by Melinda Snodgrass | Jul 17, 2024 | The Craft of Writing, TV & Movies
This post was generated after watching the finale of The Acolyte, so if you haven’t see it yet there are going to be SPOILERS, so stop reading now. <<<<<<<SPOILERS<<<<<<<<<SPOILERS>>>>>>SPOILERS>>>>>> Overall I liked The Acolyte quite a lot. I like the fact it wasn’t written by all one person. I thought the cast was terrific, particularly Lee Jung Jae as the Jedi Master Sol. There was very...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jul 22, 2021 | TV & Movies
So a week or so ago I posed on Twitter that I could not understand why Sylvie’s hair had changed so drastically when we see her in flashbacks as a little girl in Asgard to the grown up Sylvie we see in the show. People made the argument that she was on the run from the TVA so that’s why she changed her looks, and while that’s logical it ultimately didn’t satisfy me. Seriously the TVA can move through time, and while the headquarters is pretty retro they seem to be technologically pretty damn...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Jun 10, 2021 | The Craft of Writing, TV & Movies
I watched the first episode of Disney and Marvel’s new TV series Loki last night, and I loved it. It continues the really exciting trend of innovative and daring shows on this streaming network. Also, I have a giant crush on Tom Hiddleston and on Loki. Honestly, I’m a bit schizophrenic in my crushes when it comes to Marvel. Favorite Avenger — Captain America, but for a fun and undoubtably crazy time on a date — Loki. But enough of my fantasy romances. I was musing about...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Nov 9, 2019 | TV & Movies
Okay, so if you haven’t watched Rebels, and hate spoilers you might want to skip this post. *********************************************************************************************************DANGER WILL ROBINSON! SPOILERS AHEAD!!! ********************************************************************************************** So I keep watching the episode from season 2 called The Honorable Ones. Because I love, love, love Agent Kallus. Yeah, I’m a sucker for redemption...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Aug 15, 2019 | About Writing, TV & Movies
I love Star Wars. I know that probably sounds treasonous since I wrote for Star Trek, but truthfully Trek in its later iterations was just too clean, too antiseptic, too boring, frankly, for my tastes. Give me the world of rogues and scoundrels, Hutt mafia bosses, pirates, and cantinas that don’t look like a nightclub on Fifth Avenue; give me some grunge. Oh and space wizards, can’t forget the space wizards. Star Wars also has Darth Vader, Alexsandr Kallus, Kanan Jarrus, Han Solo, Hera...
by Melinda Snodgrass | Dec 3, 2018 | TV & Movies
In the past few weeks I have seen three movies. Fortunately I ended the streak with a lovely film. Last night I went off to see GREEN BOOK with friends, and despite the length — two hours and ten minutes — this movie never felt long or slow. There were no glitzy action sequences, no CGI wizardry just two men finding understanding and eventually respect and friendship in a difficult and turbulent time. There was humanity in this movie. It was about the human heart, and pain and loss and fear...
