Frieren  so I can update that review. To keep things chill, this will be an edited compilation of the Grimm Universe Trade Paperback, plus a couple of yearly bonuses that may or may not be relevant. Grimm Universe Volume One The first thing you'll probably notice is the labeling of this collection of One-Shots as Volume One, possibly hinting that there was supposed to be a Volume Two at some point that was canceled. Like Myths & Legends , though, the Grimm Universe branding would be revived at the beginning of the decade for quarterly specials. I said in my " Angel & Gods" post that I would talk about the ...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Retrospectre. Merry Christmas in June, Ticketholders! Some of you might be disappointed to notice that I didn't have a second season update for Frieren on Monday, and the reasoning there is two-fold: I decided that I wanted to watch the first season over first, and I didn't have the time, energy, or emotional bandwidth to cram thirty-eight episodes and a review into a weekend. So I moved it to the last AniMonday of the month for my own sanity (which is currently a bit frayed by the extremes of human incompetence and my own diminishing capacity to cope healthily with its consequences). I need a vacation, I've earned a vacation, and dammit, I'm taking a vacation from professional life whether or not anyone likes it! You'll be happy to know, however, that I've already written my Godzilla vs Mothra review for Friday, with the exception of some links, edits I decide on as I re-read my work, and the ending call to action. So, ...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Animeister. My initial plan for this review (back when I didn't know there was going to be a cour break and it was scheduled for the Monday after Christmas 2025 ) was to have the intro play into the gift aspect of the holiday and make some profound statement about how things and the spirit in which they are given should not be taken for granted or treated as disposable even though our modern economy is structured around physical waste and overpriced, non-fungible, non-ownable (and in the long term, non-sustainable) services that make us want more of what we ultimately find unfulfilling. Not every darling needs to be killed if it doesn't work out. Common courtesy shouldn't need to become a rarity before it is valued. We should respect those who provide by taking the time to see them and greet them, whether it be family or the overworked champ of a fry cook at your local grocer, instead of demanding their attention and service so we can f...

Article by Sean Wilkinson, a.k.a. The Merry TixMaster. Or, I would be Merry if Christmas were still coming. And if I hadn't started writing this after watching the first movie in the series up for review today (re-up your vision insurance if you don't know what that is...and if vision insurance still exists). Instead, I'm feeling more than a little sacreligious at the moment (and I was in that mindset months ago when I chose this series of three movies and a remake for the week of Christmas) because the original, pre-commercialism but post-pagan, religiously appropriated purpose of the holiday was to celebrate the birth of a magic bastard child who got gold and herbs from some old hippies as a baby and grew up to be a carpenter, get all the bitches, spread peace and love, perform divine parlor tricks for his twelve closest bros, get betrayed, tortured, and executed over money, and cause centuries of sociopolitical justification for overpopulation because he might be a Jew...