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Parallels Between Willow and The Mandalorian
Parallels Between Willow and The Mandalorian As I watched the second season of The Mandalorian, it struck me that there were some parallels to the 1988 film Willow. Although one is Science Fiction and the other is traditional Fantasy, they … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV, Mythology
Tagged 1988, 2020, Ahsoka Tano, Anakin, beskar, Character Arc, Cherlindria, Din Djarin, Elora Danan, Evil, George Lucus, Good, Gorgu, Jedi, Madmartigan, Mando, Redeem, Redemption, Sorsha, Star Wars, The Asset, The Child, The Chronicles of the Shadow War, The Empire, The Force, The Mandalorian, The New Republic, Tir Asleen, Willow
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Halloween Costumes
Halloween Costumes When I was four my mother took a picture of me next to a scarecrow she’d made and placed on the porch. This was at our apartment on Broadway, so it must have been around 1979. I … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Event, Flashback
Tagged 1977, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1993, An Acceptable Time, bell-bottom jeans, Broadway, Bugs Bunny Halloween Special, camera, Candy Cigarettes, Cape, Cari Lynn Vaughn, Ghost of an Indian Princess, Halloween, Hippie, Jack in the Box, Jane in the Box, Joke Book, Madeline L'Engle, Marvin The Martian, McCall's, Mom, My Mother The Rich, Native American, Nikki, Ohio, Parade, peace sign earrings, Pictures, Raggedy Anne, Rose Blue, Scarcrow, Sewing, Shelby, Simplicity, Third Street, tiara, tie-dyed, Trick or Treat, white gloves, Witch
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Dracula: The Vampire and The Critics
Dracula: The Vampire and Critics Edited by Margaret L Carter, 1988 Themes of Racial Purity and the Terror over Race are in Dracula. There is the subtext Darwinian struggle of Global Politics in Dracula. Britain had imperial opposition during Stoker’s … Continue reading
Posted in History, Literary Criticism, Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV
Tagged 1988, Army of Light, Camilla, Charles Dickins, Demeter, Devendra P. Varma, Dracula The Vampire and the Criticis, Gender, Gender and Inversion, Ghosts, Great Expectations, Hawthorne, Homosexuality, House of the Seven Gables, JRR Tolkien, Lombroso's Ciriminal Man, Lucy as a Symbol For The West, Margaret L Carter, Marx, Menstral Blood, Middlemarch, Narrative Methods in Dracula, Opedial Father, Origins of Dracula, Otherness, Persephone, Psychological Repression, Racial Purity, Sauron and Dracula, Terror, The Genesis of Dracula, The Lady in White, The Rime of the Ancient Mariner, Underworld, Vampires, Vlad the Impaler, Wolves, Women
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Las Cruces 2016
Las Cruces Las Cruces is the City of Crosses. It is 3,908 feet above sea level. The Rio Grande provides the Mesilla Valley with water for agriculture. It has an estimated population of 101,643. It is 56% Hispanic or Latino, … Continue reading
Posted in Event, Travel
Tagged 1988, 2011, 2016, Alamagordo, Amarillo, Arizona, Aunts, Car, Cari Vaughn, Cineport, City of Rocks, Civil War, COAS Bookstore, Dad, Dry Creek, Facebook, Farmer's Market, Fazzoli's, Finding Dori, Foothills, Gilkison Family Reunion, Grandkids, Habanero's, Heat, Hot, I-25, I-35, I-40, I-44, I-70, IHOP, Independence Day: Resurgence, Joplin, Kids, Kung Fu Panda, Las Cruces, Mall, McDonalds, Mexican Food, Mexico, Missouri, New Mexico, North, Observatory, Oklahoma, Oklahoma City, Orange is the New Black, Phoenix, Play Station, Pool, Radium Springs, Red Lobster, Road Trip, Rt. 66, Santa Rosa, Socorro, South, Subway, Summer, Super 8, Swim, Teshor, Texas, Theater, Traffic Jam, Tulsa, Uncles, Used Books, Vacation House, Vaughn, White Sands, Wyndam Gardens
