So for Carrie’s birthday we watched Kong vs Godzilla mainly (I think) because it is a movie I would agree to on no other night of the year. These are my observations. Some mild spoilers are involved. 1. CGI still sucks. I seem to prefer puppets (see: Yoda, baby.) 2. Since apes are closer to …
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TV vs. Movies, Part 3000
Steven Rubio has a great post about a review of the new Star Trek movie that criticizes it for aspiring to being a television show (whatever the film’s flaws, I would be surprised if this were its problem). His objection is that the writer still assumes television is a vast wasteland while movies are still …
Misc.
A quick miscellaneous entry: — the Montréal list keeps expanding. We may need to supplement with a “top 10.” I am trying to convince Carrie to be the curator. — Yesterday I had an interesting discussion about why women finish their books later than men do. Future subject of an academe post, no doubt — …
So there I was tonight
in the theater, watching “Get Smart” with Carrie and a couple friends, and what do I see? The Arts Building! The place where I work. Then the main character drives around the driveway in front of the Arts building. And you can see the McGill red and white colored flowers, and the banner hanging off …
On the lighter side…
I’m on vacation until school starts. My parents were here for 5 days, which was nice although it was a bit treacherous going out with them. I think they may come in warmer weather in future years. They left on Christmas, and since then it’s been a bit of socializing and self-care, which means finishing …
Confession
I know I’m not supposed to say this right now and that it singles me out as a terrible human being, but I hate the Harry Potter series. I don’t generally read fiction to begin with and never found the books captivating enough to change my custom. As a non-reader of the books, I found …
Michael Moore — “Sicko” (mild spoilers, if you can spoil a documentary)
In recent years, Moore has become a sort of vexed figure. Under constant attack from the right, the left doesn’t quite know what to do with him. He’s a propagandist after all, so there are some sins of omission and some naked attempts to persuade. I feel as though in recent years leftists have maybe …
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