what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{4.5/5} “One heard of Flying Box People. They were ignorant, of course, of People’s ways, and did some awful things, not knowing any better. But they seemed to intend friendship. ‘No knowing what harm we may do them in ignorance,’ Levery said to Eblio. Eblio agreed. One could make awful mistakes through ignorance, even among […]
I’m talking about more than two soundtracks for a film series by the same composer(s). Here are the 12 I think are the best. Best of the best James Bond — John Barry Barry wrote the music for 11 of the first 15 James Bond movies: From Russia with Love Goldfinger Thunderball You Only Live […]
{5/5} “I pretend that I’m busy, that I’m working, that I’m writing… But really, I’m not doing anything.” Walter is a college professor whose wife has died — now he’s not connecting to much in his life. He’s been trying to learn to play the piano but finds it difficult. When he has to travel […]
{4.5/5} “The mountains were gorgeous, all limpid shadow and fogbound majesty and she found it easy to forget her problems here. Sheer rock walls rose from the plains to ice-capped peaks, sunlit on one side during the artificial day, long shadows sloping into apparent nothingness on the other side. Half the sky was a gorgeous […]
{4.5/5} “Perhaps the future is predetermined by the character of those who shape it.” In “Tabula Rasa” almost everyone gets sick — and the symptoms include amnesia. How will they solve the problem if they can’t remember there’s a problem to solve? In “This Mortal Coil” Sheppard gets a cut that heals immediately, so he […]
Stephen Hawking’s best known book is A Brief History of Time. But he hasn’t been slacking off since then. His recent book The Grand Design, which he wrote with Leonard Mlodinow, has some interesting things in it as well. Clara Moskowitz from LiveScience has picked 8 shocking things to draw our attention to. If you […]
{4.5/5} “Let me tell you what does make us different. The Lawgiver’s dream. The finest ape that ever lived — my friend — believed that apes and men should live in harmony. I believe in that dream. The problem is that humans don’t. Down deep each man believes that he is superior to you stinking […]
{4.5/5} “Never seen a contestant flirt with the band before, so good on you for that.” The Glee Project is a reality show — the winner gets a role on Glee. Last summer the first season ran for 10 episodes — they started off with 12 contestants and 4 of them ended up on Glee. […]
{5/5} “If there’s one thing I don’t look for in a maid, it’s discretion. Except with my own secrets, of course.” In 1932 wealthy people thought they were better than everyone else. They had servants to attend to their every whim. When they travelled, they took at least one of their servants with them. When […]
{5/5} “We have to be strong. They know our weaknesses. And they’ll do anything to exploit them.” The Galactica comes across a ship with humans on it asking for help. But the people on the ship can’t be who they say they are, because they’re all dead — including Zak, Commander Adama’s son. Some suspect […]