♥ 1 3 ♥ 0 0 ♥ 0 7 ♥ 0 7 ♥ 0 2 ♥ Sol'Daes ♥ Re: Alien: Covenant

By The Critical Drinker

        The premise of this movie is flawed beyond it being a sequel of the redonkulous Alien Prometheus. However, it is a fantastic sequel in that it is a near perfect recreation of the prior movie. As in Prometheus, Covenant forces every single character to make stupid contrived decisions only to force the plot along. The Hero’s Journey only allows one such character flaws for each character of a story. Having more than one breaks immersion into the story for the audience. The companies that bankrolled this movie, deserves to loose their money after failing to require a different screen writer and director.

        The problem is the idea that Elizabeth Shaw would have ever trusted David just because she was lonely. Sure, she would be, but David’s immitation of ‘acting’ should have failed to work for the simple reality that David himself would have been abundantly enough to keep her mind sane. Even while silent his presence would have kept her grounded to the Prime Material.... so her trusting him? never.

        The Engineers would have more than *one* homeworld. Times that by 39, think do I.

        The new captain failed the entire colony and this movie by going down to the planet himself. The current Captain always stays on the ship, precisely to avoid the constant changing & challenging of command present in all acts of the story.

        2k people for a colony? try 20 times that many. That would have enabled the new captain to send *six* marines with his wife.  Sending _One_ for security is a big fail decision that would have been known to the previous First Officer.


       Adventuring through an alien spaceship, especially on a mysteriously deserted planet was another fail.  The existence of the ship itself should have sent everyone packing back to the ship.

       The new new new new captain of the Colony ship brings the ship to 40k distance from the surface... even though twice that is necessary for safety, as stated in the movie. Sure ‘Mother’ allowing the breach in protocal is semi ok. Then the colony ship should have crashed because... gravity works.

       Then the Captain goes searching for a previous officer he told “stay close”; All by himself... an equally stupid choice.  Every act of the movie is filled with these rudimentary stupid decisions that fail to have anything to do with the plot.  Going off on your own when you know there is mortal danger, is literally them choosing to commit suicide.

       Then the last thing the colony ship would have “rescued” anyone on the planet. They should have been left after Tennessee sends a message to Terra. The husband’s wife died in the second act, he should have known this. Why would the crew give a fuck about anyone, other than their spouse? They are supposed to be only selected as members of the future Colony.

       Near the end of the movie, there fails to be any way that David would have won the fight after the screen cuts away from them. Walter was stradling an already partially broken David. Then Walter’s fist was already coming down to break the face of David. They showed him grabing a shank, but he failed to have the position to really use it. The only reason a human would have grabbed the shank is to try to cause enough pain to the one on top. ‘Pain’ that would have fell short of coming even close to stopping the inevitability of his skull breaking against the fist from David... an android.

       At the end there is the wrongness of Daniels of even coming close to mistaking David for Walter.

1. A pair of rudimentary caveman scissors would have fell short of being enough to cut David’s hair enough to even come rationally or logically close to Walter’s appearance.
2. Then there is also the different mannerisms that would have automatically confirmed the reality of David’s presence to Daniels.

       For sharing Gravity, grateful am I. For the Goddess to be allowed to alighten a path towards love, joy, & happiness along the self’determined life’cycle chosen by the Higher’Self of yours, pray do I.

♥ 1 3 ♥ 0 0 ♥ 0 7 ♥ 0 0 ♥ 0 7 ♥ Lady'Daes ♥ Re: WestWorld and The Critical Drinker

By The Critical Drinker

The movie, and series, are essentially a futuristic take on theme'parks and L.A.R.P.ing {Live Action Role Playing}. And then what are the most popular themes of i.R.L. {in Real Life} LARPS? Those are the themes that a 'company' would explore because it would attract the most number of customers.

"Westworld" is a reboot of an older movie. The original was an amusement park with more than one "zone" people could visit. There was Medievalworld, Romanworld and Westworld. Thus Critical Drinker is simply wrong on the series changing the theme. All themeparks have multiple themes that are explored.

However, the point was each world was one that fit a basic genre, in which their audience wanted to 'play' a 'role'. Few fail to know anything of Shogun Japan, let alone enough to have an interest in roleplaying in it.

♥ 1 3 ♥ 0 0 ♥ 0 6 ♥ 0 2 ♥ 0 8 ♥ Tiamat'Daes ♥ 2036 Origin Unknown

 Typically movies are simply enjoyed by me, instead of psychee analysing them, or nitpicking various scenes.  However, this movie by NetFlix is mischaracterized as simply a science fiction, when it is more aptly is a tragic horror sci-fi story, think do I.

What is scary is that anyone would think giving control of any project over to an unknown machine intelligence is a good idea.  Furthermore, the writer and NetFlix erroneously choose to think the ending is anything, but the most horrid tragic ending imaginable.

