Shang-Chi

I stated in an earlier entry that I would probably not watch Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings.  It was on television last night and I decided, since I had the time, I would check it out.  Result: not bad.

To me it seemed more like a Disney movie than a Marvel film.  There was plenty of action and drama.  The story was good.  The CGI with the dragons and other cryptids was terrific.  In the end, the film just wasn't exactly my cup of tea.

Despite my opinion, I do recommend that you give Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings a look. It will certainly entertain you.  A bit of escapism these days won't hurt anyone.

Happy Anniversary!!!!

September 8, 2016 will mark the 50th anniversary of the airing of the Star Trek television series on NBC.  It's hard for me to believe that I've been a part of the Star Trek experience since the beginning.  I can still remember watching the show on my parents old black and white TV and thinking that it was the coolest thing that I had ever seen.  (I was only 5 at the time so cut me a break!)

Kudos to all who have been a part of the phenomenon over the years from Gene Roddenberry to J.J. Abrams.  Special thanks to all the great actors and actresses who made the many fantastic characters come to life.  A big shout out to all of the writers of the shows, movies, books, etc. who made the ongoing missions real for all of us to explore.  We can't forget all of the behind the scenes folks whose artistic and technological talents brought all of those things into our homes and onto the silver screen and more. Thank you all for making this amazingly special for the many trekkers like myself who love Star Trek!

So here's to all of you for turning Gene's vision of a better tomorrow into a dream that many of us around the world share.  As a fan, I can't thank you enough.  Let us now together boldly go where no one has gone before!

***Just a little Star Wars note***

Back in April of 2013 I did a post on this very blog titled "Large Mouse Kills Han Solo".  Does anyone get a feeling that folks over at Disney check out my humble little blog???  Maybe they decided to take the good old "message from Marz" (hey, you never know)  Gotta say,  I called this one!

Large Mouse Kills Han Solo

I just read online that Disney plans to release one Star Wars movie per year for the next who knows how many years.  I'm a Star Wars fan.  Not a "I-know-everything-about-Star Wars-fan", but a fan.  Like many, I had hoped for more Star Wars films.  But, this seems to me to be totally ridiculous!  Too much of anything is never good (like the Superman movies for example).  I'm not going to lie, I'll go to see the first one that Disney puts out.  I just hope big time that the"House of Mouse" doesn't kill what has been a really good thing.  SOOOOO my fellow Jedi, may the force be with us and with a little luck may this will all turn out to be pretty cool!  If not, the whole thing could end up one major Jar Jar Binks (if ya know what I mean)!