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October 8, 2015 Trae Dorn Starhunter, Starhunter 2300, Starhunter Transformation

Wait… ‘Starhunter’ Is Coming Back?

I’m not shy about my love for Starhunter and its follow up/second season Starhunter 2300. It was, in my opinion,

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October 8, 2015 Trae Dorn Ghostbusters, Paul Feig, Rick Moranis

Rick Moranis Turned Down Cameo in ‘Ghostbusters’ Remake

A while back, we commented that the only surviving lead actors from the original Ghostbusters not appearing in cameo roles

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October 8, 2015 Trae Dorn cartoon network, DC, Justice League, Warner Bros

Cartoon Network May Be Developing a New ‘Justice League’ Series

DC’s Justice League may be slowly marching towards cinema screens, but there hasn’t really been a kid-focused version of the

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October 8, 2015 Trae Dorn BBC, Sherlock, trailer

The Victorian ‘Sherlock’ Christmas Special has a Trailer

We’ve all known for a while that this year the BBC has decided to produce an out-of-continuity Sherlock Christmas special

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October 7, 2015 Trae Dorn Black Panther, Joe Robert Cole, Marvel

‘Black Panther’ Has a Writer

One of the more interesting films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe is the upcoming Black Panther film. While the character

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October 6, 2015 Bryan 'Arcemise' Novak DC, FOX, Gotham, recap

Gotham Recap: “Rise of the Villains: The Last Laugh” (S2E03)

Welcome to the Gotham Globe Times! Your weekly, unconventional recap of (and commentary on) the wonderful and magical world of

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October 6, 2015 Trae Dorn Atom, Batman, DC, Frank Miller, Superman, The Atom, The Dark Knight 3, The Dark Knight Returns

Frank Miller Drew This Monstrosity, and DC’s Publishing It

Look, we all know the original The Dark Knight Returns was pretty great (or at least we all remember it

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October 6, 2015 Trae Dorn Back to the Future, Back to the Future 2, Jaws 19, Pepsi, Pepsi Perfect, Universal

The BTTF2 Mania Continues with Pepsi Perfect and a Jaws 19 Trailer

Back to the Future 2 mania continues, as we approach the “future” date of October 21, 2015. I mean, it’s

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October 5, 2015 Trae Dorn Big Finish, Doctor Who, John Hurt

John Hurt’s War Doctor is Coming Back in Audio Drama Form

John Hurt’s The War Doctor may have been shoe-horned into the Doctor’s timeline to let the plot of of the

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There’s an annoying thing in the witchcraft community where every new idea or trend gets cast as an “ancient” practice even if it’s just a few years old. Time and time again, we see people constructing false narratives about the supposed historicity of ideas, spells, and rituals in witchcraft spaces, and all of it is bad for us. Why do people feel the need to lie? Why does something being a new idea make it less credible in people’s eyes? Why have we been doing this as a community from the start?

So I thought about calling this “Older Doesn’t Mean Better Part 2” or “Older Doesn’t Mean Better Redux” since this is some of the same territory we covered back in episode 17, but I think I’ve gotten more surly on the topic over the last six years, and wanted to talk about it again. Also, I kind of forgot I’d recorded an episode on this when I was prepping the episode, but I like this version better.

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