what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{4.5/5} “Kirk leaned forward, gripped the Vulcan’s shoulder, and shook it. ‘I don’t know what the problem is, but I know why you won’t tell me. You’re concerned that if I find out how dangerous this project is, I’ll insist on going with you. You’re right. I am.’” Star Trek: Yesterday’s Son by A. C. […]
{4.5/5} “But before he could press his questioning, he saw something in Spock’s eye… just what, he couldn’t define. But they had served together for almost thirty years. Spock was sending him some kind of message, some kind of — The realization of what was happening in this room suddenly burst through Chekov like a […]
{5/5} “I have never been this angry in my life — which is the age of the universe.” The Good Place season 3, aired in 2018-19 Eleanor, Chidi, Tahani, and Jason have been sent back to Earth with no knowledge of their adventures in the afterlife. Michael believes that they will become good people even […]
{4.5/5} “More than any being now living, Sarek had shaped the Federation, guiding it in its transition. Under his direction, it had evolved over the past century from an expansionist cobbling-together of idealistic, often unrealistic worlds eager to forge an unprecedented alliance without a clear idea of how that could be accomplished, to a mature […]
{4.5/5} “‘He has forgotten that the capacity in which we serve is not as much duty as privilege… And even more tragically,’ Spock went on, ‘he has forgotten that the starships of the Federation are the physical, tangible manifestations of humanity’s stubborn insistence that life does indeed mean something.’” Star Trek: Final Frontier by Diane […]
These are all shows that I would have finished if they were great — I’m not including shows I had no intention of finishing. Shows I watched a bunch of episodes of I watched at least 1 season of these shows: Arrested Development I didn’t watch season 5, which wasn’t as funny. Dragons I watched […]
There are lots of movies I didn’t finish, but here are some of them, to give you an idea of the kind of movies I’m not particularly interested in. I watched half an hour to an hour of most of these before giving up. In the old days I would watch a movie all the […]
Here are some books I started reading but didn’t finish. There might be others I’ve forgotten about — these are mostly ones that showed up on someone’s list of best SF or fantasy books. Manifold: Time by Stephen Baxter It might be a good book, but it was too science-y for me. Dhalgren by Samuel […]
{4.5/5} “Spock sat while Kirk paced, listened as Kirk talked, provided as always the balance for everything Kirk was — shadow to his sunlight, coolness for his fire, calm against his agitation. Centered and impeccable, in contrast to Kirk, who was pale and tousled from the morning’s ordeal, Spock was simply there, focus for Kirk’s […]
Someone has made physical flip flops that you can wear on your feet that have tweets from Donald Trump on them — and the one on the left always contradicts the one on the right. Here’s the story from Business Insider: This guy made physical flip-flops out of Trump’s contradictory tweets — and he sold […]