May 2009
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New TV Shows for the 2009/2010 season
New shows are always exciting – there’s usually at least one show that catches my attention. Lately though I’ve gotten a lot more fussy about what I’ll continue watching – if I’m bored with the plots or I don’t at least like all of the characters I don’t usually watch for long. Also when I [...]
"Ragamuffin" by Tobias S. Buckell
“Ragamuffin” by Tobias S. Buckell
Publication Date: June 2008 (reprint)
ISBN: 9780765354105
Number of Pages: 342
The Benevolent Satrapy rule an empire of forty-eight worlds, linked by thousands of wormholes strung throughout the galaxy. Human beings, while technically “free,” mostly skulk around the fringes of the Satrapy, struggling to get by. The secretive alien Satraps tightly restrict the technological [...]
TSS: Another Random Sunday …
I still haven’t accomplished much on the reading front. The Star Trek movie novelization I was reading ended up being too lame to continue. It started out okay but as it went on more and more things were changed or added that didn’t make a whole lot of sense. I realize the author was trying [...]
TSS: "Star Trek" on the brain
This week has been Star Trek all the time. On Tuesday I saw the new movie – Star Trek – for the second time and loved it. I put a longer spoiler filled review.
Also on Tuesday I bought the prequel comic “Countdown” by J.J. Abrams and company and the novelization of “Star Trek” by Alan [...]
Thoughts on the Original Star Trek Movies
The other day I bought the new Star Trek – The Motion Picture Trilogy (Wrath of Khan, Search for Spock, and The Voyage Home) and I’ve watched them all today. As much as I enjoyed the new Star Trek these three are still my favorite movies of all time.
Fringe – Thoughts at the end of Season 1
The season final of Fringe aired Tuesday night and while it wasn’t exactly awesome, it was interesting. The whole show is probably a lot more fun if you really like complicated puzzles, which I don’t when I’m watching TV shows or movies. What keeps me coming back to Fringe are the interesting characters. J.J. Abrams [...]
Star Trek Review (with Spoilers)
On Tuesday I saw Star Trek for the second time, and overall I still love it and feel that J.J. Abrams and company did a great job with the characters and the setting. They managed to tell a great story and do it in a way that didn’t damage my feelings for the original show [...]
TSS: Reading and Watching…
It’s been a rather slow week when it comes to reading. After hitting a scene in “Joplin’s Ghost” I wasn’t thrilled with I decided to put it aside for a while and start reading “Ragamuffin” by Tobias Buckell. “Ragamuffin” is much more interesting and fun to read, though I’m a bit confused by the world [...]
Movie Review: Star Trek (no spoilers)
In an effort to not have spoilers this will be deliberately short and vague. I may write up another post with more discussion of the move with spoilers at a later date.
I have to admit I was really nervous about this movie. I was afraid they would change the characters in ways I would hate. [...]
Movie Review: "X-Men Origins: Wolverine"
I saw X-Men: Origins: Wolverine and it’s a decent movie to watch if you like movies with a lot of action and fighting, but it doesn’t have much else going for it. The plot is very simplistic and far too predicable to be worth the 1 hour and 45 minutes it lasted. It definitely felt [...]