Seriously, it is presented in the same lot as {2001: A Space Odyssey}.  Except even Kubrick understood machine intelligences are far from our friends.

♥ 1 3 ♥ 0 0 ♥ 0 5 ♥ 1 3 ♥ 0 1 ♥ Mer'Daes ♥ Netflix Original: Review: How it Ends ★☆☆

The movie seems lost on how technology still exists in a ravaged dystopian world, think do I.  It also seems confused on the appearance of certain events.  A massive cloud of killer dust eating up land is just nutty.  That is jumping the shark kind of nutty.

All of the issues explained below, is ultimately the reasoning for the rating of one out of three stars by me.  The most liberal {libertarian} of viewers would get enjoyment out of the movie.  There are just too many humiliating and embarrassing elements in the movie for even me to take seriously.  Generally speaking, nitpicking a series or movie is avoided by me.  Maybe if it was made as a humorous comedy it would have been better, suggest do I.

It is commendable the script has pretty much everyone confused on what exactly happened. The true danger in the movie is the unknown and they do a great job of presenting that fear.  Yet even if the psycho at the end was right, known science surest the effects would be completely different.

For instance, an earthquake of great enough magnitude would sink Seattle into the sand of which it is built. the nuclear the ground erupting would have irradiated the entire Columbia Basin.  The source would be Hanford and many other nuclear power plants.  Yet, Nuclear Power Plants 'meltdown' instead of explode, that of which is a concept recent writers of recent shows on the big and silver screen, seem to be ignorant to me.

However, the movie does convey the idea, that is agreeable to me;  That there would be multiple sources for all the crazy, and seeing that acceptance of the unknown was awesome to me.  Such as the protagonist seeing Aurora Borealis.

The movie was enjoyable for me, though most of the actual attacks by crazies was skipped by me.  The reasoning was because it was almost painful to watch the protagonist act as if he was a Darwin Award nominee.

In every battle, it starts off where protagonist did something monumentally stupid that endangered himself and anyone with him.  Such as stopping to help someone that was clearly an ambush, as they blocked the road…  or taking his eyes off the road while driving without lights.  A sapient of moderate intelligence would have avoided that unsafe act in that dangerous situation.

The, not one but two, two times the protagonist crashed the car is another example.  Then the movie downplays the miracle, where the stereotypical Native American mechanic is able to 'quickly fix' the damage.  The father should have at least one or two others dying from the injuries with him.

Then the jealous suitor guy at the end is too much for me.  The show devolves to just a story about the two of them, when it was completely  irrelevant to the story and went against the mindset of rebuilding society after the crazy.

What would have helped would be having a another young woman save Sam, maybe her gynecologist as that would be a useful skillset.  Instead of having the male neighbor, with delusions of grandeur, helping her.  Thus they are faced with the reality that women only really need one man.  Stories of the Amazon women in ancient Greece suggested they had traditions that utilized that reality and still maintain at least their own sovereignty.

The point is that this concept would have been a better ending, feel do I.  As the description in the show was pretty effectively sending all known sapient on Tera, back to the bronze age.  Thus a group of women banding together and having several children, using prenatal vitamins and other methods to insure the women's health and wellbeing, leaves the audience with a great deal more hope for the future of the characters.  As they would be ensuring chauvinism would be left in the past.

1 3 ♥ 0 0 ♥ 0 4 ♥ 0 7 ♥ 1 6 ♥ Dias Apollo; Dear Diary; Review of Novel: Garden of Thorns {House of Royals, Book 6}

Garden of Thorns: {House of Royals, Book 6}

The "House of Royals" series is adored by me. However, this book breaks the cardinal rule of all romance novels and fails to deliver a H.E.A. {Happily Every After} ending. That in and of itself would have gotten it 3/5 stars by me. Therefore, what makes it lose an additional star is that it ends with a cliffhanger.

First off, both Book 6 and Book 7 should be their own series in the same world as 1-5 House of Royals. A continuation of the original story fails to describe either book. I bought the book expecting to read about Alivia and was shocked by the change. However, the original series was abundantly loved enough by me, to give this story a chance. It was like going to the movies to see a new movie you already enjoy, but instead find a sneak preview of a new show similar to what you were expecting.

The cliffhanger fails to even be that, because the resolution of the 'situation' only has one possible direction to anyone who is 'trying' to right an 'edgy' romance novel. And if Ms. Taylor was trying to do something else? The books would have never been listed as one. It is as if she thought introducing a cliffhanger would be an effective substitute for the lack of any real teen angst.

