Supernatural (1)

Pixie here! Let's try to make this blog work out again, shall we?
First thing: The new season of Supernatural started last week. Not just any new season. But the tenth season. TEN YEARS. I've been watching this show for ten (glorious) years. These characters have become a huge part of my life every week, and something about this season seems different. We're going into a new year with a different attitude, I think.

To be honest, I'd first had intentions of starting Adventures in Remoteland with Supernatural in mind. It's my favorite show. I wanted to make sure I had a place where I could post recaps and discussions every week during the season runs at the very least. I fell behind in the last year, but I'm going to try and pick this back up-- and of course, I still plan to post other reviews for favorites (Walking Dead, Once Upon A Time, The Flash, etc.) movie talk, and more.

I'm choosing to recap each week the night before the new episode so there's less of a chance that you'll be concerned by reading spoilers. Because there will likely be spoilers in posts. Know that ahead of time before you dive into any post.

So what happened last week?

The show obviously started a few months after the end of season nine. We didn't really get a glimpse of how Sam had reacted to Dean. Or what all went down in those moments after Dean woke. We just knew they are apart now and Dean is a demon. Not just any demon... it's not the typical demon possession we've learned of through the years from the show. It's his own personal demon. As if he's soulless or the mark (Cain's Mark) created it for him.

Dean and Crowley are traveling together. Being best buds. They said bitch and jerk to each other even. It was great. Probably the highlight of the episode. Besides Dean singing karaoke. If that was Ackles really singing, I'm glad he's sticking to acting. But yes, he is too sexy for his shirt. He should leave it off forever.

Cas is really sick from his failing grace. It made me sad to see him like that. I hope they're not trying to find a way to kill off his character or I will be furious. I was mad enough about Bobby and Kevin. They will take it too far though if they kill Cas.

Through Sam's search for Dean, Sam gets nabbed. Despite Dean's "issues" I think we're seeing a spark of protectiveness over his brother still and for that I was glad. It meant there was still hope to get his humanity back later. I'm really looking forward to seeing where this season goes, especially after how great season nine had been. In my opinion, the show has really shown to be picking back up again after some not-so-great seasons the past few years. I'll always be a loyal fan, but seasons 6-8 were not exactly the best. Glad they seem to be going back to their gritty roots and sometimes sick sense of humor.

Onward season ten!

Movie Review: Trance

So last night I watched Trance, starring James McAvoy, Vincent Cassel  & Rosario Dawson. It was... weird.

Spoiler-ish alert- if you want to actually see the movie


McAvoy stars as Simon, an art auctioneer. During a routine auction, the art gallery gets robbed by Franck (played by Cassel) and his goons. Simon tries to save a very expensive painting  (valued at over $25 million) from being taken, but fails. Or so it seems. The robbers get back to their lair and naturally this is the first time they decide to check their score. Surprise, surprise. The case is empty. Simon pulled a fast one. Unfortunately for him and the would-be robbers, a vicious blow to Simon's head leaves him with partial amnesia, and when the thieves comes to collect their loot, Simon can't remember where he stashed it.

Most of that you can gather from the trailer, which is why I said, Spoiler-ish. The rest of this is definite spoiler material.

This is classic Danny Boyle. If you’re not familiar with his films, they tend to have a lot of flashbacks, forwards and even sideways. They also take place in or around London quite a bit. ‘28 Days Later’, ‘Trainspotting’ and ‘Slumdog Millionaire’ are the films he’s best known for. So if you like those films, you might be able to sit through this one.

This is the first part of where the story goes off the rails a bit: Apparently, Simon was in on the heist. Which is fine, I guess, but felt like an unnecessary twist to add to a story that already has plenty. After a little torture to jog his memory (who needs finger nails?), Franck decides to enlist the help of a hypnotherapist to get Simon to remember where he put the painting. We don’t learn until later that the idea to steal the painting wasn’t even his.

 In walks Elizabeth Lamb (Rosario Dawson). It's obvious from the very first scene she's in that there is something more to her and her relationship with Simon. It doesn't take long (less than two sessions) for her to figure out what he's trying to recover and why. She decides to help him, but only for a piece of the profit.

Yes and all of them.

