Despite several sequences that are basically a FPS set on Impossible I'd swear this movie is less violent than the original.  I can't remember the name of the dude playing Murphy in this, 'cause while he was pretty good I think he was mostly picked since he looked a little like Weller when all Robocopped up.  Really, a decent movie with the best ( Read more... )

I really, really need to get these done earlier in the month. Luckily, I suppose, April is a pretty short list. Starting the Uncollected Short Stories. "Backscatter" by Gregory Benford is a cleverer than most scifi bit about asteroid mining and finding life in unexpected places. Karen Tidbeck's "Sing" is an odd piece about alien life and life ( Read more... )

I should really get these done sooner, I've been seriously slacking on them. And April was a pretty light month with the books read. Started with an urban fantasy series involving tooth fairies by Jennifer Safrey called Tooth & Nail. Don't remember a lot about this, beyond that the main character was an amateur female boxer, the fae were kinda ( Read more... )

Opened up the month with still more David Weber. This time the 2nd through 5th books of his "Safehold" series, By Schism Rent Asunder, By Heresies Distressed, a Mighty Fortress and How Firm a Foundation. Thats the one where the remnants of humanity escape a genocidal alien race to a secret colony. And then the people running the colony warp the ( Read more... )

I started the month rereading Jane Lindskold's Dragon of Despair, the third book in her "Through Wolf's Eyes" series, finishing it up on the 3rd. Then book 4 Wolf Captured on the 9th, book 5 Wolf Hunting on the 14th and finishing up the series with Wolf's Blood on the 21st. I have to say that I enjoy the final book more each time I reread it. ( Read more... )

This was a bit of a light month for me. Starting with rereading much of my McCaffery Pern books. The Harper Hall of Pern and The Renegades of Pern on the 2nd. All the Weyrs of Pern and The Dolphins of Pern on the 3rd. And The Skies of Pern on the 5th. All of which makes me wish she and her new writing partner would stop with the prequel stuff ( Read more... )

The over-the-top goth/cyberpunk setting and the weak story might have been tolerable. Since there are a couple decent actors and singers involved here. If only the songs hadn't all been fucking terrible. At least all the ones in the first 30 odd minutes before I gave up on the whole thing...