Since vaccinated people are getting the virus too it's stupid and unlawful to discriminate in that fashion.
Here's the hoping those businesses win and if they don't? Here's to hoping New York loses half its population by the end of the year.
I swear, 20 minutes in to the film, Megan was on Facebook and I was looking at boardgames online.
It's SO slow it felt like the movie would never end. I was literally checking the time every few minutes I was so bored with this one.
What was Netflix thinking when they over saw this?!? Did they know that only a smart marketing campaign MIGHT fool people into watching these? Or were they hoping grown up Goosebumps fans would be dedicated enough to sit through this garbage till the end?
Either way, I had to watch the 3rd movie with Megan......wait till tomorrow to see how miserable this thing ends.
An interesting idea and a new direction for the franchise to go to. Not much of an overall story arc among the other movies but it does connect to them as well as the TV series so it's fine in that aspect.
The story focuses on ranchers trying to get to the Mexican border who has established itself as a safe haven for Americans fleeing the Purge.
Compared to the films this one falls flat and is my least favorite of the series. I'm still interested in seeing more of this world but hopefully better than what this film brought.
Speaking of "finish" this one leaves itself wide open for a continuation at the end. You get an ending but it's obvious they had more to tell if a Season 3 got approved. Sadly it was cancelled after this season because people probably were underwhelmed with Season 1 never bothered sticking around to see the excellent improvements made for Season 2.
Honestly, this is better than some of the movies. I loved it. They have 3 cameos from the 1st film at the beginning, middle and end of the season. The first 2 only a keen fan will catch but the 3rd one (featured in the series finale) is HUGE and everyone will recognize who it is from the start.
NONE of the characters returned from the 1st season which is good. THIS was a solid cast and it's a shame we won't get to see more of them.
I don't know where they would've gone for Season 3 but it's a shame they never got the chance. I'd have been interested for sure.
I enjoy the movies. They're more "one and done" for me but still doesn't mean that I don't check each one out when they arrive for rental. For example, I'll be watching "The Forever Purge" once it's out on Redbox or streaming for sure. But a TV show? Let's review season 1.
The first season takes place over one Purge night and focuses on a handful of characters that eventually all connect in the end.
While some of the story lines are mediocre, the series manages to plod along through 10 episodes without dragging too bad.
In the end, it was ok, but inferior to the movies. I'd heard this when first looking in to it but had to check it out anyway.
Good news is you DON'T have to watch this to understand the 2nd season, which deals with an entirely different cast and story. I can recommend the first season if you're a die hard fan of the franchise, but if you find yourself getting bored you can skip to season 2.
Very telling. But I bet the blue states don't listen.
Now the Governor is mad. Which results in passing the blame to residents who don't get the shot.....which makes no difference according to his rules so why should people get it in the first place?
He's also sunk to a new low of fear mongering. Telling Louisiana that if they don't get vaccinated an even WORSE virus will come along and kill more people in the state.
Meanwhile, all the states in the US who don't have a mask mandate are enjoying COVID numbers WELL below what we are.
(sigh) Bel Edwards will never learn.
This movie sucks. Nothing original, no character development. You don't care about ANYONE in the film. The plot is part rip off of Scream, the Blair Witch Project and EVERY ending of a horror movie in the early 2000's.
It's beyond bad now that I think about it.
They wanted you to "remember" the 90's so in the first 20 minutes they crammed every 90's song they could get the rights to and it played like a vintage commercial you used to see for a collection of the "Best Hits" on TV with the 1-800 number attached. (+$19.95 Shipping and Handling!)
The acting is sub par. They made too much of an effort at the beginning to make it feel like a 90's movie, then they drop the concept completely and make it feel like a movie made in the present day.
Megan still wants to see the next two to see how it ends.
Lord help me.
They threaten your job or to make your life hell if you don't take it. It inhumane.
I have a bad feeling it'll only get worse as the year goes by.
The city has declared it will start discriminating against unvaccinated people starting next week.
I hope the population leaves in droves over this.
Shame on them.
I couldn't agree more.
Why can't we have a Governor like that?
James Lovegrove is a pretty good author. I've enjoyed most of his books from the previous series. This was better than Ghost Machine, but still had it's shortcomings.
The story once again takes place before the movie but it appears not long before it. Book has left the crew as have Inara, but Inara has a special incurable cancer that sends the crew on a quest to find the one experimental doctor who may have the cure.
The problem?
He's on a remote prison planet heavily guarded by the Alliance.
