Tomorrow War

by on July 16, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Tomorrow War is a movie people deride for many reasons. Some good. Others not. But there does appear to be more world building in the movie than made it to the screen. Probably because of the market the studio wanted. One thing people say about the movie is “Why don’t the world powers just nuke the aliens, or bombard them from the air?” Or other things. My first assumption as a writer is that they DID do that in 2048. The nations of the future mobilized their militaries. They threw everything they had at the aliens. And when they were overrun by the ultimate zergling rush, they nuked the aliens as a last resort. I’m sure they nailed a lot of the aliens, but not enough. The future we hear from in 2051 has 500k humans left. Every organized army has been shattered, and all we see when the wormhole opens are the last few desperate survivors, hoping a miracle can save them.

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Tomorrow War

by on July 15, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Tomorrow War is a movie. Many people are picking it apart over brain-dead decisions. Some deserved. Others… I think… not. Basically, looking at the film, I think there were rules somebody made that did not make it to the screen. Rule number one appears to be that no person can exist twice in the same timeline. The soldiers who come back from 30 years in the future are less than 30 years old. They have not been born yet. And when the main character is scanned for suitability to go forward, he is confirmed to be dead in the future. Many people say that the surviving 500k people should just use the wormhole to retreat into the past and leave their dying future behind. But assuming a time paradox rule in effect, the leaders of the future cannot retreat to the past. They are stuck in a dying future, and help coming from the past is their only hope.

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Cancer

by on July 14, 2021 at 12:01 am
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My mom has been doing the cancer fight again for the first time in years. It is usually a slow acting blood cancer that usually is not found until it is more advanced than mom’s was. Mom had a bad back last year, and could not lay down in bed to sleep. Not related to it, but Mayo Clinic ran a battery of tests on her, trying to figure out what was wrong. They figure she pulled a tendon, because it has healed. And they found the blood cancer. They have now wiped it out, and the long term treatment is designed to keep it from coming back. Now an interesting bit. One of the effects of this cancer is messing with your sense of taste. Mom started complaining last year that nothing tasted good to her, even food she has always liked. This week, food is tasting good to her again. It’s the little things in life that can be amazing…

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The Tomorrow War

by on July 13, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Chris Pratt (Jurassic World) and Yvonne Strahovski (Chuck) did a thing recently, and it just came out. An interesting movie about an Earth invaded by aliens in the future. And when they realize they are losing, they go to the past in search of reinforcements. It’s not what you might call a massively scientific movie. More a monster slasher feature with sci-fi time travel tailorings. And they seriously needed to let some gun nuts go crazy and come up with some good elephant guns for taking on these aliens. The rifles they had looked cool and spat annoying confetti at the bad guys. No wonder the future was losing. All that said, it is an enjoyable romp, and the Rotten Tomatoes score bears that out. The critics don’t like it and the audience does. It’s full of good actors, playing good characters, in a story that hits the right beats, doing their best to save the world. I enjoyed it. There’s not much more I ask for from a movie these days, and Tomorrow War sticks the landing good enough for me.

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The Big Lie

by on July 12, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The Democrats told us for a year that we have to Defund the Police in order to make neighborhoods safe for certain populations. The rest of us have said for a year that it was a stupid idea. That it would increase crime and make things less safe. Bills were voted on, where Democrats voted lock step in favor of Defunding the Police, while the loyal opposition voted against it. Several prominent cities controlled by Democrats Defunded the Police and the rioters and looters burned private and public sector buildings down for months on end. Their tame news media stood in front of burning buildings and told us it was mostly peaceful protests. American citizens were murdered in cold blood, sometimes on camera for everyone to see. Those who defended themselves or their property were arrested and charged, while prominent Democrat politicians in office right now helped the rioters and looters get out on bail if they were arrested. And now the Democrats are trying to say that it is the loyal opposition who actually Defunded the Police. This is the Big Lie of 2020. Burning buildings is not peaceful protesting. Killing people is not peaceful protesting. Do not fall for it. Or we will all pay the price.

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