Sigh - Blogger has updated their interface and it's going to take me a while to figure out how to do everything, but meanwhile, let's listen to President Obama giving the eulogy for John Lewis ...
Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez spoke about being accosted and sworn at (f*cking b*tch) by Republican Congressman Ted Yoho. Almost every woman will recognize what happened to AOC. I'm glad she was able to put in the congressional record what sexism is all about. The Republican Congress and the Republican president think they own us, that they can poop on women with impunity. I believe the next election will show them how very wrong they are.
a 2019 American epic space opera film produced, co-written, and directed by J. J. Abrams. It is the third installment of the Star Wars sequel trilogy, following The Force Awakens (2015) and The Last Jedi (2017), and the final episode of the nine-part "Skywalker saga."
For those who haven't been watching this trilogy ...
The trilogy follows a 19-year-old orphan, Rey, and the plight of the Resistance against the First Order, which has risen from the fallen Galactic Empire. Rey learns the ways of the Force under Luke Skywalker and Leia Organa, and confronts Kylo Ren—the son of Leia and Han Solo, nephew of Luke, and grandson of Anakin Skywalker [Darth Vader] —who has fallen to the dark side.
I liked the first movie of the trilogy - The Force Awakens. It was fun to see the characters from the original series - Princess Leia, Luke Skywalker, and Han Solo. I also liked the new character played by Adam Driver - Kylo Ren.
The second film, The Last Jedi, however, wasn't very good, especially in how it portrayed Luke and Leia, so I wasn't that enthusiastic about the third film.
I was surprised, though - it was pretty good, actually. The special effects were nice and the writers seemed to try to fix the errors of the second film.
Here's one of my favorite parts of the movie, where Rey and Kylo Ren are fighting on the wreck of the old Death Star ...
And I especially liked the ending of the movie, in which Rey goes to Tatooine, the planet where Luke grew up, living with his aunt and uncle on their moisture farm. The first movie of the original series began here, with Teenage Luke wishing he could leave the farm, fearing he would never get a chance at anything better ...
That same music and scene of the binary sunset are in the ending of this latest film with Rey ...
This, Long Cool Woman in a Black Dress, is one of my favorite songs by The Hollies, partly because it's atypical for them. The lyrics tell of an FBI agent on a stakeout ...
Happy July 4th. I would actually like this holiday if it just wasn't for the fireworks. One of my favorite past tv shows gave me a special appreciation for the time of the Revolutionary War - Sleepy Hollow.
In the show, Ichabod Crane, a British soldier during the war, becomes a double agent working for George Washington after having been convinced of America's cause. Through magic, Crane is put into suspended animation until the present, so that he can find and destroy the Headless Horseman. OK, it's hard to explain ;) but this will help ...
Sadly the show was cancelled after 4 seasons and the last couple of seasons were not up to original quality, but the first two are a lot of fun,
