what Dave thinks about movies, books and everything
{5/5} “Let’s be a little stupid. We got married when we were 17, so we know how to do it.” Jerry and Marge Go Large, released in 2022 Jerry retires from working 42 years at the cereal plant. His kids give him a boat as a retirement gift but he’s hesitant to use it. Being […]
{4.5/5} “That’s a lightsaber, dude.” The Adam Project, released in 2022 Adam lives in 2050 and intends to travel back in time to 2018. He hits 2022 instead and runs into his younger self, who’s 12. The older self flies time jets, and the younger self gets bullied at school and is grieving the loss […]
{5/5} “As soon as you became aware that eating huge amounts of salt is really, really, uncomfortably salty, you should have stopped eating salt. That’s the solution. The solution is not to begin eating pepper to cancel out the salt.” — from a letter to her 4-year-old self Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate situations, flawed […]
{5/5} “We’re the heroes of this building. Before us, you could be killed in your own apartment, and no one would know it.” — Oliver Only Murders in the Building season 1, aired in 2021 Three people who don’t really know each other but live in the same building decide to start a podcast about […]
{4.5/5} “‘Looks like it’s going to be up to us again.’ ‘It always is, isn’t it?’” Stranger Things season 4, aired in 2022 In Hawkins a cheerleader named Chrissy, who was having disturbing visions, ends up dead. This leads to the gang investigating the situation and determining that a demon they call Vecna is responsible. […]
{4/5} “What Sisko didn’t tell him — and he wasn’t about to, either — was that he’d been prepared to grant the doctor’s request from the beginning. But now, Bashir had learned to fight for what he believed in; now, he was that much closer to being an officer as well as a doctor.” Star […]
{5/5} “‘You can fix computers?’ ‘I dabble with isolinear data subprocessors, it’s a hobby of mine.’” — Bashir & Garak Star Trek: Deep Space Nine season 2, aired in 1993-94 When Kira rescues the famous Li Nalas from a Cardassian prison camp the Bajoran government appoints him as their liaison to DS9 — and recalls […]
{4.5/5} “And then one day, launch Piffland, the Piff the Magic Dragon-based theme park. Imagine a whole world just for dragons like me. Any time you see a knight, just punch it in the face. It’s like Dollywood, but for dragons.” Piff the Magic Dragon: Reptile Dysfunction, aired in 2022 This is a 1 hour […]
{4.5/5} “Of course, her mind, as she sat, was not immobile. She looked as though she were trying to solve the conundrum of her life. She longed for independence and adventure, yet she was a prisoner — a comfortable, well-tended prisoner, but a prisoner nonetheless. Independence required money. Her father hadn’t money to give her […]
{5/5} “Maybe that’s why I’m here, to remind you of the power of… possibility.” Star Trek: Strange New Worlds season 1, aired in 2022 Captain Pike is recovering at his home in Montana while the Enterprise is in space dock. Admiral April recalls him early because Una, otherwise known as Number One, has gone missing […]