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Category Archives: Hatboy’s Movie Extravaganza
Let’s take a moment and talk about Star Wars again
I stumbled over this guy on YouTube. He seems like an almost hilariously stereotypical Star Wars nerd, and he hated the recent movies, but he is also fun and (to my mind at least) positive and upbeat about his fandom, … Continue reading
Wheel of Time casting, questions of ethnicity, and so on
Thanks to my dude Beer Rot for linking this to me. I’m sure Aaron already saw it too, he’s been all over this channel and the Wheel of Time TV remake. Interesting watch. I could already have guessed the sorts of … Continue reading
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Tagged amazon prime video, casting, daniel greene, racism, racist butt, the wheel of time, TV adaptations
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Planet of the Humans
(NOTE: I replaced the YouTube link with a more critical annotated version. Because intellectual engagement is better than censorship.) So here I am, sitting back and waiting for the hot takes to start rolling in about the Planet of the … Continue reading
Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) (a review)
This review has some spoilers. So here’s your warning. I did a lot of directionless ranting and waffling in this post. Without even any pictures to break it up. But here’s one.
The Wheel of Vine
Another little treat from a friend, this time Robert “Beer ‘General Moral Decay (Alcohol)’ Rot” E. This was hilarious. Particularly the Forsaken / Dark One part. But there were some other highlights. Perfect.
The TV adaptation formerly known as Night Watch
So this looks like happening at some point. Just to add to our glut of TV adaptations of beloved fantasy and science fiction books. I assume they’re calling it The Watch so as to avoid confusing the poor dumb bastards who … Continue reading
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Tagged bbc america, Discworld, night watch, the watch, TV adaptations
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Frozen II (a review)
Headed into the- UNKNOOOOOOOOWN -actually the Jumbo shopping mall and cineplex on Monday to watch the sequel Frozen was always going to get. It was actually pretty great! I went in thinking Wump and Toop were going to get their … Continue reading
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Tagged disney, film reviews, frozen, frozen 2, movie reviews, movies, sequels
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Star Wars Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker (a review)
See, this is why I write books. I’m not really going to bother reviewing this movie, although I usually preface my reviews with some sort of disclaimer about how I’m not going to write a review and then I write … Continue reading
Bonus post: Star Wars (again)
Not a lot to add here. Just bumped into this video and it sums up how I felt about Episode VIII: The Last Jedi pretty well. I’ve still only seen it the once, but the more I reflect on it, … Continue reading
Return of the Jedi (a mini-review)
In preparation for Episode IX: The Rise of Skywalker next week, and given our extremely packed schedule for the next few days, I decided to give Wump a crash course in Star Wars. Basically, we watched Episode VI: Return of … Continue reading
