what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
Philip K. Dick’s stories and novels have been made into a bunch of movies and TV shows, so I thought I’d collect them all into one place. There are others I haven’t seen, like the TV show versions of Minority Report and The Man in the High Castle. I’ll mention the name of the story/novel […]
{4.5/5} “I had thought that actually traversing No Man’s Land would be the true challenge, but I am now starting to believe that we will encounter more difficulties simply getting along with the rest of this odd caravan. Last night, it was the Todanians. Tonight we have the Hirogen.” Star Trek: Voyager — Gateways: No […]
{5/5} “And that’s the way the cookie crumbles.” Bruce Almighty, released in 2003 Bruce was a reporter who went on a rant on live TV and lost his job. He also gets beat up by some thugs and crashes his car. And his dog keeps peeing in the apartment. When he gets a call from […]
{5/5} “A flyer’s like a tweet that ruins the environment.” Honor Society, released in 2022 Honor doesn’t reveal her real self to the world. She pretends to be interested in what everyone else is interested in. She hangs out with popular girls because that’s the best she can do. She’s a high school senior, and […]
{5/5} “Mom… you’re not an alcoholic.’ ‘Only because I’ve never had a drink.’” Bridesmaids, released in 2011 Annie and Lillian have been best friends forever. When Lillian gets engaged Annie agrees to be her maid of honour. At the engagement party, Annie feels like she has to give a second speech after Helen, who hasn’t […]
{5/5} “I have a prepared statement.” Welcome to Me, relesaed in 2014 Alice gets disability because of her borderline personality disorder but she has to go to a therapist. When she wins $86 million in the lottery she tells him she’s still going to see him, but she’s going off her meds. When she runs […]
{4.5/5} “‘To me, a woman named Trish is a woman you can count on.’ ‘Really has her act together. Athletic, natural.’” Barb and Star Go to Vista Del Mar, released in 2021 Barb and Star lose their jobs at a department store when it closes. They are unsure where they might get another job, as […]
{4.5/5} “I spent the first twenty-six years of my life fighting Cardassians — more than that, I spent all that time hating them. No one knows better than me what horrors they’re capable of, and what they’ve done. And I’m telling you, we have to let them help. If we turn them away, people are […]
{5/5} “Journey to a time when nature put on its greatest show.” Prehistoric Planet season 2, aired in 2023 This season’s episodes are divided into habitats: islands, badlands, swamps, oceans, and North America. Here are some of the dinosaurs shown: Giant pteurosaurs, even though they could obviously fly, did their hunting on the ground Isisaurus […]
They have essentially ended homelessness in Finland. How did they do it? It’s pretty straightforward. They gave them a home. They have a “housing first” policy, which means that people get a house without any caveats — and later they can make use of whatever services they need. Here it is explained by Second Thought: […]