Spot Reviews 01/19/24
Jan 19 2024
A Nice Girl Like You (2020) [-] Romantic comedy film. After her boyfriend breaks up with her because she’s very bad at sex Lucy Neal (Lucy Hale) makes a sex list of things she needs to do or improve in herself. This leads her to some embarrassing situations wherein this guy, Grant (Leonidas Gulaptis) always happens to be around to witness. This leads to attraction? I didn’t watch that long because people doing embarrassing things is not that appealing.
A Time Called You (2023) [-] Korean mystery/romance drama on Netflix. In 2023 Han Jun-hee (Jeon Yeo-been) is a young professional still in mourning a year after her boyfriend Koo Yeon-jun (Aha Hyo-seop) probably died in an airliner crash (his was one of the few bodies never found). Through some magical mean she’s transported to 1998 inhabiting the body of high schooler Kwon Min-ju (who looks like a younger Jun-hee) and Min-ju has a crush on fellow student Nam Si-heon (who looks like Yeon-jun). At the end of episode three Jun-hee is transported back to find that her actions in 1998 have apparently changed her life in 2023… This series is a bit more serious than I wanted to watch. It’s a little depressing at times, not romantic at all. Also the time travel stuff is a bit confusing.
Anti-Submarine Warfare (1984) [/] This book by Rear Admiral JR Hill, RN (retired) is an overview of submarines and the way to combat them as of the early 1980’s. Chapters include (1) introduction - history, (2) threat - submarine capabilities focusing on the Soviet Navy, (3) means - ways of detecting and destroying submarines, (4) weapons - ships, aircraft and weapons, (5) anti-submarine battle - the common scenarios from a NATO perspective: protecting convoys and maintaining barriers like the GIUK gaps, (6) epilogue - short cautionary anecdote about over-reliance on one ASW system, (7) bibliography - mostly articles and papers since there are few other ASW books… This was a lot of stuff I didn’t know about and covered at a level for the general public and I found it a useful read.
Young Hellboy: The Hidden Land (2021) [-] Set in 1947, Professor Broom and a young Hellboy (like a 10-year old kid) crash land in the Pacific Ocean and end up on a Lost World type island with dinosaurs and a jungle girl protector. But an evil vampire awakens to claim the island for her own… For a four-issue series it has little plot, setup is good but that last issue a bit anti-climactic. Overall I found it rather dull.
A Time Called You (2023) [-] Korean mystery/romance drama on Netflix. In 2023 Han Jun-hee (Jeon Yeo-been) is a young professional still in mourning a year after her boyfriend Koo Yeon-jun (Aha Hyo-seop) probably died in an airliner crash (his was one of the few bodies never found). Through some magical mean she’s transported to 1998 inhabiting the body of high schooler Kwon Min-ju (who looks like a younger Jun-hee) and Min-ju has a crush on fellow student Nam Si-heon (who looks like Yeon-jun). At the end of episode three Jun-hee is transported back to find that her actions in 1998 have apparently changed her life in 2023… This series is a bit more serious than I wanted to watch. It’s a little depressing at times, not romantic at all. Also the time travel stuff is a bit confusing.
Anti-Submarine Warfare (1984) [/] This book by Rear Admiral JR Hill, RN (retired) is an overview of submarines and the way to combat them as of the early 1980’s. Chapters include (1) introduction - history, (2) threat - submarine capabilities focusing on the Soviet Navy, (3) means - ways of detecting and destroying submarines, (4) weapons - ships, aircraft and weapons, (5) anti-submarine battle - the common scenarios from a NATO perspective: protecting convoys and maintaining barriers like the GIUK gaps, (6) epilogue - short cautionary anecdote about over-reliance on one ASW system, (7) bibliography - mostly articles and papers since there are few other ASW books… This was a lot of stuff I didn’t know about and covered at a level for the general public and I found it a useful read.
Young Hellboy: The Hidden Land (2021) [-] Set in 1947, Professor Broom and a young Hellboy (like a 10-year old kid) crash land in the Pacific Ocean and end up on a Lost World type island with dinosaurs and a jungle girl protector. But an evil vampire awakens to claim the island for her own… For a four-issue series it has little plot, setup is good but that last issue a bit anti-climactic. Overall I found it rather dull.