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Monthly Archives: February 2016

The Walking Dead – No Way Out recap

15 Monday Feb 2016

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Horror, Walking Dead, Zombies

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The Walking Dead images courtesy of AMC

6×09: “No Way Out”

I don’t know why, but for some reason I felt compelled to watch some old episodes of The Walking Dead during this year’s midseason break, and somehow, in the midst of all of the Holiday festivities, family togetherness, celebratory warmth, and zombie gore, I realized that I’ve really grown fond of the show. That might seem obvious from my having written recap reviews of the show since season four, but it’s a show that I’ve had a lot of problems with over its lifespan, and at its critically bleakest points, it was often a show I hate watched more than actually enjoyed.  Since I took that chance to look back at where the show’s been and where it is now and have really been able to consider what a big part of my TV-watching life it’s become, I feel like I’ve reached a point of contentment and comfort with the show, and it’s become something I actively want to watch and actually kind of miss when it’s gone. Even though I pretty much already know where everything’s going. Continue reading →

February 12th Weekend Predictions & Predilections

12 Friday Feb 2016

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Deadpool

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Legends of Tomorrow – White Knights recap

11 Thursday Feb 2016

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Action, comics, DC, superhero

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Legends of Tomorrow images courtesy of Warner Bros. Television Distribution

1×04: “White Knights”

With the economy flagging and the value of our dollar plummeting, it’s tough to be Canadian right now, but if there’s one good thing about living here, I would say it’s that we got to see this week’s Legends of Tomorrow early. But that’s about it.

So according to Legends of Tomorrow, breaking into the Pentagon was even easier in the ‘80s than it was in X-Men: Days of Future Past in the ‘70s as our heroes this week infiltrated the United States DoD headquarters on the trail of redacted files that might lead to Vandal Savage’s ‘80s-era goings on. It’s a pretty entertaining scene, particularly because they find a way to involve everyone on the team and particularly because Sara got to do a pretty nifty maneuver with her double spin kick (which looked like it was really done by the actress rather than a stunt double).  But come on. Continue reading →

Steve Jobs review

06 Saturday Feb 2016

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biography, Drama, Sorkin, technology

Justin Long and John Hodgman must be spinning in their graves

by Thom Yee

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Steve Jobs images courtesy of Universal Pictures

Fatal error?  Unknown Exception?  INVALID Store Path?  PC LOAD LETTER?  Man, I’m glad I switched to Mac (granted that last one is a printer error message, but, for obvious reasons, it still makes me laugh every time I think of it).

Back in the ‘90s (and my youth), the only thing we ever used Apple for was Oregon Trail. Or at least that’s what those of us who’d finished our school work ahead of time used Apple for. Back in those days, when the green screens were really green and the floppy disks were actually floppy, Apple was that row of archaic computers that sat untouched in our library as we, instead, went to the computer lab with Windows machines to use Netscape Navigator and ICQ. Continue reading →

Legends of Tomorrow – Blood Ties recap

05 Friday Feb 2016

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Legends of Tomorrow images courtesy of Warner Bros. Television Distribution

1×03: “Blood Ties”

Pfft. Some Time Master.

This week we pick up with our heroes still getting weird in the ‘70s, and once again we’re split up into three discrete groups as we try to solve the mystery of what Vandal Savage is doing with Hawkman’s deceased body. Forming new plans after failing to stop Savage during last week’s shenanigans, Rip and Sarah decide that if they can’t halt Savage’s plans, they can at least slow them down by hitting where it hurts (his wallet), Jax is charged with repairing the Waverider’s heretofore unrevealed secondary jump ship that was damaged during the team’s fight with Chronos and Leonard and Rory decide to take advantage by forcing Jax to use the ship to right a previous wrong, and Martin and Ray get into their own subatomic adventures in order to save Kendra’s life. Continue reading →

February 5th Weekend Predictions & Predilections

05 Friday Feb 2016

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Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

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