Now that the first season has ended, here are my thoughts on Star Trek: Picard, and I will say right off the bat that I liked it. I don’t consider myself a hardcore Star Trek fan but I do have a strong appreciation for the franchise since it did leave its mark; it has been…
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I don’t want this game to end
A couple of weeks ago I wrote an article about the upcoming series Star Trek: Picard and expressed my concern in regards to what the final product would be. On the same note, now I am afraid to continue the series since I hope they will not botch the hard work they did on the…
Jingle-Bats for Holydays
As every year during the Christmas holydays, good old Pops and me had somewhat of a movie marathon. On even-ending years, we watch Star Wars and on odd-ending ones, we diversify. As you might have guessed from the title, this year we decided on Batman – not the Nolan trilogy, not the Adam West versions,…
Live long and prosper Picard
Recently CBS announced a new TV series for the Star Trek franchise; the very title peaked my attention since it features Captain Jean-Luc Picard, portrayed by the very same, yet slightly older, Patrick Stewart. I did not watch the trailer or read about the premises of the show – this is mainly due to the…
TOLKIEN: IL FILM – La critica di un’appassionata
E’ indiscutibile come la trilogia cinematografica di Peter Jackson de “Il Signore Degli Anelli”, uscita nelle sale tra il 2001 e il 2003 e basata sull’omonimo romanzo di J.R.R. Tolkien, abbia cambiato la percezione del genere Fantasy nell’immaginario del grande pubblico. Da quel momento, nuove generazioni hanno rimpinguato i ranghi degli amanti del Professore di…
7S7F
Si potrebbe dire, senza troppi preamboli, che esistono film che invecchiano bene e altri che a distanza di svariati anni non riescono a trasmettere un impatto simile a quando sono usciti la prima volta. Sicuramente tra i vari fattori che condizionano questo fenomeno possiamo contare la diversità dei generi cinematografici, le nuove tecnologie impiegate e…