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New Star Trek Book: “Star Trek: Trek the Halls”
Star Trek: Trek the Halls by Robb Pearlman has been added to the Star Trek Book Club!
A delightfully quirky twist on “Deck the Halls” that will be a holiday must-have for Trek fans of all generations! This commercial and lighthearted holiday picture book features beloved Star Trek characters and locales from The Original Series, The Next Generation, Deep Space Nine, Voyager, Enterprise, and Discovery.
With playful, pithy text parodying the beloved holiday carol, this book features characters from across the Star Trek Universe and is illustrated in a fresh style that is sure to appeal to children and adult fans alike. Readers young and old will find themselves transported into the Federation alongside Captains Kirk, Picard, Janeway, and more as they celebrate with their respective crews while sporting their best “ugly” sweaters. This ultimate seasonal gift has page after page of Easter-egg filled scenes that include nods to the Gorn, Guinan, Grudge, and more. Resistance to the holiday spirit is futile!
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Waaait a second, I don’t deserve this
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New Star Trek Book: “The Star Trek Book of Friendship: You Have Been, and Always Shall Be, My Friend”
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The Star Trek Book of Friendship: You Have Been, and Always Shall Be, My Friend by Robb Pearlman and Jordan Hoffman has been added to the site!
Star Trek has energized friendships for over 50 years. Whether it’s exploring a convention, beaming into a movie theater, or joining in on a landing party watch party, generations have been as united in their love of the franchise’s bold storytelling and stunning action as they are in the honest fully realized relationships of their favorite characters.
Created by fans for fans, with a foreword from Star Trek: Voyager’s Robert Picardo and Ethan Phillips, this is a first-of- its-kind, fully authorized celebration of Star Trek’s most enduring and endearing friendships, including Kirk and Spock, Picard and Data, Janeway and Seven of Nine, Bashir and Garak, and more!Whether you and your pals think of yourselves as a Sulu and Chekov, a Burnham and Tilly, or even an Archer and Porthos, this is the perfect book to gift to your best Trek friend or keep for yourself! A portion of the proceeds from the sale of this book goes to benefit The Planetary Society, a nonprofit dedicated to empowering the world’s citizens to advance space science and exploration.
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2021 Best of the Year Results
I somehow didn’t have any kind of calendar reminder to post these, something that i will definitely remember to fix, but here’s the results!
Movie
Bo Burnham’s “Inside”, a tour de force of what it’s like going crazy from having to stay away from people due to the global pandemic, which has killed over 2 million people world wide and is currently spiking like crazy here in the US.
Book
The second of the three Coda novels that wrapped up the Star Trek Literary expanded universe, it was the last time we had any hope they were going to somehow pull off a hail mary and save themselves.
Video Game
Alien: Fireteam Elite, it had a slightly rough launch, but the story was interesting, tied into the larger Alien / Prometheus mythos and didn’t step on any toes doing it’s thing. A new free DLC was just released, so I’ll likely be revisiting this again in the near future.
Television Shows
A seven way tie for #1, 2021 was an embarrassment of riches in the amount of high quality television that was released. We finally got television shows that authentically tied into the Marvel Cinematic Universe, we finally got Star Trek that was good, some excellent hard science fiction, and the end of the current Netflix era of Lost In Space.
2021 Year In Review
In the year 2021 there were 17,950 posts, with 6,561 comments. Our top author was storminator with 4,593 posts, and the #1 commenter was Saborlas, who submitted 925 comments!
Click through for an indepth look at the year prior:
8-Bit Christmas
Tags:Gaming, Movie Posters, Movie Reviews, Movies, X-Mas
A movie about the crass commercialism, family obligations, video game systems and cabbage patch dolls. “8-Bit Christmas” feels like a modern mash up of ‘A Christmas Story’, ‘The Princess Bridge’, and a couple other sappy nostalgic films that you’ll surely recognize. There’s a bunch of personally familiar things here, like losing my sister in a mall, or losing my retainer under penalty of death, and having a slide projector go absolutely nuts. I’m actually surprised that my parents didn’t fall into the same kind of panic shows up here about how video games will rot your brain and make you a hyper violent person.
It’s much better than I was hoping for, and while we’re past the holiday season if you’ve ever yearned for a specific thing for x-mas and never got it, this is your movie.
8 Bit Christmas
Tags:Gaming, Movie Posters, Movie Trailers, Movies
8 Bit Christmas: Directed by Michael Dowse. With June Diane Raphael, Steve Zahn, Neil Patrick Harris, Sophia Reid-Gantzert. In 1980s Chicago, a ten-year-old sets out on a quest to get the Christmas gift of his generation – the latest and greatest video game system.
