Van's Inner Universe

Living For The Future

October 2020

  • Legendary actor Sir Sean Connery passed away at the age of 90 in his home at Bahamas. Born in Scotland, he was involved in smaller theater and television productions before being cast as the first James Bond and would go on to do 7 films. He set the standard of who and what James Bond… Read more

  • Pro wrestling and tag team legend, Tracy Smothers. has passed away after a bout with lymphoma at the age of 58. He was part of the tag team called the Southern Boys and later the Young Pistols with Scott Armstrong, younger brother of the late Brad Armstrong. They wrestled in Florida and later WCW. After… Read more

  • Things between Swamp Thing and Abby get to another level after Abby learns about his new condition as she gained a sample of his tissue as she had a theory, which would be later confirmed. Swamp Thing and Abby is what matters to me about the show, but they have other storylines that makes me… Read more

  • After realizing that Dr. Alec Holland is Swamp Thing and confiding her friend Liz about it, Abby checks out his old laboratory to discover what he has been working leading up to his apparent demise. While this was going on, Munson is resurrected by killer insects and goes after Abby. Luckily she’s saved by Swamp… Read more

  • Coming off the successful series premiere last week, they pick up where they left off in that the police were investigating the scientist’s apparent death. However, Abby Arcane doesn’t believe he’s dead and does her own investigation that puts her at odds with the police, who did their own. We also have the live-action appearance… Read more

  • Star Trek Lower Decks has reached its season finale with everything coming to a head as a result of its first season. The Pakleds are the villains of this episode as they attack the USS Cerritos. If most people thought this is a kiddie cartoon show, it is not. The theme of this episode is… Read more

  • Whenever Superman projects happen, whether in film, television, or animation, it usually starts with his origin. Not in this case with the latest DCU animated movie Superman Man of Tomorrow. It begins with his very first adventure as a costumed hero as we get into it. Smallville in comparison ended with Clark flying and wearing… Read more

  • Today is the birthday of Beatle and Rock Legend John Lennon on what would have been his 80th. It’s also the birthday of his second son, Sean, who turns 45. Sean continues to put out new music with various musicians as we look forward to new albums from him. Read more

  • Swamp Thing was a TV series for the DC Universe that lasted only a season with 10 episode that was originally 13. It was cancelled for vague reasons. It was released on DVD. To get a wider viewing, Swamp Thing landed on CW who made their premiere with 90-minutes. It showed a whole different side… Read more

  • Rock guitarist, Rock & Roll Hall of Fame, and Van Halen co-founder Eddie Van Halen has passed away at the age of 65 after battling throat cancer. He influenced a generation of rock guitarists and was called the Mozart of Rock Guitar. Eddie is among the top 5 guitar influences. Together with his older brother,… Read more