Of all things Geek. I am…
If you’re going to write, write what you know. That’s what they say. They also say, “Good writers borrow, great writers steal,” so there must be a special pantheon for writers who do all three.
With Ready Player One, Ernest Cline did all three.
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What happens when an ordinary man falls in with a woman bestowed with power? What happens when the two of them run afoul of a salesman, an Incantrix, and the law? And finally, what happens when all of this is in the name of an old magical world hidden away within a carpet?
Weaveworld by Clive Barker happens.
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Special Report by Agent Z
MTV is planning to launch a televised Shannara series. I imagine my reaction to the announcement was shared by most fans of the popular fantasy novels. MTV, really? The network known for producing reality television was taking on the massive undertaking of adapting Terry Brooks’ novel, The Elfstones of Shannara.
My initial anticipation was tepid given my negative perception of the network’s programming.
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It’s 2015, Happy New Year! As 2014 came to a close, I coined it the “Year of the Trailer.” With that being the case, there must be movies in 2015 worth seeing.
So, in the interest of maintaining 2014 as the “Year of the Trailer,” here are 15 movies that you should see in 2015. They run the gamut from adult to children’s movies, action and adventure, reboots, continuations, and, of course, comic book movies.
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The third and final installment of The Hobbit, is more a bridge to the initial Lord of the Rings trilogy then farewell fanfare to The Hobbit trilogy, at least that’s how I see it.
There are two ways to look at this movie, as an end to the trilogy of The Hobbit or as the third act in a six part play. It’s much better overall to look at it as the latter, because of all of the extra stuff added into this trilogy to make it a bridge from one trilogy to the next.
I just can’t see it any other way.
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