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The Princess Diarist
The Princess Diarist
Carrie Fisher | 2017 | Biography
7
7.5 (22 Ratings)
Book Rating
For a memoir, I was pleasantly surprised by this one. While I’m not a huge fan of memoirs, and a particular fan of Carrie Fisher, I am a fan of Star Wars and strong female role models.

I’d never read any of Fisher’s work before this and was delighted with her sense of humor.

She really does just focus on her life leading up to landing the role of Princess Leia and on the time during and just after filming. She does touch a bit on how the role has continued to impact her life experiences towards the end.
  
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra (2009)
2009 | Action, Sci-Fi
No it won't win any Oscars, but this was a surprisingly very good all out action blockbuster! It never lets up, just one action scene after another and with the same amount of special effects as the last few Star Wars films!! The CGI on the whole is great, bit ropey in some scenes but the detail in the back grounds and vehicles is great. Plenty of special features on the DVD regarding the CGI too! A great enjoyable fun blockbuster film from the director of The Mummy films. Grab the popcorn, switch your brain off and enjoy!
  
Disney Heroes:  Battle Mode
Disney Heroes: Battle Mode
Games
8
9.0 (2 Ratings)
App Rating
Similar to other games (0 more)
Fun battle app with Disney characters
This is practically the same game as Star Wars Heroes and Marvel Strike Force (both also owned by Disney). You build a team of characters and fight five on five to level up and collect more characters. As compared to the other games, this one awards fewer raid passes, so you have to play levels you’ve already played repeatedly to farm materials you need to level up your characters. There are more opurtunities to pit your team of characters against other players teams instead of just battling the computer.
  
He-Man rocks!
I love docs like this where they explain how something you loved as a child came to be and all the stories behind it.

Basically Mattel was kicking themselves after they passed on Star Wars figures to Kenner and was trying to figure out something they could do themselves. They were interested in Conan the Barbarian, but then found out the movie was going to be hard R so they decided to come up with their own line which ended up being hugely successful.

Wish I would've kept all my He-Man toys!

  
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
Raiders of the Lost Ark (1981)
1981 | Action, Adventure
There is literally nothing I could say that hasn't already been said about Raiders of the Lost Ark, so in short...

Although films such as Star Wars and Jaws had come before, the first Indiana Jones adventure truly set the blueprint for blockbuster cinema. It scared me as a kid, delighted me as I grew a little older, and still rips all these years later. Its influence can be seen in all avenues of popular culture since, and I will never, NEVER forget how Paul Freeman didn't even flinch a millimeter when a fly crawled into his mouth mid line. Cold. As. Ice.
  
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Chloe (778 KP) rated The Mandalorian in TV

Jun 8, 2020  
The Mandalorian
The Mandalorian
2019 | Sci-Fi
Characters (3 more)
Graphics
Story
It's a series!
Few filler episodes/scenes (0 more)
Nostalgic
It was so good! I really enjoyed it and binge watched it in one day. Really glad they have made this new star wars as I have missed it. Some great stories and it's nice that the graphics are now much better and can really do the scenes justice.

There were a few filler scenes/episode. Particular the episode (6?) where they are rescuing a prisoner, lots of dramatic cuts and random pointless light shows that dragged on and on. Generally quite restrained for disney.

Would recommend.
  
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Obi-Wan Kenobi
2022 | Sci-Fi
8
7.9 (8 Ratings)
TV Show Rating
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For 99% of its run time, Obi-Wan Kenobi was a solid 7/10 for me. Having Ewan McGregor back as the titular Jedi is like seeing an old friend after a few years. It drip feeds us Vader content before delivering arguably the best lightsaber duel of the entire franchise. It has several well fleshed out emotional moments, and moves at a decent pace.

And then...then... the audacious bastards had the absolute stones to end the series with a "hello there" and that my friends, moved it to an easy 8/10. Well played Star Wars, well played.