Overall, the story's engaging. One mistake in the novel Lovegrove made was earlier in the book when Simon was "undercover" he made sure not to give his last name "Tam" as it might trigger some awareness as to his origins. However, near the end of the book, someone refers to him as "Dr Tam"
The other thing I take issue with is that Kaylee and Simeon share a long kiss. This sort of goes against what we've seen from the movie, when it still appears they haven't spoken of their feeling for eachother yet.
Other than those two call outs, the rest of book was fine. Worth your time checking out if you're a Firefly fan like me.
What a conundrum.
I decided to go ahead and try it since I'm a bigger fan of Bang. It's not terrible but also not for me. if you're a watermelon fan you're probably enjoy it. It oddly taste more like honeydew when I tried it though.
Weird. Pass.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK556964/
A study where they break down each type of mask and speak to the deficiencies in each type.
https://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa2109072
Another report the media doesn't want you see!
Seriously, this information is so easy to find. Sadly it gets buried by the media and is silenced if posted on Facebook, Twitter or any other social media.
Shameful.
https://thefederalist.com/2020/10/29/these-12-graphs-show-mask-mandates-do-nothing-to-stop-covid/
Great article on the topic with graphs showing the ineffectiveness of masks.
The evidence is overwhelming at this point.
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7680614/
Yet another damning report that shows how ineffective masks are against the virus.
This study was concluded Nov 2020 and was (of course) ignored by the media.
I hate that too because I was looking forward to this one. In fact, it was one of my most anticipated movies of the year and it fell flat.
Hardly any scary moments in it at all. It never had the creepy feeling like the two movies prior had. A terrible shame and a sign that this series needs to retire before things get any worse.
Avoid seeing at all cost if it's not too late already.
I was very wary about how this "spinoff" would be, but it was pretty good! I was surprised to see Chris Rock take the lead role in such a serious movie. He changed his look just enough to separate his long time comedic roles.
Samuel Jackson as his Dad was pretty good too. I did guess the ending correctly but it wasn't until 2/3 of the way through the movie so bravo to them on that.
It has a nice twist and is a pretty strong story overall. There are the gross torture scenes but not as brutal as some of the movies that came before. If Saw was your thing....this movie's for you.
This is another Democrat I can admire, for his willingness to look past party lines and do the sensible thing. Too bad more Americans (Republican or Democrat) aren't more like that.
But it turned out to be pretty good. I enjoyed it. It was fun and had an unexpected story that impressed rather than disappointed. Really surprised since Cruella isn't that interesting a character to me in the first place.
If you passed it up, I recommend going back and giving it a shot.
Louisiana has to have one of the worst Governor's in the country at this point.
I watched this atrocity because I really enjoyed Snyder's first movie "Dawn of the Dead"
This was was horribly boring and predictable the entire way through. Really not good at all. In fact, it was a waste of time.
Proving once and for all that Snyder is THE WORST.
Yet again, most folks will close their eyes and ignore this like all the other countless times folks have been busted.
Willful ignorance folks.
Seriously, if everyone thought like this, we'd be one of the strongest countries in the world.
Now I year later, they've released another album, (Ok, Human) which I spoke about yesterday. This came out with much anticipation from me and other fans and I have to admit, like other fans I was underwhelmed.
It's not a bad album at all. In fact, it's pretty decent. But with it being delayed for a whole year, the expectations from fans could never be matched to whatever this album had on it so I think it was doomed to fail regardless. One strange decision was to include the single "Beginning of the End" on the album. But a different version than what was on the Bill and Ted soundtrack.
In fact... it's worse. I like the Bill ad Ted version SO much better. This new version has less energy it seems. Odd because I'm not sure what Weezer was trying to do with it. And that it was a repeat on an album with only 10 tracks was a little disappointing too.
Overall, it's not a bad album, but won't be remember as one of the best from Weezer fans either. Such a shame.
Ok, Human is the album Weezer wrote during the pandemic as folks anticipated their upcoming (and delayed) album Van Weezer (which I'll review tomorrow)
So this was really a freebie for the fans. That being said, I can't really complain too much about it. I mean, it's an ok album, but forgettable. Kind of like how "Death to Metal" was. But like Death to Metal, this album does have a few jingles I enjoy.
Overall, I love Weezer and whatever they do and whatever you think about them you can't say they don't love their fans because that's exactly what this album was for.....oh and to show Rivers can write a million songs and produce an album a month if they wanted.
That too.
The last wedding I was a part of was earlier this summer. It was a memorable one to be sure. I had diarrhea that day and kept having to go back and forth to the restroom. I was afraid for a moment that I wouldn't be able to stand for the entire ceremony but thankfully I made it thru.
