March 20 saw the passing of Chuck Norris, action hero, martial artist, and early twentieth-century meme. He was 86.
Nicholas Brendon, best-known as Xander from Buffy the Vampire Slayer died at 54, from a heart attack. Brendon had a history of heart problems, and his post-Buffy life was marked by struggles with substance abuse.
Peter Parker is back and navigating the new world where no one remembers him. Movie comes out on July 30.
Let’s play a game. This week, I’m bundling together video game trivia for three different genres. The three-letter genres: First-Person Shooters (FPS), Role Playing Game (RPG), and Real-time Strategy (RTS).
(Blows the dust off the review template, coughs melodramatically)
I don’t know if it’s my age, movies these days, the cost of moviegoing, or the overall movie experience, but I have haven’t been looking forward to seeing a movie like this in a long time (probably 2019 with Avengers: Endgame). But after reading Andy Weir’s book, and the subsequent announcement of the movie, I’ve been quite excited for this one.
I did not reread the book before watching the movie, so I might have some stuff wrong from the book. This was intentional. I didn’t want to spend a lot of brainpower comparing the two. I will be rereading it shortly.
Spoiler-free takeaway: Go see it. If The Martian was your jam, this will be as well. It’s worth seeing on the big screen. I have a few minor quibbles with the adaptation from the book, but I understand them and they didn’t bother me in the moment.
Three of a Kind is back and it’s all Star Trek! I’ll give you three things, you tell me what those three things have in common.
Nathan Fillion announced that he and the original cast are going to “try” to bring back Firefly. They have Joss’s blessing, the rights, a script, two showrunners (Tara Butters and Marc Guggenheim,) and an animation studio (Shadow Machine.)
Season One of SFA comes to a close, wrapping up the cliffhanger from last week.
Shake the dust off the Sorting Hat, because we’re going to Hogwarts. For this week’s episode, we’re covering the other three houses besides Gryffindor. It’s trivia about Slytherin, Hufflepuff, and Ravenclaw. The houses and their members, both past and present.