What I Respect

By Derek • Jul 22nd, 2010 • Category: Production, The Literary Thunderdome

Hold on to your hats, this post is going to be a bit more philosophical than most of my posts.  Just bear with me.
I’m not great at anything.  That’s not me trying to be humble or some kind of self-deprecating humor.  That’s just a fact, I’m not great at anything.  There are definitely some things [...]



Cloudy With a Side of Awesome

By Derek • Jul 5th, 2010 • Category: Random Cinema, The Literary Thunderdome

I was kind of taking it easy for a while today before some people pop by later.  I saw ‘Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs’ on NetFlix instant view.  I had heard some positive things about it and thought I would give it a go in the background while I ate some lunch.  All I [...]



The Nerdcore Rising

By Derek • Jun 21st, 2010 • Category: The Literary Thunderdome

Nerd.
A word I used to dread hearing.  It meant you were a loser, that you didn’t fit in.  You didn’t belong.
Nerd.
A word you can now wear with pride.  Why?  Because a lot of very cool people showed the rest of us we didn’t have to be embarrassed about the things we love.
I was a nerd [...]



There is no Review B

By Derek • Jun 13th, 2010 • Category: Reviews, The Literary Thunderdome

I am a quasi child of the 80’s, I was only 7 when we were out of the ‘me’ decade.  I do have fond memories of things from the 80’s, a lot of it were things I saw later in the 90’s.  This weekend seems like it should have a been a great weekend for [...]



Getting Justified!

By Derek • Jun 1st, 2010 • Category: Reviews

I meant to get this up a long time ago, but with the play, posting really took a backseat.  Sorry.  But I’m back fully now and I want to tell you how freaking bad-ass ‘Justified’ is.  And before anyone says anything, the TV show not the shitty Justin Timberlake album.
The season of the show is [...]



Welcome back to the Nightmare

By Derek • May 4th, 2010 • Category: Reviews

Check out my audio review for ‘Nightmare on Elm Street’ and find out why all the other reviews you have read have been wrong. Dead wrong. See what I did there. Enjoy.



The joys of being bald

By Derek • Apr 27th, 2010 • Category: The Literary Thunderdome

And I’m back.  Don’t mind that creepy picture above.  It all makes sense.
Around 8 weeks ago many others and myself embarked on the epic adventure that is ‘Minnesela.’  As most regular visitors of the site knows that I am head of the theater department at Belle Fourche High School.  Jesse, is my right-hand man.  I [...]



Clash of the Time Machines

By Derek • Apr 5th, 2010 • Category: Reviews

This weekend I was a busy boy and went and saw two different movies.  First up was ‘Clash of the Titans.’
Clash of the Titans – Disposable Entertainment

First of all I did enjoy this movie.  It has been getting pretty terrible reviews from a lot of people and I just don’t see it.  It’s not a [...]



Thrill-apalooza

By Derek • Mar 25th, 2010 • Category: Reviews

It’s been a movie watching kind of week.  As Matt wrote in his post this week we did watch ‘New Moon,’ with the RiffTrax of course.  Along with that though we watched two other very different movies, ‘House of the Devil’ and ‘The Box.’
House of the Devil – Much Scarier Than the Sublet Apartment of [...]



Tell me a story

By Derek • Mar 19th, 2010 • Category: The Literary Thunderdome

Not literally, you don’t have to send me in a story you wrote.  Well, I mean you could, but that’s not the point of this post.  I’m not even talking about a normal story.  I should start to explain.
This past Tuesday I purchased Drive-By Trucker’s new album ‘The Big To Do.’  This post isn’t a [...]