Musings of an Inkd Geek

This is a late 70’s Bigfoot documentary that I’d never seen or even heard of, so I sat down and watched what these Sasquatch shenanigans were about. The documentary crew interview and follow Ivan Marx, the famous animal tracking woodsman who began researching Bigfoot in the 1950’s. We see a film crew following him around the country, as he speaks with various eyewitnesses and experts, and also sets about his own expeditions to track and find the elusive creature. The doc featured a bunch of photos and footage I had never seen before, all allegedly taken by Marx himself. They discussed Bigfoot’s diet, his habits, and possible historic sightings, as well as why it was such an elusive species. This “squatchmentary” was goofy and ridiculous. Featuring cheesy, honky-tonk country music as the soundtrack, the various photos and recordings were laughable at best. There was one piece of footage that Ivan’s wife allegedly filmed that showed one of the creatures charging at him, before he fired a...

Episode 25, the series finale of Ultraman Omega aired this Friday. From the very first episode I was hooked, and the series continued to maintain a high quality until the surprisingly emotional end. Sorato (Omega) regained all his memories, learning that he was one of many Space Gazers, who's job is to watch a planet and not interfere with any wars between the species (in Earth's case, humans and kaiju). A space Gazer's job is to observe, study and take notes, to learn from a planet's successes and mistakes, in the hopes of finding the right formula to achieve universal peace. Having returned to his previous role as simply a watcher, Kosei, Ayumu and Sayuki were forced to rely on themselves and their team to defeat the powerful kaiju Zomera. As he continued to watch the battle, Sorato/Omega found himself wrestling with the inactive role he was meant to do and his memories of the friendships he had forged with the others, as well as the examples of human kindness he had ...