Humanity has conquered the oceans, space, and particles, but what have we managed to come up with to store our used-but-not-dirty-yet clothes at home? A chair. That’s the best we could do. We put clothes on a chair.
Ramblings of General Geekery
I found Wake Up Dead Man entertaining but a big step down from the previous Knives Out movies. Rhythm issues, logic problems, and unbelievable plot points kinda turned me off for a bit. Still, it’s fun to see great actors deliver fun lines of dialogue.
A couple months ago I finished watching (for the first time!) the original Star Trek series. It was great! A mix of charming, profound, cheesy, and cool. Plus, a weird mix of progressive/woke and outdated/cringe stuff. Overall, I love that “old sci-fi” feeling! Next: the Motion Picture!
Yesterday was the second Harry Potter movie at the Orpheum, with the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra doing the soundtrack live. Spectacular as always, and very lively — it’s always fun having everybody cheer and boo at the screen!
We are very sad that Manzano, one of the few good local bakeries, has now closed 😞 (not 100% sure but apparently from the owners retiring, not from financial trouble)
Happy birthday, Ziggy, you handsome alien.
Sinners was a great and beautifully shot movie about black people in 1930s Mississippi, a decent movie about the power of music as cultural tool, and a rather mediocre vampire movie. I found the ending pretty lame, but the epilogue is great. The “twins” VFX are amazing.
We missed it but a couple months ago was the 10th anniversary of #UE5’s Sequencer tool! Next June will be the anniversary of when it came out of the alpha preview you had to explicitly enable. Maybe we’ll do a little celebration for the occasion?
Despite a premise that feels doomed to fail due to being too predictable and, like, just one chapter in a bigger book, “The Last Voyage of the Demeter” was actually a very enjoyable movie. It manages to be beautiful, creepy, and surprising at times. A nice addition to the Dracula movie canon IMO
How come I had never heard of “Mind Hunters” before now?!!! A movie with a ridiculous premise, an even more ridiculous story, an absolutely ridiculous cast, and an outrageously ridiculous last couple lines of dialogue… Amazing.
