Book of Boba Fett
I was all kinds of excited when this was being teased. And grew less excited, then less interested, every time I saw a new commercial. And it never ended, so I didn't bother watching. After all, Boba Fett was always a problem - he was the living epitome of someone...
Sadly Missing The Plot Over Politics
A friend on Twitter linked to a thread on movies that, I think, is trying to make the point that many beloved 'conservative' movies are actually 'woke'. And...well...it reads like the comments in those 'explain a plot badly' memes....
Snyder’s Justice League: Epic or Just A League?
In 1990 Marvel's What The --?! parodied a fight between the Justice League and the Avengers. It was silly, and I quite enjoyed it. In a world where we have not one by two very different, but also very similar, Justice League movies, I figured we could combine them,...
Wonder Woman 1984
As my friend Matt posted, Wonder Woman 1984 was definitely a movie. No question about that. There is, however, a real question about how good it was. And that is a truly self-contradictory answer. So, to reexplain, I recently decided to rate movies based on one main...
Star Trek Discovery, Season 1: Better than Mediocre
I finally broke down and started watching Discovery. And...it's not great. There is a lot to pick apart, and a lot of...let's call them unforced errors. And finally, it suffers from a serious flaw - the creators and showrunners think they are far more clever than they...
Paranormal TV: An Increase in Weirdness?
This is an odd topic to look at - weirdness. What do I mean, and how do I come the the conclusion that it is 'increasing'? This was a question I started wondering about when I noticed the proliferation of paranormal shows. And while I am prone to mock them -...
Day 90: How Has It Been Three Months Of This Already?
Day 90. June 15th. When I planned this piece, the biggest story in the country was COVID-19. Then Memorial Day weekend happened, and that’s not the case. I won’t opine here about the death of George Floyd, and the events that flowed from his death. This is a COVID...
Day 43: April Won’t Be The Cruelest Month
Day 43. I hoped to not get this high. If we hit triple digits...well, that will be a in world I don't think we will be able to fully understand. I am still working, as is Tammy. I'm at the dining room table, she works in a hospital lab. Neither of us is sick, that we...
Day 30: Approaching A Rabbit Hole & Math Is Hard
Day 30. A whole month. Hard to believe it’s been a month of working from home. I have managed to be productive, at least.
Day 29: Some Thoughts On What Might Come Next
On day 29 of hiding from the world, as instructed, I wonder what’s next. That is a failing in our story-telling. We focus on the story, not the aftermath.