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Lion Voltron Review and Discussion!

July 17, 2023July 17, 2023 Serpentorslair Staffaction figures, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, Voltron0 comment

Story by Mitchell Smith Hello everyone. today I am taking a look at one of my favorite cartoons as a kid and some of my favorite figures of Voltron. Back in the day after a long night of extra curricular activity I would get up at the butt crack of dawn to watch one of my favorite shows. Many years later Voltron got a reboot and a line of really cool figures. I picked these up purely for nostalgia and these did not disappoint. These lions captured the awesomeness of…

THE POP EXPOSE – A Look Back at 80s TV Classic ‘Miami Vice’!

July 16, 2023July 16, 2023 Serpentorslair StaffDon Johnson, Miami Vice, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, TV0 comment

Story by Mitchell Smith Well hello everyone. Today I’m taking a look back at a show I loved as a kid and recently started rewatching and remembering why I loved it so much. Miami Vice aired from 1984 to 1989 and starred Don Johnson as Sonny Crocket and Philip Micheal Thomas as Tubbs. The first episode is a 2 part episode that was able to establish 2 great characters with back stories and a common connection. Tubbs is an undercover cop in New York City and ends up trying to…

THE POP EXPOSE – BACK TO SCHOOL!

July 9, 2023July 9, 2023 Serpentorslair StaffMovies, Rodney Dangerfield, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Story by Mitchell Smith Well hello everyone, I hope everyone is having a fun and safe summer. Today I’m taking a look back at the 1986 film “Back To School”. This is classic Rodney Dangerfield. He uses his humor and whit as he goes back to college and relives his glory days. This one actually had a pretty nice cast with Robert Downey Jr., Sally Kellerman who was one of the main cast on M.A.S.H. In case you didn’t know, Same Kinison, Danny Elfman, William Zabka from Karate Kid, Burt…

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THE POP EXPOSE – Marvel’s Secret Invasion Review!

June 25, 2023June 25, 2023 Serpentorslair StaffDisney Plus, Marvel, Marvel TV, Samuel L. Jackson, Secret Invasion, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Well hello everyone. Today I’m taking a look at the new Marvel series “Secret Invasion”. Sam Jackson is back in action as Nick Fury. Cobie Smulders, Ben Mendelsohn, and Martin Freeman all return for their Marvel rolls. Dermot Mulroney joins the cast as president Ritson, one of my favorite actors who was also part of Billy The Kids gang in Young Guns, Dirty Steve. They also brought in Emilia Clarke, who was also in “Solo” and “Game of Thrones”, to play the main roll G’iah. I was able to watch…

THE POP EXPOSE FEATURING ‘INDIANA JONES’!

June 18, 2023June 18, 2023 Serpentorslair StaffHarrison Ford, Indiana Jones, Indiana Jones and The Dial of Destiny, Movies, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Story by Mitchell Smith Well hello everyone. Today I’m taking a look at the Indiana Jones franchise. This started out as an awesome eighties film that turned into a trilogy. Unfortunately I had a limited amount of channels growing up and going to the theater was not something easily done when I was younger. I knew all about the franchise through clips on TV. It wasn’t till my late twenties that I bought the movies on DVD and the books to go along with them. When the Kingdom of the…

THE POP EXPOSE – Nikola Jokic aka ‘The Joker’!

June 11, 2023June 11, 2023 Serpentorslair StaffBasketball, NBA, Sports, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Story by Mitchell Smith Well hello everyone. Today I’m talking a look at the Denver Nugget’s Nikola Jokic. Those who may not have watched “The Joker” play during the regular season and maybe have lost interest because your team is out of the playoffs, you are missing a special kind of player. The 6’11” Serbian is a very unique big man. He can set a pick, run the point, and pop a three. If you look at the stat line you may notice the number of assists the big man…

THE POP EXPOSE – REMEMBERING WWF LEGEND THE IRON SHEIK!

June 8, 2023June 9, 2023 Serpentorslair StaffThe Iron Sheik, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, wrestling, WWF0 comment

Story By Mitchell Smith! Well hello everyone. Today we remember Hossein Khosrow Ali Vaziri or as we know him from wrestling The Iron Sheik. Born in 1942 in Iran. He grew up dirt poor, his family didn’t even have running water. The Sheik would try out for the Olympics and eventually make his way to the US in the late sixties. He would go on to be the assistant coach of 2 US wrestling teams. The Sheik would join the World Wrestling Federation in 1972 which later was forced to…

THE POP EXPOSE – REMEMBERING TINA TURNER!

