Which looks more authentic: Endor or Mustafar? Over the weekend at Star Wars Celebration Europe, Kathleen Kennedy, the head of Lucasfilm, announced that Episode VII would follow the original trilogy’s example and use more practical locations and effects. I thought that the prequels relied too heavily on green screen and CGI, so I’m happy to hearRead more
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When The Wolverine was first announced I had high hopes because Darren Aronofsky was attached as its director. However, as often happens, Aronofsky had to bow out of the project and it passed hands to James Mangold. While I wasn’t as excited for Mangold, I still felt he was a capable director who could potentiallyRead more
Childhood cancer is one of the surest signs that the world is not as it should be. Almost everyone’s life has been impacted by cancer in some way. Unfortunately a lot of children have been personally impacted by cancer as the disease has ravaged their bodies. When faced with something as awful as childhood cancerRead more
Saying goodbye sucks. One of my dearest friends is moving this week and I am very much going to miss her and her husband. While I firmly believe Michael W. Smith that friends are friends forever if the Lord’s the Lord of them, I still hate saying goodbye. Here are some nerdy farewells. FrodoRead more
I love my roles as a Christian, a nerd, a pastor and a blogger. One of my favorite roles, though, is that of uncle. I have three beautiful nieces and one amazing nephew, to whom we gave a lightsaber for his first birthday. This week I’ve once again been in San Diego on a littleRead more
As I wrote about yesterday, I totally thought my first post after Comic-Con would be about the Superman and Batman crossover. As a Marvel fanboy, though, I needed to write about The Avengers: Age of Ultron and Guardians of the Galaxy first. Since I got that out of the way, though, let’s move on toRead more