Videos: Demon Hunter, Cultist, Convictions
Daughter of Jay and I went to see some bands play, this time a little closer to home as opposed to New York City. Cultist: Convictions: Demon Hunter:
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Sci-fi and Fantasy Movies and Series Reviews, Part 54
Super Mario Galaxy (2026) Princess Peach travels to distant galaxies to save Rosalina, who has been captured by Bowser Jr. Notice something interesting about the summary there? No mention of Mario. Reading the rather bland IMDB summary will make you think it’s another Mario adventure, but he ends up more of a bit player here. … Sci-fi and Fantasy Movies and Series Reviews, Part 54
Photos and Video: Eidola, Nerv, Astronoid at the Gramercy Theatre
Daughter of Jay and I went to New York City to see some bands play. The Gramercy has a 650-person capacity, so uou can get so close to the artist you can smell their shampoo. Venues larger than that and you can feel too distant from the stage energy. Even getting squished in with audience … Photos and Video: Eidola, Nerv, Astronoid at the Gramercy Theatre
Sci-fi and Fantasy Movies and Series Reviews, Part 39
The Adam Project A pilot on the run in 2050 steals a time-traveling plane and jumps to the past to meet himself at 12 years old. You’d be forgiven in thinking it’s really annoying that Ryan Reynolds plays Deadpool in every movie, because we value versatility in acting. But no one else would be able … Sci-fi and Fantasy Movies and Series Reviews, Part 39
Sci-fi and Fantasy Movies and Series Reviews, Part 36
Ghost in the Shell SAC_2045, Season 2 The threat of the posthuman virus and its part in the Sustainable War scenario increases. I had a hard time following the story here, because the animation is way too distracting for me. However, I may have figured out the big reason why Production I.G. went the realistic, … Sci-fi and Fantasy Movies and Series Reviews, Part 36
Sci-fi and Fantasy Movies and Series Reviews, Part 25
Expendables 2 A group of for-hire mercenaries race to find a stockpile of Cold War-era refined plutonium before the villain, named Vilain, does. I think every 80’s and 90’s action movie guy was stuffed into this, maybe even more than the first one, so it kind of makes it fun in that regard for middle-aged … Sci-fi and Fantasy Movies and Series Reviews, Part 25
Sci-fi and Fantasy Movies and Series Reviews, Part 23
My Hero Academia, Season 4 This represented a little bit of a departure from previous seasons, because the big battle came early on, and someone actually died. There’s a decent pop rock song in the filler storyline of the school talent show. But really, the soap opera of MHA continues as soap operas do: you … Sci-fi and Fantasy Movies and Series Reviews, Part 23
Stories on Blogs are a Bad Idea
The story below is a work of fiction. She babysat the one kid who just watched that one animated movie on repeat. The one with the Taylor Swift song in the beginning. That one song that was an obvious ploy by her A&R management to sell to any kind of media that involves New York … Stories on Blogs are a Bad Idea
Baby Incubators in Amusement Parks
Rick Sebak narrated a PBS documentary on the history of amusement parks (Youtube playlist here). He mentioned baby incubators at Luna Park in Pittsburgh at the turn of the century, but it was also at the Luna Park at Coney Island. It comes off as unseeming to put babies and nurses on display for the … Baby Incubators in Amusement Parks