Can I Do Film Criticism?

Hey! The numbers in the date are the same forwards and backwards!

I am getting random body aches sometimes, which is worrisome. Other than that, though, I’m doing okay. Presently reading Breath of the Dragon by Shannon Lee and Fonda Lee (who are not related, I don’t think), and almost done with season one of The Recruit. I am trying to clean out the Frostback Basin in Dragon Age: Inquisition, and then I should be able to race towards the endgame.

Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade might be coming back to theaters for Father’s Day? Look out for that.

Is Bad Representation Worse Than No Representation?

My eye is still partially red, my shoulder somehow hurt itself on Wednesday, while I squished my hand in a car door yesterday. Somehow.

Presently, I am reading Children of Ragnarok by Cinda Williams Chima, and watching The Recruit on Netflix and Burn Notice on Hulu (occasionally catching an episode of Elementary). I have some Batman and Star Wars comics to read, too.

I’m trying to clean up on Dragon Age: Inquisition! Let’s see if I can get to the finale soonish.

Swearing in Fiction

We have a new Pope! Leo XIV! I thought the process would take longer, but I’m glad that it’s been taken care of.

There has been a bit of red in my eye since last weekend. That’s a bit troubling, but it’s not affecting my vision or anything, so I suspect it will probably go away soon enough.

I finished season three of the newest Jurassic Park cartoon, so I need to find something new on Netflix. I am reading Ithaca by Claire North, which I am surprisingly fond of thus far?

Prequel Discourse

Last Saturday, I went to see the twentieth anniversary re-release of Revenge of the Sith in theaters. And it was fun! I had a lot of thoughts about it. Hopefully, there will be a Movie Munchies review, though I’m a bit behind on things there. I meant to have up a Fellowship of the Ring review and that’s lagging.

I have a busy weekend, so I started working on this ahead of time. I am presently reading The Divider, a nonfiction account of our president’s tumultuous first term in office. After that… re-read Delilah Dirk, probably? And I have some other nonfiction books from the library to get through.

I might need a new planner soon.

Tomorrow is Star Wars Day!

On Sin in Fiction

With Pope Francis’s passing, I sometimes considered writing a Saturday Note about the Pope and his legacy, because I have a lot of mixed, complicated feelings on it, especially since there are so many really bad takes out there–so many of them are like, “He fixed the Church!” and, uh… no, he didn’t.

Anyhow, that’s all I’ll say for now. If you want that essay or discussion, let me know.

I finished the episodes of Brooklyn 99 that are on Netflix, and am starting Jurassic World: Chaos Theory. I have another Scott Pilgrim comic for the weekend, and this afternoon, for the 20th anniversary of Revenge of the Sith, I’m seeing the movie in the theater.

Also! Today in 1478, the Pazzi family tried to murder the Medicis at Mass (this is depicted in Assassin’s Creed II) and in 1865, John Wilkes Booth was shot.

On Messianic Figures

Easter is just around the corner; the holiest day of the year. Celebrate when it gets here! Eat some Peeps! And by that I mean the marshmallows, not people. Also please don’t throw eggs at people. Easter is part of the inspiration for this Note, but I also was thinking about Dune, Wheel of Time, and this video from Breaking in the Habit.

Here’s a couple of links about Easter, by the by.

I just finished reading Carpe Jugulum, and next is a book of short stories, I think.

On Creature Designs

Welp, I had a very good Friday night dinner, but it also means I’m a bit late on typing out the note, though I have some written notes.

I am trying to write a good, comprehensive review of the director’s cut of Kingdom of Heaven that encapsulates all of my thoughts. I don’t know when that will be finished, though. The books I hoped to pick up at the library this week hadn’t come in when I went, so I’m not sure what’s next after this Celtic mythology book.

Also, did you know Michael B. Jordan is in an episode of Burn Notice?