Archive for the ‘My thoughts’ Category
Star Trek Crossovers
All Series Anthologies Strange New Worlds edited by Dean Wesley Smith 1998 -> 5/5 Strange New Worlds II edited by Dean Wesley Smith 1999 -> 4.5/5 Strange New Worlds III edited by Dean Wesley Smith 2000 -> 5/5 Enterprise Logs edited by Carol Greenburg 2000 -> 4.5/5 Strange New Worlds IV edited by Dean Wesley […]
Star Trek 3rd Generation
Discovery I’ve read all of the books that have been published so far to tie in with this series. Desperate Hours by David Mack 2017 -> 4.5/5 Drastic Measures by Dayton Ward 2018 -> 4.5/5 Fear Itself by James Swallow 2018 -> 4.5/5 The Way to the Stars by Una McCormack 2019 -> 4.5/5 The […]
Star Trek 2nd Generation
The Next Generation Ghost Ship by Diane Carey 1988 -> 4/5 The Children of Hamlin by Carmen Carter 1988 -> 4.5/5 Strike Zone by Peter David 1989 -> 4.5/5 A Call to Darkness by Michael Jan Friedman 1989 -> 4.5/5 (+) A Rock and a Hard Place by Peter David 1990 -> 4.5/5 (+) Metamorphosis […]
Star Trek 1st Generation
This list was absurdly long, so I’m splitting it into 4 parts. The Original Series Spock Must Die! by James Blish 1970 -> 2/5 The Entropy Effect by Vonda N. McIntyre 1981 -> 4.5/5 Yesterday’s Son by A. C. Crispin 1983 -> 4.5/5 The Wounded Sky by Diane Duane 1983 -> 4/5 The Final Reflection […]
Photos
These are all the photos I’ve posted on my blog. My favourite things to take photos of are mountains and waterfalls. Washington State I’ve made a bunch of trips to Washington State, where I have relatives. These 2 are trips where I was gone for a week and a half and saw lots of amazing […]
The two funniest plays I saw live
I’ve seen a few plays here and there but the two that stick out in my mind were extremely funny. The Frogs by Aristophanes Aristophanes is an ancient Greek playwright who wrote comedies and we have 11 of them still. There was music included at the time but that music has been lost. Even if […]
Special older movies on the big screen
The vast majority of movies I saw on the big screen were ones that had just come out. However, there were a few special times when I saw older movies that came out before. For “Joan of Arc” it was my 1st time seeing it, whereas for the others it was my 2nd or 3rd. […]
Best soundtracks by year
Here’s an updated version of this list. I have added soundtracks that I heard first in 2021. The big winner of 2021 (so far) is Mark Mothersbaugh for his delightful The Mitchells vs. the Machines. As for movies from previous years that I added, the big news is that Alexandre Desplat is now the winner in […]
Best soundtracks by year
Here’s an updated version of this list. I have added soundtracks that I heard first in 2020 (I’m a bit behind). The big winner of 2020 is Daniel Pemberton for his delightful Enola Holmes. As for movies from previous years that I added, the big news is that I’m giving James Newton Howard’s Maleficent a […]
Documentaries
Here is an update to this list. I’m listing both movie documentaries and TV documentaries here. Best of the best The Battle Over Citizen Kane Bowling for Columbine Capitalism: A Love Story The Corporation Dangerous Days: Making Blade Runner Eden: Untamed Planet The Elephant Queen Endurance Fahrenheit 9/11 Fahrenheit 11/9 The Fog of War For […]