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Batman vs. Captain America

Posted on Jul 18, 2012Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

IGN's START pits Captain America of Marvel's Avengers against DC's Batman, aka the Dark Knight, in this smackdown fight.

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Have a Patrick Swayze Christmas

Posted on Dec 24, 2009Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Happy holidays from Joel and the 'bots on the MST3K Satellite of Love. May the spirit of Patrick Swayze smile upon your house this yuletide.

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The Showbits Family

Posted on Dec 15, 2009Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

On the third anniversary of Showbits' launch, we welcome a new addition to the family: Wordbits, a blog of books, composition, and e-readers.

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Summer Slowdown at Showbits

Posted on Jun 26, 2009Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Summer 2009 has proven remarkably busy for this blogger, resulting in a temporary slowdown of new content at Showbits.

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Read Showbits on your iPhone or Kindle

Posted on Jun 8, 2009Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

Showbits can now be accessed via your Apple iPhone cell phone or Amazon Kindle eBook reader.

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On the Road Again…

Posted on Jul 21, 2008Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

As with this time last year, I'll be AFK for a few weeks as I enjoy a summer vacation in Missouri, then Washington and Missoula. I have some Showbits content queued for the next two weeks, so there will be something to read while I'm gone. I didn't want to leave the site in a…

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Yearbits

Posted on Dec 8, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

A year ago today — one week after the closure of Syndicomm Online — I was exchanging emails with Peter Watson. Peter and I had both been regulars of that community, and I had lamented to him the personal impact of the shuttering of my film and movie forum: "The toughest part for me is…

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Subscribits

Posted on Sep 17, 2007Feb 1, 2022 by Ken Gagne

A couple of site updates: — The new subscription page offers a variety of ways to access our content, including email subscriptions: if there's a new post that day, you'll receive it, in full, via email around 6 PM EDT. If there's no new post, there's no email. No annoying ads, no teaser excerpts to make…

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