Browsing: October 4

A Brief History This article presents a chronological list of notable events that happened on October 4th.  For each date below, please click on the date to be taken to an article covering that date’s event. Digging Deeper On October 4, 610 A.D., Heraclius arrived by ship from Africa at Constantinople, overthrew Byzantine Emperor Phocas in one of the most badass coups in history, and became Emperor. On October 4, 1993, Russian Army tanks bombarded the Russian parliament, incredibly in the capital of the second most powerful country on Earth. On October 4, 1997, the second largest money robbery in U.S.…

A Brief History On October 4, 1993, Russian Army tanks bombarded the Russian parliament, incredibly in the capital of the second most powerful country on Earth.  While we were tempted to try other titles, such as “Tanks, but No Tanks,” or “Tanks for the Memories,” or even “Tanks A Lot!” the main point of this cautionary tale is “Could it happen here?” Digging Deeper In 1989, Beijing, China, was the site of another tanks vs. protestors battle in what we call the “Tiananmen Square Massacre.”  China was the third most powerful country and is currently the second most powerful economic…

A Brief History On October 4, 2019, the latest and perhaps greatest of the DC Comics related movies will be released to an eager and avid public.  Joker is projected to be a “stand alone” movie, while centered on the Batman/Gotham City mythology it is not tied into the other DC Cinematic Universe films that have already been produced and are to be produced.  We previewed this film on October 1, 2019, and found it to be every bit as dark, depressing, frightening, and engrossing as we had anticipated.  What a movie!  Despite idiotic and pervasive fears about the film…

A Brief History On October 4, 2018, we are still recovering from the eye-candy comic book film fest that is Venom, the latest entry into the Marvel Cinematic Universe.  We went to review the film with reservations based on rumbles of previous reviewers having expressed less than glowing tales of the film.  We heard that 30 minutes or more had been cut from the final print, leaving a choppy and disjointed movie.  NOT TRUE!  Venom flows logically and seamlessly and features Tom Hardy, one of our favorite actors of today.  Plenty of eye candy comic book like special effects and…

A Brief History On October 4, 2017, the third episode of season two of American horror anthology television series Channel Zero will air on SyFy.   Storylines for the series are based on popular creepypastas.  The second announced installment is based on author Brian Russell’s NoEnd House (2011). What follows is the original short story as it appeared on the Creepypasta Wiki on October 4, 2017.  This content is available per the Creative Commons License. Digging Deeper: NoEnd House by Brian Russell Let me start by saying that Peter Terry was addicted to heroin. We were friends in college and continued to be after I graduated. Notice that I…