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Captain Marvel

Saw Captain Marvel on Saturday and it was.... mmmm... pretty alright. I certainly enjoyed the movie. I liked her character. But was certainly left feeling like I wanted more from both the story and Captain Marvel.  It has two major things working against it. Like Antman and the Wasp, the story is being dwarfed by the shadow of Avengers: Endgame. Infinity War was monumental. It blew people away. It certainly knocked my socks all the way off. Antman and the Wasp wound up being a bit of a welcomed, much lighter movie with smaller stakes and a more jovial tone. Captain Marvel falls almost a month before Endgame is to be released and I think hardcore fans, like myself, are ready for Endgame...  foaming at the mouth ready. Captain Marvel was teased at the end of Infinity War. We know she is going to be in Endgame. The two movies are connected and it was a bit difficult to separate the two. My energy was being pulled elsewhere, awaiting resolution of this other, grander story. Th...

The Future Is Dark

I'm very lazy. Hmm... No, that's not quite it. I'm not lazy, I do work quite hard. But when it comes to some things, I do not work very hard, in fact, I give up quite readily with some things. There are quite a few things to which this applies, one of which being this, writing. I have quite a few blogs on here that I've made private after they have sat unused for several months, slightly embarrassed at my negligence/failure to keep writing. Here I am again. When will I give up this time? When will the laziness kick in? I was reading a book recently, Men Explain Things to Me. I'm picking it back up after a long while of not reading it. (How on theme.) There is this chapter where the author, Rebecca Solnit, quotes Virginia Woolf:   "The future is  dark. Which is the best thing the future can be, I think." Disclaimer: I am poorly read and should probably know way more about Woolf and literature in general.  But Solnit uses this quote to talk about how we know...