CUE THE HORROR THEME MUSIC - Radiation Eating Bacteria

Real Life can be much more interesting than fiction.  Some real life events sound like the first 10 minutes of horror films...

Microbiologists discovered 35 new groups of bacteria in Rifle, Colorado.  One strain of which "breathes" uranium.

SIMPSONS DID IT - Michelangelo's David protest.

Looking at the world of fiction and popular culture... and things The Simpsons did before reality.

Protests over the statue of Michelangelo's David...

TOPIC POLL

Cue the Horror Theme Music

Posts that explore real life events that should only occur in horror films.

• Murder House.
• The Camp Scott Murders.
• Graves of the Insane.
• Miami Zombie Attack.
• The Giant Prehistoric Virus Returns.
• Poveglia: Island of Madness.
• Caves of the Moon.
• Man Made Super Flu.
• CDC Outbreak.
• CDC Outbreak 2: Bird Flu Contamination.
• CDC Outbreak 3: Anthrax!
• Creatures from the Depths of Space.
• Radioactive Thieves.

The Film Series Guide

Explaining film series.

• James Bond.
• The Thick of It.
• The Pink Panther.
• Rambo.
• Planet of the Apes.
• The Living Dead.
• The Viewaskewniverse.
• Evil Dead/House/Demons/Re-Animator.

Simpsons Did It.

Things that happened on The Simpsons and real life copied.

• All You Can Eat Seafood (part 1)
• All You Can Eat Seafood (part 2).
• The Good Morning Burger.
• Siegfied & Roy's Tiger Attack.
• The Homer Car of the Future.
• Don Mattingly's Hair.
• Baby Translator.
• Lead Not Read.
• Oops KKK.

Why Isn't This A Film?

Real life people and events that should be films.

• Alexander & Draga.
• Bass Reeves.
• Telsa.
• Sir Bernard Spilsbury.
• "Coya, Come Home"
• The Execution of Anne Green.
• Robert Bogucki.

Random Truth

• 10 Things that Prove Doctor Who is Real.
• 10 Truths about Chi-mas.

10 Short Films Online

10 Short Films Made Into Features.

10 Zombie Shorts.

10 Short Films about Robot Films.

10 Short Films about Space Travel.

10 Short Stories Online

• Short Stories of Isaac Asimov.
• Short Stories of Neil Gaiman.
• Short Stories of SAKI.
• Short Stories of Roald Dahl.

Do the poll of the best to worst topics...

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~ DUG.

POLL Result

Real Life can be much more interesting than fiction.

Coming eighth in the poll so far.  This blog will continue on every fourth Friday.

~ DUG.

POLL

I do way too many blogs to follow, so I'm going to cut down.

Big Screen Screener.

Film Reviews.

• Competing Film Showdown - Two similar films released at the same time compared.
• Special Events - Things like horror films at Halloween or Ozploitation films on Australia Day.

Comic Book Stepping On Point.

Helping new readers get into comics.

• The Comic Code - Comic book jargon.
• Comic References - References in TV shows and films.
• First Issues - Upcoming #1's.
• Not Just Super Heroes - Lists of comics not about Super Heroes.
• Universes - Explaining the difference comic book universes.

Doctor Who: Time Crash.

Classic Doctor Who (and other) references in new Doctor Who.

• Episodes of new Doctor Who.
• Episodes of The Sarah Jane Adventures.
• Episodes of Torchwood.
• Information (from classic Doctor Who) about The Doctor, his foes and allies.

The Film Rules.

Looking at different sets of rules that certain genres of film follow.  Previous rule sets include:

• The Slasher Film Rules. (Tested twice)
• The Rom Com Rules.
• The Lesbian Romance Rules.
• Manic Pixie Dream Girl Rules.

Recommend to Me...

Items recommended to me on social media.

• Any One Album.
• Any One Film - A list of films recommended to me on social media.

Super Villain Advice.

Advice from a super villain for super villains.

• Ask A Super Villain - Got a question about how to be a Super Villain?  Just ask.
• Diary of the Super Villain - My diary to help new heroes.
• Super Villain Classifieds - Classified adds for Super Villains.
• Super Villain Reviews - I review books I haven't read so you don't have to.
• Real Life Super Villains - Real people who could be considered super villains.

Top X Topics.

Things to do with online lists.

• Best of the Top X Lists - Comparing similar lists.
• The Reviews on Comics - Comics that became films.
• Films From Comics - Films based on comic books.
• Top X Thing You Didn't Know Challenge - Looking at a list and seeing if it's true.

Truly Fiction.

A bunch of blogs about popular culture.

• Cue the Horror Theme Music - Real life events that sound like the first few minutes for a horror film.
• The Extras Completist - A list of shorts related to films and TV shows.
• The Film Series Guide - Lists of films and their order in long running film series.
• Simpsons Did It - Things that happened in the Simpsons before they happened in real life.
• 10 Short Films - Ten films on a topic.
• 10 Short Stories - Ten stories by an author.
• Why Isn't This A Film - Real life events that should be films.

The TV & DVD Completist.

• Breaking the Completist - Things I don't want to own even to complete a set.
• The Complete Series - Reviews of TV shows.
• The Incompletist - Things I want to own on DVD but can't get.

Unmade Speculative Fiction.

Unamde films, TV shows and episodes of Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.

• Unmade Films.
• Unmade Series.
• Unmade Episodes (By Series).

Complete the survey.

~ DUG.

CUE THE HORROR THEME MUSIC - Prehistoric Shark

Real Life can be much more interesting than fiction.  Some real life events sound like the first 10 minutes of horror films...

Prehistoric killer from the ocean's depths.  A shark rarely seen because it exists in deep waters of the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean... and relativelu shallow waters around Japan that is often called a "living fossil" because he retains features from as far back as the Jurassic era.

REAL LIFE SUPER VILLAIN - Adam Worth, the Napoleon of the Criminal World.

Now at Super Villain Advice.

SIMPSONS DID IT - Oops KKK

Looking at the world of fiction and popular culture... and things The Simpsons did before reality.

No one but Krusty would be stupid enough to use the letters KKK in their promotions, right?

WHY ISN'T THIS A FILM - Robert Boguski

Looking at the world of fiction and popular culture... and real things that should be films.

On a spiritual journey in the desert and lost for 43 day Robert Bogucki's story is an amazing tale of survival (some would say miraculous).  And it's a story that would make a great film.

TRULY FICTION - Poll.

Real Life can be much more interesting than fiction.  

A poll on blog posts...

CUE THE HORROR THEME MUSIC - Radioactive Thieves

Real Life can be much more interesting than fiction.  Some real life events sound like the first 10 minutes of horror films..

3rd December 2013.

A truck containing Cobalt-60 (used to treat cancer) a potentially lethal radioactive element was stolen.

Cue the Horror Theme Music...

REAL LIFE SUPER VILLAIN - Richard "The Iceman" Kuklinski

Now at Super Villain Advice.

THE FILM SERIES GUIDE - The Living Dead films

Looking at the world of fiction and popular culture... like film series.

Films relating to Night of the Living Dead...