Spider-man: Far From Home is the coda to the first ten years of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. It’s just too much of an MCU movie.
Really. I wanted to see something not too much like MCU. Need it to be a little bit like the previous one. Even though it was an MCU movie, it still did not feel like it. Now, since Spidey has been assimilated, it is just like the others. Meh.
I did like the Mysterio twist. We are all in thrall to hero worship.
3 of 5 stars.
Millenium Actress is coming back to the theatres for the first time in a long time. You can watch it next week with subs or the week after with dubs. Maybe soon we’ll get a beautiful 4K BluRay soon.
Friday night I buy Pico Iyer’s Autumn Light. Imagine my surprise to see that I already had it unread on the stack of books on my table.
Saturday I receive a message from my good buddy mentioning that the Baltimore Orioles minor league system has been ranked number 8 by baseball writers.
Sunday I exchange Autumn Light for Astroball: The New Way to Win It All by Ben Reiter.
I mentioned that the one metric to judge the Baltimore Orioles baseball organization is by how their minor league ranks amongst the baseball pundits. If they can be ranked at least 7th for 5 or 6 years, then they may be heading in the right direction. As for now, 8th is a nice one. Let’s hope it adds up.
It’s been a week since the fire in Japan at Kyoto Animation studios. If you are just hearing about it the story is rather sad. Thirty-four employees of this famed animation studio were murdered by some nut via an arson attack. There were about another thirty survivors all in various conditions. It was the most tragic of crimes in Japan since the days of World War II.
Kyoto Animation means a lot to me. It has produced some of my personal favorite anime. K-ON! and Haruhi come to mind. Haruhi being my re-introduction into the anime world. K-ON! really is so good it’s my favorite of all time. This studio has done really fine work both in television and in the movie theatres. You can’t beat the K-ON! Movie, and you really can’t beat A Silent Voice movie. Both will make you cry. really is so good it’s my favorite of all time. This studio has done really fine work both in television and in the movie theatres. You can’t beat the K-ON! Movie, and you really can’t beat A Silent Voice movie. Both will make you cry. Cry like the news from Japan…
I pray for those souls lost in this senseless attack. I pray for those survivors. I pray for the studio to come back and give us some more beautiful anime.
It’s over. I feel like somethings missing in my twitter TL.
Mizuki day. It’s over…
What a crazy thing. All those well wishers on twitter just kept going and going and going with sweet Mizuki goodness. I’ve never seen twitter do that. Well, I hope she has a lovely year coming up…
If you want to get your Mizuki goodness:
Annabelle Comes Home rounds out the Annabelle Trilogy from the Conjuring Universe. It’s as dumb as you would think of for the third in a trilogy that seems to not really be needed. It got so dumb that there was even a werewolf in it. Yes, a werewolf. DUMB.
I thought that I would hate the character that unleashed the mayhem, but she was somewhat sympathetic — she was trying to contact her dead dad. Although, I would’ve just asked for some psychic consultation. Plus, why’d she have to touch everything.
The scariest thing about it was after the movie. As I was getting to my car, I did not notice this lady behind me. Like she popped out of thin air. As I hopped into my car, she walked a few spaces past. As I pulled out, I noticed that she was still there staring at me. As I passed by her I didn’t want to look, but needed to confirm that she was still staring at me. Yup. She still was there watching me drive away. It was downright creepy. I thought I was going to see her in my living room when I got home! WTF.
2 of 5 stars.
Happy 4th of July! Remember it is also Independence Day. So #FuckOffDonaldTrump.
Somehow I’ve became a Lyrical School fan. I guess it’s just that I really like their tunes.
This is their most recent song for the summer of 2019, “Last Dance.” I like the video as well. When I first saw it, I thought that it reminded me of Be Kind Rewind. Then I saw their credits wherein they say they were inspired by the very movie I thought it was emulating. How many sweded films can you name?
… are changing color!
Still one of my favorites.
Was a pretty fun happy hour this past Thursday. Good to see some old buddies. “We need to hang out more,” is what we say. Do we hang out more? Not really. But we should try. We should try.
If you stay at a job past five years, then you are never leaving. It’s well known. I’ve been at my job for 19 years. I am never leaving. Because I am dumb.
Strive to continue being good. But keep going. Going. Going.
Need another happy hour with those buds.
