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My hardcover edition of Classics Illustrated – The Time Machine, by H.G. Wells. First published in 1895, this Classics Illustrated edition was first published in July, 1956. Sad to say that this is a reprint, not an original.

Primal chop by me

Time To Morp Trailer (Release Announce)

Alison Brie (Nylon magazine, 2010)

“The Muppet Christmas Carol” Review

The Muppet Christmas Carol: Directed by Brian Henson. With Michael Caine, Dave Goelz, Steve Whitmire, Jerry Nelson. The Muppets present their own touching rendition of Charles Dickens’ classic tale.

The gold standard for Christmas movies and in my humble opinion the very best adaptation of the Christmas Carol, a story that’s about 180 years old, being first published in 1843 by Charles Dickens with hundreds of different versions being adapted for every single type of media that you can imagine, including over 20 movies made in the last 80 years. This is by no means a neutered version of the story with some really spooky Muppets taking up the roles of Christmas future and whatever that floating demon / elf thing was. It also includes one of the most solid and memorable Christmas songs of my youth:

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Odette Annable

Inside Mark Zuckerberg’s Top-Secret Hawaii Compound

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is building a sprawling, $100 million compound in Hawaii—complete with plans for a huge underground bunker. A WIRED investigation reveals the true scale of the project—and its impact on the local community.

Elaine Stewart, 1950s.

MOTOCYCLE

Oh, Sydney, we just wanna stay in your lavender haze forever!

Emilia Clarke

When Henry met Satan (OC)

Home Depot Introduces New 12-Foot-Tall Baby Jesus Skeleton

Unicorn Precinct

Humans and elves, dwarves and gnomes, wizards and warriors all live and do business in the thriving, overcrowded port city of Cliff’s End, to say nothing of the tourists and travelers who arrive by land and sea, passing through the metropolis on matters of business or pleasure-or on quests. The hard-working, under-appreciated officers of the Cliff’s End Castle Guard work day and night to maintain law and order as best they can. Arra Cynnis is the youngest child in one of the most powerful families in the wealthy district of Unicorn Precinct. When she’s found murdered, with the culprit’s identity hidden from the magickal examiner’s spells, the Captain of the Guard sends his best investigators. Ex-soldier Torin ban Wyvald and half-elf Danthres Tresyllione have two viable suspects: Arra’s fiancé, who is the cousin of another member of the Castle Guard, or the unknown person with whom Arra was having a torrid affair. Torin and Danthres must navigate the difficult political waters of Cliff’s End’s upper classes in an attempt to determine the girl’s killer. Complicating the case is the unexpected appearance of Torin’s estranged father, who has come to return the detective to his far-off homeland of Myverin, and he won’t take no for an answer . . . . An all-new adventure of the Cliff’s End Castle Guard!

I bought this entire series back when they were just $1 a pop, I love DeCandido’s Star Trek work, so it seemed like a no brainer, and it turned out to be a fantastic leap of logic because this series has turned out to be a rather entertaining set of stories all surrounding a genre that I otherwise wouldn’t have given even a moment’s notice to.

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Favourite lines from Vader

“The Continental: From the World of John Wick” Review

The Continental: From the World of John Wick: Created by Greg Coolidge, Shawn Simmons, Kirk Ward. With Mel Gibson, Colin Woodell, Mishel Prada, Hubert Point-Du Jour. Set in 1970s New York City, The Continental explores the origin of the iconic hotel-for-assassins centerpiece of the John Wick universe seen through the eyes and action of a young Winston Scott.

Overladen with CGI sets, CGI action, and CGI weapons, this series is set in an uninteresting time period and featured characters that I just didn’t find interesting at all. I know that the Wick franchise relies heavily on CGI elements, particularly the gun play, but there was something off about the way it was done here that made it all too obvious and easily took me out of the flow of the movie every time I noticed it.

I originally tried to watch this back when it first came out in September, but was unable to stomach the 5 minute ad preroll that I was faced with on Peacock. It’s not as terrible currently here in December of 2023, but again, it took me completely out of the experience to get modern pizza and soda commercials.

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Bad bird

“The Great Escaper” Review

The Great Escaper: Directed by Oliver Parker. With Michael Caine, Glenda Jackson, Danielle Vitalis, Wolf Kahler. Bernard Jordan escapes from his care home to attend the 70th Anniversary of the D-Day Landings in France.

Based on a true story and reportedly is Michael Caine’s final film performance, though like most actors there’s likely a few projected that he filmed previously in post production limbo or in a vault somewhere. As far as final performances go, there aren’t many as emotional and well done as this.

