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Jim Yelton

Just when you think you know the answer, I change the question!

About Me

Hey there, Gang...if you're reading this then you fall into one of two camps. You are either A.) Someone who knows me or is a fan of all things Midnight or B.) Someone who has stumbled here trying to find out who I am and what I'm up to.I'm a writer of stuff/creator of things. I have two gorgeous/smart/funny daughters (Andrea, 7 and Jamie, 4). Midnight Entertainment is the company I founded with good friends and great artists Steve Newton and Eric Borchert. Our first published effort is the Illustrated Swindlers of Doom Screenplay, a sci-fi adventure for the whole family chock full of cool artwork. And free Midnight Merchandise for life to the first person that can list all of the nods, references, and assorted hidden "easter eggs" in the story.Midnight Entertainment will be attending Hypericon in Nashville the last weekend of June and then we will be returning for our second year to the St. Louis area's Archon convention the first week of October.Also, this summer will see the release of our next epic project, the superhero drama Extra Ordinary. Check out a preview at www.midnightentertainment.netAnyway, to all of you, thanks for checking things out and being interested in my ramblings. If you've never read any of my commentaries, I've got a new place to check them out. Associated Content is now the home for my occasional opinion pieces such as my diatribe against the Hannibal Lecter prequel or my thoughts on J.J. Abrams taking the reigns of the Trek franchise. Look me up on the AC site to read all about it...

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

Anyone who knows me will be able to guess the first two at the top of the list...Steven Spielberg and Harrison Ford. Others including George Lucas, Stan Lee, Kevin Smith, anyone who loves movies and comics, Joss Whedon, Joel Schumacher(if you know me, then you know why), Jim Edmonds, Huey Lewis, people who want to read the Extra Ordinary illustrated novel or see a Swindlers of Doom movie, Aaron Sorkin and Thomas Schlamme(creative force behind SportsNight, one of the best shows EVER.) Also, I need to add the cast and writing staff of Heroes...

My Blog

What it’s all about...

If you're used to coming here and reading some sort of pop culture-infused diatribe about current events, movies, comics, or TV filled with biting sarcasm and humor, I'm sorry to disappoint. Sometimes...
Posted by on Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:00:00 GMT

FANTASTIC FOUR starring BILL MURRAY

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nKUp3lP2jSc This is awesome. I keep waiting for Johnny Storm to say "So, I got that going for me...which is nice."
Posted by on Fri, 20 Jun 2008 11:50:00 GMT

Celebrity Blogs and the People who love them...

First of all, let me just say this...Wow, look at me getting all bloggy after disappearing from the blog-o-sphere for soooooooo long. I’m not going to promise that this will be a regular or semi...
Posted by on Tue, 18 Mar 2008 10:20:00 GMT

What Do I Know...?(No Backstory for Hannibal Lecter)

With my need to vent on the death of Anna Nicole Smith, I thought I would be putting off my planned topic for this week's "WDIK?" column. Then I thought to myself, "Self, you should give the people a ...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:38:00 GMT

Requiem for a Pin-Up Model(A Special WDIN?)

Unless you've been living under a rock or have an aversion to news coverage, you know that Anna Nicole Smith passed away this week. I am sorry that she died at 39 years old and feel even more sorrow f...
Posted by on Sat, 10 Feb 2007 08:52:00 GMT

"What Do I Know...?"

We live in a strange world, my friends. It's Super Bowl Sunday afternoon and in approx. 5 hours or so Prince will be performing during the game's halftime show. The Purple One and football...who'da th...
Posted by on Sun, 04 Feb 2007 00:10:00 GMT

We live in a world of Miracles...

"I need a sign to let me know you're here..." Calling All Angels, Train It is very rare that you get to witness an honest to God, According to Hoyle Miracle unfolding before you. But, for all of us wh...
Posted by on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 09:21:00 GMT

What Do I Know...? "Top 5 Movies of 2006"

Before I get into this week's column, let me give everyone a chance to hammer me into the ground for taking so much time off of writing the weekly blogs. No excuses, but allow me to apologize and let ...
Posted by on Sat, 23 Dec 2006 00:04:00 GMT

Speeding Bullets: Talking Points for the Pop Culture Obsessive in us All..

Sometimes things crop up during the week and they really don't fit into my weekly "What Do I Know?" blog. Random things from the Pop Culture-verse that don't need too much intellectual discussion or h...
Posted by on Thu, 14 Sep 2006 16:04:00 GMT

What Do I Know? .2: Confessions of a TV Junkie

Another in a continuing series of trivial discussions and random thoughts from the creator of Midnight Entertainment's superhero drama "Extra Ordinary" and the sci-fi adventure "The Swindlers of Doom"...
Posted by on Sat, 09 Sep 2006 06:54:00 GMT