Walkabout Thoughts

Voltron was the main icon of my youth and at first, I was excited about the reboot. Season One was not the best and it really made a bad impression on me so much that I did not even know that they made other seasons. It was the BEST thing to happen Season Two really shown what made Voltron one of the best Reboots to come out in a very long time. I am glad that I binged it all to the most current Season Seven. This gave me time to enjoy the great animation as well as the sweet sweet synth-wave soundtrack in the background. Season Two made up for the first season it was more story driven by the characters themselves and it showed how they are growing as individuals as well as a team. This continued throughout the other seasons. There are some tributes in the show that break up the tension like in Season 6 EP 4 where they basically play D&D and I LOVED IT. Then in Season 7 Ep 4 with a homage to Family Fude that you just have to watch. Now the tra...

Movie: Black Panther Genere: Sci-fi, Comicbook, MCU Synopsis: Leaving off from Captin America: Civil War we follow  T'Challa after his father was killed in the explosion, heading back to Wakanda to take his place as King and as the Black Panther. The past comes to haunt the nation of Wakanda when Killmonger takes the stage. This movie is one of the best from the Marvel Cinematic Universe in a long time and sets the stage for the first part of the Infinity War movies and shows the background for the Back Panther mythos. From the setting in Africa and the traditions seen in the movie make for more of a realistic Wakanda (makes me wish this was real) in a way that the DC movies could not. The pacing and the theme were well done, not to much action and not too much exposition and pauses for banter. The CGI and Cinematography of the locations were just great and this film discovered all the praise it has received.  Rating: WATCH IT OVER AND OVER (it...

// A side note, this is a story from the campaign a friend is DMing and I am a player therein. Cast: Lilith a Lvl 5 Rouge (NPC) Raiden a Lvl 4 Druid (PC) Ken a Lvl 4 Monk (PC) Aldia a Lvl 4 Ranger (PC) Backgrounds. Raiden was from a prominent tribe of Dragon Born from the Northen Kingdoms on the Hellstine Content. There she trained to be a warrior that is until one of the rival tribes attacked and removed her tribe from power, almost wiping them out. Now on the run, fighting for survival she ran across a circle of Druids. Wounded and at the brink of death she had a vision from the gods of nature that she would be a druid. There she studied the Druidic arts from the Circle of the Moon, now she is looking for any survivors of her clan. During such adventures, she ran across Ken as their goals are about the same and thus they became allies in a world that is out to get them. Ken (one of my characters) the son of a noble and an elf. His father came from ...

Title: The Root: A Nove of the Wrath & Athenaeum Author: Na' Amen Gobert Tilahun Genre: Urban, Modern Fantasy Synopsis: This story takes place in two different realms Zebub and San Francisco, there is something going on in both areas. Hungering Darkness waiting to devour all creation is attacking the Zebub where we find Lil a holder apprentice, in San Francisco, we find Erik a former child star with a scandal that ended his acting career. Both find out about the power they have hidden in them and how they act to take on this darkness. Review: This is a great book, I really enjoyed how the author used each chapter to use a character's voice and POV for what was going on, I am reminded of Theodora Goss' The Alchemist Daughter in some ways of this. I would recommend this book to anyone who wants a good story with well-rounded characters that are not flat. I enjoy books that have great characters and the antagonists in this book are ju...

Movie: Mary and the Witch's Flower Genere: Animation, Fantasy Netflix What can be said about this charming movie, then if Studio Ghibli were to close then this studio (Studio Ponoc) would be the heir apparent. The style is fantastic and a great family movie, the art, and the animation have the very essence of Hayo Miyazaki in every frame. Synopsis: Mary Smith just moved into a new town with her great Aunt as most of the families are on holiday there are very few children she can play with. Mary is a good girl who wants to help, even though she has the heart, the skill is very lacking. With all the accidents she causes. She comes upon a strange flower that unlocks an adventure that she would hardly forget. The characters of Mary, Aunt Margret, Peter and the antagonists are all well fleshed out. You learn about them later on in the movie and their motivations are hardly pure. Not one character felt flat or two dimensional or even lacking in a personality, if t...

Movie: Star Wars: The Last Jedi Gener: Sci-fi, Space Opera. To clarify I have been a fan of the series for the majority of my life, read most of the books and invested several years into the lore of Star Wars. What gets me it seems like they ignored the rich lore this universe has, even if they stated everything after Return of the Jedi was no longer canon. It left me with more questions than answers, who the heck was Snook, why was he after Skywalker, where does he fit in the Sith or was he a Dark Jedi? He was to be the big bad, but they killed them off in the second movie.  Then there is Kylo Ren (Ben Solo) he is nowhere as menacing as Vader, more like a Darth Riven wannabe without the full aspect of the dark side of the force. This is what I hate about the movie the most, you have great character development on the heroes but the villains, not so much. Snook and Kylo Ren are what I call lackluster villains, they could have been so much more to make the struggle...

Title: The Devouring: A Billy Boyle WWII mystery. Genere: Mystery, Noir, WWII Author: James R Benn Synopsis: Billy Boyle is at it again this time in a neutral (but not so neutral) Switzerland. Billy and Kaz must find out what is going on when there is not one but two murders in Bern. Filled with intrigue and espionage. The age-old motive, greed. Nazis, murder, and gold in the alps is a good way to summarize this wonderful example of Noir. Review: This being the first Billy Boyle novel I read, it did not feel like other books in which you would have to have read the others to get an idea of what is going on. I like that, where I can pick up and read where I want and not feel lost. So if you want great detective book, this is one of the best I have read in a long time. If you love noir like me, then this is a great read and I will be looking for more Billy Boyle novels in the future. RATING: GO OUT AND READ IT!