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 Worth the Wait? "I don't sail boats, Penny, I land on them." Watch the video version here This is Def Rec,a blog about entertainment experiences you will definitely recommend. Movie minutia and television tidbits get ranked, rated, reviewed, and skewed, and in the end, you’ll know which one to Def Rec. I’m Jon McBrine, I’m an authority on popular entertainment and pop culture because I have access to the Internet. Better late than never, or better not at all if late? Nostalgia is a great and powerful influence that causes many judgments to be clouded. We all have fond memories of the movies we grew up watching. Beloved heroes exist in our minds in a certain way. It’s natural to at least ponder what some of these characters might be up to, especially if it’s been a decade or two. Several stars of yesteryear get revisited in a revival film or series, resurrecting long-dormant characters, and oftentimes the original cast is wheeled out to reprise their fan-favorite performa...

 Def Rec: Pluralizing Movies “You don’t face your fears, you ride ‘em!” Watch the video version here This is Def Rec,a blog about entertainment experiences you will definitely recommend. Movie minutia and television tidbits get ranked, rated, reviewed, and skewed, and in the end, you’ll know which one to Def Rec. I’m Jon McBrine, I’m an authority on popular entertainment and pop culture because I have access to the internet. When it comes to movie sequels, the more the merrier. If you want to up the ante, raise the stakes, and all around make it a Blockbuster night, then the best thing to do is pluralize something. That’s right, adding an S to the end of your movie title expands your horizons and well, um, adds more of the original thing. 1979’s Alien was a classic, but you know what’s better than one Alien? Lots of them. The 1986 sequel Aliens gave sci-fi survival horror fans a Xenomorph party, and everyone was invited. 2004 went big with Alien vs. Predator , but by the time its...

 Def Rec: How One Word Saved Hollywood Sequels “What kind of monster are you?” “ The Wolverine!” This is Def Rec, a blog about entertainment experiences you will definitely recommend. Movie minutia and television tidbits get ranked, rated, reviewed, and skewed, and in the end, you’ll know which one to Def Rec. I’m Jon McBrine. I’m an authority on popular entertainment and pop culture because I have access to the internet. The thing about movies is the technique that drives all of the many wonders of the universe: the characters, the stories, and obviously the main thing, which is the titles, the names of the films, and of course the sequels and the ways the filmmakers and the performers and the entire entertainment industry gets us interested in the ideas in the first place. The trick, though, is the method in which the storytellers express the concepts and the execution of their theories: the key to the success of the project—the word “the.” Countless movies begin with “the,” but...

Def Rec: Numerals In Movie Titles “On my planet, I’m kind of a loser like you.” This is Def Rec, a very unserious blog about entertainment experiences you will definitely recommend. Movie minutia and television tidbits get ranked, rated, reviewed, and skewed—and in the end, you’ll know which one to Def Rec. I’m Jon McBrine. I’m an authority on entertainment and pop culture because I have access to the Internet. When it comes to feature films, it’s best to do things by the numbers. Box office records, DVD sales, streaming views—all that data is nice, but the most effective use of numerals is in a movie’s title. Sure, there’s 13 Going on 30 (2004), 17 Again (2009), 18 Again! (1988), and the best to ever do it: Se7en (1995) - stylized with a 7 for a V - not to mention numerous sequels. But what doesn’t add up are the multiple motion pictures that don’t dial up the use of digits in their name. Not everything can share the same genius as Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel (2009), but...