Life goes on in the new house as we make changes to suit us. Peter has built some storage in our outdoor room, using flat packs from Bunnings, and we’ve done a bit more work in the garden. I suspect gardening will be intermittent for some time. The weather is not particularly hot, but it’s…
The first episode of the new Star Wars offering, The Acolyte, didn’t really do it for me, as I explained in a recent post. I wasn’t the only one not impressed. At the time of writing, there are thousands of one-star reviews for the series, with an overall rating of 1.2. Ouch. I looked at…
As a dedicated Star Wars fan, I eagerly watched the first episode of The Acolyte. Despite its promising premise and diverse cast, the episode fell short with clichéd tropes, unrealistic scenes, and uninspired characters. It hasn’t captured me like The Mandalorian did, but I’ll keep watching in hopes it improves.
It’s 26th May in Australia, but still the 25th in the USA. It’s a momentous anniversary, the first actual release of that juggernaut, Star Wars. That was the film’s name back then. No ‘episode 4’. No ‘A New Hope’. That would all come later, when George Lucas realised he had a really, truly block-buster on…
There is one rule of writing you break at your peril, and that is – do your research. I was involved in an interesting discussion with writers of science fiction, based on a blog post about whether the ‘science’ was important in science fiction. Specifically, the author discussed a scenario in a novel where a…
Oh, man. The majestic Imperial Star Destroyer. I’ve said before it was one of the reasons I fell in love with Star Wars. Here it is in all its glory. Bristling with weapons, a space-going aircraft carrier cum assault ship. According to Star Wars: The New Essential Guide to Vehicles and Vessels, the 1.6km long…
The more I read about the strangeness of our universe, the more I wonder if we, humanity, will ever colonise other planets. There’s not much chance we’ll settle on a diamond planet and I have to wonder how we’d go on many of the ‘earthlike’ planets already pinpointed. We are such fragile entities, we humans….
Reading somebody’s blog recently I was reminded about my own obsession with the Star Wars universe early in the life of the series. SW and The Empire Strikes Back didn’t have the benefit of digital enhancement. The special effects guys made their props in the old fashioned way – with models and blue-screen photography. The…