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John Wick is amazing and here's why.......

By a raise of hands, how many of you have seen the first John Wick movie? A bunch of you, good. Now, raising your other hand, how many of you have seen John Wick Chapter 2? Not as many but still a bunch, if you can read this and haven't dropped your phone, go ahead and put your hands down now. Thanks for participating. For those who didn't raise their hands, I am going to be talking about the movies, and try not to spoil anything, but just beware that reading this may lesson some of the joy of watching the movie for the first time with only knowing a little bit about it. I'll wait while you decide how much you want to know…………… …………………………………………………. ……………………………………………. ……………………………………… ………………………………. ……………………….. ………………….. …………… …….. … Okay, is it safe to talk? Those movies are amazing on so many levels for so many reasons. Not even sure where to begin. Actually, no, that's a lie. I will begin with my favorite thing abo...

Voltron's glorious return

Alright so I just HAVE to talk about the Netflix version of Voltron, it is incredible!!! I am always a little leery with animated shows and getting too into them. Too many of them have great stories but handle the characters in extremely childish ways. That or they try too hard to be anime and such all the joy out of the show. Voltron did neither of those things in either of the seasons. There was plenty of humor, plenty of childish moments, plenty of serious moments, and LOTS of great action. The villain is the right amount of genius, evil, and obsessive. His generals are intelligent but over confident so they put up great fights before being defeated. The worlds they go to are wonderfully drawn and laid out. The different alien races are fantastic without being too “cartoonish” or weird. The lions might be my favorite part though. They have decided in this show that science and magic can not only coexist, but work together. They bring this about by make the lions living m...