If you're looking for something light and easy going than this is a good place to find it. Easy to follow plot that one of the characters jokes about being easy figure out.
I was tired of doom scrolling and this popped up. In fact, I started watching it fully expecting to be interrupted. I also thought it can’t be that bad; they’re making another sequel and I got what I expected:
Cartoonish action where there’s ton of danger and yet noone gets hurt so much that they don’t make it to the end of the movie
Jim Carrey acting over the top
All in all, I don’t remember much about the plot but I’ll check out the third one when it becomes available to stream.
Overview
After settling in Green Hills, Sonic is eager to prove he has what it takes to be a true hero. His test comes when Dr. Robotnik returns, this time with a new partner, Knuckles, in search for an emerald that has the power to destroy civilizations. Sonic teams up with his own sidekick, Tails, and together they embark on a globe-trotting journey to find the emerald before it falls into the wrong hands.
The world has always been crazy. The only difference between when I was a child and now is that the world has been become smaller. The effects of the proverbial butterfly wings come faster than I am ready for. How does someone respond to so much so quickly?
In a lot of ways, I guess this is what “we” wanted.
The world’s knowledge at our fingertips.
But, in order to not get lost in the storms that the butterfly wings produce, you have to ground yourself.
To do that, I’m challenging myself to do more reflection at the beginning and end of my day.
I’m just mentioning in on this blog so that those who know me will hold me accountable. I’m also hoping that those who are reading this will find it comforting to know that, if they feel the same way, that they are not alone.
Apple announced the days for the upcoming developer conference and for the first time that I can recall, I didn’t really know what to feel. For years, I’ve had being a Mac user as part of my identity. I have shirts still in the original plastic celebrating different operating system releases. I remember standing in lines for products and software while chatting with everyone else in line about what feature they were looking forward to.
But, what about this one?
What am I feeling?
If I had to sum it up in one word?
It would be “joyless”.
Now - more than ever - I feel that Apple is no longer the Apple that delights but the Apple Inc. we see today.
Is this release going to make development of good to great software easier or is this another chance to navigate more services into our lives?
I love going to the European meetings of the Homebrew Website Club because I can do it during my lunch and then get back to work.
One of the key things that I enjoyed was the talk about linking to libre.fm. I’m excited by the possibility of sharing what music that I’m listening to with others but not sure about having to maintain another system to connect to my blog. Thus far, I’ve been using Robb’sLantern website to get information to share media online.
Another thing that we discussed is the desire/need to make websites accessible. Mark Sutherland mentioned that he was using WAVE and I mentioned that I was using ARC. I was kind of embarrassed to say I used the tool just to run it again and find a number of issues with my site.
There was also a small discussion about hidden information on the website. I’ve been trying to get authorship as defined on the indieweb site to work correctly. I’ve since went back to my old way of having the data there but hidden with css.
Towards the end, I was pretty happy to see the monkey.
Dodgeball is one of my favorite movies and Vince Vaughn has been a lot of movies that I've enjoyed over the years. That being said, it can be hard to watch him for an entire season unless you like that kind of humor. Thankfully, this show has a wonderful array of additional characters that reel you in.
To be honest, I didn’t get a chance to check this out when it first came out and it wasn’t on my list of things to checkout. Silo was supposed to be my next show but I couldn’t bring myself to watch something so dystopic. So, I chose this one because I wanted a mix of crime story and comedy, and I’m very happy that I did.
All in all, this is very well executed detective story that shows that Apple TV really know what they are doing…
I just wish more people would watch it.
Overview
A detective turned restaurant inspector in Southern Florida is pulled into a world of greed and corruption after a tourist finds a severed arm while fishing. And yes, there's a monkey.
I've come to the conclusion that when it comes to reboots of familiar IP[^ip], you should use similar rules as weddings; something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. I thought it would be nice to organize this review using the rhyme to separate topics.
Something old
Yes, this is your classic superhero origin story. The series has a lot of the characters that comic book fans are familiar with. I feel many people identify with the troupe of having the hero try to balance being hero and going to school at the same time. The Peter Parker we see in this show is a smart kid who is trying to do good things, and that’s something we’ve time and time again with this character.
