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CocktailsPlus

Food & Drink and Lifestyle

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Do you want to know the origins of mixed alcoholic beverages and drinks that have made its history?...

Quote Book

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Quote Book for the iPhone and iPod Touch is a fully featured book of quotes which allows you enjoy...

Bob Mann (459 KP) rated Star Trek Generations (1994) in Movies

Sep 28, 2021

Star Trek Generations (1994)

1994 | Action, Drama, Sci-Fi

7.1

(26 Ratings)

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This was the movie that formally handed the baton from the ‘old crew’ to the TNG crew. It seems to be viewed by many as one of “the bad ones” (in the pretty consistent ‘good film-bad film’ flip-flop). But for me it’s one of my personal favourites, neatly blending the old and the new in a novel and inventive way. It includes the death of an icon (“Oh My” – great trivia question!) and the most spectacular demise of the Enterprise put onto film.

Patrick Stewart adds his usual RSC gravitas, and the scenes between him and Shatner are great fun. As Commander Data getting a dose of feelings from his ’emotion chip’, Brent Spiner is also great. The rest of the TNG crew get a mixed amount of air time, with the lovely Marina Sirtis putting in a great performance – particularly during the crash scene – but with Gates McFadden getting little other than an early bath!

The movie’s not without its issues though. Some the scenes – particularly one in ‘stellar cartography – could do with a lot of tightening up. This was director David Carson’s feature debut, after some previous Trek TV experience, and a more experienced movie director might have achieved an even better outcome.

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The Rubicon Method: Overcome Procrastination

Dave Hart

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Procrastination is one of the greatest problems of our times, where otherwise brilliant and capable...

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Brainscape - Smart Flashcards

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Find, create, and share SMART FLASHCARDS on any device. DOUBLE your learning speed using the most...

Dianne Robbins (1738 KP) created a post

Apr 13, 2019

Can anyone recommend some good two-player tabletop games, be it board, and, or dice games? I'm going to have surgery and will have a lot of downtime and don't want to spend it as a couch potato.

I like to play city building games online, like Banished, Civilization, and Sierra Impression Games (Pharaoh, Caesar, and Emporer) and have looked at a few board game versions but they look complicated and come with so many pieces. Are they manageable or will a cat coming into the room destroy the game with a swipe of its tail? My roommate doesn't play games yet so it would have to be a game that isn't overly complex or complicated to a newbie or a highly-medicated me.

We also like Scrabble, word puzzles, and trivia games but are looking for similar games. We've played Uno (which is now forever known as F-U/No, F-U, haha) and Yahtzee. So traditional board, card, and dice would be nice. We like mystery, paranormal, and educational games, not big on fantasy, sci-fi, sports, or anything chaotic.

I'm also hoping to find games my boyfriend and I can play kind of mindlessly to do in the background while we chat about life and tell stories. I'm really needing some good intimate (not sexual) discussion.

All advice appreciated.

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Awix (3310 KP) Apr 14, 2019

Seven Wonders Duel is a pretty good, medium-complex card game. Splendor and Carcassonne also both work well with two and they're a little simpler and possibly more cat-proof too.

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The Marinated Meeple (1848 KP) Apr 15, 2019

Jaipur is one of my favorites and has an App you can get as well.

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Micah Ulibarri (79 KP) rated Rebel Force Radio: Star Wars Podcast in Podcasts

Mar 27, 2018

Rebel Force Radio: Star Wars Podcast

Arts, Society & Culture, TV & Film

6.7

(7 Ratings)

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The Star Wars podcast with the longest track record of any Star Wars podcast. Jason Swank and Jimmy Mac work tirelessly on giving you all the Star Wars every week.
They are both guys with long time radio and podcasting pedigrees so it comes as no surprise that their show is always well edited and has great production value.

They always bring on great guest stars including Rebels creator Dave Filoni among others. You can always count on well rounded Star Wars discussion.

They also do voicemail responses to fans on the show so if you want to join the discussion, there is always an opportunity.

The only downside I have with them is at times they react to things without doing a lot of investigating, which I think is a big negative for easily the most downloaded Star Wars podcast ever. There have been a number of times I have known answers to questions they ask or know why something they go off on makes perfect sense. And I don't just mean inane Star Wars trivia. I just mean I read the basic officially released stuff all the way through before reacting.

Otherwise they are great and always entertaining. You are pretty much not part of the Star Wars community discussion if you don't tune in to them at least occasionally.