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1. Wonder Woman #2: 1984 Trailer

One question? How in the hell are they going to explain bringing Steve Rogers back from the dead?

I'm more interested in Mulan -- which is the only Disney animated film that actually works better as a live action film.

2. Peter Hotez vs. Measles and the Anti-Vaccination Movement

3. Well...as my father turns 84, some of his contemporaries didn't survive, actors Ron Leibman (Norma Ray, Angels in America, Rachel's father in Friends) and acclaimed Star Trek actor, Rene Auberjonois died at 81 and 79 respectively.
Auberjonois wasn't just known for his Star Trek roles, he was also in various Robert Altman films and Benson, among other things.

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4. Saw episode 6 of His Dark Materials -- the pacing of this series is well done. Also, I've decided that non-traditional and off-the-beaten track casting choice of Lin Manual-Miranda as Lee Scoresby is inspired. He's playing the Texan that Pullman had originally envisioned as looking like Lee Van Cleef (of spaghetti Western fame) but actually Lin Manual-Miranda works in the role. The casting is actually rather brilliant -- I'm pleasantly surprised.

This is a ridiculously hard series to adapt, because it is so complicated - it has a complex world, plot, characterization, and science/metaphysical theme. All intertwined.

But somehow they are pulling it off. They did bring in characters from the next book into season one, which surprised me, but actually works -- since it was rather jarring to shift from Lyra to Will in the next book. By bringing Will in much earlier -- it'll be less jarring.

Anyhow, I was hooked enough to be disappointed that the next episode didn't air until tonight. I thought it was last night and was desperate to find it. I love the characters. And the bad guys get it, so it's quite satisfying, unlike Game of Thrones where you have to wait an eternity for the bad guys to get it. The heroine/protagonist doesn't do dumb things. So, it's not frustrating to watch.

5. I'm finding the news depressing of late. I turned on the 10'clock News on NY1, only to switch it off again. Apparently, yet another pedestrian was killed going across an intersection -- a cross walk.( Read more... )

6. And let's not discuss politics, shall we?

7. The List of Golden Globe Nominations for those that still care or are remotely curious

Robert Deniro, Greta Gerwig, and Cats were notably absent.

Well, to be fair...Cats is the sort of movie musical that movie musical fans are actively boycotting, while the anti-musical crowd is flocking to it -- just to mock fans of musicals. Have you seen the trailer? It's scary.

Also, Robert Deniro is playing a role he's done before, better, elsewhere.

Father: Have you seen the Irishman?
Me: No. It's three hours long...
Father: True it is too long, or I felt it was
Me: And after reading the description, I feel like I've already seen some version of it more than once already
Father: Most likely have.

He saw it.

And Greta Gerwig directed the upteenth version of Little Women. It's not like she came up with something original...no, just yet another adaptation of a book, that has been adapted to death. What is it with Hollywood film directors and Little Women? They can't find any other female coming of age stories to adapt?

There's a handful of literary works that have been overdone in my opinion, they are:
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