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A prince and a fellowship of companions set out to rescue his bride from a fortress of alien invaders who have arrived on their home planet. This movie kept popping up in my life, first from a book I just read by Alan Dean Foster about the novelization he did, then it popped up in a discussion about music, then it was finally an item on reddit about how deliciously campy it is, a sentiment that I fully agree with. The special effects are mediocre, the story barely makes sense, and the acting is hilariously appropriate for the setting. The...
STAR WARS: Galactic Racer™ is a runs-based, high-stakes reinvention of racing born in the lawless Outer Rim. With the Empire gone and the galaxy rebuilding, The Galactic League is created: an underground, unsanctioned circuit where syndicates bankroll chaos and champions are forged. The way that I’m playing this game is absolutely unhinged, but it’s working so far and it’s working so well that even though I’ve only played about 4 or 5 hours of the game and am no where near the end of my time with the game, I’m happy to write a glowing review. Here’s the setup: I’m...
A short, focused first-person incremental mining game. Dig through a vault of one million coins, bank your haul, buy better tools, and build an ever-faster gold-collecting operation. Incremental heaven, this was only $2 and I enjoyed it exactly once. Worth the price of admission! Buy On Amazon!
I just finished listening to this in my car on my daily hour long commute after work, and boy howdy was it a fantastic version of the story. How do you turn a 90 minute film into a 4 hour radio drama? Lots of exposition and extra scenes! Some of them are less than great, but all of them add some rich flavor to an already tasty universe.
I had my first age related Colonoscopy yesterday and boy howdy I’m not sure I’d want to do it without sedation again. It wasn’t the worst pain I’ve felt, but it was in the top 10! That being said, they did snip 3 small things, one big thing, and found a hernia that explained some pain I’ve been having. The doctor was pretty sure that none of the things she snipped out were cancer, but it was better to be safe than sorry and just get them out while she was there looking for the bad stuff.
Honestly though, I’m only on step one, the Dulcolax, and the worst part has been the anxiety of thinking I won’t make the arbitrary weight limit they put on me. As of this morning I was under it, so I’m assuming that I’m good from here on out as I’m not going to be eating much of anything for the next 20 hours or so.
Ex-UFC fighter Dalton takes a job as a bouncer at a Florida Keys roadhouse, only to discover that this paradise is not all it seems. Tik tok showed me a few clips from this movie and I am nothing but a slave to the algorithm, so I watched it again. It’s still a pretty rough movie to watch in depth, but it turns out to be a fun watch to have on in the room while you completely ignore it and only check in from time to time. Watched it on Amazon Prime where the experience was ruined by advertisements...
The evil Empire has fallen, and Imperial warlords remain scattered throughout the galaxy. As the fledgling New Republic works to protect everything the Rebellion fought for, they have enlisted the help of legendary Mandalorian bounty hunter Din Djarin and his young apprentice Grogu. Watched with my wife, who promptly fell asleep and didn’t get very much from it. I enjoyed it yet again though! Buy On Amazon!
The #1 New York Times-bestselling prolific author recounts his storied career as one of the top novelizers of films and television in Hollywood. I know I shouldn’t have been surprised by how much fun I had reading this, after all I love the franchises that Alan Dean Foster has written for, I’ve loved his work that I’ve read, and I’m a huge fan of movie behind the scenes stories. This is a great read and was worth my time. Buy On Amazon!
The documentary explores the legacy of Star Trek: Voyager (1995). I had forgotten that I had streamed this months and months ago and it was only about an hour in that my wife mentioned it all felt very familiar. This was the physical release (yay!) that came with an extra disk with all sorts of fun extended interviews, all of which were great. Buy On Amazon!
