No matter what you celebrate, or don’t celebrate, we here at the Krypt wish everyone out there a joyous time, hopefully getting to spend it with your loved ones, or even just sitting in front of your TV watching some great films. It’s been a rough year, but it is always a great time to remember the good times and good friends. You can always give them a call, send them a note or email, just to say hello, or a simple thanks for being there. I think everyone can use one of those messages these days.

And while we wait for Godzilla to deliver us presents this year (make sure you leave out BIG cookies), just remember these words of advice from director Ishiro Honda. I think if we all try and follow them, we’d all be a lot better off.

“Read good books, say kind words, do good deeds, be a good person.”

…and the Mind on Fire!

One of my favorite things about the conventions that I attend every year is the conversations. Not only am I having the opportunity to talk about the genre I love so much, but it is those conversations that can spark new thoughts, new ideas, or new ways to think about a film that I never had before. Often, it has made me want to bust a movie out and rewatch because of a simple discussion with someone.

The same goes for the variety of riches that we have with DVD and Blu-ray releases of films, usually filled with commentaries, interviews, or features about the making of the film, or maybe those behind the films. The intake of information we receive, some of it we might have known, or maybe knew but had forgotten, or simply had no clue about, it aways gets those gears moving.