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Raised by Wolves

Raised by Wolves

Travis Fimmel is honestly a completely underrated actor. He dives into his roles so far that you can't see him as anything else. His performance is what stands with me more than anything else in this show other than the weird Android having babies that are snakes. Like I said, its a weird show.

Tenet

Christopher Nolan. I am not sure if this dude thinks in the same manner as other humans. From this to Interstellar, Inception, or Batman, these movies are so crazy that you have to pay attention to them. No watching your phone. So, put down your phone, turn off the lights, and watch this movie.

Every Tool's a Hammer

Every Tool's a Hammer

Adam Savage is a wonderful story teller and his wealth of experience in the design, prop, cosplay industry provides him with a mountain of education that would otherwise be lost to history. He presents some great examples of ways to make your life a little easier in anyway in which you create.

Olympus has Fallen

Olympus has Fallen

I watched this movie in theaters when it first came out and the invasion of the White House was hard to watch then. After my years in service, it is still hard to watch and even more so since I know those stairs and hallways.

Elantris

I have never had a book so plainly and overtly tell you the end of the book so early in the book. Brandon Sanderson tells a great political story with characters that are full of life, but lack a non-cliched constant direction.

White Lotus (HBO)

White Lotus (HBO)

Weird show was lots of twist and turns that start with a mystery and end with the mystery of why you watched the entire season.

The Alchemist

This book was raved as a favorite from Will Smith (Which is why I picked it up to begin with) and Colin O'Brady (The Impossible First) and I could not get through it. Legit it took probably 6 months of struggling to read it just to finish it

The Rig

It is a UK show, so a FULL 1 hour episode, not the typical 45-minute ones that you see in the US, so be ready for some longer, slower, and more story driven parts. If you want to compare this to Dr. Who or Sherlock, don't. This is not the same caliber as those, but it is worth watching.

How to Die in Space

How to Die in Space

The science of what you will see in space if you were traveling via a spaceship. A spaceship that would need science and engineering that doesn't exist. From Black Holes and other astrophysics phenomena that are striking to look at, but would kill you without thought.

Without Remorse

Without Remorse

Can Michael B. Jordan play any other character?! Between this, Black Panther, and Creed, the character is just a different back story for the same dude. Its good, but damn he is a one-trick pony. The movie is a standard Tom Clancy film. Action, subplot, suspicion, and trade craft.

Prince of Thorns

Prince of Thorns

This book is interesting, but the amount of narration from the main character is almost confusing and makes it interesting, but damn is he whiny and arrogant. There is a really interesting blend of lost technology and mysticism.

Zero Dark Thirty

Zero Dark Thirty

This might be my favorite Jessica Chastain movie. She does a fantastic job embodying intelligence analyst that I know and have worked with. Absolute dedication, focus, and mostly obsessive tendencies to see it to the end.

The Old Ways

This book is a compilation of stories from the author as he walks through the old road in the English countryside. Some of the stories are interesting, while others fall flat on deaf ears. The book description has lot of metaphor that I didn't pick up

The Big Bang Theory

The Big Bang Theory

This is one of my favorite shows that I can watch on repeat as the episodes are individual which for a 30-minute show, that is exactly what you want. You want something that you can jump into and out of.

Cult of the Dead Cow

Cult of the Dead Cow

Joseph Menn spent so much time talking all about the different prominent members of CdC in both their technical and humanitarian efforts that you really can feel the impact they have left in the world. The end of the book is completely devoted to a hero-worship political puff piece.

The Mechanic

I enjoy this movie. It's simple, sets up a great universe that honestly the John Wick universe could be a part of in respect of this shadow hitman world. Jason is surround by half measures and is type cast so he doesn't flex his muscles, pun intended, too much.

Range

Reading this book was such a inspiration about not being one of the kids/adults that has been on "The perfect path" since 1st grade to do X. Presenting evidence about studies that show that is a quicker "catch up" to those tiger kids/adults.

The Bourne Trilogy - A comparison between the books and movies

The Bourne Trilogy - A comparison between the books and movies

The themes do not change, assassin who lost his memory meets a woman who helps him and they fall in love. The second book there is a massive change in the story as far as location, but someone claiming to be him still is there. Then in book three it comes back to being basically the same theme.

The N Word

Jabari Asim does a masterful job of walking the reader through the history of the word as well as just the differences and evolution of the racism that the word became. This is a history book ... and other evidence of the ever changing and venom that the word has become.

Game of Thrones (TV and Books)

Game of Thrones (TV and Books)

The story is wonderful. Very full, rich, and deep of background. The descriptions of the politics and the back and forth is so twisty and turning that some of the scenes are still talked about as the biggest surprises around, for instance: The Red Wedding, Death of Sean Bean, and others.

Dead Fall

Brad Thor does a fantastic job of taking something currently culturally relevant and applying some shade to those events, but uses enough fiction to make it not completely true story. The gun fights, story structure, and overall entertainment are well done enough.

Plane

A decent movie overall, even though it is for sure a B rated movie. Gerard Butler is always a force to be dealt with when he is in the movie. This movie also has Remi Adeleke who wrote Transformed as one of the support forces. The story is forced, but the action is really good.

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Artemis

Andy Weird admittedly missed the mark on this book. The overall story is well told, but the characters just constantly make stupid decisions and never make an effort to correct their thinking even after they say they are going to make changes. The book also feels just a little too long.

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3

This is another Guardians of the Galaxy movie. This isn't a Oscar winning movie for the acting, but was never meant to be. The music has always been good and the story giving some additional insight into those stories and characters that we love.