Podzilla 1985 - Tara Reid & Body Image Issues in America

Recent photos of actress Tara Reid paint a terrifying picture. Blogzilla 1985 writers Seanan Young and Lindsey Wolfgong discuss the pictures and their own struggles with body image in the newest episode of Podzilla 1985.

Podzilla 1985 WRESTLEMANIA REAX

We just wrapped up WrestleMania 31, and it was controversial to say the least. The main event was awesome, and it left our jaws on the floor.

Listen to the Podzilla 1985 reaction show on Podbean right now! 

Spoiler alert - Reigns is NOT the champion.

Click the pic and enjoy.

Podzilla 1985 Wrestlemania Special

It finally happened. Podzilla 1985, the audio version of Blogzilla 1985, has finally arrived with a very special first episode featuring Real Rock 99.3's Double H talking about Wrestlemania 31. Join myself, Hunter, BZ85 writer Louie Benson, and longtime wrestling mark Zach Price as we go match by match giving predictions and discussing all of the controversy surrounding this Sunday's spectacle.

Listen here, which will hopefully be the first of many!

The Impossible Connection

It's a Sunday evening, and it's quite like every other Sunday evening. The wheel keeps spinning, and that's probably the best and worst thing that could possibly happen to me.

But today feels different. I feel like I'm at a crossroads, and I haven't felt that particular way in a long time. The wheel has been spinning the same way for so long that it's hard to cope with anything beyond the status quo. For a little over two years nothing significant has changed, and when the possibility of that happening comes up, I just don't know how to deal with it.

This is probably not the place for a personal blog entry. Blogzilla 1985 may have started as a personal endeavor, but over the past few years it become something more than that. It became a site for opinions and news, and it really did take on a life of it's own as something spectacular.

But, despite the success and shortcomings of it's creator, it simply started as a personal outlet for the various thoughts that wandered in and out of his mind.

And that's where I am today. No celebrity news, no opinions on Wrestlemania, and no political satire to try to get a few more hits. Today, it's just me, and I just need to get some of those thoughts out of my head. I know I said I would let BZ85 die, but I often realize I don't really have anywhere else to turn.

I have a problem connecting with people. BZ85 was a nice way for me to talk to people without actually having to talk with them. I used to be a social butterfly, and I'm sure my friends would all tell you how nice I am to talk to. I find it harder and harder to make connections with new people, and more often than not I just don't care to. I've lost interest in the human race for anything other than my own gain, which really conflicts with my undying desire to be selfless and help everyone around me.

I don't think I've ever felt as conflicted as I do right now.

Leonard Nimoy Dead at 83

It's not often that I blow the dust off of Blogzilla 1985, but all it takes is for someone like Leonard Nimoy to leave this Earth to pull me back in.

Of course most people will know him for his role as the iconic Spock in the Star Trek franchise. In an industry where actors and actresses try their hardest to distance themselves from a single role in fear of being typecast, Nimoy embraced his Vulcan heritage. He was kind to his fans and really seemed to appreciate the fame he had found as the logical ying to William Shatner's impulsive yang.

He went on to play Spock through the entire series, movies, and appeared as the character as recently as 2013's Edge of Darkness.

Though best known for Spock, Nimoy had a very long and diverse career. He was even an accomplished voice actor, and lent his powerful vocals to the likes of Galvatron in the Transformers animated film, Sentinel Prime in the live action version, and even played a character in the Kingdom Hearts series.

And despite my love of Star Trek, I will always remember him for his appearance on the greatest television show of all time - the Simpsons. How do you make an episode featuring David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson reprising their roles as Agents Mulder and Scully even better? You get Leonard Nimoy to play himself. His reputation as a scifi actor made his turn as the storyteller that much better. He had an even bigger turn as himself in Marge vs the Monorail, and those two episodes are in my top five in the entire series.

The universe is a little smaller now that Leonard Nimoy is gone. His death brings back those melancholy feelings that I had when Harold Ramis died, and it is a sad reminder that even the most beloved among us can not escape the hands of time. It's hard to not mourn the death of someone you admire, but it's important to take that sadness and use it to help appreciate the life you have and make the most of it while you can.

Mr. Nimoy said it best in his last tweet from February 22nd -

"A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP."