On The Vergecast episode dated February 1, 2023, Katharine Trendacosta and Alex Cranz discussed the phenomenon of faking one’s death online. The most recent high profile example being Susan Menchen which got a whole story in The New York Times. The discussion is very fascinating and highly recommend a listen.
Continue reading “Deathly Deceptions and Disappearances”Media Diet – January 2023
I am trying out a new regular thing for the blog. A monthly post published at the first of every month with a list of what I have read/watched/listened to in the previous month. Here we go!
Continue reading “Media Diet – January 2023”Review – TÁR (2022)
One of the general resolutions I ended up making spontaneously is to diversify my media diet. One aspect of this is to watch more movies. This is the first movie I watched this year as part of that resolution.
Some spoilers ahead.
Continue reading “Review – TÁR (2022)”Review – Andor S1
Before I go any further with this: I will talk about stuff in the first season of Andor that is considered a spoiler for someone who has not watched it. I will put the rest of this review after the “Read More” fold so if you land on my blog you do not have to scroll past potential spoilers. Spoilers ahead, you have been warned.
Continue reading “Review – Andor S1”Review – The Witcher: Blood Origin
I have been a fan of the world of the The Witcher ever since played The Witcher 3 back in 2016. I liked that game so much I put it on my list of my video games of the decade for 2009-2019.
So I don’t think it comes as a surprise that I am also a fan of The Witcher TV show. So when I found out about the little side story of Blood Origin I was immediately interested. My interest in it was doubled when I found out Michelle Yeoh of Star Trek: Discovery and Everything Everywhere All At Once (2022) fame was going to be playing a character in it.
Blood Origin was….fine. I don’t it was particularly mind-blowing nor was it bad. I liked the casting and the performances were all good. I liked it mostly for the fact that it fills in some backstory to the world of The Witcher. Sure I knew of the Conjunction of the Spheres but I did not know all the little events and characters that led up to it.
Blood Origin also did not outstay its welcome. It was only 4 episodes, a mini-series more than a full blown TV show. I like that. It was a nice little snack for those of us who like The Witcher franchise. I would like to see more stuff like this set in the same universe.
Also put Michelle Yeoh in more stuff and I’ll probably give it a shot even if its something I wouldn’t normally be interested in, just saying.