Yep. The new Star Wars movies got novelizations as well. The interesting thing is they came out after the movies and expanded on the story. The Last Jedi one was pretty good along with Rogue One.
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Specifically how Daenerys and Lady Trieu are both powerful women who seem to be on righteous missions but âgo too farâ and have to be killed by men close to them
And in general maybe how both series start out questioning the integrity of their whole systems but ultimately validate them again, with Bran on the throne and Veidt in custody of the hero cops
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The most beautiful and perfect animated movie I have ever seen. I saw it as part of Ghiblifest at AMC on the big screen. If itâs playing in your area (check now) fork over your money right now for a seat.
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Sort of reminds me of the end of The Prisoner. Everything is being thrown in. I hope it doesnât end like Lost.
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It is BEAUTIFUL. It referenced so many different styles of Eastern art, from Samurai, to Classical, to Sumi, and yet it kept similar visual style throughout. The story was just incredible and the end was all the things. No spoilers. Go see it. I am so glad I saw it.
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Ah, yeah⌠that.
As a woman, you quickly get used to seeing that bullshit trope, even in the best written mainstream shows. (Not that the end of GoT was âgoodâ in any way, mind you.)
That said, Watchmen S1 ended with Angela Abar potentially becoming the next Dr Manhattan, which is pretty damn epic; that would be literally empowering a strong woman, and one without an ego thatâs the size of a small third world country.
Speaking of, Lady Trieu was rather one dimensional, IMO; her âone noteâ was that same insufferable hubris and arrogance as Veidt⌠she always seemed much more impressed with herself than I was a viewer.
In that regard, she was very much her fatherâs daughter. Jeremy Irons did a good job at making me hate Ozymandias even more than I already did, which is saying something.
Speaking of Veidt:
Iâm not even mad at what happened to him, because at least itâs some kind of consequences and repercussions for his heinous actions, as opposed to just getting away with killing 3M+ people in order to âsaveâ us from ourselves.
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I thought I had posted about the ongoing saga of the behind the scenes mess that is American Gods, but apparently not?
Anyway, the latest from Jones:
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TIL the American Gods showrunner penalty hasnât read Gaimanâs books. He definitely doesnât seem aware thereâs an entire close-to-AG novel freaking called Anansi Boys.
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Saw Rise of Skywalker last night. Non-spoiler thoughts: itâs a serviceable movie, lots of fan service, and some great visuals. Plot was so-so. It doesnât do much to try to be surprising during the movie, so Iâd avoid spoilers if possible ahead of time.
I generally liked it, but it felt like it should have been at least two separate movies. The first half felt really rushed to me⌠lots of things happening, excitement, loud and frenetic musical score, but it kept rushing from place to place and conversation to conversation too fast for much of it to really have an impact. 25 - 50% of the way in it finally slowed down enough to let the plot start getting words in edgewise. Iâve had a similar feeling from the other two movies.
Spoilery bits: a hidden, all-black fleet of destroyers slaved together for remote control, Palpatine speaking from beyond the grave, possible cloning tech being involved, and some other bits made me really start comparing everything to the Extended Universe Thrawn books by Zahn. Even though itâs a very different story, there ends up being an awful lot of parallel details that kept making me go âhey, waitaminnitâŚâ once I started noticing them.
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Watching this holiday classic:
(ok, ok, not holiday. And, wow, Iâd forgotten just how ridiculously cheezeball this movie is. Definitely a âshut the brain off and pull out the popcornâ movie.)
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Dany by her nephew, Trieu by her father, itâs like an evil Bollywood series about honor killings
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(In Nicholas Cage voice) And ther ainât nuthin rong withat.
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I think youâd have to first figure out exactly what kind of accent he was actually going for there. Itâs pretty much all over the map on this one. 
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Saw Knives Out. Really fun movie. If you have a mixed generational group this holiday and are looking for a good PG movie that everyone will like, this is a great pick. Every cast member was a perfect fit, not in a campy way but still in the genre way. The themes were timely without wailing you over the head with them. Daniel Craig was wonderful and I canât believe he pulled off the Southern accent so well. I was most impressed with the use of visual storytelling and not just dialogue. It was super clever.
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Not surprising. The io9 review noted unfinished/missing special effects; a review from another source (canât remember, sorry) included reporting from the red carpet, in which Hooper mentioned heâd been up for 36 hours straight doing the final edits prior to the premiere.
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Yikes, yeah. Why didnât they just change the character to somebody from the Midwest or California? Theyâve got working class military heroes there too.
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This is interesting.
I have always thought Iâd seen Con Air. But nothing from that trailer looked familiar.
So I have either suppressed the viewing or confused it with another Nick Cage film.
Interesting.
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Why not both?
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The reviews of Cats are hilarious, though. Sounds like a complete train wreck that a little editing and CGI will not make a dent in.
Whatâs weird is that the investors could not have had an easier home run investment movie if theyâd just played it safe. But somehow they decide to get weird and arty with total schlock. People didnât want that.
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