Daddy Warpig, at both Geek Gab [https://youtu.be/EBtaMwsHF_E], and at Castalia [http://www.castaliahouse.com/michael-myers-the-scooby-doo-scary-man/], reviewed the new Halloween release. He brings up mostly the same set of strengths and weaknesses in the movie in both, though in the (I presume) latter Castalia review, he comes across a bit less happy about the movie. Now, I'm a huge fan of his reviews, and usually find them spot on, but in this case, I have to differ with him. First - one of t…
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Ages ago I read what was – at the time, for a younger self – a “groundbreaking” book by Neal Stephenson calledSnow Crash. It was an interesting blend of real and virtual word technothriller, had some interesting ideas, a fun opening chapter, and despite putting out a number of books I’ve gladly reread like *Anathem, *SC did not age well. Mostly for it’s self-awareness, as demonstrated most clearly by the name of our viewpoint character, Hiro Protagonist. Nick Cole’sSoda Pop Soldier gets compare…
John Ringo’s sheer volume of output is legendary. Also the fact that an idea jumps into his head, and the next thing anyone knows, there’s another book series waiting to be edited. The last is pretty much the story of how John Ringo ended up writing a series of books set in Larry Correia’s Monster Hunter universe. I’d reviewed the first book previously [https://thelastredoubt.com/2016/08/monster-hunter-memoirs-grunge-or-las.html]. The third and final book in the series – Monster Hunter Memoirs:…
The Dream of the Iron Dragon: An Alternate History Viking Epic [https://www.amazon.com/Dream-Iron-Dragon-Alternate-History-ebook/dp/B078WLB2CR] is the the type of “alternate history” that’s been around since Twain’s “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court” – a man of our time goes to the past, and starts changing things. Like Flint’s “1632” series, and Stirling’s Nantucket series, it’s not just one man. Like Weber’s Apocalypse Troll, you can throw out the “from our time” aspect. Our protag…
I took the plunge, World’s Endnotwithstanding, and went to see Baby Driver. Short version – if you sat through the trailers and said “hell, yeah” – the movie is exactly what they sold you. Go, watch it.That said, I’m torn. Where once in the past I was more amenable to “stylish” and directly artistic movies, I have much less patience with, say, Tarantino flicks, than I used to be. It’s very overtly and deliberately stylistic, often enough in ways that call themselves to your attention. Yet, I’ve…