May 28, 2023May 28, 2023 Serpentorslair StaffMusic, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, Tina Turner0 comment

Story by Mitchell Smith “Oh What’s love got to do, got to do with it?What’s love but a second hand emotion?What’s love got to do, got to do with it? Who needs a heart when a heart can be broken?” Tina Turner born 1939 in Tennessee, was coined the Queen of Rock. Growing up in the eighties Turner had the most awesome hair. What an icon performing in Mad Max Beyond the Thunderdome. She was truly an inspiration to everyone. Turner started out in 1957 with Ike, well what can…

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THE POP EXPOSE – REMEMBERING G.I. JOE’S RAY STEVENSON!

May 25, 2023May 25, 2023 Serpentorslair StaffG.I.Joe, Movies, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Story by Mitchell Smith Hello everyone. Today we remember Ray Stevenson. Born May 25, 1964 in Ireland and moved to England at age 8. Stevenson played Firefly in G.I.Joe Retaliation. He also did voice acting playing Gar Saxon in Star Wars Rebels and Clone Wars. He was also in the popular series Dexter. Stevenson will also appear in the upcoming Ahsoka series. Saxon is a Mandalorian and he plays Baylan Skoll which I assume is another Mandalorian but I’m not sure. Stevenson played Marvel’s Punisher and Volstagg in Thor. Reports…

THE POP EXPOSE – Remembering The Great Jim Brown!

May 21, 2023May 21, 2023 Serpentorslair StaffFootball, NFL, Sports, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Hello everyone. Today I’m taking a look back at the legend Jim Brown. Brown was born in 1936 in Georgia and at age 8 moved to Manhasset, NY. This would lead Brown to Syracuse University where he was an all star running back. His number 44 is retired along side other greats Ernie Davis and Floyd Little who also wore 44 at SU. All 3 have a statue on the SU campus. Brown excelled at Track, basketball, football, baseball, and considered one of the greatest lacrosse players of all time,…

THE POP EXPOSE – Billy Squier Still Rocking!

May 14, 2023May 14, 2023 Serpentorslair StaffMusic, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Story by Mitchell Smith Hello everyone. Today I’m taking a look at a musician many may know, but not realize how many hits he has produced over the years. Billy Haislip Squier was born in 1950 in Massachusetts. His most popular song “The Stroke” has been used in the movie, “Billy Madison”, sampled in Eminem’s song “Beezerk”, and used in the video game “Call of Duty.” Although this is a song most people know Squier also has a long list of hits including My Kind of lover, In the Dark,…

THE POP EXPOSE – ‘THE LAST OF US’!

May 7, 2023May 7, 2023 Serpentorslair StaffHBO MAX, Pedro Pascal, The Last of Us, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, TV0 comment

Hello everyone. I had a chance to start watching “The Last of Us” on HBO Max. The show stars Pedro Pascal as Joel Miller who attempts to get young Ellie played by Isabella Ramsey across the US. The show is based off the 2013 Video game The Last of Us where it takes place 20 years into a mass fungal infection that turns people into zombies. Pascal of course has the success of “The Mandalorian” under his belt and Ramsey has had success her self in series like “Game of…

THE POP EXPOSE – 2022’s Wakanda Forever!

April 30, 2023April 30, 2023 Serpentorslair StaffBlack Panther, Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, Marvel, Marvel Movies, MCU, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Story by Mitchell Smith Hello everyone, I had a chance to check out Black Panther Wakanda Forever on Disney +. The movie runs a good 2 hours and 40 minutes but there is plenty of plot and action to keep the viewers attention. Black Panther is dead a reflection of the actor Chadwick Boseman who lost a battle to colon cancer at the young age of 43 in 2020. Wakanda comes to threat by an ancient hidden under water city Talokan. Talokan becomes under threat as scientists attempt to drill…

Remembering Jerry Springer!

April 28, 2023April 28, 2023 Serpentorslair StaffJerry Springer, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE, TV0 comment

Story by Mitchell Smith Hello everyone. Today we lost an American icon. Gerald Norman Springer was born in 1944 in London England. He is most famous for his TV show The Jerry Springer show where he had some of the most twisted messed up people come onto his show. It was very entertaining and I’m sure everyone at some point has heard a story in real life and said that should be a Jerry Springer show! Springer’s parents escaped the Holocaust during WWII and ended up in Queens, NY where…

THE POP EXPOSE – Clark and Reese IGNITE Women’s Basketball!

April 9, 2023April 9, 2023 Serpentorslair StaffBasketball, Sports, The POP EXPOSE, The POP-EXPOSE0 comment

Story by Mitchell Smith Hello everybody, today I’m looking at a future potential rival that started last Sunday afternoon in the women’s NCAA Basketball Finals. One of the greatest all around women players Caitlin Clark for Iowa battled a young LSU team and was seemingly taunted by Angel Reese of LSU. Clark focused on the moment and the realization that LSU had just outplayed them in the championship game, on the other hand Reese was also living in the moment and realized they had beat the best player possibly of…