No Spoilers Awaken
Well, we just saw The Force Awakens, and it was really good. I think I can say ‘great’, possibly the best of all of them. I’ve promised no spoilers for this review, so I’ll be focusing on other...
View ArticleThe Spoilers Awaken
This is my second post on The Force Awakens, this time with spoilers… (If you don’t want spoilers, you should go to the other post here: http://nayrb.org/~blog/?p=553) From Anakin to Luke to Kylo Ren,...
View ArticleThe Spoilers Become More Awake
Earlier, I talked a little about fear and redemption in The Force Awakens: The Spoilers Awaken This post is more a bunch of scattered thoughts… The movie was all about Han Solo, and that was a good...
View ArticleTNG: What Might Have Been
So, we were watching the TNG episode ‘Reunion’ http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Reunion_%28episode%29, and it got us thinking about what TNG might have been. K’Ehleyr was such a big and interesting...
View ArticleWikipedia Humour
My favourite page on Wikipedia is the description of the ‘Lamest Edit Wars’ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Lamest_edit_wars Wikipedia is a treasure trove of (very) dry humour about often very...
View ArticleI Miss Grand Admiral Thrawn
So, I’m re-reading the Timothy Zahn ‘Heir to the Empire’ trilogy, and I was once again struck by how good it felt to be reading a Star Wars book where there was a real, believable villain who actually...
View Article“I Want To Be Her!”
Today, we went to see the new Ghostbusters movie. Before I go any further, there may be spoilers below, and you should go see this movie. S loved it. For me, it was worth it just for the bad-ass ghost...
View ArticleThe Art and Words of Comics
What do you look for when you’re reading a comic? The words? The art? Both? Does one interfere with the other? I was talking with S recently, and I was extolling the virtues of Casey and Andy[1], one...
View ArticleEnterprise: Broken Bow
So, we finally watched the pilot (Broken Bow) for Star Trek: Enterprise. I thought it was pretty good. (I’ll try to keep this as spoilers-low as possible.) The pacing felt good, through the action...
View Article1997: The year they made Contact
20 years ago, I watched Contact in the theater with my family[1]. Tonight, I watched it again, with S. To me, it held up well as a movie. All the characters were believable, and the science and the...
View ArticleProcessing Endgame I: Preludes
Please note that this is one a series of posts, all of which may contain spoilers for the MCU, and particularly Endgame. People talk about the cultural phenomenon of Avengers:Endgame, but I don’t know...
View ArticleProcessing Endgame III: The Incredible Hulk (2008)
Please note that this is one a series of posts, all of which may contain spoilers for the MCU, and particularly Endgame. Music playing: Still “Avengers Theme Remix”, remixed by ‘Approaching Nirvana‘....
View ArticleProcessing Endgame VI: Captain America: The First Avenger
Please note that this is one a series of posts, all of which may contain spoilers for the MCU, and particularly Endgame. Selflessness. Nobility. Bravery. What are the words that come to mind when you...
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Processing Endgame VIIa: The Avengers (2012) (continued…)
Please note that this is one of a series of posts, all of which may contain spoilers for the MCU, and particularly Endgame. Date re-watched: 2019-09-06 (Note also that this I liked Avengers (2012) so...
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