by Michael Lesiuk | Jul 18, 2012 | Fiction/Lit/Movies
The Grey (2012) is far better than I would have thought. The quote on the DVD box — “Terrifically exciting! Hold on tight! It’s a true call of the wild!” — really doesn’t do justice to the film. You know how when you finally get...
by Michael Lesiuk | Jun 15, 2012 | Jokes
All those Cylons, they’re just a bunch of phonies. What’s their “plan,” anyways, for God’s sake? They don’t have a plan. Every time the pilots walk in and out of the ready room they touch this black and white photo of a viper pilot on his goddamn knees or something....
by Michael Lesiuk | Apr 29, 2012 | Fiction/Lit/Movies
I’ve been binging through Stargate SG-1 recently, and my theory is that the show is secretly a sitcom. The sci-fi ideas in the show are not that innovative; some of the plot lines are quite bad; the effects are definitely not anything to write home about; the...
by Michael Lesiuk | Feb 20, 2012 | Fiction/Lit/Movies
I liked this movie. (Maybe from now on I’ll just post “hey, here’s a thing I liked.” Huzzah for low-content posts.) This was my favourite exchange: The Driver (Ryan Gosling) and Benicio (Kaden Leos) are watching cartoons while Irene (Carey...
by Michael Lesiuk | Oct 14, 2010 | Fiction/Lit/Movies
I am not a fan of the vampire craze in today’s media, because I think that vampires are being horribly misused. Being bitten by a vampire should be a very bad thing, not simply the means by which one gets a fun superpower. If you want to write about vampires,...
