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Cake day: July 7th, 2023

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  • I watched the first three episodes of the recently released Percy Jackson series.

    The book series was a big part of my childhood, and I was mildly excited for the TV series (read: hoped that it was better than the film series).

    I’m still debating if I should finish the TV series. I found a particular detail in the third episode that convinced me that I am not the show’s target audience:

    At the end of episode three...

    I expected Percy to pull a fast one and ship Medusa’s severed head to Gabe. Instead, it looks like he actually shipped it to Olympus.




  • A few days ago, I watched Total Recall (1990) for the first time. There are quite a few moments that just sent me into fits of laughter (e.g., Johnnycab and “two weeks”). These funny moments are offset by the seriousness of the Venusville plot and the film’s exposition of Mars.

    One thing that did take me out of the film briefly was when Arnie’s character breaks out of his restraints (in the third act) by simply brute force because he is so jacked.





  • Philip K. Dick’s Electric Dreams (joint UK and US production, premiered first on Channel 4)

    great ones that never took off in the states

    This TV series fits this description to a T because I reckon that most people, when thinking of a sci-fi TV anthology series, would bring to mind Black Mirror.

    I watched Electric Dreams shortly after finishing the latest season of Black Mirror; I found the former more enjoyable and poignant than the latter.