When I was a teenager, I used to stay summers with my father in the middle of Iowa. Literally in the middle of Iowa, which could be referred to as nowhere. We spent many a night renting movies from local mom and pop movie rental places, and copying them from VHS to Betamax tapes (Shhh). On the days we...

The Bionic Woman is a sci-fi series that aired for eight episodes in 2007 on NBC. It is a re-imaging of the original series from the 1970’s starring Lindsey Wagner. That series was itself a spin-off of the Six Million Dollar Man, which spun out of the novel Cyborg by Martin Caidin. The character of the...

Anita Blake is the main character in a series of novels by Laurel K. Hamilton. The Anita Blake series came along in the very early days of the Urban Fantasy boom. In many ways Anita Blake shaped what female protagonists of Urban Fantasy heroes have become. In short, Anita can be considered one of the Grande...

Everyone has a first something or other that had an astounding effect on their lives, good or bad. Whether it’s your first kiss, your first car, your first girlfriend/boyfriend or even your first broken bone or hospital stay. Well if you’ve read any of my previous blogs here at Pandoracon,...

Hello foodies! This week Meet Cleaver Theatre (the Pandoracon Edition) is bringing you another of Butch R. Cleaver’s top 10 sci-fi classics of all time! You’ll never guess, but it’s from the 70s as well. It’s 1973′s eco-sci-fi classic : Soylent Green! In an overpopulated...

Hello Space-cadets! This week’s feature is a doozy and comes to us from the heady days of 2002! Wow, we’re almost in synch with the times here… Lovable loser Jim inherits a large 1940s robot from his Grandfather…like you do. He also inherits the ageless enemy that comes with...

There are many things about going to cons that I enjoy. I like checking out interesting panels, I love checking out costumes, and most of all I enjoy socializing with the people there, both new friends and old. One of the things I love most of all are room parties. A well thrown room party can be a thing of...

Welcome back Spacies! This week on Meet Cleaver Theatre the Pandoracon Edition we’re heading off to Hong Kong…oriental city of mystery! We’re gonna take a stab at the 1988 chop-socky robot “classic” “I Love Maria”! It’s all about crimefighting in the streets of...

I look back on my childhood in wonderment. I wonder that my parents let me do and read some of the things they did. My folks rarely held anything back from me, reading wise. I began reading “Heavy Metal” when I was 10, for example. My folks drew that line at anything that the comic book store kept in the...

(Before I go any further I must put in a little warning: “Spoilers, sweetie.” If you are not current on Doctor Who you may wish to stop reading until you’ve gotten all the way through the most recent season of the show.) Yes, it’s time for one of the most intriguing and best dressed Women of...