Django Unchained
Tags:Django Unchained, Movie Posters, Movie Reviews, Movies
I believe this was one of the last films I got through Fandago’s coupon program, where you got $5 Gift Certificates for every X movies you bought tickets for. I don’t think I would otherwise want to own the film, I’m not saying it’s bad, but it’s pretty damn intense and I’d have to be in a very specific mood to watch it. It teeters precariously on the fine line between entertainment and preachy revenge fantasy, Everyone in it is just fantastic as they could possibly be, but holy fuck does the N-word get a solid work out.
Avengers & X-Men Axis 2014
Amazing story that interrupted another series I was reading (Avengers World) that bring back Onslaught, which hilariously enough I don’t think actually moved a single leg during the giant battle in the first few issues.
It’s good though, very good.
How the Internet Changed our Gaming Habits in Portugal?
Since the introduction of the internet, our lives have changed forever, and gaming is no exception. We’ll take a detailed look at technology in gaming and how things have improved over the years.
One particular form of online gaming which has gained in popularity is online casinos. Players can find all sorts of slot games and classical casino games to enjoy from the comfort of their own home. Online platform casinoportugal.online has reviews for various casinos in Portugal to help you find the best place to play.
Author Victoria Oliveira has extensive experience in casinos and gaming. She has written countless articles over the years and is considered an expert in the field.
The Role of the Internet in Gaming
Video games were once something you played mainly by yourself. For the games that did have two-player modes, it would require hooking up a second controller and calling a friend over. The internet has changed all of that, though, and now gamers are more connected than ever.
Multiplayer and online games have gained significantly in popularity. It’s not just the games that have changed, but also how people interact with each other. The internet has enabled an easy exchange of information. Players can share tips, strategies and even walkthroughs of games with others. Let’s look at all the ways the internet has impacted gaming.
Multiplayer Games
There are hardly any games that come out anymore that only have a single-player campaign. In fact, there are even some games that are almost entirely multiplayer, like Rainbow Six Siege.
It’s now incredibly easy to team up with other players and play games online against others. Some games like Gran Turismo, for example, are still single player but allow you to compete against others online.
Cooperative gameplay is incredibly fun and brings a whole new dimension to things. It requires proper communication and strategy with your teammates. It’s not just you alone anymore.
Then there are the massively multiplayer online games such as World of Warcraft, Star Wars the Old Republic and Never Winter. These games represent a whole new kind of gaming. Many of them have RPG elements as well.
They typically take place in open worlds and can hold thousands of players on the servers at a time. Rather than interacting with NPCs as you would in a typical game, the characters are all controlled by real people somewhere in the world.
Multiplayer games have proved to be incredibly popular, and new versions of them are constantly popping up. It’s almost mandatory now for any game released to have some form of online component.
How Games are Purchased
Ever remember standing in a lineup on release day hoping to get your favourite new game? You were probably also hoping that copies don’t run out by the time you get inside. Well, those days are long gone.
Games now come in both hardcopy (disk) and digital formats. Platforms like Steam have helped to popularise digital games on the PC. There’s no more chance of games being out of stock because you can just download a copy.
Technology gaming has made things much more convenient for players. The Playstation and Xbox also have their own online stores where players can purchase and download games. The only real downside is the game has to be fully installed on the hard drive, and games can take up tremendous space.
Mods and Player Created Games
Mods have opened up a whole new world of gaming. Players are creating themselves what are essentially expansion packs or add ons for games. In some cases, they make new games entirely or use the existing engine of one game to upgrade the graphics and mechanics of an older game.
You could call mods the gift that keeps on giving. It’s greatly helped to expand the lifespan of a game and retain popularity for years. By adding new levels, characters, items, or other features, the game never gets dull.
As we mentioned, in some cases, entirely new games are created. One notable example of this has been Super Mario World. The hugely popular title came out all the way back in 1990 and is still widely played. The Mario franchise is perhaps the most well known of all time.
While many newer Mario games have come out with far better graphics and new gameplay, the old side scrolling 2D format is still quite captivating. Various players have created over a hundred totally new Mario games based on the SMW engine, with new ones still being published. Some of these new games even borrow sprites and elements from other Mario games on the SNES.
Without the internet, none of these advancements would be possible. It’s allowed players to share their great creations with others all over the world.
