Only six because I skipped Christmas. (Merry Christmas, by the way.)
Movies Seen Recently: Gamera vs. Viras, The Naughty Nineties, Bill & Ted’s Bogus Journey
Gamera vs. Viras (aka Destroy All Planets) (1968) – It’s easy call the later Showa-era Godzilla movies “juvenile,” but nothing holds a candle to these Gamera movies. These were definitely written to accommodate a pre-pubescent audience’s worldview, who would totally be behind the idea that 11-year-old Boy Scouts can outsmart not only scientists and other…
Movies Seen Recently: Weekend at Bernie’s, Ashfall, The Pirates Who Don’t Do Anything
Weekend at Bernie’s (1989) – It’s good to see a comedy that holds up well. And not just for me; I watched it with my wife and teenage daughter, and all were laughing. Kudos to the unappreciated Terry Kiser, who managed to pull off being dead with surprising nuance. Ashfall (2019) – A good blockbustery…
Movies Seen Recently: Dark Intruder, Gamera 2, Ragnarok
Dark Intruder (1965) – When this TV pilot wasn’t picked up, the producers just extended it a little bit (probably just with footage from the cutting room floor, as nothing seems shot to add) and released it theatrically as a B-feature. Leslie Nielsen, before anyone knew he was funny, plays a role that seems like…
So, how did NaNoWriMo go?
You remember that I went into NaNoWriMo 2020 not expecting to win. For one thing, I wasn’t even on the right starting blocks — it was been an awful long time since I’ve even attempted something long-form, so I planned to occupy my time with short stories instead to grease the gears. And then there’s…
#givethanks Omnibus Post.
Last week, Russell M. Nelson, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, encouraged us to express more gratitude. He challenged us to flood social media with messages of gratitude, with the hashtag #givethanks. These are the posts I made in response to that call. I thought they were important enough that I…