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Oct. 16th, 2016 10:32 amOh last night, the cats in my neighborhood decided to howl at the full moon. It was not pretty.
Oct. 16th, 2016
Oh last night, the cats in my neighborhood decided to howl at the full moon. It was not pretty.
Reviews of X-Men Apocalypse and Frequency
Oct. 16th, 2016 09:03 pm1. Finally saw the film X-Men: Apocalypse, directed by Bryan Singer and starring James McAvoy, Michael Fassbender, Jennifer Lawrence, Nicholaus Holt, Rose Byrn, Hugh Jackman, Olivia Munn, Oscar Isaacs, Sophie Turner, and Tye Sheridan. It was,alas, not quite as good as its cast or the comics for that matter. Although, I think I like the film version of Jean Grey slightly better than the comic version -- she's more powerful and edgy right out of the box, and the power is her's, not some cosmic entity's. And Quicksilver is far more interesting and far cooler here than he ever was in the comics. Unfortunately, Cyclops, Havoc, and the others don't fare as well. To be fair, no one appears to know what to do with Cyclops. His comic book origin story is actually rather tragic and far more interesting than any of the adaptations. Here, he's just a bit of a troubled teen, who one day has lasers shoot out of his eyes. His big brother, Havoc, takes him to Xavier. (In the comics, Scott Summers aka Cyclops was the big brother and Havoc, the younger brother. It's a bit jarring, but only if you were a comics fan.)
Felt a little campy in places and too much emphasis on special effects. I preferred Days of Future Past - which I thought was tighter plotted and better written. That said, still enjoyable for the most part -- just the quieter character moments, not the big blockbuster ones. Either that or I've burned out on blockbuster film effects. Possibly the latter.
2. Also watched the first two episodes of the television series - Frequency -- this airs on the CW, I think on Tuesday, can't remember. It's loosely based on the film of the same name, although I think I liked the film a little better. Much like Timeless it deals with Time Travel -- but in a different way. The device this round is a mystical ham radio. Remy Sullivan on her 28th birthday discovers she can talk to her dead father via a ham radio. Except he's not dead -- she's talking to him in 1996. He's in 1996 and she's in 2016 - and the only connection between them is the radio. Also, here's the thing -- he's dead in 2016.
When she contacts him, she's about to be engaged to an architect, named Daniel, who she met via her mother who is a nurse. Her dad apparently died over twenty years ago during a sting gone wrong. Both live in Bayside, Queens, NY. (This makes me feel rather old since I moved to NYC in 1996 and lived in Queens at the time. So, her Dad and I were about the same age when I moved there, and now this gal is 28...Geeze. Where did the time go? And have I really lived here 20 years now? At least I didn't stay in the same spot or the same job for that matter.)
Anyhow, Remy can't resist telling her father how he dies -- so she can prevent it. Unfortunately, this results in her mother dying instead, also when she was eight years old. Which means she never meets her fiance, and he doesn't know who she is. Damn. Also, to make matters worse, Dad is still dead because he died in a car accident four years ago. And...the police have just found her mother's remains in the marsh. They've determined her mother was killed twenty years ago by the Nightingale killer, the same killer she's chasing now. Remy is a homicide detective. Her main mission in life is to somehow manage to find a way to save her mother's life twenty years ago and get her fiance back in the process. Although I think she's more concerned about the mother at this point. It's hard to tell. So she's working with her father via the ham radio to crack the case and save Mom -- in the hopes it will change things for the better and not cause more problems.
I don't know, this is all rather depressing, not to mention somewhat frustrating to watch. It's not necessarily bad, just rather dark and lacking in a sense of humor. I'm giving it five episodes to turn itself around.
Timeless is more enjoyable and if I had to choose between the two, I'd choose Timeless.
Felt a little campy in places and too much emphasis on special effects. I preferred Days of Future Past - which I thought was tighter plotted and better written. That said, still enjoyable for the most part -- just the quieter character moments, not the big blockbuster ones. Either that or I've burned out on blockbuster film effects. Possibly the latter.
2. Also watched the first two episodes of the television series - Frequency -- this airs on the CW, I think on Tuesday, can't remember. It's loosely based on the film of the same name, although I think I liked the film a little better. Much like Timeless it deals with Time Travel -- but in a different way. The device this round is a mystical ham radio. Remy Sullivan on her 28th birthday discovers she can talk to her dead father via a ham radio. Except he's not dead -- she's talking to him in 1996. He's in 1996 and she's in 2016 - and the only connection between them is the radio. Also, here's the thing -- he's dead in 2016.
When she contacts him, she's about to be engaged to an architect, named Daniel, who she met via her mother who is a nurse. Her dad apparently died over twenty years ago during a sting gone wrong. Both live in Bayside, Queens, NY. (This makes me feel rather old since I moved to NYC in 1996 and lived in Queens at the time. So, her Dad and I were about the same age when I moved there, and now this gal is 28...Geeze. Where did the time go? And have I really lived here 20 years now? At least I didn't stay in the same spot or the same job for that matter.)
Anyhow, Remy can't resist telling her father how he dies -- so she can prevent it. Unfortunately, this results in her mother dying instead, also when she was eight years old. Which means she never meets her fiance, and he doesn't know who she is. Damn. Also, to make matters worse, Dad is still dead because he died in a car accident four years ago. And...the police have just found her mother's remains in the marsh. They've determined her mother was killed twenty years ago by the Nightingale killer, the same killer she's chasing now. Remy is a homicide detective. Her main mission in life is to somehow manage to find a way to save her mother's life twenty years ago and get her fiance back in the process. Although I think she's more concerned about the mother at this point. It's hard to tell. So she's working with her father via the ham radio to crack the case and save Mom -- in the hopes it will change things for the better and not cause more problems.
I don't know, this is all rather depressing, not to mention somewhat frustrating to watch. It's not necessarily bad, just rather dark and lacking in a sense of humor. I'm giving it five episodes to turn itself around.
Timeless is more enjoyable and if I had to choose between the two, I'd choose Timeless.