Van's Inner Universe

Living For The Future

August 2016

  • Comedian film and TV actor Gene Wilder has passed away at the age of 83 after a battle with Alzheimer’s. Born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. He has starred in many films, including Willy Wonka, Young Frankenstein, Bonnie and Clyde, See No Evil Hear No Evil, Woman In Red, and Haunted Honeymoon among other films.… Read more

  • Wrestling manager Mr. Fuji passed away at the age of 82. He was born Harry Fujiwara and was a Japanese-American born in Honolulu, Hawaii. He started out as a Japanese heel wrestler and part of a tag team before becoming a wrestling manager thus managing the likes of Don Muraco, Demolition, Powers of Pain, and… Read more

  • The end of last episode led us to believe that a certain Decepticon leader would make his appearance in this episode and we were proven right. Here we see Megatron taking on three of the Constructicons for his training in the ruins on Earth. Optimus Prime and Windblade go to Megatron to seek his help… Read more

  • The third episode picks up immediately where the 2nd episode left off and it all belongs to Optimus Prime and Windblade. This was a great way to make Optimus Prime look good as he’s shown to be the veteran of many great wars. He doesn’t look clean as there are broken glass on his chest… Read more

  • I don’t care what the haters say, I like the new Transformers web series Combiner Wars as it’s a combination of G1 and IDW. Here we have Windblade basically taking on Arcee’s role in trying to destroy all combiners. Because her friend Maxima died at the hands of both Menasor and Computron, Windblade sets out… Read more

  • Kenny Baker 1934-2016

    Actor Kenny Baker, who played R2-D2 in six Star Wars films, has passed away at the of 81 due to long illness. He was a midget actor who acted in a theatrical troupe that gave him a taste of show business. Baker joined the circus for a brief time and formed a comedy act when… Read more

  • Happy Birthday to many time World Champion and wrestling legend Hulk Hogan, who turns 63 this year. Read more

  • I do not dwell in high school years nor am I keen on high school reunions, but I am writing this with heavy heart as I found out one of my classmates from my high school Design and Architecture Senior High has passed away back in March and I didn’t find out about it until… Read more

  • Today is the premiere of the web cartoon series called Transformers: Combiner Wars that is produced by Machinima and is based on both the toys and comics. This is aimed at the adult audience and  not the kiddy ones. The animation is a combination of 2D and 3D CGI and the tone is similar to… Read more