The Memorial Day and Grogu

It’s Memorial Day! I’m definitely enjoying the holiday and taking advantage of the long weekend to get some much-needed rest and... okay, I’m moving, so I’m also using the 3-day weekend to pack. There’s a lot to be done, but I’m still making time to squeeze in a viewing of The Mandalorian and Grogu and, weather permitting, maybe even cook out.

Of course, regular posting resumes tomorrow as usual, and I’ve got a fun week in store for your eyeballs! Thank you all for reading and supporting Zone Base. Please share the site with your friends, and as always, be excellent to each other!

Oh, and speaking of Star Wars, keep checking this space. There’s incoming thoughts on the movie coming as soon as I get the chance to write it... likely on my phone!

The Mandalorian and Grogu (2026)

We caught an early showing of the movie Monday morning before the theater got packed with holiday traffic. We wasn't aware when buying the tickets earlier in the week that it was actually the 49th anniversary of the release of the original Star Wars, but that made the viewing a little more special once learned. As someone who's been watching Star Wars his entire life, The Mandelorian has been great. Really captures the spirit of Star Wars, feels more true to the original spirit, and yet... manages to be something new and not just a retread of what came before. A streaming series season feels like a long movie broken up into parts, so a movie that feels like a big budget season of the show is perfect. 

I won't go into spoilers as the movie was just released, but will say I love how Grogu got his own moments to shine.  Totally adorable, and capable on his own. The new characters felt natural and like they've been there all along. One thing I took extra notice in was how the special effects mirrored the original sagas in a way. Several shots felt like stop motion animation and that was special. Now, it could have just been well done CGI that mirrored the look of stop motion, but it was enough to warm my heart. The aliens and creatures were fantastic and as a kid who played with his Kenner Jabba the Hutt daily, I was very happy with the Hutts getting such a large role.

Overall, I felt the movie was excellent and hope the future of Star Wars movies follow its lead. Truly awesome in every sense of the word. 

Monday! Change to Memorial Day! Holiday is Go!

It's Memorial Day, meaning I'm enjoying the holiday with my family. Of course normal posting will resume tomorrow as usual. In the meantime, I'm enjoying some much needed downtime and cooking out! I hope everyone has a great holiday and I'll be back later with more robots, monsters, and misadventure!

It's Memorial Day!

Happy Memorial Day! I'm currently enjoying the holiday weekend, but don't worry, regular content will resume tomorrow! Thank you all for reading Zone Base. Please share the site with your friends and Mutual High Fives everyone!

Happy Memorial Day!

It's not just any Monday, it's a holiday on Monday! Hooray for a 3 day weekend! I'm definitely taking advantage of the break to get some much needed rest. Hope everyone has a great holiday and I'll see you all tomorrow with the start of Beast Summer!

Happy Memorial Day from Zone Base!

 

It's Memorial Day! The beginning of summer and more importantly spookier times around Planet Zone! I'm currently taking the holiday weekend for a much needed break. Regular content will continue tomorrow as usual. For the moment it's time to get some rest, cook out, and just enjoy life. I hope you're enjoying the holiday weekend as well. Thank you for your continued support of Zone Base! As always, please share with your friends!

It's A Bewitching New Week

It's Monday, and you know what that means? A new week here on Planet Zone! But, a special kind of Monday, and the beginning of the best time of the year! Today is Memorial Day, a holiday that kicks off summer here in the states. Which means the scariest time of the year begins NOW! Speaking of everyday being Halloween, there's a new Not As Brightly Lit available! Thanks to each and every one of you for your support and for reading Zone Base. As always, please share with your friends.

Summer is a Spooky Season.

Happy Memorial Day!

Hope everyone who celebrates it is enjoying the holiday! I'll return to regular posting tomorrow, just enjoying the little break and taking advantage of the time off to pack for my upcoming move.

Army of Darkness building

It's Memorial Day, casually referred to as the unofficial start of summer, but it's been 90 degrees since the beginning of the month already here... so just the start of summer as far as I'm concerned. I've mentioned before that I consider summer to be the prelude to Halloween. Sure, it's all hot and sunny outside while eating some hot dogs cooked on a grill while watching fireworks. Not exactly fall, but where do a million horror movies take place at? Summer camps mofo. How many slasher marathons on cable have you sat through during the summer? Like a million mofo. What's with the last month of summer and suddenly pumpkins are showing up? Halloween mofo.

Like I said, summer is the prelude to Halloween.

Mofo.

