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The Wizards of Aus – (2016 show)

2016-02-17
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5260254/

Escaping the magic realm, a wizard goes to Melbourn Australia to try to live a normal life, but the magical inhabitants from his realm hop on a bandwagon to join him, and end up ruining everything.

Good fun. Not too great, not too funny, but light entertainment. It’s not quite bubblegum. Most especially recommended for fans of fantasy fiction, and even more so for those familiar with the Australian flavour of comedy.

  • This was released as three television episodes, and later released as six parts on YouTube.



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Star Trek – (2009 movie)

2016-02-15
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(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0796366/
https://www.startrek.com/database_article/star-trek-2009

While the primary fleet is away, fresh-recruits are sent to investigate a distress call from an allied planet.

A reboot and alternate-timeline of the series. It’s “good”, but is also the bubblegum one ought to expect these days.



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The Blacklist – (2013 show)

2016-02-14
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Entertainment > Television >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2741602/
https://www.nbc.com/the-blacklist

A bad guy blackmails the good guys because he likes this one good girl.

My impression from the first few episodes was:

Seems “ok”. Unless this has a more interesting story-arc, I won’t consider this particularly good. The predictable and episodic nature of television bores the shit out of me. It makes a series only valuable only the course of multiple episodes and individual episodes become the shit I have to slog through.

My later impression, from the end of the second season:

Characters were slow and stiff until they were developed more fully. When they were, a broader story arc took hold, making this show quite a bit more interesting.

My final impression:

It gets repetitive and annoying.

Avoid cliffhangers: Watch more when it’s part way into the next season.



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Madelin Zero

2016-02-02
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https://web.archive.org/web/20190213120229/http://www.madelinzero.com:80/ (gone as of 2016-02-02)

She seems to be into other things, but I know her from her trance/progressive house contributions.

Vocalist known for collaborations with ATB, Bissen, Mr. Pit, Shah, DNS Project, Pedro Del Mar, Richard Morel, Kostya Veter, DJ Eco, Tomkraft, Sean Tyas and many more.

  • Her real name is Madelin Lane
  • She was involved in Circ (duo), but they disbanded in 2005.

  • She appears fairly inactive as of 2016-02-02. The missing website seems to confirm this.



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Aeon Flux – (2005 movie)

2016-01-16
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Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0402022/
was www.aeonflux.com

In a ruined world, the last remaining city is revealed to be populated by clones, the need of which the lead scientist hopes to cure but his brother works to persist.

Overall a decent flick, but with great music that quickly becomes over-the-top with its loud pervasiveness. It starts strong, but its big ending action sequence looks cheesy as all hell. I can tentatively say I like this movie. I have, after all, seen it multiple times. Something in me is saddened somehow, as though this movie should have been better but I can’t put my finger on it. I’m not familiar with its source material, but I expect those who are would have more grounds to find fault with this movie.



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Whiteout – (2009 movie)

2016-01-16
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Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0365929/
was https://warnerbros.co.jp/home_entertainment/detail.php?title_id=2826/

A death in Antarctica spurs an investigation that leads to a murder mystery over lost Soviet-era cannisters.

Decent enough to recommend for a watch, but as I’ve seen three times now I can say that it’s a forgettable movie save for Kate Beckensale being hot.



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Dragonheart 3 – The Sorcerer’s Curse – (2015 movie)

2016-01-15
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Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3829170/
https://www.uphe.com/movies/dragonheart-3-the-sorcerers-curse

A dragon, having, for unknown reasons, landed as a meteorite but on top of a clutch of eggs and somehow not damaging them, heals a not-knight who risked his life for the eggs but actually to steal them is cursed to become the slave of a druid who is for some reason called a sorcerer.

This is basically a high-quality TV-movie but released for the big screen. It’s not dependent on the other movies in this series, which is probably for the best. It’s not great, not particularly good and only worth a one-time watch for people who are fans of this sort of genre.

  • This is a prequel to the series, set about 100 years before the first movie.

  • Properly titled Dragonheart 3: The Sorcerer’s Curse



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DragonHeart – (1996 movie)

2016-01-14
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Entertainment > Movies >

(on Wikipedia)
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0116136/
https://www.uphe.com/movies/dragonheart

A king, resurrected with half of a dragon’s heart, rules with an iron fist but is opposed by his former-mentor, a former dragon-slayer now allied with that last dragon who has the remaining half of the king’s heart.

A fine, action-heavy, fantasy. Has a lot of recognizable stars.



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