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David McK (3372 KP) rated Independence Day: Resurgence (2016) in Movies

Mar 24, 2019 (Updated Jan 18, 2020)

Most of the original cast (0 more)

Hackneyed dialogue and some dodgy effects (0 more)

With the original 1996 film being, essentially, a B movie writ large (and one of those guilty pleasures), this one had quite a bit to live up to.

This is set 20 years after that original (and was also released 20 years after it), with Earth having survived the first alien attack and now having combined alien tech with our own. With most of the original cast returning - bar Will Smith, whose cost (I expect) wa too much - this moves the focus onto the younger generation, who have grown up in the shadow of that original invasion.

It also ends in an absolute set-up for a sequel (or series): to date, no sign of that happening as that is pretty much the epitome of a 'meh' movie.

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Micky Barnard (542 KP) rated Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, #2) in Books

Apr 6, 2019

Magic Burns (Kate Daniels, #2)

Ilona Andrews | 2008 | Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.1

(8 Ratings)

Book Rating

Addictive magical read

My Kate love continues to grow and if I didn’t have study and arc obligations, I’d be running straight into book three. MAGIC BURNS showed a bit of a softer side to Kate with the introduction of Julie and I found that whole part of the storyline interesting. Curran piques my attention constantly and I’d like to see his presence in the book so much more than it is, but I’m grateful for any little peeks.

I feel like I have started to get some answers to my questions in this instalment, like how magic and tech works, how the pack and the people are organised and function. I’m still a bit foggy over the order. My big questions are...who is Kate’s father and what is so special about her blood (please don’t tell me).

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David McK (3372 KP) rated Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) in Movies

Apr 9, 2019 (Updated Dec 23, 2020)

Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017)

2017 | Action, Adventure

8.1

(307 Ratings)

Movie Rating

Spider-Man: The High School Spiderman

This is the web-slingers first full foray into the MCU, following his introduction in Captain America: Civil War (or, basically, Avengers 2.5).

And in this, thankfully, were spared yet another rendition of how he got his powers/Uncle Bens death, arriving already fully formed and with only a brief mention of getting bit by a spider and with no mention whatsoever of 'with great power comes great responsibilty'.

To the best of my knowledge, this is also the Vultures first big-screen appearance, although his own powers here come from scavenged alien tech rather than anything more 'comic-book'y. This also takes the unusual(?) approach of having Spider-Man being teenaged and still at school, rather than all the previous (non-MCU) movies in which he is leaving or has already left university.