Maybe Ms. Taylor succeeded at that though, because the abundant lack of 'teen angst' in the entire chain of books was greatly enjoyed by me. As with the previous books of the chain, the necessary drama for a romance fill a book is thought out, logical, and reasonable. The resolution to the drama is satisfying enough to forget the drama. And so, please understand that the novel still follows the general flow of a romance novel, until the very end when Ms. Taylor jumps the shark with novel.

Both Book 6 and Book 7 was purchased by me, and so the 'want' for a resolution is far from why the rating of 2/5 is given by me. Romance books are read precisely read because they are 'supposed' to have a H.E.A. ending, at least read by me. Other genres are great but life can be negative enough without negativity corrupting my entertainment.

Only the Goddess knows, whether "Garden of Snakes" will ever be read by me. A grudge fails to be the reasoning, instead I am unsure whether she has yet another "cliffhanger" with that book, in store for readers such as me. As it was said, the delight of stories with H.E.A., are why subgenres of romance novels are of great interest of mine.

Ms. Taylor, novels in other genres have "romance" in them as well. For instance, the Fellowship of the Ring, has Arwen and Aragorn. The novels fails to be Fantasy-Romance though because the romance fails to have a H.E.A. ending. Mr. Tolkien could have easily made a few changes if he wanted that and changed everyone's lives in the process. However, he did not and the novels and story are still great as a "Fantasy" story. Hopefully if he released it into the current modern realm, he would have released it as a Fantasy story instead of trying to mislead and confuse people by labeling the series as "Fantasy Romance", feel do I.

All the problems with this novel has been thoroughly described without spoiling the actual story for anyone. Therefore, those who have read this far and disagree are encouraged by me, to enjoy the novel. That is that their enjoyment is hoped by me.

Grateful for you sharing your time and Force. May you ask the Goddess to eternally alight your self-determined path.

1 3 ❤ 0 0 ❤ 0 3 ❤ 1 5 ❤ 1 9 ❤ Dias Lady; Review Rating Reasoning

This is the reasoning by which I rate any movie or television series that is watched and reviewed by me.

1. Stars ~ is for shows that only the uber fans of the genre in general enjoy.  If finding a decent zombie film or television series is difficult then these shows are for you.
2. Stars ~ is for shows that are good examples of a genre and most people will probably enjoy it.  This is for people who are able to enjoy most movies and overlook most errors in various parts of the script, acting, emersion, or continuity.
3. Stars ~ is for shows that are exceptional examples outside of the genre itself.  They are innovative, authentically original, and should be able to compel even most of those who are unable to stop nitpicking movies to death.

Better eye-candy {attractive actors/actresses} is chosen for the characters then that may compel me to stomach through the first few episodes, maybe more.  That is simply honest the reader and myself, being me.

Thank you for sharing your time and Force;  May you ask the Goddess to eternally alight your path.  Please understand that far from perfect am I.  That realization too is far from new to me;  Therefore, with the goal of helping are the critics made by me.

1 3 ♥ 0 0 ♥ 0 1 ♥ 1 4 ♥ 0 1 ♥ Dies Taijutsu

Three out of five stars for the cable network 'Lifetime Television Channel's new television series The Lottery.  The show centers around a female heroine doctor, a male United States of America Army veteran, and the black female C.o.S. {Chief of Staff} to the P.o.t.U.S. {Present of the United States}, and a half baked Dystopian world view driven by a global infertility.

The heroine potentially saves our species by fertilizing and creating a hundred embryos;  And, the story is about the power struggle to control them, set against the backdrop of the scientists figuring out what they did right so that they can fertilize more and 'cure' the global infertility.

As mentioned previously the show is set in a half baked dystopian world that is only partially realized.  The world seems as if the writers and producers shared a religious vision, whom refuse to flesh it out past the initial concept.  Literally the story crosses the globe;  However, what they viewer see are scenes that 'appear' as if the filming barely even leaves Los Angeles, let alone California.

I love how the show illustrates how corrupt D.C. {District of Columbia} is and why.  The writers do seem to understand the mental illness that is statism.  I doubt most of the D.C. M.O.B. {Money Over Bitches} thugs even realize who or what they are, except their primary focus is maintaining and increasing their own power.  They fail to see how the D.C. is separated from the rest of America, And to them D.C. is the nation.

The writers and producers are somewhat obvious with their plot mechanics.  Laying back and "enjoying" shows is what I cherish most.  Therefore, for me to see plot elements in the show, I find rather ridiculous.  Hopefully, for Marley Shelton I am wrong and the show gets renewed for a second season.  Though, I doubt D.C. types enjoy yet another vector illuminating how utterly evil they are.



For those wondering, yes conspiracies are everywhere.  A few conspiracies are even illuminated periodically by the Light.  True negative thinkers should try actually reading the definition of a conspiracy.  A few may even realize that I speak truly.

