Continuing from part 4 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. Source Pages 263-324 Notes before the Twitch Stream Page 263: There should be a science of discontent. People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles. How true this is. Not necessarily for the psychic muscles (we haven't come … Continue reading Dune Club notes part 5
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Detroit review and discussion of Hollywood’s portrayal of racism over the years
Rated: 3/5* * = with caveats, especially with dialogue that self-references the year. "Helloooo? This is 1967! I can do whatever I want!" Introduction ... ... ... Ok, so this movie. I had reservations going in. But there are times where I get sick and tired of being on edge, of having such a high … Continue reading Detroit review and discussion of Hollywood’s portrayal of racism over the years
Dune Club notes part 4
Continuing from part 3 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. Source Pages 166-262 Notes before the Twitch Stream Whew, lot of pages to cover for this section, so I'll be a bit more selective. Anyway, it's at this point in the readings where I started to notice the sort … Continue reading Dune Club notes part 4
Atomic Blonde and The Blood of Heroes dual review, and a discussion on female empowerment
Rated: 2/5 Cocksucker? Really? It was convincing wasn't it? So I must confess, Atomic Blonde is a film that I initially didn't have any interest in. That is, until I saw this little parody via Steven Crowder: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AD3TSrfwJgE Now for the record, prior to watching the film, I assumed he was just exaggerating with … Continue reading Atomic Blonde and The Blood of Heroes dual review, and a discussion on female empowerment
Nostalgia for the 90s Entertainment Culture, Intro
I was born in the late 80s, raised in the 90s, slowly matured in the 2000s, and I don't think I could've asked for a better decade to be raised in. The Internet started to get going, WWF (before it became WWE) was in its prime, Pokemon hit the nation, Dragon Ball Z was a … Continue reading Nostalgia for the 90s Entertainment Culture, Intro
Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets review
Rated 3/5 Eh, this movie is just ok. It's entertaining enough and all, it looks great, but it's not something all that memorable to me. But it does make me interested in checking out the comic series Valerian and Laureline (started all the way back in 1967, and ended in 2010). I haven't read the … Continue reading Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets review
Dune Club notes part 3
Continuing from part 2 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. Source Pages 60-105. Notes before the Twitch Stream Page 106: For the others, we can say that Paul Muad'Dib learned rapidly because his first training was in how to learn. And the first lesson of all was the basic trust … Continue reading Dune Club notes part 3
Dunkirk review
Rated: 3/5 This is one of a very few select theatrical films coming out this year that I've been eager to see. The number of films I'm willing to shell out money for (let alone time) has been dwindling over the past couple years, and this year has accelerated that trend for me. Christopher Nolan … Continue reading Dunkirk review
Dune Club notes, part 2
Continuing from part 1 of the Dune Book Club, run by Comic Book Girl 19. Source Pages 60-105. Notes before the Twitch Stream So I must admit, I had seen the David Lynch Dune film well before ever reading the novel. I sort of grew up with that film in the same way I grew … Continue reading Dune Club notes, part 2
It Comes at Night, and The Adventures of the American Rabbit dual review
So some bad news and good news first. The bad news, I got fired from my full-time job. The good news, I can blog more. And I wanted to do 2 films, not because of the special occasion, but because one of these films is so damn bleak that I needed something ridiculously cheery to … Continue reading It Comes at Night, and The Adventures of the American Rabbit dual review
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