Category: Media
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Friday Finds – Alligator Biodiesel and a Supernova
Missed a week due to unforseen circumstances, but here are the most recent posts: Movie Review -Â Rise of the Planet of the Apes – Long title, good movie. Old Game Tuesday – Star Trek: 25th Anniversary – Star Trek’s best game? Second Class Citizen – They don’t care about us folks that still watch…
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Movies to Introduce Your Kids to Science Fiction
Giant Freakin Robot has a list of 15 movies (or movie series) to use to introduce your kids to the Science Fiction genre. I agree with many of the movies here, though you may want to pre-screen some of them as it’s been pointed out that Ghostbusters has a bit of salty language and implied…
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Second Class Citizen
I went home last night, and while I was putting Eva to sleep for the night, I turned on Fox so I could watch Eagles/Steelers. HOWEVER, as my old CRT television hummed to life, I was presented with an annoyance. I could only see how many points the Steelers had. Of course, for most of…
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Movie Review – Rise of the Planet of the Apes
I’ll admit, I was skeptical of another ‘Planet of the Apes’ movie. They’d had a bunch of them, and only the first was really any good. The recent remake was pretty forgettable, so much so that I had forgotten the end, despite having seen it at least twice on TV. So why go see this? …
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Reboots? Remakes? It’s all good
I know most of us have made fun of, or lamented, the various forms of media and their obsession with making new forms of the same story over and over. Whether it’s yet another adaptation of Romeo and Juliet, or DC Comics pushing the reset button on darn near their whole continuity, or a carefully…
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Friday Finds – Buffalo Cash Mob
First, the week in posts: Poll: Best Star Wars Videogame Ever? – currently the votes say TIE Fighter. Where are you Dark Forces people at? Rock the Vote! Movie Review – Cowboys and Aliens – Not terrible, had some entertainment value, but pretty forgettable to me. Leans more towards the Western side of things, so…
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Movie Review – Cowboys and Aliens
Saw Cowboys and Aliens today, and it was just okay. Â The early parts of the movie seemed to go in fits and starts, though the climactic scenes moved along well enough. Â It’s an interesting mix of Sci-Fi and Western themes, and I do have to admit I had to rethink a few characters after seeing…
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Poll: Best Star Wars Videogame Ever?
[poll id=”17″] Well, here it is. The poll will run for a month, so you’ll have plenty of time to decide and vote.
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Friday Finds – Jumping the Shark
Solid week, things are easy at the office. Here are the week’s posts: Movie Review – Captain America: The First Avenger – Cap rocks, even if the Red Skull didn’t. Old Game Tuesday – Heroes of Might and Magic – Got me playing this again (III Complete), at least until my wife plays me and…
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Movie Review – Captain America: The First Avenger
I went to see Captain America: The First Avenger this weekend, and I have to say, it was a TON of fun. It comes close, to me, to the first Iron Man as far as quality of the movie. It does lack some small bit of the emotional impact I felt with Iron Man, but…
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Kung Fu Panda 2 – Sequels 101
I saw Kung Fu Panda 2 this weekend with the kids at the Movieland 8, and we enjoyed it immensely. Even my 3 year old sat through most of it with rapt attention, except for the times when I let her little popcorn tray get empty. ;) Kung Fu Panda 2 is an excellent example…
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Movie Review: Transformers: Dark of the Moon
Transformers: Dark of the Moon is not a bad movie. I know that seems like faint praise, but considering the flack Michael Bay gets for the first two, I thought I’d put that right out there. I enjoyed myself, and if you suspect that you might as well, go see it without guilt. Wait for…