Posted 8:00 AM by Gerald So
Following Mike Lupica's 2020–'22 run, Christopher Farnsworth becomes the fourth Jesse Stone continuation author with ROBERT B. PARKER'S BURIED SECRETS. I've rounded up more details and a link to the synopsis at So Much to Talk About.
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Saturday, July 06, 2024
Wednesday, July 03, 2024
BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F
Posted 6:00 AM by Gerald So
Just shy of 50, I've enjoyed my share of Eddie Murphy movies. I was hyped for COMING 2 AMERICA, but when it premiered, I didn't watch it. I still haven't. I like the original so much I don't think it needs a sequel. Sequels replay the hits, bring back storied characters. banking on the nostalgia of people my age. Without exception, the originals are superior. I really don't need to watch sequels. If I want to replay the hits, I can literally replay the originals.
Now that you know my perspective, I did just fire up Netflix and watch BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F. I liked it fine. It did all of the above, as well as adding a thoughtfulness you expect as you age. There are no sour notes. The familiar players hit their shots, and the new ones come to play.
Indeed it's like watching a championship team reconfigure slightly and win another championship. How excited and invested can you get if you've seen it happen before? By contrast, rewatching an original reminds you of before you'd seen as much, and because you hadn't seen as much, your enjoyment, surprise, and excitement were truly fresh.
A fifth Beverly Hills Cop is in the works, and I'm sure they can do a good job with it. They have a successful formula they've repeated and can repeat again.
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Just shy of 50, I've enjoyed my share of Eddie Murphy movies. I was hyped for COMING 2 AMERICA, but when it premiered, I didn't watch it. I still haven't. I like the original so much I don't think it needs a sequel. Sequels replay the hits, bring back storied characters. banking on the nostalgia of people my age. Without exception, the originals are superior. I really don't need to watch sequels. If I want to replay the hits, I can literally replay the originals.
Now that you know my perspective, I did just fire up Netflix and watch BEVERLY HILLS COP: AXEL F. I liked it fine. It did all of the above, as well as adding a thoughtfulness you expect as you age. There are no sour notes. The familiar players hit their shots, and the new ones come to play.
Indeed it's like watching a championship team reconfigure slightly and win another championship. How excited and invested can you get if you've seen it happen before? By contrast, rewatching an original reminds you of before you'd seen as much, and because you hadn't seen as much, your enjoyment, surprise, and excitement were truly fresh.
A fifth Beverly Hills Cop is in the works, and I'm sure they can do a good job with it. They have a successful formula they've repeated and can repeat again.
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Monday, July 01, 2024
Backbone
Posted 1:30 PM by Gerald So
The conservative-stacked U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that a President has immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. Without wading through the logic that's supposed to be used to define official acts, let me say being a good person, doing good, wouldn't be in that legal gray area.
Even the best system can let us down. It's up to us as individuals to keep a true sense of right and wrong, to hold ourselves responsible. I believe most people do. If we didn't, the world would be a whole lot worse.
Donald Trump has said he takes no responsibility for himself or his followers. Where does he answer to the public for his conduct? At the polls. We voted him down in 2020 and we can do it again.
The conservative-stacked U.S. Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that a President has immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. Without wading through the logic that's supposed to be used to define official acts, let me say being a good person, doing good, wouldn't be in that legal gray area.
Even the best system can let us down. It's up to us as individuals to keep a true sense of right and wrong, to hold ourselves responsible. I believe most people do. If we didn't, the world would be a whole lot worse.
Donald Trump has said he takes no responsibility for himself or his followers. Where does he answer to the public for his conduct? At the polls. We voted him down in 2020 and we can do it again.
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