What A Time To Be Alive

What A Time To Be Alive

Can we all stop just for minute and recognize what's going on here!?

12 years ago: 
Batman was still looked at as a cinematic failure (thanks to 'Batman & Robin'). Superman's film history was still up in the air.
The idea of a Marvel Cinematic Universe was nothing more than a fantasy we all wanted but never thought we would actually get.
Superhero tv shows were mostly panned by both critics and fans.

Fast forward to 2016, and we're getting to witness history.
We started the year with the perfect 'Deadpool' movie. Something we never would have guessed would happen.
For the first time ever, The Dark Knight & The Man of Steel will both be in a film together. 'Batman V Superman: Dawn of Justice' will feature the two heroes duking it out and as an added bonus, Wonder Woman will be on screen with them as well. The Trinity, on the big screen!
We're going into season 2 of Daredevil on Netflix after a fantastic season 1 of both Daredevil and Jessica Jones, with an upcoming Luke Cage, and Iron Fist series on the horizon.
Then we're getting our 12th MCU film 'Captain America: Civil War' featuring more pieces of comic history come to life. For the first time, we're getting to see Ant-man, Black Panther, and Spider-Man interact on the big screen with the Avengers we've been watching for 8 years.
Last but not least, we'll be getting a 13th MCU film in the 'Doctor Strange' movie. Something else we never thought we would see

I see many of us being so cynical all the time of the little nitpicks like suit designs, film style, casting choices etc. We have become so used to these superhero films that we've begun taking them for granted! I wrote this for us all to just take a minute to sit back, breathe, and realize just how amazing this time is for us!

Written by: 

Matt Hollands

Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage

Star Trek: The Ultimate Voyage.. was literally THE ULTIMATE VOYAGE. An homage to the last 50 years of Star Trek. We were so blessed to have won tickets through FANatics for this show. We went to Budweiser Gardens in London Ontario Canada for the performance, with great seats. So I can't thank FANatics enough for hosting these winning tickets. This meant so incredibly much to me!

The performance was a little over two hours long with a 20 min intermission, at which I was much to excited to do much other than get back in my seat for the second half. The Orchestra was phenomenal, and you could feel their passion through the notes. Reminding me quite fondly of Captain Picard and his Ressikan flute.

In this performance they took us from the very beginning to the very sad end. Touching on all the amazing and memorable events that have touched so many lives over the last 50 years. Some gave us smiles, others a good laugh, and I know I speak for several when certain key scenes with certain characters and actors came on....yes they made us cry and miss them so. 

This incredible roller coaster of pop culture, wonderful memories and nostalgia, was what brought what appeared to be a couple hundred people together in community for just a few hours.

I was inspired and reminded just how MUCH I love Star Trek and everything it stands for last night. I really hope you get a chance to see it as well. You can find out if they will be stopping in near you by clicking the photo below!

A Very Murray Christmas

After weeks of anticipation, Netflix finally uploaded the Holiday special. As soon as I got up today I grabbed myself a bowl of cereal, curled up in my chair and fired up my Netflix. 

The first thing to note about this special is its incredibly false advertising shots of bright cheery Christmas scenery and happy faces. 95% of this holiday special takes place inside a dark dreary snowed in New York hotel as we follow around Bill being depressed about the lack of guests for his holiday special. The lack of humor and good times really hurts the already downer theme.
Things finally start to pick up a little when Chris Rock shows up (randomly) and Bill more or less forces him to sing "Do you hear what I hear" as part of his televised show. Unfortunately that doesn't last and Chris has the smart idea to literally run out the door during a black out.
We are then treated to Bill and the waitress (Jenny Lewis) doing a duet of "baby its cold outside" which was one of my favorite parts since Bill and Jenny legitimately seem to be enjoying themselves and there's a little romantic chemistry hinted at.
Then the special comes to a complete haul and we get song after song after song after song...all performed in a very drunken lounge singer style.
This goes on seemingly forever till Bill passes out (yes really) and we are transported to the best part of this holiday special...in his mind.
You know all those happy cheery looking promo shots of bright white backgrounds, Christmas lights ad decorations everywhere while Bill, George Clooney and Miley Cyrus sing and dance? It's a short lived dream sequence. Talk about a let down.
Say what you will about Miley...that girl can sing and it shows here. Also we get treated to a Christmas rap type duet of Bill Murray and George Clooney (yes George sings...sort of) and then back to all 3 of them for one last big number before we're taken from the dream and tossed back to depressing dark New York hotel on Christmas day now.
We get a half hearted "Merry Christmas everyone" from Bill as he stares out the window and the credits roll.
I had real hope for this special because the trailers made it look like a classy fun old fashioned Christmas special. What we got was Sofia Copella showing her inability to let a Christmas special be anything but a depressing mess. The message I was left with from this holiday special was "the real world is a dimly lit depressing place...but your dreams can be fun"
Way to embrace the Christmas spirit Sofia. Stick to "Oscar contender" pictures and leave Holiday specials to those of us that actually get what it means to have a good time.
4/10
Only worth watching if you want to see the dream sequence and Clooney sing.
I'll stick to Scrooged for my Bill Murray Christmases thanks

Guest Author
Matthew Hollands

WIW ~ What I'm watching this week!

