Wesley Miaw - Blog

Bloodrayne

Sat, 08 Mar 2008 07:25:43 +0000

Shortly after BloodRayne came out, I read all sorts of horrible reviews about it. People condemned Uwe Boll as worst director of all time and wondered how he could get funding in the face of his failure, and who in...

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Desert Punk

Fri, 07 Mar 2008 03:46:49 +0000

Sunabozu is an anime that is crude and unapologetic about it. In the Kanto desert, life is harsh and cheap. A catastrophe from long ago left the world barren and lifeless. Knowledge of the old technologies has been lost, and...

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Woman on the Edge of Time

Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:25:18 +0000

Calvin gave me Woman on the Edge of Time, by Marge Piercy, for a birthday gift. It was written in 1976 and features a world set at that time, seen through the eyes of a poor disenchanted Hispanic woman living...

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Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 20:55:30 +0000

Ghost in the Shell: Solid State Society takes place in the story line created in the Stand Alone Complex television series featuring Section 9. In those two years since The Laughing Man and The Individual Eleven incidents, Section 9 has...

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Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:57:05 +0000

Ghost in the Shell 2: Innocence continues the story line that began in the original Ghost in the Shell and was also directed by Mamoru Oshii. You do need to have watched the first movie to fully appreciate the second,...

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Avalon

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 06:56:07 +0000

Avalon is interesting, but it's slow. Directed by Mamoru Oshii, it's no surprise that there are a lot of deep thoughts and questions about life, reality, and ones perception of the world. However it requires the viewer to work hard...

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Ultraviolet

Sun, 02 Mar 2008 00:17:27 +0000

I didn't hear good things about Ultraviolet, even though I tend to like movies starring Milla Jovovich. It was written and directed by Kurt Wimmer, who also wrote and directed the amazing Equilibrium, and knowing that now I find it...

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Luna's Birthday

Thu, 28 Feb 2008 06:42:38 +0000

It is Luna's birthday today. We didn't do much of anything special, but Silke did come over and gave her a potted flower as a gift. They were watching The Animatrix when I got home, because Silke came over earlier....

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Night at the Museum

Tue, 26 Feb 2008 02:44:39 +0000

Night at the Museum, starring Ben Stiller, is pretty much your run-of-the-mill family movie. Ben Stiller is a down-on-his-luck dad who is now divorced and not exactly the greatest role model for his son because he can't keep a stable...

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28 Weeks Later

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:45:11 +0000

I really liked 28 Days Later, and thought 28 Weeks Later should be pretty good too since it was supposed to closely follow the original timeline and looked very similar in style and visuals. I didn't know it was directed...

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The Lone Gunmen

Sun, 24 Feb 2008 09:44:38 +0000

I happened to notice that the DVD box set of The Lone Gunmen was on sale and picked it up, completing our collection. I thought this was a great spin-off show and was disappointed when it got cancelled, although I...

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Visit from Silke

Sat, 23 Feb 2008 07:15:21 +0000

Silke's back in San Jose again after about two years. She's the new team lead for development in Germany, and Karsten who used to be the team lead is now a manager. So IBM flew her out to meet some...

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Patlabor: The TV Series

Thu, 21 Feb 2008 18:50:27 +0000

So whereas the Patlabor OVA was a little disappointing, the full length television series Patlabor: The TV Series isn't so bad. It's not great, but it's about what you'd expect from a Saturday morning cartoon. A bit of action, some...

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The Holiday

Sun, 17 Feb 2008 21:25:51 +0000

When Luna first saw the trailer for The Holiday she laughed and then punched me in the face. Cameron Diaz's character had found out her boyfriend slept with his secretary and walked out the front door and punched him twice....

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Strangers in Paradise

Thu, 14 Feb 2008 17:00:09 +0000

Strangers in Paradise, by Terry Moore, is a masterpiece. Every once in a while there comes a book that has everything and holds you so tight you forget to breathe and savor each page while being unable to turn to...

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