Happy Birthday, Arleigh!

Posted on by Lisa Marie Bowman

This cute anime kitty is super excited for Arleigh's birthday!

This cute anime kitty is super excited about Arleigh’s birthday!

Hi, everyone!  Today is November 27th and that means that it is a major holiday here at the TSL Offices!  Today is the birthday of TSL co-founder and editor-in-chief, Arleigh Sandoc!  Five years ago, Arleigh came across me ranting about Dario Argento on twitter and asked me if I would be interested in contributing to this blog and it has been an amazing journey ever since!  Thank you, Arleigh, for the site and the opportunity!

As always, we first observe Arleigh’s birthday with song:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EqolSvoWNck

And now, we shall move on to the traditional celebration of cake, Guiness, and a trip to the shooting range.  During the celebrations, why not check out some of the reviews that Arleigh has posted over the years:

Like, for instance, his review of A History of Violence?

Or Captain America: The First Avenger?

Or Pacific Rim?

Or Bubba Ho-Tep?

Or Skyfall?

Or Battle Beyond the Stars?

Or, one of my personal favorites, his review of Cloud Atlas?

Check out Arleigh’s thoughts on the first ever episode of The Walking Dead!

Check out this scene that Arleigh loves from Ken Burns’s The Civil War!

And then check out this scene from Saving Private Ryan!

And this scene from They Live!

Check out Arleigh’s report on Anime Boston 2014!

Check out Arleigh’s tribute to H.R. Giger!

And definitely, you simply must read Arleigh’s review of the original Night of the Living Dead!

Happy birthday, Arleigh, from all the writers and readers of Though the Shattered Lens!

ldb

Breithlá Sona!

10 responses to “Happy Birthday, Arleigh!”

  5. Those are some great reviews linked above. Too bad some self-righteous pseudo-intellectual had to domineer the comments section of the “Night of the Living Dead” review. That knucklehead always has to get the last word. (I like how he referred to you as “the reviewer” 🙂 . That was obviously an early one.)

    Considering I’ve never actually met you, it’s surprising how many good conversations I’ve had with you (and you, as well, for that matter, Ms. Bowman :))

    As a reader from pretty much the beginning, I really respect and appreciate your creation of and dedication to this site, and your sincere and infectious enthusiasm for that which it features.

    (Since no one else has given a speech, I figured I would. You’ve earned it.)

    Thanks for the many hours of fun and thought provocation. And Happy Birthday.

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