I’ve been watching some of Star Trek: The Next Generation lately and besides continuing my realization that Star Trek is very much my jam, it’s making me realize how much I miss long seasons of television. Television used to run in consistent 22-24 episode seasons (at least in the States; shows in the UK and… Continue reading Long Seasons
Adapted Enough
Last weekend’s rerelease of The Lord of The Rings highlighted that Fellowship of The Ring first hit theaters twenty-five years ago. Fellowship was released closer to Star Wars than to right now. Beyond making me feel very old, I can’t help but to wonder how long it’ll be until someone else takes a stab at… Continue reading Adapted Enough
Weekend of Movies
The Lord of The Rings is being re-released in theaters this weekend: The Fellowship of The Ring on Friday, The Two Towers Saturday, and The Return of The King Sunday. Naturally, it’s how I’m spending my weekend, having never had the opportunity to see the first two during their initial release. Two movies down, let… Continue reading Weekend of Movies
Nine Things from 2025
It’s a new year and time for my semi-regular list of Nine Things! As ever, it’s nine because I like to leave a room for something I missed this year. Though I think maybe that speaks to a need for lists like these to be exhaustive due to the implication that the writer has, in… Continue reading Nine Things from 2025
2025 In Review
And here we are with another year done so it’s time for the annual posts of the year. Three Most Popular / Viewed Posts #3: What’s Next? Ugh, I love Andor. I don’t know where Star Wars is heading next (2026’s The Mandalorian and Grogu looks like a lot of fun), but I hope there's… Continue reading 2025 In Review
Thinking Machine
Some weeks ago I heard an ad on the radio where the host was lamenting how some of the questions that toddlers ask are hard to answer — particularly those dreaded whys. Why does this do that, why is the sky blue, why do cars move, so on and so forth. The solution put forth… Continue reading Thinking Machine
Faith Movie
Nearly fourteen years ago, when this blog was young (in fact, it might have been before I even bought the URL), I wrote a post on 'Christian' movies and how most of them were terrible when they really don’t have to be. It’s been over a decade and it feels written by a different person… Continue reading Faith Movie
Projecting
The newest installment in Rian Johnson’s murder mystery series, Wake Up Dead Man, is out this week in a super limited release. Its predecessor, Glass Onion, was, likewise, only in theaters for a week on account of Netflix wanting to get their movie on streaming quick as possible. Unfortunately, Dead Man’s release coincides with Thanksgiving,… Continue reading Projecting
Over It
The thing about a lot of games is that you’ve gotta be able to progress. The goal of Civilization is to dominate the world. In Metal Gear Solid you’ve gotta stop the terrorists from being able to nuke the world. In Shopping Cart Hero you’re doing sick stunts and the sicker the stunts the more… Continue reading Over It
Out And About
No post today, on account of being away this weekend. Fiery Furnace So this is a post of pictures instead. Golden tree from Gemini Bridges. Couldn’t tell you what kind of tree it is. Except it’s gold. Whale Arch. It’s a whale.
Essays, Not Rants! 