The Automatic Day-Dreaming Machine – Uncle Josh Talks too Much

Uncle Josh on Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey

Published by Uncle Josh on January 9, 2026

Christopher Nolan has directed a new version of The Odyssey. The movie comes out in July 2026 but the trailers have dropped and people are mocking it for its ahistorical costumes and setting. It was apparently filmed in Scotland, which bears little resemblance to the Mediterranean, and the costumes are not one would call historically …

Uncle Josh on Superman (2025)

Published by Uncle Josh on September 8, 2025

I read comic books. I usually read the X-Men, Moon Knight, Captain Marvel, and Conan (currently at Titan). I pick up a Dark Horse title when they catch my eye. As a rule, I don’t read DC. Lord knows I’ve tried. When I could get them through the library I read the collections. Batman and …

Uncle Josh on The Return of Ten

Published by Uncle Josh on November 26, 2023

So Doctor Who is back. The first special with David Tennant’s Ten/Fourteen incarnation. Of course, Chibnall’s drastic character changes to the Doctor means our numbering system is a joke, now, but it’s what we have. WARNING: Spoilers for The Star Beast to follow. I was not terribly excited for the Chibnall era of Doctor Who, …

Uncle Josh on “The Marvels”

Published by Uncle Josh on November 19, 2023

This weekend we finally got to the theater to see The Marvels, which is a movie I’ve been looking forward to for a long time and I did not walk away disappointed. I laughed through most of it because it was either incredibly fun or it just pushed to the point of absurdity. I’m not …

Uncle Josh on Eve of the Daleks

Published by Uncle Josh on January 3, 2022

Note: Obviously, spoilers ahead, so don’t read on if you don’t want to know. We watched the latest Doctor Who special. It was a time loop episode and those kind of stories can be tricky to pull off. The other time loop story that always comes to mind is from Star Trek The Next Generation …

Uncle Josh Considers 007

Published by Uncle Josh on July 14, 2019

The news from left field today included the announcement that Lashana Lynch (last seen1 as Maria Rambeau in Captain Marvel) will take over 007. Not as James Bond, but take over the 007 designation in the next movie which is still called Bond 25. I think I’m not alone in knowing Bond better from the …

Uncle Josh Just Watched a Spider-Man Movie. Again.

Published by Uncle Josh on July 4, 2019

By again, of course, I mean I watched the second Spider-Man movie in this iteration: Spider-Man: Far From Home. From a mere title, I would think the planet Titan in Infinity War would be as far from home as he could be. (Oh, were you expecting a spoiler warning? For a movie over a year …

Uncle Josh Overreacts to The Rise of Skywalker trailer

Published by Uncle Josh on April 12, 2019

Star Wars has defined me as much as my family, my church, the Beatles, the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, and the Discworld have. Probably more so than most other than the Beatles, who I’ve loved for as long as I can remember. More than church? Well, church was always a thing I did (except …

Uncle Josh Sorts out Captain Marvel

Published by Uncle Josh on March 11, 2019

Let’s get some of the early stuff out of the way: I was looking forward to this movie on the basis that Marvel movies tend to be fun. I was looking forward to seeing how Marvel handled their first leading woman. I was looking forward to more Goose. What I wasn’t bringing into this movie: …

Uncle Josh Run the Gauntlet (2/?)

Published by Josh English on December 19, 2018

I stayed home from work for a couple of days last week trying to not get my co-workers sick. While I worked from home I finished the Gauntlet: the latest Mystery Science Theater 3000 run. These were just awful. I had to spend some time to recover from watching these. Stephanie, being the wiser partner …