what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{3.5/5} “What I’m about to tell you, Nic, you may find a bit disturbing.” The Signal, released in 2014 Nic and Jonah are helping their friend Haley move across the country. While they’re on the road they notice that a hacker has gotten into their computer. They — capable of hacking, themselves — trace the […]
{4.5/5} “Some of the moons moved quickly across the sky, others took several tens of nights to cross from horizon to horizon. All went through phases, waxing and waning between the extremes of showing a fulling lit circular shape and appearing as simply a black circle covering the stars. What did it all mean?” Far-Seer […]
{2/5} “Time is the single most precious commodity in the universe.” Jupiter Ascending, released in 2015 Jupiter Jones works cleaning houses. One day she’s stunned to find out that people from another planet are trying to kill her. She’s even more stunned to find out that she’s the reincarnation of a queen who lived for […]
{4.5/5} “I saw remarkable things but the only mystery I never solved was… why my heart couldn’t let go of you.” The Illusionist, released in 2006 Eisenheim the Illusionist is wowing crowds in Vienna. While performing his act he encounters his long-lost love Sophie — whom he hasn’t seen in 15 years. Sophie is from […]
{4.5/5} “You can write a minimalist short story that’s set in a trailer park or a Connecticut suburb that might be considered a literary masterpiece or well-regarded by literary types, but science fiction people wouldn’t find it very interesting unless it had somewhere in it a cool idea that would make them say, ‘That’s interesting. […]
{5/5} “‘Have a great day!’ ‘That’s too much pressure.’ ‘Have the day you have!’” The Odd Life of Timothy Green, released in 2012 The Greens have been told that they can’t have children. That night they decide on all the characteristics that their child would have had. They write them on pieces of paper, then […]
{5/5} “The world is a mess and I just… need to rule it.” Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog, released in 2008 Dr. Horrible is trying to get into the Evil League of Evil — he has a letter of condemnation from the deputy mayor, so he thinks he’ll get in this year. In the meantime he […]
{5/5} “Giants are not what we think they are. The same qualities that appear to give them strength are often the sources of great weakness.” David and Goliath: Underdogs, Misfits, and the Art of Battling Giants by Malcolm Gladwell, published in 2013 The story of David and Goliath is always told in a way that […]
{4.5/5} “His ideas are informed by a painfully honest humanism, and everyone — even his enemies — agrees that he is one of the greatest theoreticians of the post-EU era. But his intellectual integrity prevents him from rising to the very top, and his fellow travelers are much ruder about him than his ideological enemies, […]
{4.5/5} “Apes not kill apes.” Dawn of the Planet of the Apes, released in 2014 Somehow I forgot to review this movie when I saw it, so I’m reviewing it now. The apes and the humans have left each other alone for years. But one town of humans is fast running out of electricity and […]