The last time I watched this movie, I was around eight years old, having rented it from Food City. I'm glad to have watched it again, and on the big screen to boot.

So, this is the movie that spawned a generation or two of angry "fans" attacking George Lucas for having "raped their childhood". And that's not even getting into stuff like the hate for Jar-Jar or young Anakin's actors. (And the less said about things like the Plinkett reviews, the better.)

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Found this image courtesy of Reddit. It was too good not to share.

Speaking a little more seriously though, it's interesting to look at this and compare/contrast the two characters' designs and the respective art styles of their shows.

Also by way of comparison, looking at Spear and at Jack, I had the interesting realization that their stories run as pretty neat contrasts to each other.

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Hey everyone. I'm sorry for being so quiet these past few days, but Internet connections were pretty crappy at both the hotel and at the convention, so I figured I'd just save the big response for when I finally got home and unpacked.

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I'd been meaning to put this up earlier, but well, better late than never.

Tomorrow and through Sunday, I'll be out of town - my dad and I are going to a convention over in Beckley. Dad's going to be vending a table there to try and sell some books.

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Wow. This was a masterclass in buildup and tension. I knew about Masaki Kobayashi's movie before - a scathing indictment of the samurai and the honor code that they profess to live by - but all the same, watching the movie had me hooked from start to finish.

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This is more of a full-fledged review with some extra observations that sprang to mind, thinking about the movie. For anyone who's interested.

"Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire" is a dumb film that is very smartly made, and I say that in the form of highest praise. This is a movie that knows it is a monster mash first and foremost - essentially, a Godzilla movie of the 60s and 70s given the modern-day blockbuster treatment - and builds itself entirely around that.

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Finally getting around to writing up my thoughts on this one. I had heard plenty of good things about it from my parents, though I had yet to see it. Finally, we rung in the new year by watching "Galaxy Quest" with dinner.

Let me see that I am not a Star Trek fan by nature. I don't have anything *against* it by any means, but I've never been particularly tempted to seek any of the shows or movies out.

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And all in all?

It was fun. Good mindless monster mash of a film. Funny how much some of the stuff with Kong in the movie made me think, just a little, of Primal. If only for the lack of dialogue and the importance of character through action and expression.

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Hello all. Just wanted to check in this Sunday (Easter Sunday, for any churchgoing types out there) and wish you all well.

Hope that the year has been okay for everybody. March wasn't the best month for me, I was sick at the start of it and only around the last week have I really felt 100% again, but I'm hoping for things to pick up going forward from here.

Best wishes, eh?

A short animated film about the dinosaurs, done to celebrate the 200th anniversary of paleontology?

Featuring animation of the Victorian era imaginings of the "terrible lizards" like Megalosaurus, Iguanodon, and so on?

This has my curiosity piqued, for sure.