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Well I hope the pay on this is stellar.

I haven't read Major Winters' book but the titular book, Band of Brothers, didn't add anything to the show and wasn't all that great. I read it because I wanted more and while a book usually does provide more than an adaptation this time it did not. The show is a 10. The book was like a 4.

Explain once you've finished watching it please sir.

She worked with the CIA on ops such as pushing a militant form of feminism on to black women that attacked black men contributing to the destruction of the black family unit.

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It could work if they leaned in to it. Here's John Conner. He's been crushed by the weight of his destiny.

Given this is the Too Many Cooks guy I was expecting a lot. This did not deliver. It's only like 90 minutes which helps a lot but it's just not very good. It's cheaply made, what we'll call the second act drags and it just doesn't do anything all that interesting. Sitting on the couch catching...

Has anyone done a thing that counts as a raid? Does everyone see the bonus loot that people get?

The third book in the series, The Thrice-Bound Fool, comes out October 13th so I wanted to go back over book one. The second was a prequel and I don't think necessary to revisit in preparation for the next in the series. I've recommended several of Christopher Buehlman's books (they are all at...

I forgot Catherine O'Hara was also this year. That's going to add a layer of melancholy to The Nightmare Before Christmas this Fall.

That does fit the story. Spoilers!

https://www.somethingawful.com/comedy-goldmine/true-tales-shocking/1/

The New Adventures of Winnie the Pooh was quite good. I've never forgotten this scene.

I like to pop in on 1950s/1960s science fiction from time to time and this one had caught my eye. I think this is the first full novel by Arthur C. Clarke that I've read and I was not disappointed. Aliens invade and take over the planet but in a bloodless and benevolent coup. The story follows a...