Author: tiki god

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The Rubicon Protocol

2560. Humanity finds its back against the wall after the United Nations Space Command flagship Infinity dropped out of slipspace into a devastating ambush launched by the Banished. As this fierce enemy alliance seeks to claim a powerful weapon hidden within the ancient Forerunner ringworld known as Zeta Halo, the surviving UNSC forces now find themselves compromised and its leadership out of reach – with remaining personnel forced to abandon ship and take their chances on the fractured, unpredictable surface of the Halo ring. Why wasn’t this part of the game Bungie? Why did the game start with Chief as...

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“Sonic the Hedgehog 3” Review

Sonic the Hedgehog 3: Directed by Jeff Fowler. With Jim Carrey, Ben Schwartz, Keanu Reeves, Idris Elba. Sonic, Knuckles, and Tails reunite against a powerful new adversary, Shadow, a mysterious villain with powers unlike anything they have faced before. With their abilities outmatched, Team Sonic must seek out an unlikely alliance. I got this for free by signing up for a chicken nugget newsletter and they still haven’t sent me a single email yet. Sonic 3 isn’t as good as the first two, but is still good enough that I’m happy I own this due to my corporate spam sellout....

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“Pom Poko” Review

Pom Poko: Directed by Isao Takahata. With Shinchô Kokontei, Makoto Nonomura, Yuriko Ishida, Norihei Miki. A community of magical shape-shifting raccoon dogs struggle to prevent their forest home from being destroyed by urban development. “Raccoon dogs” are not “racoons” as I understand them, but after a quick wikipedia journey 15 links deep, I remembered that I was watching a movie and got back to this delightful yet depressing story of animals being killed in humanity’s quest for more space. This is mostly a cute story about loveable shapeshifting creature trying to find their way in an increasingly dangerous world, but...

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“De blob” Review

De blob: Directed by Douglas Carrigan. With Dee Bradley Baker, Corey Burton, Cam Clarke, Chris Cox. When Chroma City is invaded by the sinister INKT Corporation, the titular blob must set out to restore color to the city and its citizens. I played these out of order, finishing “de Blob 2” back in 2018 and loved every single aspect of that game, so when I saw the original game was on xbox for just a couple bucks I jumped at the chance to purchase and play it. It doesn’t have all the same game mechanics of the sequel, but it...

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“Superman” Review

Superman: Directed by James Gunn. With David Corenswet, Alan Tudyk, Grace Chan, Bradley Cooper. Superman must reconcile his alien Kryptonian heritage with his human upbringing as reporter Clark Kent. As the embodiment of truth, justice and the human way he soon finds himself in a world that views these as old-fashioned. I got to experience this the same day that I traveled from Florida to Pennsylvania with a day that started at 3am and this showing was at 10pm at an AMC PRIME theater, which was a first for me. The seats were heated, they reclined all the way down...

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Lunar Logic

On the vacuum surface of the moon, life for Ai-dan and a cohort of moon-dwelling androids is anything but a lunar wasteland of boredom. They spend their days maintaining lunar data centers with a quaint blue-green, and sometimes whitish, orb hanging in the sky. Between playing games and spirited debates on the meaning of the shimmering orb, the robots’ existence is near idyllic. But when a malfunctioning system leads Ai-dan to stumble upon a mysterious box and then a soft-bodied android-total lunar oddities-the harmony of their world gets tossed into disarray. As they dig deeper into these enigmatic discoveries, Ai-dan...

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“Ironheart” Review

Ironheart: Created by Chinaka Hodge. With Dominique Thorne, Anthony Ramos, Lyric Ross, Matthew Elam. Genius teenage inventor Riri Williams creates the most advanced suit of armor since Iron Man. There’s so many loop holes and plot points that make no sense, the return of an Iron Man suit wasn’t enough to really make me happy here. For whatever reason, Disney decided to make one of the best technological heroes from the comics into a supernatural magic weirdo that falls in with some seriously bad people. Every episode Riri makes terrible choices, does terrible things, and never learns her lessons. At...

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“The Last of Us” Review

The Last of Us: Created by Neil Druckmann, Craig Mazin. With Bella Ramsey, Pedro Pascal, Gabriel Luna, Isabela Merced. After a global pandemic destroys civilization, a hardened survivor takes charge of a 14-year-old girl who may be humanity’s last hope. If you didn’t play the second game you may have been shocked by the beginning and the end of this second season, and if you HAD played the season game, you may have been shocked that they actually went through with a couple shocking plot points. I hadn’t played the game, but had the opening spoilered long ago, but that...

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Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Toward The Night

A thrilling new novel based on the Paramount+ TV series Star Trek: Strange New Worlds! While patrolling the borders of the Klingon Empire, Captain Christopher Pike and the crew of the USS Enterprise detect a series of subspace echoes from a planet orbiting a volatile flare star — and when Lieutenant Spock and Commander Una Chin-Riley lead a landing party to learn more, they discover the ruins of a dead civilization and evidence of starship-grade metals…quite possibly a crash site. As they continue to investigate the strange signals, Spock and Una find shocking signs of dangerous alien life and remnants...

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“Interior Chinatown” Review

Interior Chinatown: With Jimmy O. Yang, Ronny Chieng, Chloe Bennet, Sullivan Jones. Background actor Willis Wu witnesses a crime in Chinatown while working on a TV show. As he investigates, he unravels a criminal web and experiences life in the spotlight he had dreamed of. Confusing, confounding, appealing, and a masterclass in deconstructing television tropes, I first saw a clip of this on Tik Tok, then spent 10 hours watching it on Hulu. There are many familiar faces including Chloe Bennet, who I loved in Agents of SHIELD. Buy On Amazon!