Le SIGH.....I'm so far behind in most of my shows, and life is getting WAY to busy. Again this week I didn't watch a whole lot. I try but nothing is sticking this month. Hopefully August will be better right!?

This is honestly ALL I had time for this week. That's only because we watch it when we sit down to eat. We are now half way through season 9 of the show, so a season and a half is left. I still say you can really tell, because things are getting 42 hours and haven't slept silly. But you know what they say. The moment you enter a baby into a cast is when you know the show is ending. Sad but true.





SEE...I told you. SAD. This is all I watched all week....Except for the minions movie...Which you can read about on Wednesday. Hope you enjoyed your weekend! and let me know in the comments below what you have been watching!

WIW ~ What I watched This Week

Well, this week was a little slow again in the TV world to be honest. I just haven't put a whole lot of effort into watching it lately. I am actually finding it much easier to watch a bunch of YouTube video's unfortunately.

We are so incredibly close to the end of Friends, and you can totally tell. It's starting to get very mundane and dragged out. They are really reaching for good story lines at this point. We are now onto the second last season, and with the heat like it is, we will probably be watching through it a lot quicker. Don't really feel like doing much when you live in a sauna!

This is a Disney show...still can't believe it, but it is. My husband has been kinda binge watching this, and demanded I at least try an episode. How can I really say no, when it has the voice actress from Bob's Burgers that plays Louis!? The first episode was cute, and funny. We shall see IF I continue watching it!





So again, we go with the question folks! What did you watch this week?

WIW ~ What I'm Watching This Week

Welp!! This week went by super fast again. We were so busy, I didn't get a whole lot of tele time in!.

We finally decided to separate our personal sections on Netflix, soo now tonight while my husbands away, I shall play....with Netflix.


Really all I got to watch this week was our usual Friends episodes. We have been QUITE busy!

It's always fun watching Friends, and we always have a good laugh. It's such a shame that we're almost through the entire series, and have yet to figure out what else to start watching. Currently we could end up watch 2-4 episodes a day depending on whats going on. So technically we are like a day or two away from finishing off season 8. This week we saw Rachel move in with Ross, and Ross being dumped by Mona because of it! Joey FINALLY tells Rachel he loves her, and well Chandler, Monica and Pheobe do there usual thing. I guess it was a bit of a slow week, I suppose.

So what are you watching right now!? Anything good? Anything bad!? Let me know in the comments below.

 

WIW ~ What I'm Watching This Week

Welp Folks. It's been a while since I've done one of these. Mainly cause I haven't been able to watch a whole lotta televisiono....Busy bees have been workin lately. So today I come to you with my magical list of what I watched THIS week!

We are now well into season 8 out of 10 of friends. We are seeing the evolution of Rachel's pregnancy, just after Monica and Chandler got married.

I've been meaning to get back to watching Supernatural for a while. So for the past 2 weeks I've been watching a couple of episodes every now and then to get caught up. They're filming season 11 and I'm in the middle of season 8 still. But I know I can get caught up before the new season. They have really gone through almost every possible angle, so I'm curious to know how they can continue.

I absolutely LOVE this movie. I've loved it since I saw the first trailer for it back last year. The book of life is such a beautiful story, and I love it so much!

OK....So this was a bit of a guilty pleasure this week...I was in a bad mood and decided to watch something, and I noticed that Netflix had just added The Mask. So I figured WTH!?? Why not?!? Right? Still cheese...still funny..not ashamed to say I like this movie.

I shouldn't even need to reiterate this. I LOVE MONSTER HIGH. Simple amusement with amazing artistry is always my thing. So when they got a bunch of new Monster High....of course I'm gonna watch it!

I started watching Young Justice sometime around Christmas I believe (on Netflix). They only had season 1. So when season 2 finally came out of course I had to check it out! and WOW...There must have been a summer missed or SOMETHING. Cause SOO many things have changed from the first season.

What are you watching this week!? Anything interesting? Anything new? Let me know in the comments below!