One thing I liked about this version is that they took some time to show that Peter will fight (or in this case throw a brick) to do what is right even without his powers.
Something new
There’s no point in redoing something unless you change it. Otherwise, you could save yourself time and money by just watching the older series that are available via streaming.
This version has different takes on characters that I found to be more engaging in some areas. We think that things are going to happen in certain ways because that’s the way they happened in the past, but I find myself surprised when I see different tweaks to motivations and drive.
Yes, these are old characters, and they still occupy their archetypes, but you get a more reasonable -for a comic- exploration of why they are doing what they are doing. All the time, the show doesn’t go into elaborate details on why things are the way they are. You have to fill in minute details on your own.
Something borrowed
This show reminds me of Spider-Man and his super friends and other cartoon shows that revolve around a team. Although the show heavily features Spider-Man, it’s the interactions he has with the other characters that really make the show interesting.
Something (red and) blue
Animation can be expensive. Occasionally you get a feeling that the animators are cutting cost by having characters do repeated movements or a lot of scenes in the same location. You can kind of see this during really dynamic fight scenes where the background kind of fades…. or maybe I was fading out because I wasn’t feeling well.
The characters are very vibrant and the animation is always smooth. One of the things that I really noticed is that the characters had different heights and body shapes. This is true not only for the main characters but background characters as well.
A sixpence in your shoe
This often forgotten part of the rhyme is going to be related to the time that is involved with this show. Once again, I binged it one day, but I didn’t feel that I spent a lot of time watching it or sitting there during a filler episode.
The writing is engaging as we go from episode to episode. There aren’t any episodes focused on character backstory. Everything is either implied or part of the discussions and actions on screen. In plenty of ways, this is great as you can draw your own conclusions on certain meanings.
Overview
Peter Parker is on his way to becoming a hero, but his path to get there is anything but ordinary.
Ke Huy Quan knows that love is worth fighting for.
I was hesitant to watch this after reading some of the reviews for it. It's a pretty good movie with some caveats. This is not a film that you watch expecting a great plot of traditional romance, but it has a lot of great action.
It reminds me of some of my favorite comedy movies involving hitmen. Movies like The Big Hit, The Whole Nine Yards, and Grosse Pointe Blank were some of my favorite films in my adolence. Something about having this average looking person just work over a series of bad guys and ultimately do something good in the end.
I could argue that this was the 90s and 2000s and antiheroes were really popular. It’s something to see someone who is just really good at something even it its doing something really bad.
Tangental Rant
I'd love to see a henchman just quit when asked to come against one of these unstoppable fighters. Just look at the guy or girl and just say Nope and turn around.
In this movie, we even have some of the bad guys question how they are supposed to do this and they probably would have left if the plot hadn’t demanded it.
EXCELLENT ACTION!!
This is an Action-Comedy with a splash of what some would call romance. I would call it beyond toxic or dysfunctional, but not to the characters in question.
Look, this movie was fun for me. I don’t think we’re ever going to see a sequel so enjoy if you’re looking for a kung fu hitman movie when it becomes available for streaming.
Overview
A realtor is pulled back into the life he left behind after his former partner-in-crime resurfaces with an ominous message. With his crime-lord brother also on his trail, he must confront his past and the history he never fully buried.
A movie like this is all about execution. You know that things are not going to go well, but it's how they go wrong and how the cast reacts that make the movie what it is.
Although the setting for most of the film is a wedding, I would say that the theme of the movie is more about the relationships we have to our families. The wedding is a ceremony that marks a time when two families join, and could be one of the rare times that people see one another. I like that this movie has a focus on the people next to the people getting married. You see how they take in the fact that the relationships they enjoyed will change.
Is pre-grief a word?
Anyway, the movie only goes into it a little bit because this is supposed to be a comedy that has a scene where someone is wrestling a crocodile. I liked it for the laughs but would never watch this again on my own, but will probably see something similar in the future.
Overview
When two weddings are accidentally booked on the same day at the same venue, each bridal party is challenged with preserving their family's special moment while making the most of the unanticipated tight quarters. In a hilarious battle of determination and grit, the father of the bride and sister of the other bride chaotically go head-to-head as they stop at nothing to uphold an unforgettable celebration for their loved ones.
Mandaris
