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The Orville – (2017 show)

2017-11-10

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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5691552/
was https://www.fox.com/the-orville/

Its first impression is that it’s sort of Star Trek parody-thing, it quickly unfolds into its own unique space-adventure-drama.

Fantastic originality and mood. Recommended, rapidly approaching highly recommended.

Verdict: While it’s good, it’s not great, at least not for me. I got bored in the first couple of episodes of season two. Definitely recommended for anyone who enjoyed the first several episodes.

Like other shows these days, I became interested in this purely because “those people” “hate” it.

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Much Ado About Nothing – (1623 play), by Shakespeare

2017-11-05

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Much Ado About Nothing - (1623 play), by Shakespeare - Signet Classic image

Entertainment > Reading >

(on Wikipedia)

An man works to undermine his brother’s happiness by meddling with his son’s marriage. Also two smart people dual with words.

A pretty good book, though my reading of the Signet Classic was seriously interrupted by footnotes. Not because of the shifting up/down to read them, but because the footnotes are crammed all together. Given that this book is 1/4 commentary, axing one for clearer footnotes would have been amazing. Maybe another edition will be better. I intend to collect many of this particular play.

I highly recommend Much Ado About Nothing – (1993 movie), even for those who have no interest in this book.

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Synfig Studio

2017-11-02

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Software > Animation >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.synfig.org/

A cross-platform open-source animation program.

I didn’t want to deal with Blender, so I checked this out for simple animations. So far, so good. Even at a glance it could have been done far better, but maybe I can make do.

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The Magnificent Seven - (1960 movie) image

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054047/

to be re-watched

Inspired by the Japanese film Seven Samurai – (1954 movie).
Remade into The Magnificent Seven – (2016 movie).

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The Man with One Red Shoe – (1985 movie)

2017-09-28

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Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089543/

As part of a delaying tactic for an internal power struggle at the Central Intelligence Agency, an everyman is pointed out as a pawn to be followed as a delaying tactic.

A fantastic, classic, movie. It’s simple and with a light tone. I don’t think it’s particularly recommendable now, but I still like it.

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Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0848228/
https://www.marvel.com/movies/the-avengers

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Why is it even titled that?

Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0120804/
https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/residentevil

A team investigates the killing of genetics researchers by their secret laboratory’s artificial intelligence, learning it had a good reason to do so.

Quite good, even after its era. It does not show much age except for one monster. This movie headed the resurrection of the zombie movie sub-genre.

Set in the Resident Evil universe, it is specifically a prequel to the story of Resident Evil – (1996 game)

TODO – To watch with commentary and all the bonus material.

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Rising Sun – (1993 movie)

2017-09-18

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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107969/

A murder-mystery set around the intricacies of Japanese business culture.

A very good movie with a great theme and tone throughout.

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Ancient Relic – (2002 movie)

2017-09-15

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Archaeologists discover an ancient body with impossible technologies, giving evidence of a time-traveling journalist.

Quite a good movie! With a three hour run time, it was an easy binge and one that strings together seamlessly. A great story, and while it has some storytelling moments, it has unforgiving realism for its characters.

It has only a couple of awkward “like it’s totes real, yo” moments because of some characters, but thankfully it’s well-balanced and is overall absent of religion aside from the major plot point.

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