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As a fan of Joss Whedon’s TV show, Firefly, and his concluding movie, Serenity, I love the T-shirt, designed by Vincent Carrozza, and available on Etsy.

Stephen King Still Loathes Stanley Kubrick's The Shining, By the Way:

His 2017 takedown of the classic horror film is just three words long.

By Sammy Nickalls

February 23, 2017

Esquire

Though The Shining is perhaps one of the most well-known horror films to date, one of the people who is responsible for its creation wants no part of it. Stephen King has not been shy about his distaste for Stanley Kubrick's twist on his novel, but has time changed the author's mind? According to a recent tweet, nope, doesn't seem like it.

When Blumhouse Productions tweeted a video of the top five Stephen King films asking "What're your top 5 [sic] @StephenKing joints?" they got an answer from King himself. Just three words, but they speak volumes: "Not this one."

Back in 2014, King didn't mince words about the film either when he spoke with Rolling Stone, but he used more than three:

"The book is hot, and the movie is cold; the book ends in fire, and the movie in ice. In the book, there's an actual arc where you see this guy, Jack Torrance, trying to be good, and little by little he moves over to this place where he's crazy. And as far as I was concerned, when I saw the movie, Jack was crazy from the first scene. I had to keep my mouth shut at the time. It was a screening, and Nicholson was there. But I'm thinking to myself the minute he's on the screen, 'Oh, I know this guy. I've seen him in five motorcycle movies, where Jack Nicholson played the same part.' And it's so misogynistic. Wendy Torrance is just presented as this sort of screaming dishrag."

http://www.esquire.com/entertainment/movies/news/a53396/steven-king-stanley-kubrick-the-shining/

I never knew ...

Last night, we watched the 1995 movie: To Die For.

About 8 minutes in, my wife laughed and pointed out to me that I do the same facial expression Matt Dillon does in this scene, whenever I am emphasizing something:

Practice makes perfect!

The value of books:

Multiple Sclerosis and depression:

In support of Multiple Sclerosis (MS) research:

Never give up!

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The Ultimate motivational quote:

Did I miss something?

I feel like I missed several somethings – not just one!

I enjoyed seeing Rogue One: A Star Wars Story in the theatre. There was a lot to enjoy, action all the way, and the story bridged nicely between Revenge of the Sith and A New Hope.

However …

I watched the trailers in the morning, before seeing the movie, and I wish I hadn’t. The trailers set me up for disappointment, because there were a number of scenes that weren’t in the version of the movie I watched.

I don’t know if it was because of reshoots due to alterations in the story, or the footage was created specifically for the trailer only. Hopefully, they will turn up later in a Director’s Cut / Special Edition version.

Whatever the reason, it was annoying to watch the movie, waiting for moments that never came.

Unless I fell asleep for ten seconds and missed it, I didn’t see the verbal exchange between the droid, K-2SO, voiced by Alan Tudyk, and Jyn Erso, played by Felicity Jones.

K-2SO:

“The Captain says you are a friend. I will not kill you.”

 Jyn Erso:

“Thanks!” 

Or Jyn Erso and Cassian Andor, played by Diego Luna, in the midst of the battle, running along the beach.

The scene I was looking forward to most was Jyn Erso striding resolutely across the walkway to the Communications Tower, when an Imperial TIE fighter looms menacingly into view. This would have been amazing to see on the cinema screen. 
However ... it didn't happen – there was no TIE fighter in the scene!

I know trailers are created to advertise and sell the movie …

but I don’t agree with selling something they are not going to deliver.