Nathan speaks on Parliament Hill for Autism Awareness day to an audience of MPs, Senators, media, and the public. Very proud of him.
2018-05-08
2018-05-06
Planes 2: Fire & Rescue
Disney's Cars was so successful at spinning out a line at toys that they thought "why not try to duplicate that with a slightly different premise so we can sell different toys?" Well sure, why not. The story is perfunctory and functional, the internal world-building only inconsistent if you make the mistake of thinking about it, and the characterizations bland and stereotypical. Frankly I knew who was going to rebuild what just as soon as something was declared as being "better than new!" So a solid whynot out of ten, but nothing unmissable.
(Note: in researching this movie for this article, I learned that it was actually Planes 2, and I'd not seen the original. Which sort of made sense since as an "origin story" it was very weak. It makes more sense as "a flabby sequel that doesn't really have any plans for where the franchise is going" though.)
(Note: in researching this movie for this article, I learned that it was actually Planes 2, and I'd not seen the original. Which sort of made sense since as an "origin story" it was very weak. It makes more sense as "a flabby sequel that doesn't really have any plans for where the franchise is going" though.)
2018-05-05
Friends
It is very rare that Ceili will sit with Alex like this. It is also rare that Alex will be this gentle and patient with her. But it is nice to see.
2018-04-29
Avengers: Infinity War
Frankly I didn't like it.
There's a way to build tension, to make it seem like things are going someplace, while still leaving your characters behind the metaphorical 8-ball. And then there's kicking your characters in the teeth, over and over and over. And I don't like that. And Infinity War doesn't even do it particularly well.
This was always going to be a part one of two -- when the movies were originally announced, Avengers 4 was called Infinity War Part 2.
Multipart movies are always judged by the whole, and we have not seen the whole yet. Tune in this time next year for the (undoubtedly) thrilling conclusion.
There's a way to build tension, to make it seem like things are going someplace, while still leaving your characters behind the metaphorical 8-ball. And then there's kicking your characters in the teeth, over and over and over. And I don't like that. And Infinity War doesn't even do it particularly well.
This was always going to be a part one of two -- when the movies were originally announced, Avengers 4 was called Infinity War Part 2.
Multipart movies are always judged by the whole, and we have not seen the whole yet. Tune in this time next year for the (undoubtedly) thrilling conclusion.
2018-03-29
Who can figure NANOG?
OK, this just makes me angry --
I can't get my question about Bell name servers past the moderators or something, from either email address I have registered. But some idiot can't log in to AOL, and THAT gets posted.
Seriously.
I can't get my question about Bell name servers past the moderators or something, from either email address I have registered. But some idiot can't log in to AOL, and THAT gets posted.
Seriously.
2018-03-23
Pacific Rim Uprising
Spoiler-free summary: BIG ROBOT SMASH BIG ROBOT! BIG LIZARD SMASH BIG CITY! SMASH! SMASH! SMASH! WHEEAAALAAALAAAAGH!
Seriously though, those who liked the first one can probably find things to like about this one; the movie barrels along at a frenetic pace, not letting itself be too troubled with things like "plot" or "plausibility". There are worse ways to spend two hours.
Seriously though, those who liked the first one can probably find things to like about this one; the movie barrels along at a frenetic pace, not letting itself be too troubled with things like "plot" or "plausibility". There are worse ways to spend two hours.
2018-03-03
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