Online Game Guides
Guides for games are nothing new. It used to be that popular games would have guides that would appear in a magazine or had a stand alone version that could be purchased. The internet has changed all of that, though.
Video walkthroughs have made figuring your way around difficult spots in a game far simpler. Youtube is full of playthroughs of all kinds of games. In some cases, you can already find them before the game is even officially released.
While reading a written guide can certainly be helpful, nothing beats seeing things play out on video. For games with complex levels, puzzles or other challenges, these have proved to be invaluable. As video games technology has improved, the complexity of games has also gone up significantly.
Conclusion
There is no doubt the internet has had a massive positive effect on gaming from all kinds of angles. It’s made many things possible which we couldn’t do before. Players can now team up or compete with others from around the world. You can share information, strategies and tips with others. Games often have entire online communities that develop around them. It’s a wonder what other innovations the future will hold.
Cain and Mabel
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Watched it because I found a DVD for just $2 and I read an interesting story about the movie, in how Marion Davies (the female lead) wanted to do some expensive scenes that required a stage building that just didn’t exist yet. Seeing those scenes, I agree that they would have been less impactful, but honestly they were somewhat out of place with the rest of the film, which was about the love between two people that were tricked into a relationship and were tired of what being famous was doing to them. It’s a good movie and highlights Marion Davies who only did one more movie after this one, and gave some juicy lines to Clark Gable who was just coming off of a stint of 15 movies, then went on to make “Gone With The Wind” just a couple years later. It’s a simple enough story that resonates with me enough that I’m shocked it hasn’t been remade.
Here’s a video from the 90’s that talks about the modification of the stage in the 30’s:
An Apology
I owe my 45-supporting friends an apology (?). I’ve been critical of the trump presidency these last four years, and am still exhausted from the experience.
But to be fair, president trump wasn’t that bad, other than when he incited an insurrection against the government, mismanaged a pandemic that killed nearly half a million Americans, separated children from their families, lost those children in the bureaucracy, tear-gassed peaceful protesters on Lafayette Square so he could hold a photo op holding a Bible in front of a church, tried to block all Muslims from entering the country, got impeached, got impeached again, had the worst jobs record of any president in modern history, pressured Ukraine to dig dirt on Joe Biden, fired the FBI director for investigating his ties to Russia, bragged about firing the FBI director on TV, took Vladimir Putin’s word over the US intelligence community, diverted military funding to build his wall, caused the longest government shutdown in US history, called Black Lives Matter a “symbol of hate,” lied nearly 30,000 times, banned transgender people from serving in the military, ejected reporters from the White House briefing room who asked tough questions, vetoed the defense funding bill because it renamed military bases named for Confederate soldiers, refused to release his tax returns, increased the national debt by nearly $8 trillion, had three of the highest annual trade deficits in U.S. history, called veterans and soldiers who died in combat losers and suckers, coddled the leader of Saudi Arabia after he ordered the execution and dismembering of a US-based journalist, refused to concede the 2020 election, hired his unqualified daughter and son-in-law to work in the White House, walked out of an interview with Lesley Stahl, called neo-Nazis “very fine people,” suggested that people should inject bleach into their bodies to fight COVID, abandoned our allies the Kurds to Turkey, pushed through massive tax cuts for the wealthiest but balked at helping working Americans, incited anti-lockdown protestors in several states at the height of the pandemic, withdrew the US from the Paris climate accords, withdrew the US from the Iranian nuclear deal, withdrew the US from the Trans Pacific Partnership which was designed to block China’s advances, insulted his own Cabinet members on Twitter, pushed the leader of Montenegro out of the way during a photo op, failed to reiterate US commitment to defending NATO allies, called Haiti and African nations “shithole” countries, called the city of Baltimore the “worst in the nation,” claimed that he single handedly brought back the phrase “Merry Christmas” even though it hadn’t gone anywhere, forced his Cabinet members to praise him publicly like some cult leader, believed he should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, berated and belittled his hand-picked Attorney General when he recused himself from the Russia probe, suggested the US should buy Greenland, colluded with Mitch McConnell to push through federal judges and two Supreme Court justices after supporting efforts to prevent his predecessor from appointing judges, repeatedly called the media “enemies of the people,” claimed that if we tested fewer people for COVID we’d have fewer cases, violated the emoluments clause, thought that Nambia was a country, told Bob Woodward in private that the coronavirus was a big deal but then downplayed it in public, called his exceedingly faithful