Spot Reviews 02/23/24
Feb 23 2024
Super League: The War for Football (2023) [+] A four-hour (in four parts) documentary centered on the four days when the European Super League was officially announced in April 2021. Each episode is one day though lots of looking back at history and looking forward at today (with this scrolling timeline segue-way so it's clear we're moving forward and back in time). With interviews from some of the notable participants. For the most part tries to give the ESL representatives their fair say though they do come off a bit as deceptive and self-serving. The documentary is done in a way to heighten drama so it's very watchable.
What If...? s2 (2023) [/] Nine more animated half-hour-ish long episodes about alternate universe Marvel Cinematic Universe characters. #2.1 Nebula Joined the Nova Corps? Is a nice noir story. #2.3 Happy Hogan Saved Christmas? Is the CMU version of Die Hard. #2.4 Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster? Has Iron Man doing Thor: Ragnarok. Other episodes not so good though the finale is nice since once again it ties in past episodes.
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (2022) [/] Documentary, all of it behind the scenes and some interview footage, covering early life (a bit) then the Revival Tour and its cancellation midway when she had a breakdown, and then recovery and comeback. It’s good behind the scenes, not trying to tell a coherent story, showing the trials Selena was going through.
Variable Star (2006) [-] Science fiction novel by Spider Robinson based on an outline from the late Robert A Heinlein. I read the first 1/4th of the novel, which is told from the first-person of Joel, a Ganymedean who runs away from one life-changing choice to the life-changing choice of enlisting on Earth’s first colony ship to another star. I finished reading when he actually gets on the ship for takeoff and at that point he’s unlikeable enough that there’s not much reason to keep reading. I’m sure he becomes a better, more mature man but I don’t think I want to devote that much time to get to that point in the novel.
Bell & Evans Air Chilled Breaded Chicken Breast Nuggets [+] Pretty good tasting chicken nuggets. Not heavy breading and a bit oily. Baked it in a toaster oven and does not come out crispy in case that’s what you want, but the inside is juicy not dry.
What If...? s2 (2023) [/] Nine more animated half-hour-ish long episodes about alternate universe Marvel Cinematic Universe characters. #2.1 Nebula Joined the Nova Corps? Is a nice noir story. #2.3 Happy Hogan Saved Christmas? Is the CMU version of Die Hard. #2.4 Iron Man Crashed Into the Grandmaster? Has Iron Man doing Thor: Ragnarok. Other episodes not so good though the finale is nice since once again it ties in past episodes.
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me (2022) [/] Documentary, all of it behind the scenes and some interview footage, covering early life (a bit) then the Revival Tour and its cancellation midway when she had a breakdown, and then recovery and comeback. It’s good behind the scenes, not trying to tell a coherent story, showing the trials Selena was going through.
Variable Star (2006) [-] Science fiction novel by Spider Robinson based on an outline from the late Robert A Heinlein. I read the first 1/4th of the novel, which is told from the first-person of Joel, a Ganymedean who runs away from one life-changing choice to the life-changing choice of enlisting on Earth’s first colony ship to another star. I finished reading when he actually gets on the ship for takeoff and at that point he’s unlikeable enough that there’s not much reason to keep reading. I’m sure he becomes a better, more mature man but I don’t think I want to devote that much time to get to that point in the novel.
Bell & Evans Air Chilled Breaded Chicken Breast Nuggets [+] Pretty good tasting chicken nuggets. Not heavy breading and a bit oily. Baked it in a toaster oven and does not come out crispy in case that’s what you want, but the inside is juicy not dry.