I probably won't be in any more wedding from here on out. Like I said in a post last year, I'm getting too old for that. But I'm fine with that because all that standing in one spot for 20-30 minutes is for the young!
As the state continues to lose jobs more than ANY other state in the country, Edwards is content to watch Louisiana fall apart under his watch.
I can't stand this guy and would gladly trade him for someone's pet cocker spaniel.
My sister got married next. It was a wedding were the night before I tried to get my sister to cry by telling her a very sweet story of us during her childhood. Not a drop of water was given.
Right after me, my brother Bray went. He choked up at the very start and my sister started balling.
If I'd have known it was that easy I'd have gone that route!!
But all in all, it was another good wedding. Again, I don't have any photo's from the wedding which is strange. I'll have to grab some from her next time I think of it.
Have a good weekend folks!
My little brother Caleb put me in his wedding. It was out on a farm I think and the whole thing was wonderful. I can't find any pictures, only video which I took and posted at the time of his wedding. But I remember it was one of the first times we'd seen Jordan in a while since he came in for it.
I also had all the brothers over that morning for monster cereal breakfast. Where we all ate the various versions of Count Chocula, Frankenberry, Boo Berry, Yummy Mummy and Fruit Brute.
Good times!
My buddy CeJay was married next and I'll never forget it because were had to wear these neon orange shoes (which I still have today) Not sure what that was about but this reception was another good one as well. It was in a place around town I've never seen anyone else host before. Really nice building too.
Again, no pictures for this wedding. Just neon orange shoes....
My friend Kat got married to another fast friend of mine Tim and I was asked to be in the wedding.
I say "fast friend" because we literally became friends over the course of the week and by the end of the week, he'd asked me to be in his wedding. I was pumped!
We still keep in touch today and I see him and Kat whenever they make it into town every other holiday year it seems.
Wild to think they have teenagers now. I still see the both of them as being 20!
I was so happy to be a part of it. They moved away shortly after and I still see them over the holidays each year when they visit but it was special to be a part of both their lives this way.
The reception was a lot of fun too as I was hamming it up the whole time for the cameras.
Guess even he knows the vaccination is pointless.
I can't wait to get this guy out of office.
You'd think I'd have pictures from my cousin's wedding but I don't. Thomas' wedding has one of the greatest stories of all because it's the one and only time I witnessed someone pass out at a wedding.
My brother Caleb.
The funny thing was after he passed out, a few minutes later he got back up like it was nothing and started singing the hymn with everyone.
I couldn't stop laughing the whole ceremony.
I really need to ask him to share that picture of where Dad and I are looking at each other after the vows and are doubled over laughing over it.
Good times!
I pray the Supreme Court overturns this, but I don't believe they have the spine to do so.
They decide instead to have "quiet time" alone in their homes, which really means "I don't like feeling guiltily of my sins, so I'll act like I'm perfect, never make mistakes and don't need to held to a standard that shows a true love and devotion to Christ"
They are fools walking around naked as in the Emperor's New Clothes and everyone is shaking their heads as they walk by totally aloof to their insanity of "reason"
And THIS is who people thought would be a better choice than Trump?!?
This guy is shooting himself in the foot every time his mouth opens.
Bumbling dolt for a President. It's embarrassing us on a global scale.
One of the most wicked Americans in the country.
Sounds like they don't trust their vaccine that much do they?
Screw all the haters who think everyone should be vaccinated. It's a choice. Deal with it.
All this hate and discrimination against non-vaccinated people is dumb. IT DOESN'T MATTER people! It's what the CDC is saying this whole time! They only want you to be an obedient little monkey and dance to their tune.
Jon Amos. Another wedding with no pictures I have from. But that was a good one too. I remember when they two started dating, I wasn't sure it would work out at first. Thankfully it did and I was in the wedding.
This was the first time I think I knew the groom just as well as the bride, since Hollie and I had been good friends prior to the two of them being a thing.
In fact, she may have wanted me in the wedding more because we were such close friends!
For a while they're oldest son was joining us for game night which is wild to think about but I enjoyed. It made for an excellent time to recall past stories of his Dad. (though I don't know how many I was allowed to tell)
So many weddings without pictures. Maybe I should ask the grooms if they can send me any of them?
The next one (to my memory) might have been also in Texarkana. My friend Jake was getting married and we had a best bachelor's party EVER. It was a week long cruise.
I STILL talk about this cruise today. We laughed so hard the entire time, I literally had a pain in my side and tears in my eyes several times.
This is the only picture I could find right now but I know I have several more on the cruise. That's me eating snails for the first time. Yummy!