The movie soon takes an odd turn because throughout the first half we’re led to believe that Simon is the main character. He narrates the opening, he’s the first character we see, and we spend a good portion of the movie with him. But soon after Elizabeth walks into the picture she quickly becomes our main character.

Honestly, it gets more than a little ridiculous after this point. I can't tell what’s real or a hypnosis, and I guess that’s the feeling Boyle is trying to get across but I think he loses the audience in the process. By this point I'm just watching to see where the hell Simon put the damn painting.

So it turns out that Simon and Elizabeth were a couple. Simon went to her in hopes of curing him of his gambling addiction (and doing other generic bad guy things). They hit it off, almost instantly and against her better judgment (isn’t it always?), they began a relationship. Soon into it, though, he begins to act out, almost as if he’s bipolar (the movie never makes this statement, but it feels like that’s what they were going for). Simon started treating her like shit and she feared for her life. Instead of leaving or going to the authorities (the movie glances over that by saying the cops didn't care), she decided to hypnotize him into forgetting her and their relationship. But the crazy blow to the head at the beginning, during the heist, brought those memories back... in pieces. I told you, weird.

Remember when I said that the idea to steal the painting wasn’t even his… it was hers. Elizabeth wanted Simon to steal the painting for a woman he can’t remember. Oh and at this point, we’ve already seen Elizabeth sleep with Franck and Simon. Or at least I think she did; could’ve been in Simon’s head. Like I said, weird.  

Me, at this point in the film.

In one particularly odd scene, we flashback to Simon explaining art to Elizabeth. Specifically, the art of painting women without pubic hair. Flash-forward to Elizabeth shaving off camera (we can hear the electric razor) and coming back to give everyone a full frontal of her now smooth lady-parts. Three things: one- I thought she was shaving her head off camera and was relieved and confused when she came back out with a head full of hair. Two- who gets a completely smooth shave from an electric razor? And three, couldn’t she have easily just grabbed one of the many art books laying around and pointed to a picture of a pubeless lady, or better yet just say, “Brazilian”? Don’t get me wrong, I’m never going to snub female nudity in an otherwise boring movie (Kathy Bates in ‘About Schmidt’ being the exception) but it honestly wasn’t necessary and making me wait almost until the very end is just cruel and unusual.

What? Did you think you getting full frontal here? What kind of blog do you think this is? Google it if you want to see so bad, perv! Seriously, Google it.

Simon kidnaps Franck and Elizabeth at gunpoint and takes them to the painting. He stashed it in a car located in a police impound lot. After a little sweet talking from Elizabeth, they get the car and Simon says they have to drive somewhere before they can get the painting that’s in the trunk. He makes Franck drive and while on the way there he forces Elizabeth to explain the whole movie up until this point.

We flashback to Simon getting hit on the head. We see him stagger up and out of the building. He gets a text from Elizabeth and while checking his phone he is hit by a car. Nothing major, barely knocked him off his feet. But the girl gets out to help and Simon, being a bit concussed, sees only Elizabeth. This poor girl tries to help him and puts him in her car (the car they’re driving in the current scene) to take him to the hospital. Simon screams at her, “Why did you make me forget?!” The girl, clearly confused and frightened tries to bolt, but it’s too late. He jumps on her, choking the life out of her. In his mind he was killing Elizabeth, not the poor woman that just wanted to help him.

Jump back to now, and we see they’ve pulled up to an abandoned building on the docks. Franck is zip-tied to the steering wheel, so Simon and Elizabeth go back to the trunk to reveal the painting rolled up next to the rotting body of the woman he killed. I’m pretty sure they would’ve smelled her inside the car. Simon takes it, then hands it to Elizabeth, saying he never wanted it.

He grabs a full gas can and empties it on the car and Franck inside. Elizabeth pleads with him to stop but he shoots the trail of gasoline (Mythbusters proved this wouldn’t work) and sets the car on fire. 

This boy is on fire!!

But it doesn't end there. Elizabeth runs off and finds a truck with the keys still inside. She rams into Simon, slamming him into the burning car, and both him and the car into the water. Franck’s able to cut his wrist loose and we see him come up for air. She asks if he is okay but before he can answer, she’s gone.

Flash-forward (again, maybe?) to Franck swimming at home. He gets a delivery and it’s an iPad with a video from Elizabeth programmed on it. She has the painting hanging on a wall. She explains that if he wants to forget all this, there is a video he can listen to and she can make it all go away. It fades to black as we see him debating on whether or not he wants to forget.

