Tampopo (1986) – Hadn’t watched that in probably twenty years. Still makes me hungry for some good ramen. (I probably need to watch this back-to-back with Eat Drink Man Woman (1994).) Kate & Leopold (2001) – For a time-travel movie, this has an unconscionable number of anachronisms and just plain simple mistakes. On the other…
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Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
One sketch that’s for sale in my Etsy shop… …and the rest from my sketchbook:
Movies Seen Recently: The Legend of the Lone Ranger, Diary of a Madman, Gone With the Wind
The Legend of the Lone Ranger (1981) – The summer of 1981 was a very bad time to be a movie not titled Raiders of the Lost Ark. However, Indy can’t really bear much of the blame for this movie’s dismal flop; it’s a bad movie. There’s a long, almost interminable backstory that goes all…
ST:TNG Binge Watch Season 7, Part VIII
7:24 Preemptive Strike – Ensign Ro gets a wrap-up episode! (And a promotion to Lieutenant!) No, she hasn’t just been invisible in the background (Ro don’t DO “invisible”); she’s been away at Advanced Tactical Training. And now, because of the increasing activities of the Maquis — the guerrilla group of former Federation citizens now in…
ST:TNG Binge Watch Season 7, Part VII
7:21 Firstborn – Worf gets a character episode! Worf may stop being such a terrible father! (Seriously, the only two ongoing examples of parenthood we every get are Worf and Lwaxana Troi, and they’re in a contest to see which is a better argument for decanting.) Buncha talk about warriors and honor and the usual…
Sketch of the Day Omnibus Post.
Two that I posted in my Etsy store… …and five direct from my sketchbook:
ST:TNG Binge Watch Season 7, Part VI
7:18 Eye of the Beholder – Troi gets a character episode! And TNG does their own sideways adaptation of “An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.” Really only notable for two reasons: It’s another link in this season’s subtext of a Worf/Troi relationship — this time, it’s a non-real flowering of that relationship from Troi’s perspective…
The “true face” of racism.
[Post this on Facebook yesterday. Copied it here so I won’t lose it. It’s as close to profundity as I come.] Here’s what few people understand when looking at (or for) racism in America: Most of the “racist” content you find — the kind that peppers the threads on cesspools like 4chan, for instance —…
ST:TNG Binge Watch Season 7, Part V
7:15 Lower Decks – None of the main characters get a character episode! Instead, we get an intriguing look at four junior officers on the Enterprise bucking for a promotion to lieutenant and bridge crew, none of whom we’ll ever see again. It’s an interesting look at how things seem from the underside of the…
ST:TNG Binge Watch Season 7, Part IV
7:12 The Pegasus – My friend Chris contends that the Star Trek universe is actually a dystopia, as evidenced by all the insane admirals. This episode lends more weight to his thesis: Riker’s old captain, who lost an entire crew (except young Ensign Riker) to mutiny, is now an admiral, commandeering the Enterprise to find…