My buddy Chris from Texarkana was next in line to be wed. This was the first (but not last time) I'd be in a wedding in Texarkana.
I remember this one came shortly after Tony's because I shared a story with him about the groom grabbing the bride's butt during the family photo and watching her face change into that "O" look right as the picture was taken.
To her embarrassment, when asked why she cried out she didn't want to say.
Chris thought it was so funny he did the same exact thing and got the same result! I remember thinking that this could be the beginning of a new tradition at wedding I attended. However the next groom in line to be wed wisely ignored my advice.
The next wedding was the one for my friends Kim and Tony. Though I don't have pictures to share for this one, I remember joking that they'd probably be late for their own wedding since they both had a tendency to be late for everything.
Sure enough....the wedding started an hour late. And it was a bad thing too because it was outside in a Louisiana summer and people was dying outside from the heat.
The best thing about this wedding was a prank I pulled on them that was 6 months in the waiting. Kim had a stuffed pink poodle called "Fifi" that I'd taken out of her room a while back.
A bridesmaid and I decided to put Fifi in a wedding dress (which was hard to find because Build a Bear didn't exist back then) and present her at the wedding next to the cake.
It was great.
The wedding party lasted until 2am. I didn't get to bed until 3am, had to wake up at 5am for my flight back the next day.
But BOY was it something. Not a single person left until the very end either. I've never seen anything like it before.
I tried to get him in my wedding but he couldn't get off for it. I don't speak to him anymore and I hate that but I'm super happy for his success and wish him the best!
The next wedding (I think) was my brother Bray's.
Oddly enough I don't think I have a picture of it but I remember it was outside and the sun was in my eyes the entire ceremony. It was also the time when I packed a shirt I hadn't worn in a while only to realize I'd grown out of it by that time.
Bummer.
And Mom wouldn't let me wear my shade for the wedding even though I had the PERFECT excuse!!
Oh well. Short story is, my sister-in-law said "Yes" and I lost a $20 bet with my brother in the end.
Kidding.
But after the wedding that night my brother and I had to clean off the decorations from the wedding vehicle they drove away in because it was a rental and Dad didn't want to be charged extra to clean it.
It was DEAD COLD that night and the water kept freezing the moment it hit the car. It was TERRIBLE. My first time up in Idaho and it was during the winter. I hated it.
But the wedding as is, was a good time.
Roger Carter!!!
My other roommate who was quickly wed after Bruce. I actually don't remember much of the wedding but I remember what he gave me as a groomsman's gift. I got a little golden hammer that unscrews into multiple types of screwdrivers hidden within.
I STILL use that tool today more than any other! Probably one of the best gift's I've ever received for being in a wedding.
Now this is where I get confused as to which ones came next and in what order. But here goes:
Bruce was a roommate of mine (and good friend still today) who got married back when I was still in college. So I'm pretty sure his was next.
I remember his first apartment they were going to move in to. In fact, Bruce holds the record for how many times I've helped someone move, 7. The last time was the most rewarding because that's when I found Yub Nub and claimed him as payment for helping him move.
He's been with me ever since.
Now I'm like "They're getting married?! How young are those kids!?"
But it was my buddy Patrick's wedding and I remember having to work late and join them in Jackson later that evening only to find out, there was no place for me to stay at the hotel so I had to sleep on the floor in someone's room. No pillow, no covers....it was a very rough night.
The second wedding I was in was with my brother Jeremy. It was for our Aunt and Uncle. I remember not liking the outfits we had to wear at all for it.
It took place right outside my grandparents house and Dad did the ceremony. Other than that, I can't think of anything else that significant about it.
Again, there's a picture of me in the wedding at my grandmother's house but I've never taken a picture of it myself because I always thought it would be there.
With my grandmother in a nursing home now, I need to make an effort to get back over there and snap a few of the pics she has of us hanging on her wall.
We were 19th in church attendance but still, being #1 on both previous categories is really something to be proud of....for once Monroe is #1 in something other than highest crime rate per captia!
Of course the first one I want to talk about was the one I was in. It feels weird to know it happened in our old church we left 3 years ago.
I never think about that church ever. I hated how packed it had gotten towards the end but my wife and I loved the sunrise service. And even though it's the place I got married, I don't miss it at all or think of the building as "special"
His poor handling of COVID ruined our economy.
What a complete bozo.
It's a solid film that runs in the same vein as Wick, with lots of fun action and a good story. In fact, it's from the same writer so it doesn't surprise me. It has that feel.
Well worth your time if you haven't seen it already.
