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TV Rant: Sense8 and other mysteries

Sense8: 8 individuals are mentally linked with each other.  Someone is also trying to kill them.  Wachowskis’ first foray into TV I know of; I’ve mostly loved their stuff.  Only one I didn’t love was Jupiter Ascending but they still … Continue reading

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Mad Max: Fury Road

The first Mad Max film, Mad Max was about the decline of society.  There was some sort of shadowy energy crisis, gang violence was out of control and law enforcement was hamstrung as it was tied to rules belonging to a … Continue reading

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The Avengers: European Vacation

It really has to be said that few have pulled off a project quite like Marvel Studios.  And really, even if the rest of their films are awful, we still got Guardians of the Galaxy.  That’s enough to hang your … Continue reading

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TV Rant: Game of Thrones Sucks and Other Items of Note

Of the various media franchises that have a dedicated, occasionally-costumed following; fans of Game of Thrones are, by an enormous margin, the least intelligent.  And I’m obviously talking about the tv show, dumbasses; the book series is called by a … Continue reading

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The Imitation Game

Ok, I’m going to get into this so there will be spoilers. During world war 2, Germany employed an encryption device called ENIGMA.  The code was a simple replacement determined by the machine’s settings, which the Germans changed daily.  The … Continue reading

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And the vodka chose…

The Gambler. Marc Wahlberg (not badly at all) plays an English professor with a gambling problem.  His specific dragon is blackjack.  He is at times in the film up millions of dollars but can’t pull away.  He always stays in … Continue reading

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Exodus: Gods and Kings

A few warnings before we get into this: I’m going to get off topic and there are going to be some light spoilers. First thing, most of the reviews I’ve read of this movie make it clear that the writers … Continue reading

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TV Rant: Marco Polo

I don’t know man, Netflix is starting to kick some serious tail.  TV show wise they are making a name for themselves.  It’ll be interesting to see how their Marvel shows go. Anyway, their new joint is Marco Polo.  It’s … Continue reading

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TV Rant: Sabbatical

I also watched some TV these last months.  No, really I did. Arrow I tend to dismiss shows on the CW out of hand.  I also tend to dismiss DC character TV shows out of hand (cough Smallville).  I admit … Continue reading

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Sabbatical Summary: Movies

The rumors of my death have been slightly exaggerated. I took some time off from writing on here for no good reason and I owe none of you any explanation whatsoever so shut up. ;-[] Anyway, where was I… Robocop … Continue reading

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