APRIL - EPISODE IV: SPRING 2019

WISDOM OF THE SAGES
EPISODE IV: SPRING 2019

Hello People of the World;

It is raining now as I type this. It is almost as if it is trying to be spring out there. Yet, people seem to be caught off guard once again – oh no! it rains in spring!

 All right, let’s get going:

1:[ I have started working on several video projects suddenly. I have decided that I really need to get back into the filmmaking game. I started pre-production on a couple of short films – “Fortinbras: Prince”, a proof-of-concept short for my “Hamlet” feature, and “The Future: A Story of Blue Woman”, which will bring the character of Blue Woman to the screen for the first time.

I am working on a video version of my review of “Wind River” and critique of “Escape from LA”. Hopefully with my busy schedule, I can get these done sooner, rather than later.

2:[ I finally got to see “The Other Side of the Wind”, the now-final film of Orson Welles. I wanted to see it on the big screen rather than on Netflix. It’s okay. It didn’t really feel like a Welles films. I went and saw “F for Fake” less than a week later and that is such a strong Wellesian film.

3:[ Here are my Doctor Who Series Eleven thoughts: I felt it was a stronger season than that Capaldi series’. Each felt like a unique adventure not mired in “The Feels” and nostalgic callback. I miss the gang already and cannot wait for season twelve.

4:[ I did a poetry reading a few days ago at the American Indian Center and debuted the second part of my spoken word piece “One”. It seemed to have gone over well with the audience.

5:[ I never understood the anger at “Star Trek: Discovery”. It was a great first season. Some things did bug me but I found the crew very likeable and the adventures to be really good. Tyler was just annoying after a while. The cinematography was great and Michelle Yeoh was awesome. Michael Burnham was a good character. I did not mind the additions to canon. So, dudes need to quit freaking the fuck out about it. All they complained about was “they are explorers, they should be going to planets and having adventures!” They did. I could not help but see the astounding hypocrisy of this coming from a fan base that worships “The Wrath of Khan” as the greatest Star Trek thing ever.

6:[ I have to say it: the Battle of Winterfell was the most stupid thing ever. Stupid, because the producers would rather play to the audiences caring for who sits on the Iron Throne rather than have to deal with a more complex threat of the coming winter. The message and story are just out the window because stupid audiences want stupid action and “cool, the feels” shit…

That is it for this month.

As always, I invite you to comment, correct, or contradict anything I write here. I am open to a critical debate. Thanks for taking the time to check out what I write here and I will see you in a month.

Until next time, remember “I try to show the schemers how pathetic their attempts to control everything really are.”

2019 Ernest M Whiteman III