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Bleeding Hearts
Bleeding Hearts Lena Olin is a Swedish actress who might be best known for playing Sydney Bristow’s scheming mother. Before she was a super-spy, she stared in The Unbearable Lightness of Being with Juliette Binoche back in 1988. She was … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV
Tagged 1988, 1993, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2006, 70s and 80s, Aaliyah, Actress, Alias, Anne Rice, Casanova, Chocolat, Claire Danes, Fake Death, Femme Fatal, Gary Oldman, Heath Ledger, Hela, Irina Derivko, Jack Bristow, Jadzia, Jenifer Garner, Johnny Depp, Juliette Binoche, KGB, Lover Roman, Mom, Mona Demarko, Mother, Polish Wedding, Rimbaldi, Romeo is Bleeding, Russian Assassin, Sabina, Sleeper Spy, Swedish, Sydney Bristow, The 9th Gate, The Ninth Gate, The Queen of the Damned, The Unbearable Lightness of Being, Victor Garber, Villain, Welcome to Sweden
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Real Genius
Real Genius Val Kilmer Val Kilmer came to my attention in the movie Willow. His long black locks and killer sword wielding skills were incredibly attractive. Not to mention he was smart, sarcastic and down right funny at times. His … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV, Music, Poetry
Tagged 1988, 1992, 1995, 2011, Batman, Cari Gilkison, Cherokee, Dream, Eastern Philosophy, Father, Frances Ford Coppola, Funny, George Lucas, Jack Kilmer, Jim Morrison, Joanne Whalley Kilmer, Julliard Academy, Kevin Spacey, LA, Madmartigan, Maggie Gilkeson, Mark-Paul Gosselaar, Mercedes Kilmer, My Eden After Burns, Native American, New Mexico, Oliver Stone, Poetry, Real Genius, Santa Fe, Sarcastic, Smart, Sword Wielding, The Doors, The Ghost in the Darkness, The Missing, Thunderheart, Top Gun, Top Secret, Twixt, Val Kilmer, Warick Davis, Willow
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Scandal
Scandal: Joanne Whalley I fell in love with Joanne Whalley in the move Willow. I wanted her long wavy red locks and her ability ride horses, shoot bows and arrows and sword fight. And she got to kick and then … Continue reading
Posted in Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV
Tagged 1988, 1995, 2011, 2013, Christine Keeler, courtesan, Engand, Frances Ford Coppola, Innoence, Jack Kilmer, Joanne Whalley Kilmer, London, Mercedes Kilmer, Mini-Series, Navy Seals, New Mexico, Nude, Palo Alto Movie, Playboy, Santa Fe, Scandal, Scarlett, Sexy, Shattered, Sorsha, The Borgias, Thirteen Year Old, Twixt, Twleve Year Old, Val Kilmer, Vanozza Cattaneo, Warrior Princess, Willow
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George Lucas
George Lucas George Lucas came to my attention in 1988. That was the year that I saw Willow. I knew of him from Star Wars. Although I liked Star Wars, it hadn’t captured my imagination like Willow did. Star Wars … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Flashback, Literature/Pop Culture, Movies/TV
Tagged 1988, Biography, Carrie Fisher, Digital, Disney, Elven Rings, Family, Fans, Father Figure, Futuristic, George Lucas, Harrison Ford, Indiana Jones, J.J. Abrams, Jean Marsh, Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, Last Crusade, Leia, Lord of The Rings, Lucasfilm Ltd, Mark Hamill, Sean Patrick Flannery, Security, Skywalker Ranch, Skywalking, Slicker, Sorsha, Star Wars, Strong Women, Uncle George, Val Kilmer, Vision, Warrick Davis. Joanne Whalley, Willow, Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
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