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I hope you are found well and surrounded by love this Christmas morning.
This video comes from the Muppet Christmas Carol and I simply adore it. I hope you do, too.
A gentle aside: Michael Caine deserves an Oscar simply for maintaining a straight face opposite the Muppet crew.
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Ok, so in geek circles, this is one of the biggest bits of news in ages. Perhaps only dwarfed by Spiderman getting removed from the MCU. Perhaps I’ll touch on that later.
Anyway, there are several things I want to unpack. However, if you’re not up-to-date on this turn, give Looper’s look at this 4 minutes of your time.
So, that being said, and with a dearth of plot details, here’s what I have to say.
First, as Neo and Trinity both die in Matrix: Revolutions and there is a solid messianic theme to the series, I wonder if they we’ll take on the Christian concept of resurrection. I’m not too sure how else to handle this. I have seen (and it’s mentioned in Looper’s video) that there’s some talk of a younger actor playing Morpheus. I don’t see how they’d play that out with the contemporarily aged Keanu Reeves and Carrie-Anne Moss. I guess we could play out some time-travel thing, but that could be too much of a stretch.
Personally, I’d like to see some deeper exploration of the Merovingian and Persephone, the Key Maker, and the residents of Zion. But especially the Merovingian and Persephone. There’s so much laden within there. Persephone, kidnapped daughter of Demeter, harbinger of spring. Merovingian, the name of a ruling family of 5th to 7th century Franks. And, for characters like this, the name meaning tells us a great deal.
So, what do you hope/wish this movie will cover? Or do you wish the whole thing would be done? Let me know!
Obi wan Kenobi has long been my favorite Star Wars character. Possibly my favorite character period.
This montage/homage is just wonderful. I believe it captures the essence of his being.
Thanos’ power
Can what’s been done be undone?
So much for my mind
So many questions after Infinity War, round 1. I’m left reeling a bit. Let’s puzzle through this, shall we?
More reflections over the next little bit.
The life of Van Gogh
Quite broad in its depths and heights
This tortured genius
This film looks absolutely stunning. Now placed upon my “to watch” list, I look forward to shifting it to “watched”.
I’m really looking forward to the next iteration in the Blade Runner saga, based on this trailer. Visually amazing and a solid cast. The potential is solid.
I’ve spent the evening troubleshooting stuff on my son’s computer, and binge watching Star Wars stuff on Youtube. This got me thinking: Star Wars, Star Trek and all such stuff really are envisioning the future. Geeks are all about loving, and creating the futures we envision.
It’s really fascinating to me how these myths play out and inspire us, challenge us towards a tech-centric future. Inspiration, building and growing drive. A critical element for this future building I’m so enthralled with.
With that, here’s the Rogue One trailer. The Star Wars universe is a buzz with speculation building out of this and the reported leaked script for episode 8. It’s been a delight to play in this space. I adore this stuff deeply. What about you? Let me know.