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Overwatch logo

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://overwatch.blizzard.com/en-us/

Shoot stuff and things.

I played the open beta. I found it fun, but not worth money. When I was given it for free a while later, I didn’t find it all that great.

  • Has graphics reminiscent of Sanctum 2 – (2013 game).
  • Overwatch 2 – While it has PvE to some degree, the full talent trees and upgrades concept will not be implemented. (source)



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Midnight Special (2016) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2649554/
https://twitter.com/midnightspecial

Having been caught uncovering government secrets, an eight-year-old goes on the run.

While good, it’s a sort of non-movie. It’s hollow and without real substance or resolution.

Some of it reminds me of Race to Witch Mountain.



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TODO – take better notes when I next re-watch this.

Predestination (2014) poster 1

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2397535/

A time traveling agent chases after a terrorist bomber.

A very good movie, notable for its unique handling of issues in time travelling.



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Captain America - Civil War (2016) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3498820/
https://www.marvel.com/movies/captain-america-civil-war

Leftovers from a previous movie come back to haunt The Avengers, who tear themselves apart because they lack conflict resolution skills.

Another superzero movie. Only good if you’re not just into this genre, but into this series. Other movies set in this universe must be watched to appreciate some of this one.

  • Properly titled Captain America: Civil War


Proteus logo

Entertainment > Games >

(on Wikipedia)
https://web.archive.org/web/20190810154034/http://twistedtreegames.com:80/proteus/

Open-world exploration.

It’s like an even crappier-graphics Minecraft, only with nothing to do. At first I thought it was quirky and interesting, but for some reason I got lifted in the air and after a long, long, while the game ended. I redid things, and this happened the second time too.

The 5th Wave (2016) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2304933/
was 5thwavemovie.net

An alien invasion begins with horrifying disasters but peters out into a lengthy siege wherein an unlikely girl struggles to survive.

Yawn.



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Batman v Superman - Dawn of Justice (2016) poster

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2975590/
https://www.warnerbros.com/movies/batman-v-superman-dawn-justice

A privileged white nerd-boy never got his patriarchy membership card, so he sets up the most powerful being on earth by using astonishingly advanced alien technology because astonishingly advanced alien technology isn’t good enough and he has to take down competitive patriarchy because something about good and god and evil and stuff.

This movie makes no fucking sense on so many levels, I may as well give it that fuckmenazi description. Characters don’t make sense. Motivations don’t make sense. Lots of action that didn’t need to happen, or happened in the wrong way.

A character that gets whipped up out of nowhere, who only the comic book nerds will vaguely recognize.. and not even understand. Does anyone think all the little comic book nerd boys always wanted to be a woman-superhero? Uh, no. So not popular. So having no explanation, she was dropped in as a deus ex machina. A hot awesome one, but terribly-written and disruptive.

Furthermore, the appearance of The Flash (who I had to look up), made no fucking sense whatsoever. It wasn’t even a deus ex machina, it was entirely unnecessary and confusing fluff.

Yet another bland superhero movie.

  • Properly titled Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice
  • Yes, it’s properly titled Batman v Superman, because American theatre-goers know neither “versus” nor “vs.”.