Sidenote that I think this is the first time that I’ve ever run into a situation where the same exact biographical story was adapted in a movie during the same year, with this one coming out just a month before Pierce Brosnan’s “The Last Rifleman”, which I haven’t seen yet but I understand to be the less well received of the two.

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Amy Adams

Level 247: Cris Velasco (Lords of the Fallen)

It’s always a joy catching up with composer Cris Velasco! This time around, we chat about his epic music for Lords of the Fallen, a souls-like action RPG with plenty of boss battles. He also clues me into another one of his recent scores, for a game called Fae Farm, He and I will talk more about that in a future episode, because it’s delightful. Also couldn’t be more different than his music for Lords.

Come chat with us on Discord about game music, and see the video of my conversation with Cris on the Level with Emily YouTube channel.

PLAYLIST by Cris Velasco for Lords of the Fallen unless noted otherwise

00:00 Aphotic Judgment 06:29 Warmaster 06:56 Orian Ascendance 08:22 Deathless Duty 11:01 Molten Heart 12:30 Archnemesis 16:39 Bloodletter 19:44 Call to War 20:05 Howl of Devastation 23:02 Archnemesis 26:05 Maw of Faith 27:23 Maw of Faith 33:02 Bloodletter 37:13 Fiery Malice 43:15 Welcome to Azoria 45:00 Warm Winds of Adventure 45:55 Maw of Faith 46:41 The Sun on Your Back 47:28 The Market Dance 53:53 Rotting Whispers 54:25 Other Sprouts by Sam Keenan

Level 247: Cris Velasco (Lords of the Fallen) originally appeared on Level With Emily Reese on December 15, 2023.

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Warmest Regards

“Faraway Downs” Review

Faraway Downs: With Shea Adams, Eddie Baroo, Ray Barrett, Tony Barry. An aristocrat, Sarah has a cattle station in Australia. Following death of her husband, a barons plots to take her land but she joins forces with cattle drover Jackman to protect her station.

it’s been a bit since I’ve seen the original movie, but this episodic version of the story is different in great ways, like how each episode has a real focus, but worse in others, like that new theme song that you get to listen to several times over.

It’s worth checking out, especially if you already have Hulu.

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Dusk [OC]

“A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa” Review

A Muppets Christmas: Letters to Santa: Directed by Kirk R. Thatcher. With Steve Whitmire, Dave Goelz, Bill Barretta, Eric Jacobson. When Gonzo accidentally diverts three letters to Santa, he talks Kermit and his friends into delivering them to the North Pole personally.

A “made for tv movie” this isn’t the best Muppet content that I’ve ever seen, but it’s also not the worst, that sorta recent tv office comedy they did certainly takes that case. There’s a few fun guest stars and the songs are passable enough, but there’s no real bangers here like there are in the Muppet’s Christmas Carol.

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DRAGSTER

United States To Gain Access To 15 Military Bases In Finland

Finland will sign a defence agreement next week giving the United States access to 15 military bases in NATO’s newest member, the Finnish defence ministry said on Friday.

Danielle Nicolet

THRASHER Announce Trailer

Out Today: “Star Trek’s Ultimate Episode Guide: The Best, the Worst and the Rest: The Top 150 Stories From Thirteen Trek Series”

Out today: “Star Trek’s Ultimate Episode Guide: The Best, the Worst and the Rest: The Top 150 Stories From Thirteen Trek Series“, by Dr. Joseph Daniel Di Lella.

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Rudy Giuliani Ordered by Jury to Pay Nearly $150 Million in Defamation Damages to Georgia Election Workers

The verdict concludes the former Trump personal lawyer’s nearly week-long trial.

Sunrise at Tasman Lake, New Zealand [OC] [2048×1638]

Bryce Canyon, Utah [OC][3024×4032]

Pamela Anderson, 1990s

Gta 6 Vice [1920×1080]

Found this impressive toilet sign in Bratislava

Sophia Loren (1964)

Silent film actress Melva Cornell circa 1929

Kim Novak (1957)

Scarlett Johansson 2003

CARTOONS

WSJ: “What if we replace the word ‘Genocide’ with something nicer?”

Another NPR – did I improve?

Every. Damn. Time.

Mona Lisa Overdrive – Finn Communicator – Game Asset by Brandon Walsh

Japanese Navy Mogami-class frigate JS Kumano (FFM-2) [1920 x 1440]

McFuckAround

ALLERGY.

Kyla Pratt