vice president a “p—y” for following the Constitution, nearly got us into a war with Iran after threatening them by tweet, nominated a corrupt head of the EPA, nominated a corrupt head of HHS, nominated a corrupt head of the Interior Department, nominated a corrupt head of the USDA, praised dictators and authoritarians around the world while criticizing allies, refused to allow the presidential transition to begin, insulted war hero John McCain – even after his death, spent an obscene amount of time playing golf after criticizing Former President Barack Obama for playing (far less) golf while president, falsely claimed that he won the 2016 popular vote, called the Muslim mayor of London a “stone cold loser,” falsely claimed that he turned down being Time’s Man of the Year, considered firing special counsel Robert Mueller on several occasions, mocked wearing face masks to guard against transmitting COVID, locked Congress out of its constitutional duty to confirm Cabinet officials by hiring acting ones, used a racist dog whistle by calling COVID the “China virus,” hired and associated with numerous shady figures that were eventually convicted of federal offenses including his campaign manager and national security adviser, pardoned several of his shady associates, gave the Presidential Medal of Freedom to two congressman who amplified his batshit crazy conspiracy theories, got into telephone fight with the leader of Australia(!), had a Secretary of State who called him a moron, forced his press secretary to claim without merit that his was the largest inauguration crowd in history, botched the COVID vaccine rollout, tweeted so much dangerous propaganda that Twitter eventually banned him, charged the Secret Service jacked-up rates at his properties, constantly interrupted Joe Biden in their first presidential debate, claimed that COVID would “magically” disappear, called a U.S. Senator “Pocahontas,” used his Twitter account to blast Nordstrom when it stopped selling Ivanka’s merchandise, opened up millions of pristine federal lands to development and drilling, got into a losing tariff war with China that forced US taxpayers to bail out farmers, claimed that his losing tariff war was a win for the US, ignored or didn’t even take part in daily intelligence briefings, blew off honoring American war dead in France because it was raining, redesigned Air Force One to look like the trump Shuttle, got played by Kim Jung Un and his “love letters,” threatened to go after social media companies in clear violation of the Constitution, botched the response to Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico, threw paper towels at Puerto Ricans when he finally visited them, pressured the governor and secretary of state of Georgia to “find” him votes, thought that the Virgin islands had a President, drew on a map with a Sharpie to justify his inaccurate tweet that Alabama was threatened by a hurricane, allowed White House staff to use personal email accounts for official businesses after blasting Hillary Clinton for doing the same thing, rolled back regulations that protected the public from mercury and asbestos, pushed regulators to waste time studying snake-oil remedies for COVID, rolled back regulations that stopped coal companies from dumping waste into rivers, held blatant campaign rallies at the White House, tried to take away millions of Americans’ health insurance because the law was named for a Black man, refused to attend his successors’ inauguration, nominated the worst Education Secretary in history, threatened judges who didn’t do what he wanted, attacked Dr. Anthony Fauci, promised that Mexico would pay for the wall (it didn’t), allowed political hacks to overrule government scientists on major reports on climate change and other issues, struggled navigating a ramp after claiming his opponent was feeble, called an African-American Congresswoman “low IQ,” threatened to withhold federal aid from states and cities with Democratic leaders, went ahead with rallies filled with maskless supporters in the middle of a pandemic, claimed that legitimate investigations of his wrongdoing were “witch hunts,” seemed to demonstrate a belief that there were airports during the American Revolution, demanded “total loyalty” from the FBI director, praised a conspiracy theory that Democrats are Satanic pedophiles, completely gutted the Voice of America, placed a political hack in charge of the Postal Service, claimed without evidence that the Obama administration bugged trump Tower, suggested that the US should allow more people from places like Norway into the country, suggested that COVID wasn’t that bad because he recovered with the help of top government doctors and treatments not available to the public, overturned energy conservation standards that even industry supported, reduced the number of refugees the US accepts, insulted various members of Congress and the media with infantile nicknames, gave Rush Limbaugh a Presidential medal of Freedom at the State of the Union address, named as head of federal personnel a 29-year old who’d previously been fired from the White House for allegations of financial improprieties, eliminated the White House office of pandemic response, used soldiers as campaign props, fired any advisor who made the mistake of disagreeing with him, demanded the Pentagon throw him a Soviet-style military parade, hired a shit ton of white nationalists, politicized the civil service, did absolutely nothing after Russia hacked the U.S. government, falsely said the Boy Scouts called him to say his bizarre Jamboree speech was the best speech ever given to the Scouts, claimed that Black people