We saw “I Am Legend” last night. Of all the movies to see on Christmas Day, this wasn’t a good one to pick. Not because it wasn’t an excellent movie; Will Smith did a fabulous job of portraying a man alone in a city full of monsters that want to eat him. No, it was …
Category Archives: Fiction
"The Breakup" a.k.a. "Crap"
Given our recent experience with movies (see “Shooter” a.k.a. “Crap”) it looks like I should start a new category for sucky movies called A.K.A. Crap. We watched The Breakup last night. The only redeeming quality was that we received it through NetFlix and we didn’t pay for the NetFlix subscription. One of these days, Vince …
Presidential Politics
At some point in the next several months, I’m going to have to decide who to vote for in the 2008 US Presidential Elections. I am a citizen, and it is my right and duty to vote. Usually, I’ll weight the issues and the stances the various candidates have taken on them. Plus I’ll allow …
"Shooter" a.k.a. "Crap"
Jenn and I watched the Mark Wahlberg movie Shooter last night. Overall rating: Suckage. We are glad that we didn’t pay full theater price to see this one. It was chock full of holes in the plot and the acting. The only good thing that can be said about the movie are the settings and …
The Golden Compass = Antichristian?
Phillip Pullman’s books and the movie based upon the first one, The Golden Compass, have been receiving a lot of hate-press recently due to their perceived anti-christian outlook. The gist is, “Pullman is an atheist [true], who is trying to turn our kids to the devil [only true from a certain perspective].” I could discuss …
Beowulf
We went to see Robert Zemekis’ Beowulf tonight. In 3D! It was good. Spoilers Ahoy.
Top Science Fiction Authors
The top 16 science fiction authors, as measured by Hugo and Nebula awards, are listed by SF Signal I find it interesting that of the sixteen authors, I don’t like the works of eight. Does this make me shallow? I also find it interesting that the number one awarded author on this list, Connie Willis, …
If You Liked First Season Heroes…
…you might find this review of Heroes’ second season amusing. For the record, I agree in principle with everything that is stated, yet I still watch. I’m a slave.
Gay Dumbledore
Jenn alerted me to the news fracas caused by J.K. Rowling saying that Dumbledore was gay (is gay? Do the portrait people have love-lives?). Apparently, there’s always been suspicion amongst fans that he was gay, due to his lack of a love interest and other items. Personally, I never pulled up a hint of gayness …
Richard III
Jenn and I saw Shakespeare’s Richard III last night, put on by Georgia Shakespeare at Oglethorpe University. I hadn’t been exposed to Richard III since grade school, thus it was like seeing a brand new play. The only thing I remembered was “A horse! A horse! My Kingdom for a horse!” The play was remarkably …