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Invisibles, Eight, Rowing, Poker, Book

Movies and a few oddments:

“Invisibles 2” is an upper mediocre superhero movie that happens to be animated. Where the first “Incredibles” was a loving parody/homage of long running movie tropes presented to a market where superhero movies were relatively rare, the current offering has lost track of that, and is being presented in a market that is oversaturated with superheroes. There is nothing wrong with this movie, but it doesn’t sparkle even the tiniest bit. Continue reading

Rim, Zoo, Gaming, Rose

I have only seen one movie in the last 30 days. That must be some kind of record.

“Pacific Rim: Uprising” is a sequel to the 2013 “giant robots fighting giant monsters” movie. Like its predecessor, it has more character development, and is more fun, than could ever be predicted from the movie’s premise. Of course, the premise suggests negative values for both of these things, so it’s a low bar. Continue reading

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