Right now I'm likely kicked up in my recliner, alternating between Castlevania Collection and napping. I'm fully taking advantage of the holiday weekend to get some much needed rest, so much that I wrote this post a week in advance (hello from the past!). But like I said, summer is the prelude to Halloween mofo and something Halloween has been on my mind recently is the Dollar General Halloween army for this year. Mofo.

The Dollar General Halloween Army isn't the official name for the series of spooky figures. It doesn't have one, but it's my best way to reference them. Beginning in 2017, DG released the Skeleton Army as part of their Halloween offerings. Ten skeleton warriors for a dollar, what could be better? Last year in 2018, they followed that up with the Mummy Army with the Skeleton Army returning as well. This year I can only hope they keep the tradition going. It's something I've grown to love over the past few years.

I've been speculating what the 2019 set could be. Hoping the excellence continues and hoping for something really great. I've went back and forth on what kind of monsters I'd like to see as an army. I'm strongly resting on 3 ideas. Vampires, werewolves, and Frankenstein Monsters. An army of those monsters carrying swords and axe's seems amazing. Part of me wonders about witches and warlocks, or even a generic fantasy set. But Vampires are the one I'd want to see most. Full cliche Dracula style vampires in capes and suits brandishing mid-evil weapons would be amazing.

Mofo.

Heck Yeah Memorial Day Weekend!

Sadly I cannot get these anymore

Memorial Day Weekend is finally here and boy are my arms tired. Because I work a hella lot and haven't really had much of a break this year. So, of course I'm heavily looking forward to Memorial Day, but really I do every year. Even though as an adult, summer doesn't quite mean as much to me as it did when I was a kid, I still look forward to all the fun it has to offer. Memorial Day pretty much was the kick off to summer break, which is the reason why stores around here sell fireworks for Memorial Day. Because it's time to have a ton of fun ya'll.

I know it's technically still spring, but I live in Georgia and it's already 90 degrees outside. The heat sucks, but is part of the overall fun. This weekend first thing I have planned is... well I got to buy some tires. So... you know... that's not really fun... but after that, heck yeah. Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon releases this weekend and I've already got my joy cons charging in anticipation of some monster fighting fun. See, I've always joked that I start mentally doing Halloween in spring and a big part of that is summer has always been my prelude into Halloween. Christmas in July, Halloween in May.

When I was a kid, I usually spent my summer breaks watching tons of horror either on VHS from the local video store or on TV as most channels seemed to play the crap out of 80's slashers during summer break. I just automatically associate the season with horror and it leads directly into the horror holiday. Worked into that is 80's metal. I genuinely love 80's metal as is, but it's also something I closely associate with horror and Halloween. Not only is the genre used a lot in soundtracks, but the imagery is pretty much Halloween decorations. It just goes together. Needless to say my horror movie viewing and 80's metal listening goes up during summer. I've literally been listening to Slippery When Wet non stop while at work.

I also spent most summer nights playing games all night long, and even though as an adult the only thing keeping me from doing that is adult responsibilities, mentally, summertime is gaming nirvana. So, I don't have to explain anymore why a spiritual Castlevania sequel is 100% what I want to play all weekend. Know what else? I love popsicles. Summer is obvious high time for the treat and I'm probably going to eat more than I really should this weekend. I'm just having a hard time picking out what kind to add to my grocery order.

I'll be seeing Solo: A Star Wars Story Sunday. I've already got my tickets and am really looking forward to it. A new Star Wars each year is still amazing to me and even though I have to adjust to summer releases as opposed to the Christmas time releases of the past few years, it's still a high point for me. The wife is planning on cooking some BBQ to have ready for when I get home, so man, talk about the perfect day!

Speaking of the wife, we plan to do some shopping over the weekend and I'm really hopping to find a TF5 Hot Rod at Ross. He never showed at any of my Walmarts, and even though I managed to get both legions of him (thanks Shawn!) I also really wanted his deluxe toy. According to folks, he's been showing up at Ross lately, and even though I was just there last weekend, I'm sure I'll have no problem talking the wife into stopping by in hopes of scoring him. Sure, he's far from traditional Hot Rod, but I'm a big Hot Rod/Rodimus fan and like snatching his toys up when possible. Not to mention, I like the design. I like Transformer movie toys. I like Transformers. All of them.

So, needing a much needed break this weekend loaded with fun and quality time at home, I'm most ready to do this. It's a holiday weekend to kick off a summer full of robots, monsters, and misadventure. Which, is what the site is all about y'all.