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It was good.
As my nephew said, it could easily been half a season of The Mandalorian on Disney Plus.
The story was good, I was entertained, and there was lots that I liked and a thing or two I didn’t.
It was great to see Mando and Grogu in action again, along with Zeb and Ripley, er, Colonel Ward (Sigourney Weaver).
And it was simply great to see (and hear) a Star Wars film on the big screen, IMAX in the case of our screening.
Recommended if you’re a Mando/Grogu fan.
Go see it!
I’m watching episodes of this show on and off, and I find that I haven’t seen most (if not all) of these episodes since they were first broadcast, almost 50 years ago.
We didn’t have a VCR in the mid-70s, and I didn’t watch reruns back then. Heck, I think I only watched the Bigfoot episodes when Sci-Fi Channel picked up the show at some point during the late 90s/early 2000s.
Anyways, I recently watched “The Song and Dance Spy” guest-starring Sonny Bono. Imagine my surprise when I recognized Bruce Glover as the main bad guy and Jayne Kennedy as one of Bono’s backup singers, or looking up the episode on IMDB.com and discovering Star Trek TNG director Cliff Bole was an assistant director on this episode.
Or that the background singer who Bono introduced as his girlfriend was actually real life girlfriend/future wife Susie Coelho.
And part of this story took place in Manila, Philippines, and Guam.
This year has officially sucked so far.
I lost two uncles, both of them from my Dad’s side of the family, in the span of 10 days.
Hopefully the bad stuff will stay in January and the rest of 2026 will be fine.
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I was going to write more, but just writing that above has sucked the life out of me.
I will say that I enjoyed Wonder Man on Disney+.
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I will also say than in the span of about a week I went from being really excited about the Super Bowl down in Santa Clara @ Levi’s Stadium to not caring about game day except for the commercials and movie trailers.
My Broncos did better this season than anyone expected, including me.
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I think today marks 10 days until Pitchers and Catchers report for Spring Training, so least that’s coming soon.
After watching one reactor’s reaction to Game of Thrones Season 1 and part of Season 2, I’ve decided to continue from there, and I’m about to finish Season 2.
Having never gone back to rewatch after the debacle, er, ending of the show (i.e. Seasons 7 & 8), I had forgotten just how good this series was, at it’s peak.
Plus, the reactor’s reaction watch prompted me to dive back into some forgotten Game of Thrones games that I had picked up over the years, I’ll need to see if I can find where I put the card game in my storage unit.
So I may or may not continue this to the end of the series, or maybe stop after Season 6, Episode 9.
Did I toss my House Stark shirt in the move?
Even at 58, I go through periods of self-doubt, times when I wish my parents were there to talk me through it.
Most of the time I just push it aside and go about my business.
Sometimes I get a message through media.
Parents aren’t for telling their children who they’re supposed to be.
We are here to give y’all tools, help you make fools of yourselves all on your own.
No.
Your choices, Clark. Your actions. That’s what makes you who you are.
I’ll tell you something, son.
I couldn’t be… [sniffs] …more proud of you.
Thanks, Pa.
Miss you, Dad.
I actually wasn’t planning on going to see this right away, I felt a little burnt out after seeing 2 movies 4 times in 3 weeks.
But at the last minute I decided to go, and I’m glad I did.
It was a small crowd, but we all pretty much laughed throughout the movie. It was pretty damn funny
There was a cameo I didn’t expect, the credits listed some non-standard crew, and there was an after credits scene.
I think it held up on it’s own compared to the original movies.
Recommended if you’re a fan of the original TV show/movies/Liam Neeson/Pamela Anderson.
After sleeping on it, yeah, I believe this movie is top tier Marvel.
SPOILERS(?)
What a month.
This was a good movie, though I did like Superman a little bit more.
So many little things made me smile, the chemistry between the cast in particular.
Galactus was done right this time around, and I liked the Silver Surfer character.
And that mid credits scene. Whoa.
Nice nods to existing FF lore, too, both during the movie and during the… end credits scene.
Recommended. Two thumbs up. Go see it!
Spoilers follow.
I have one issue with James Gunn’s Superman, and after letting it stew for a bit, I understand why they made this decision to change a major fundamental aspect of his origin.
