Saturday, November 23, 2013

WTBT Volume 16 - 2013

We're taking bets that...

* Catching Fire was a really great sequel to the Hunger Games.
* no one really thought this was possible.
* some scientists have really too much time and grant money on their hands.
* if a blog is written in the technology world and no one is reading it, it might not exist.
* the Broncos/Patriots game will be the most exciting of the NFL season thus far.
* holding is holding is holding.
* stealing a million dollar scratch ticket is pretty awful.
* you can't wait for Thanksgiving Day.

Tuesday, November 12, 2013

We're taking bets that Marvel is good for entertainment...

I have really enjoyed the last Marvel outing of Thor: The Dark World. It was an interesting tale with lots of action, humor and intrigue. Thor also had a great message about power and how it can blind you from doing the right thing.

Additionally, I have been enjoying the new TV show Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It stars Clark Gregg as good old Agent Coulson from all of the Marvel movies. He has a fun group of agents that seemed mismatched, but work together. The stories are starting to get very interesting now that they have moved on from the introductions. I think that if they get a minor Marvel villain as the season's foil it will become an even better show. Though you have to have faith in Joss Whedon.

Marvel is in the news everywhere with it's deal with Netflix that will produce four TV shows and the new X-Men and Captain America movies. It is bringing one of the most creative story telling to the mainstream world. Comics might seem stupid to a lot of people, but there is a ton of creativity in the story telling. Yes, they are not based in reality, but what is? I am glad that I am a small fan of comics. I think that we need more heroes in our lives. Tragedies like Sandy Hook and the disaster in the Philippines show us that we need more heroes in our world.