Japanese Monster Movies YouTube Shorts – My Favorite Godzilla Memory draconicverses, October 11, 2023October 12, 2023 Continue Reading
General …Rising From the Ashes! draconicverses, October 11, 2023October 11, 2023 Greetings, Friends & Fiends! Ye Olde Dragon here, with the RETURN of the Blog that started it all for me, back in 2011, The Draconic Verses! I’ll be doing all sorts of updates on the site, and though you might see a batch of posts on here already, it’s because… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies 20 Years Ago Today – August 31, 1997 draconicverses, August 31, 2017 Greetings my most excellent Friends and Fiends! A somewhat reflective Ye Olde Dragon here, stirring up the memories in my mind. Memories of August 30-31,1997. Now I know that the first thing that springs to most people’s mind is the tragic loss of Princess Diana. It certainly should. In fact,… Continue Reading
Japanese Monster Movies A Request to LEGENDARY PICTURES draconicverses, August 8, 2017 The above graphic should be self-explanatory. Haruo Nakajima, who passed away yesterday – August 7, 2017 – was the first “Man in the Godzilla Suit“, and he played Godzilla from 1954 – 1972, spanning twelve films from GOJIRA (1954) thru CHIKYÛ KOGEKI MEIREI: GOJIRA TAI GAIGAN (1972) – aka GODZILLA… Continue Reading
Books A Special, Though Serious Day draconicverses, December 30, 2011 It was five years ago today, that my Aunt Barbara passed away after a long, hard fought battle with ovarian cancer. She’d managed to hold on until after Christmas, thankfully, for her grandchildren’s sake, but sadly she didn’t have the strength to last until after New Year’s. I was very… Continue Reading
General The 12 Days of Geek-mas draconicverses, December 16, 2011 I got hit with a little muse earlier & had to give in. I think I hit a lot of genres of Geek-dom. On the first day of Geek-mas, I got this from a con – The One Ring to rule them all. On the second day of Geek-mas, I… Continue Reading
Animation HAPPY BIRTHDAY, BILBO BAGGINS! (In a way…) draconicverses, November 27, 2011 It was Sunday, November 27, 1977 that I first saw something that amazed me. It opened a new world to me, the likes of which I had no idea existed. Tonight marks the 34th anniversary of the first airing of Rankin-Bass’ animated version of THE HOBBIT. Though nowhere near the… Continue Reading
General Prince Sirki Claims The Creator of Pern draconicverses, November 25, 2011 Many of you know how important THE LORD OF THE RINGS is to me, but the second series of fantasy books I read after that were The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey. On my 14th birthday, I got a neat present. the first Pern trilogy, consisting of DRAGONFLIGHT, DRAGONQUEST… Continue Reading
Life 34 Years Ago Today… draconicverses, August 16, 2011 August 16th, 1977: I was 12 years old. My 13th birthday was less than 2 months away, and that afternoon, my Mom was driving us to the Nassau Collisseum. We were on our way to get tickets to a concert that would happen ON my birthday – Elvis Presley was… Continue Reading