would overrun the suburbs if Biden won, insulted reporters of color, insulted women reporters, insulted women reporters of color, suggested he was fine with China’s oppression of the Uighurs, attacked the Supreme Court when it ruled against him, summoned Pennsylvania state legislative leaders to the White House to pressure them to overturn the election, spent countless hours every day watching Fox News, refused to allow his administration to comply with Congressional subpoenas, hired Rudy Giuliani as his lawyer, tried to punish Amazon because the Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post wrote negative stories about him, acted as if the Attorney General of the United States was his personal attorney, attempted to get the federal government to defend him in a libel lawsuit from a women who accused him of sexual assault, held private meetings with Vladimir Putin without staff present, didn’t disclose his private meetings with Vladimir Putin so that the US had to find out via Russian media, stopped holding press briefings for months at a time, “ordered” US companies to leave China even though he has no such power, led a political party that couldn’t even be bothered to draft a policy platform, claimed preposterously that Article II of the Constitution gave him absolute powers, tried to pressure the U.K. to hold the British Open at his golf course, suggested that the government nuke hurricanes, suggested that wind turbines cause cancer, said that he had a special aptitude for science, fired the head of election cyber security after he said that the 2020 election was secure, blurted out classified information to Russian officials, tried to force the G7 to hold their meeting at his failing golf resort in Florida, fired the acting attorney general when she refused to go along with his unconstitutional Muslim travel ban, hired Stephen Miller, openly discussed national security issues in the dining room at Mar-a-Lago where everyone could hear them, interfered with plans to relocate the FBI because a new development there might compete with his hotel, abandoned Iraqi refugees who’d helped the U.S. during the war, tried to get Russia back into the G7, held a COVID super spreader event in the Rose Garden, seemed to believe that Frederick Douglass is still alive, lost 60 election fraud cases in court including before judges he had nominated, falsely claimed that factories were reopening when they weren’t, shamelessly exploited terror attacks in Europe to justify his anti-immigrant policies, still hasn’t come up with a healthcare plan, still hasn’t come up with an infrastructure plan despite repeated “Infrastructure Weeks,” forced Secret Service agents to drive him around Walter Reed while contagious with COVID, told the Proud Boys to “stand back and stand by,” fucked up the Census, withdrew the U.S. from the World Health Organization in the middle of a pandemic, did so few of his duties that his press staff were forced to state on his daily schedule “president trump will work from early in the morning until late in the evening. He will make many calls and have many meetings,” allowed his staff to repeatedly violate the Hatch Act, seemed not to know that Abraham Lincoln was a Republican, stood before sacred CIA wall of heroes and bragged about his election win, constantly claimed he was treated worse than any president which presumably includes four that were assassinated and his predecessor whose legitimacy and birthplace were challenged by a racist reality TV show star named donald trump, claimed Andrew Jackson could’ve stopped the Civil War even though he died 16 years before it happened, said that any opinion poll showing him behind was fake, claimed that other countries laughed at us before he became president when several world leaders were literally laughing at him, claimed that the military was out of ammunition before he became President, created a commission to whitewash American history, retweeted anti-Islam videos from one of the most racist people in Britain, claimed ludicrously that the Pulse nightclub shooting wouldn’t have happened if someone there had a gun even though there was an armed security guard there, hired a senior staffer who cited the non-existent Bowling Green Massacre as a reason to ban Muslims, had a press secretary who claimed that Nazi Germany never used chemical weapons even though every sane human being knows they used gas to kill millions of Jews and others, bilked the Secret Service for higher than market rates when they had to stay at trump properties, apparently sold pardons on his way out of the White House, stripped protective status from 59,000 Haitians, falsely claimed Biden wanted to defund the police, said that the head of the CDC didn’t know what he was talking about, tried to rescind protection from DREAMers, gave himself an A+ for his handling of the pandemic, tried to start a boycott of Goodyear tires due to an Internet hoax, said U.S. rates of COVID would be lower if you didn’t count blue states, deported U.S. veterans who served their country but were undocumented, claimed he did more for African Americans than any president since Lincoln, touted a “super-duper” secret “hydrosonic” missile which may or may not be a new “hypersonic” missile or may not exist at all, retweeted a gif calling Biden a pedophile, forced through security clearances for his family, suggested that police officers should rough up suspects, suggested that Biden was on performance-enhancing drugs, tried to stop transgender students from being able to use school bathrooms in line with their gender, suggested the US not accept COVID patients from a cruise ship because it would