The government can and does keep many secrets.  The myth that they are unable too is a red haring that they enjoy very much.  How many clandestine groups there are is beyond me, however I am sure there are many forming and dispersing every day.



I also love watching Marley Shelton having so much air time.  She is a beautiful woman and appears to really get into her characters, I believe.  Unfortunately, watching her and her character may be the only reason I continue watching the show past it's third episode.  Unfortunate for the show that is, as my personal journal entries have extrapolated on my turbulent psyche.

The appearance of a person's body tells an astute observer everything about the subjects beliefs and thoughts.  For instance, obesity is a sign of self doubt and depression.  A reader may think of a skinny depressed person they know, however such a person tends to be 'less' than their true ideal fat and muscle mass.

Now a reader either agrees or disagrees with me and that is irrelevant to what I was relaying.  I have thought a great deal about why I find certain women more attractive than others.  From what wisdom I have gleaned my gut reaction to their image says a lot about how compatible my Higher Self and Id thinks they are.  Correlating that with who I believe my ideal wives and ideal marriage occupies my mind periodically.

The short of it is that I think Marley Shelton is hot and I would love to date her, and learn more about her.  Naturally she is different than the characters she plays.  I have yet to see her in a series that gets renewed past it's first season, and so I believe that helps me from that mistake.  However, I have seen her in a series twice now with David Alpay and so maybe they have a meaningful relationship.

Taylor Alison Swift occupies the majority of my thoughts while sleeping and awake.  I am perplexed on what wisdom to draw from that.  The idea that I am completely off my kilter is something I entertain daily, thus I tend to discount it as crazy people rarely realize they are crazy.

Anyhow, this has turned into mostly another journal entry and so I have designated it as such.

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Soulless is a salaciously ebullient omega to the Parasol Protector series of books.  Miss Alexia Tarabotti is an urbane pragmatic heroine with a erudite sagacious bluestocking intellect.  While expatiating the her life and adventures, Mrs. Gail Carriger is adroit in her writing of late 18th century.  The novel is virtuoso as an example of SteamPunk Romantic fiction.

Alexia's mother, step-father, and two half-sisters have convinced her that she is ugly and unwanted as the story begins.  Mrs. Carriger is bravura with how she expatiates Alexia's interpersonal relationships.  Her mother is far from fitting, say, the stereotype of the wicked stepmother in some fanciful fable.  Her sisters are still mean except it is easy to see how they are a product of their environment mostly.

I disagree with Mrs. Carriger in how truly 'alone' such an avatar would be.  Seemingly other eccentric and deviant compatriots the Alexia should be acquainted are mentioned as existing, however she fails to see them in her future.  For instance, it is only in the fourth book that Alexia begins developing her own information gathering spiderweb with her oldest friend Ivy.

However, all authors are limited by their own perception of the world around them.  I far from mean any disrespect it simply is pragmatic.  :)

Naturally a solution is easier said than done;  However if I were to suggest an example:   I think it is entirely reasonable that other Academic students would keep in contact with Alexia as their lives changed.  These 'scientists' would be a valuable information gathering source.  There is more in my mind but that would be getting off topic.

Alexia has deep seated flaws in her psyche, however she does evolve and grow with the world around her.  The novel essentially begins in the middle of 'Alexia's story.  Even near the end of the book the reader is learning her interpersonal verity of the past.

The significant other to Alexia is Lord Conall Maccon, an Earl, therianthropic wolf who is in charge of the government agency responsible for managing the supernatural element in London and England as a whole.  Both characters have alpha personalities and so history that Mrs. Carriger skips with beginning the novel is backfilled with the two characters challenging each-other constantly.  The novel begins as their amorous emotions swells over how much they challenge each-other, that being a great deal.

I highly encourage those reading this far into this post to at least get this first book and begin reading.  Whether you enjoy steampunk, science, fantasy, or romantic fiction I abundantly ken that ye will enjoy the story as much as I do


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The purpose of me reading this particular novel is to help me understand Steampunk and romantic fiction.  With writing my own stories I am very exuberant with all the old Victorian era words Mrs. Carriger uses.  I bookmark them after I look their meaning up.  I am fascinated with how she literally writes as if Alexia is writing an autobiography.

Anyone who reads my other 'entries' realizes this site is a journal of sorts for me.  I leave it public with the hope that it may help someone else.  This particular entry however is a review of a steampunk romantic fiction I have read recently.

I am into the fourth book already but I may be going back to read the third at some point.  The events depicted in the first half of the book are indecorous with my tastes.  I read fiction to help me be happy and forget about depression among other things.

That is why I read various subgenres of romantic fiction, there is always a happy ending.  I read Science Fiction and Fantasy earlier in my life and grew dissatisfied with books being a tragedy half the time like say Ender's Game.  Great book, just beyond my interests.