Several days ago Disney released its first look at Tim Burton’s Alice Through The Looking Glass, the sequel to his Alice in Wonderland from several years ago. It definitely looks like it needs to be seen on the big screen, just like the first one did, and you will be able to do so next May 27th, provided it doesn’t get delayed.
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Tomorrow Ghost in the Shell: The New Movie is on the big screen, and I will definitely be in the theater to see it! When we hit the weekend, another wacky Simon Pegg comedy comes along: Man Up. All about mistaken identity, blind dates, and taking chances, this British/French film came out last May in Europe and is being released Friday in the US. Sadly, I didn’t see anything interesting that was made in the US this week.
In Movies, Terminator Genisys brings Arnie back to the franchise as both his young and old self. I missed this one in the theater, so I am going to try to check it out this time around. Self/Less looks like quite an interesting story of attempted immortality, and the law of unintended consequences. Finally Mr. Holmes is a story about Sherlock in his later days taking on one last case.
While not quite genre, TV brings WKRP in Cincinnati: The Complete Final Season. As a person who worked on FM Rock Radio in those days, this show was the closest thing I have ever seen to the way it really was.
In Anime Danganronpa: Complete Series is a high school where the best are out to kill each other off in their attempt to escape getting slaughtered themselves. It has quite an interesting animation style, and is based on a game franchise of the same name. There are also two new entries from long running favorites, Naruto: Shippuden, Box Set 24 with episodes 297 through 309, and One Piece: Collection 14 with episodes 325 through 348.
Today is the day Wasteland, the new Abney Park album, is being released, so I thought it was appropriate to share a few of their songs here for those that may not have heard them. The first track is their rendition of Minnie The Moocher from the new album, with Captain Robert doing an amazing job of channeling Cab Calloway. The next song is Wasteland Warrior, also from the new album. We follow that with a few old favorites, Two Elixirs from the album Nomad, and the extended version of Steampunk Revolution from Ancient World. You can use the link to their home page to hear a lot more, and pick up any of the music you find interesting.
Oh My Ghostess is a Korean Supernatural RomCom/Dramedy which jumps into episode one with a wonderful setup. In the opening sequence, we have the police picking up yet another dead body in a long string of men that appear to have been frozen to death during a heat wave. That’s the only police procedural type action during the initial episode, but we do see the cops again later in a more domestic setting, and it is obvious they will play a major part in the story line going forward. The next scene introduces both our ghost protagonist and our living girl protagonist, their first encounter setting the tone for further interactions. Then we get introduced to all the other characters in their various settings, central to which is a team of cooks running a highly rated restaurant, a foodie blogger, an exorcist, and an entire community of ghosts who do not approve of Ms Ghostess’s approach to being less than alive. We also get to meet a wonderful range of supporting characters, all of them interesting and having the potential of being elevated to the main plot sequence depending on which way the writers decide to go. While I have only seen a single episode of this so far, I think it has a lot of potential, and I can’t wait to see what happens next. The entire series ran this summer and is only 16 hours long, so you should be able to complete it in a single weekend if Oh My Ghostess turns out to be something you enjoy.
To me, the Rufus Cuff looks like someone took an Android based smart phone, mounted it on a wristband, and rotated the buttons to a different edge so they worked for that positioning. Definitely easier to get at and use than those smartphones that strap onto your upper arm and monitor your heart rate and play you music while you jog along, but functionally the same critter. But it seems to have gotten a few folks all excited, so perhaps I missed something. Take a look at the videos and let me know what you think.