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Review – MCU – Doctor Strange (2016)
Marvel’s latest blockbuster is Doctor Strange, the story of a brilliant surgeon turned mystical world bending sorcerer. Unlike a lot of Marvel’s recent outings, I had almost no idea who Doctor strange was or exactly what he did before seeing this movie. My knowledge essentially amounted to something something magic, something something founded the Defenders, he seems to have a regular bad guy who is a flaming head demon guy. Also, why is he called Doctor Strange?
Turns out that wasn’t super off, he’s a Doctor because he is literally a Medical Doctor, and his big villain is the flaming skull guy, though the villain doesn’t really take that form in this outing. Short spoiler free verdict, it’s a crazy special effects fest to be sure, even better, the story is nice and straight forward, no complicated conspiracies or convoluted twists, it’s just what it is. Benedict Cumberbatch is much better as Strange than I expected coming into this, I’m not really a fan of his, though that seems to be opposite of the norm.
Basically, Marvel has another nice hit on their hands and a fine entry in the MCU.
Now on to the spoilers and detailed thoughts!
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My DIY Dance Dance Revolution Hardpad
Something like ten years or so ago, I built my own hardpad for use on Dance Dance Revolution and Stepmania. Most of the pads that are easily bought are "soft pads". These vary in quality, I have a couple of pads that are pretty light weight and plastic I used ages ago. These pads tend to get damaged pretty easily, especially when wearing shoes, and slide all over the place when playing. When i used mine in college I actually taped it to the underside of the rug in the dorm and taped out the grid of squares on the…
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Pentax K-3
I’ve recently upgraded my DSLR and have had a bit to play around with it and get a feel for it. I went for an upgrade over my old Pentax K-7 to a Pentax K-3. I already have lenses so I saved money by buying Body Only I like my K-7, it just got worn out The K3 has a build in flash unlike the K-3II, so when my wife uses it she doesn’t have to fight with an external flash It’s not the newest K-1, which means it costs less, though is still nice I mentioned my K-7 became…
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2015 Reading List
Rocket Raccoon, Vol. 1: A Chasing Tale Skottie Young Published: 2015 | Pages:136 Description: Collecting: Rocket Raccoon 1-6 The Li'l Depressed Boy, Volume 0: Lonely Heart Blues S. Steven Struble Published: 2011 | Pages:96 Description: The Martian Andy Weir Published: 2011 | Pages:384 My Rating: 5/5 Description: Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies…