It’s no big secret that Supergirl is one of my two favorite DC superhero shows on the CW. The other is The Flash, of course. The two series share some common traits. Their titular heroes are, by and large, positive-minded and classically heroic, in the comic book sense of the word “hero.” And they are […]
Read more "Supergirl: Season 3 — a review"01:00:01 – 01:15:00 We’re still in the speederbike sequence as this chapter begins. Leia is is trading shots with one of the speederbike scouts until she falls off her bike and lands in the undergrowth. Her opponent’s victory is short-lived since he is immolated in a head-on crash with what looks like a downed tree. […]
Read more "Star Wars Episode VI: Return of the Jedi (a 15-Minute Force production): Chapter Five: Introducing Wicket W. Warrik, Esquire (Or: An Invitation to an Ewok Barbeque)"Welcome to my rewatching of the original 79 episodes of the series that launched the franchise. Below are the bulletpointed notes I jotted down while watching “Miri.” The U.S.S. Enterprise comes across an exact duplicate of Earth hundreds of light-years from their Earth. It has the same mass, circumference, density, atmosphere and topography. An […]
Read more "|||[Boldly Going]||| Star Trek: The Original Series—Season One: Ep. 1.8 “Miri” – (Original air date: Thursday, October 27, 1966)"The question mark in the title isn’t a mistake. It’s just that I’ve been teased with this news before and was disappointed. A few years back, Jonathan Nolan was attached to the project and Foundation was coming to HBO. I was so excited by the news that I re-read all of the original trilogy and […]
Read more "Isaac Asimov’s Foundation Series Coming to Television?"I had already planned to play the upcoming Spider-Man game from Insomniac based on its previous trailer. If I hadn’t, this new trailer from Sony would have convinced me to do so. The only other Spider-Man game I’ve played was 2004’s Spider-Man 2, loosely based on the Tobey Maguire movie. I enjoyed the […]
Read more "Spider-Man: the video game — a trailer"Just Cause 4 is coming from Avalanche Studios and Square Enix, and it releases on December 4, 2018. I had a lot of fun playing as Rico Rodriguez, the Latino Rambo, in the previous installment in this series. A highly-destructible environment and lots of ground vehicles, watercraft and aircraft to hijack. The trailer […]
Read more "Just Cause 4: a video game trailer"A bit of stolen wisdom: “Happiness is Looking Forward to Something.” And, from my brother: “There is truly a lot to look forward to no matter what.” As an inveterate planner and list-maker, I get a lot of enjoyment from crossing things off of lists. It’s always given me a sense of accomplishment, and […]
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