make US numbers look higher, nominated a climate change sceptic to chair the committee advising the White House on environmental policy, retweeted a video doctored to look like Biden had played a song called “Fuck tha Police” at a campaign event, hugged a disturbingly large number of U.S. flags, accused Democrats of “treason” for not applauding his State of the Union address, claimed that the FBI failed to capture the Parkland school shooter because they were “spending too much time” on Russia, mocked the testimony of Dr Christine Blasey Ford when she accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual assault, obsessed over low-flow toilets, ordered the release of more COVID vaccines when there weren’t any to release, called for the construction of a bizarre garden of heroes with statutes of famous dead Americans as well as at least one Canadian (Alex Trebek), hijacked Washington’s July 4th celebrations to give a partisan speech, took advice from the MyPillow guy, claimed that migrants seeking a better life in the US were dangerous caravans of drug dealers and rapists, said nothing when Vladimir Putin poisoned a leading opposition figure, never seemed to heed the advice of his wife’s “Be Best” campaign, falsely claimed that mail-in voting is fraudulent, announced a precipitous withdrawal of troops from Syria which not only handed Russia and ISIS a win but also prompted his defense secretary to resign in protest, insulted the leader of Canada, insulted the leader of France, insulted the leader of Britain, insulted the leader of Germany, insulted the leader of Sweden (Sweden!!), falsely claimed credit for getting NATO members to increase their share of dues, blew off two Asia summits even though they were held virtually, continued lying about spending lots of time at Ground Zero with 9/11 responders, said that the Japanese would sit back and watch their “Sony televisions” if the US were ever attacked, left a NATO summit early in a huff, stared directly into an eclipse even though everyone over the age of 5 knows not to do that, called himself a very stable genius despite significant evidence to the contrary, refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and kept his promise, and a whole bunch of other things I can’t remember at the moment.But other than that. . .
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Karl Lewis: To be fair: Junior is so freaking coked up at this point, I think he should just get some credit for knowing that Texas even HAS a Governor. I mean, he’s probably snorted his own body weight in Bolivian Marching Powder just since January 20th. That he can even still feel his own thumbs, or even find his phone, is more than a little amazing.
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Blue Is the Warmest Colour
Tags:Movie Posters, Movie Reviews, Movies
There’s a saying from politics, to paraphrase: ‘you’ll know it when you see it’, and buddy, I have seen it. I’m not saying that to detract or to titillate (teehee), but to prepare anyone that goes in, this movie has graphic scenes of lesbian sex. They’re well shot and well acted, but none the less, it’s not a family movie that you can just pop on for the kids to enjoy. Instead, this is an emotional roller coaster of a movie that follow’s a woman’s discovery of what she wants from life with all the twists and turns that kind of journey always entails. This is my very first Criterion edition bluray that I bought for reasons (it was the sex scenes) but also because I found it super cheap on Amazon and I had a gift card burning a hole in my digital pocket. I’d seen the gratuitous scenes previously but had heard how well done the story was, so was happy to find that the movie stands on it’s own. It’s a weird comparison, but after the movie was over I felt the same feels after I finished Chasing Amy, which was another movie about the growth of a person through their sexual adventures, albeit a much more humorous take on the subject.
It’s a great film, just be aware of what you’re getting into if you’re about to watch it.
MCS Top Posts for the week ending 2021-01-01
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songofsickness: By the time this game is done, we’ll all be living in space.
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fatherdougal: Plot twist: The one on the left has the brain of a fish and will probably try to bite your dick off should you attempt to engage in fellatio. The one on the right has a human brain and is a wonderful conversationalist and nymphomaniac. Who do you pick now?
Bolthorn: “I’m going to purposefully pose a danger to myself and others because I don’t know how viruses work.” The one lady talking about how she never got the flu. Bitch, me either but that doesn’t mean I also think I’m immune to AIDS.
Sindig0: It should be a problem, sure. But there is no bottom for these people anymore. Any shred decency her supporters have left is gone – sacrificed on the throne of their clownish god-emperor. We’re in for some really dark days, whatever happens in Georgia.
The fold
Tags:Book Reviews, Books, Fantasy - Science Fiction
I’m a huge fan of Peter Cline’s science fiction work, the “Ex-Heroes” series of books really did it for me and was one of the first really well done superhero novels that I was able to read and enjoy. “The Fold” was a book that I picked up and read nearly straight through, only stopping because it was 5am and I had work in just a few short hours, which left me with about 100 pages to read, which I did immediately after work was done.
If you’re a fan of transdimentional teleportation science fiction body horror, this would be a great book to pick up.
