An American tourist in Russia
I brought my dog Spazz to Russia. He is a 5 year old Beajack – a Beagle/Jack Russell Terrier mix. He loves Russia because there are a lot of trees and piles of mud and snow for him to pee on. But the problem is Spazz gets really dirty and needs a bath when he … Read more
This is a frequently repeated mantra I see from talking heads and on social media. But is it true? Let’s reframe the question in a a different context. Is it “crucial” for you to not default on the mortgage for your house? That might be crucial to you personally, but it is not crucial to … Read more
Today let’s talk about the myth of the infantry screen. This myth is extremely pervasive but there’s really no basis for the idea and I’m not even sure when exactly it started. Look at any war movie clip on YouTube showing infantry behind (rather than in front of) tanks and the comments section will always … Read more
Napoleon has been out for a while but I finally saw it, and even negative reviews were overly generous. The uninspired CGI slop in Napoleon is what I call “content,” in the same sense as AI-generated copy on a clickbait website. Have you seen the trailer? If so, you’ve seen the whole movie because there wasn’t anything else in it.
Here are my first (and probably last) impressions after watching Dune 2. It’s almost three hours long, with ponderous pacing. The shots of CGI landscape are all too long, and it felt like a third of the runtime was just staring at particle animations. The dialogue is mostly wooden exposition dumps with characters reciting stuff … Read more