Over the past few weeks I've been to see Steven Spielberg's film about a world bounded only by the imagination, the ultra-hyped latest entry in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and a Dwayne Johnson vehicle based on a cheesy arcade game. Guess which I think was the best. Go ahead; guess. Rampage is basically a sci-fi … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘Rampage’
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More on Black Panther
One of my favorite YouTube critics, Maulr, absolutely tore into 'Black Panther.' After watching his video, I think I still liked the movie better than he did, but...yeah, it's really not a well-put together film at all. Something he brings up repeatedly is that there really is nothing binding T'Challa to the Black Panther: it's … Continue reading More on Black Panther
Thoughts on Black Panther
Finally got out to see Black Panther while it was still in theaters. My reaction is definitely ‘good not great.’ It was…fine. There was a lot to like about it, though on the whole it wasn’t really that impressive to me as a film, or even compared to the rest of the Marvel universe. First … Continue reading Thoughts on Black Panther
Thoughts on ‘Ready Player One’
Today I went and saw ‘Ready Player One.’ It was more or less what I expected: shallow pop-culture porn, only not as good. I won’t say I didn’t enjoy parts of it, but the enjoyment was mostly of a very simple nature: ‘oh, hey, this is cool, oh, I recognize this.’ I think there is … Continue reading Thoughts on ‘Ready Player One’
Giants were Upon the Earth in Those Days
There is a strange passage in Chapter Six of the Book of Genesis. In the Duay version it runs thus: And after that men began to be multiplied upon the earth, and daughters were born to them, The sons of God seeing the daughters of men, that they were fair, took to themselves wives of … Continue reading Giants were Upon the Earth in Those Days
A Thought
Economics and Religion are the two subjects most prone to lead otherwise brilliant men to talk absolute nonsense.
Another Thought
There is a popular idea, particularly in feminist circles, that men generally want women with pretty faces, empty heads, and closed mouths. Jane Austen thought this idea was stupid back in 1815. Emma: "I am very much mistaken if your sex in general would not think such beauty, and such temper, the highest claims a … Continue reading Another Thought
Thought
An Aristocracy is only an old Meritocracy.
Serpent's Den 