A Hallmark too Many?
One thing that my wife and I share is watching Hallmark Christmas movies. But she won’t watch them before December. Me? I’ve got a bit of FOMO so I like to check them out as they air.
Christmas, Movies
Movies
Creativity, Movies, Social Discourse, Star Wars, Writing Prompt
Films That Age Like Fine Wine
One favourite film? When it comes to things like film, singular concepts like “favourite” fail to fit my paradigm. I have a multitude of opinions.
Books, critical thinking, Movies, Science Fiction, Social Discourse, society, Writing Prompt
The IKEA-ization of AI
Generic things. IKEA delivers generic things: There’s nothing more bookshelf than a Billy bookshelf. That’s the future of AI as it relates to the current popular uses.
Movies, Social Discourse, society, Writing Prompt
Decades of Weirdness
Weird is subjective and transient and has a connotation of being disagreeable. I have a list of movies that would be on the weirder side, but most were enjoyable.
Black Panther, Movies, Writing Prompt
Engaging The Villain
There are many Hollywood movies, where the villain is more entertaining than the hero. Heath Ledger’s Joker and Killmonger from Black Panther would be two examples.
Lilo and Stitch, Movies, Writing Prompt
A Stitch in Time
Favourite cartoon character? I feel like I should have a lot of answers to this one, but there’s only one character that comes to mind: Stitch.
Ambrose Bierce, Creativity, Douglas Adams, Mark Twain, Monty Python, Politics, Social Discourse, Writing Prompt
Favourite Quotes
There are three quotes that are favourites; two well-attributed to Monty Python and Douglas Adams, and one misattributed to both Mark Twain & Ambrose Bierce.
Movies, Star Trek
A Movie Theatre Experience to Remember
Over on Threads, Wil Wheaton was asking about our best movie theatre experiences. I’m going to say my best movie theatre experience involved Star Trek: The Search For Spock
Books, Creativity, Jurassic World, Star Wars, The Rise of Skywalker, Willful Suspension of Disbelief, Writing
Dead Not Dead – a Trope that Needs to Die
This article contains spoilers for Jurassic Park, The Rise of Skywalker and The Last Emperox. You’ve been warned. There’s a
Movies
Thoughts on Passengers and Arrival
Passengers’ release here in Malaysia bumped Arrival to a later date, which bothered me immensely, as I was anticipating Arrival