Sooo many things wrong with this scene. First, the iPad being used was something that played during one of Simon’s hypnotic scenes. So is this real or another hypnosis? Second, why would a guy willing to kill, rob an art gallery (etc.) to get a painting, just give up? He never came across as sentimental. It was obvious he only wanted the money. So why would he just stop hunting for it? Sigh.

A little McAvoy on McAvoy action

The plot jumps around like it was written by someone who was hypnotized into forgetting the story they were trying to tell. I get what Boyle is trying to convey but I honestly think it falls flat. I wouldn’t recommend this movie to anyone. Even if you’re a diehard fan of McAvoy or Dawson, you’d be better off watching 'Wanted' and/or 'Josie and the Pussycats'.

Spice up your life! Wait, that's not right...

Movie Review: Vampire Academy

So, I’ve been stewing over my thoughts of Vampire Academy for nearly a month and I think it’s safe to post this now (without much spoilers I hope for those that haven’t even read the books).

Well, it took around four years for it to finally make its way from the pages and into a visual life. Having been a fan since practically the very beginning of the books releasing when the series began, I’d been insanely excited when the announcement first broke a few years ago that book one of the series had been optioned for film, and shortly afterward picked up by Preger to seriously discuss producing the movie.

This excitement began to deflate within a year though. Maybe I made the mistake by joining the fan page at the start, I’m not sure. This announcement also happened not too long after the whole Twilight craze was starting to finally die down and it was hard to be part of any fandom involving vampires without that comparison from those that hadn't read it (i.e. "Is it like Twilight?" "Ugh, love triangle and vampires... it must be like Twilight." Etc.). 
Then the eagerness began to really turn into being an annoyance with the constant excuses and posts by the producers about the “project still being worked on” and “we’re getting there soon” and basically “oh we know it’s been two years, but we’re still looking at how we’re going to do this.” It just all began to feel extremely unprofessional and frustrating from a fan’s perspective. I mean, sure it was exciting that it’d been sold for movie production… but since they generally didn’t have any means to start casting, filming, etc. until the last year or so, I just felt like maybe after the first initial announcement, we could’ve sat on our excitement from there until it was time to make other really important posts (like official casting, first photos from filming, first trailers, etc.). Otherwise, all I felt they kept doing for the longest was building hopes, consistently letting them down, building them back up, and repeat. By the time it got to the real deal and they'd started making all the casting and filming posts, I'd lost most of my desire to care.

Also, I could’ve done without the note from Preger indicating how a “true fan” would love the movie. Because no. That was wrong on many levels to say to fans (or any potential future fan).

To try to get back on topic here and quit much of my ranting, I’d have to say the movie itself wasn’t as disappointing as I thought it’d be. At the same time though, it didn’t WOW me like I’d hoped either, but I didn’t go into the theater with high expectations after seeing the previews. Whether I loved it or not, there was one stand-out thing I noticed: the cast. One awesome cast--the majority fitting to their roles (if you’ve read the book series). For me it was like seeing the book quite nearly come to life.

It's pretty rare for me to like a cast so much when it comes to a book-movie adaptation since we all have our general idea who we imagine to play a certain character.
I wasn't fond of every cast member, but they were at least quite close to being fitting so I didn't complain when it came down to it.

This was not perfect, no where near it. An entertaining rush of excitement with some added humor--and when I say rush, I do mean rush. It was unfortunate that timing felt too fast and often found areas barely brushed over. Especially when it came to the development of Rose and Dimitri's relationship/romance. I didn't feel the build-up too much throughout the movie, not much of that tension, like we get through the book from the start. With the film, it rushed through this for me and I didn't get that "aww, sweeeeet" feeling until toward the end. For a non-reader, it might even be confusing at times with various areas.

Would I watch it again? Sure. Would I watch a sequel if they make it? Yes. And I hope they do… because the fans are screaming for Adrian. 

If you've seen the movie, would love to hear your thoughts as well!


 

 

UNDER THE GUNN Turns "Make It Work" Into 'Make It Underwhelming...'

If you’ve watched Project Runway at all in the past several years, then you’re probably like me: a big fan of Tim Gunn. For a long time, I wondered when he was going to get his own show because he certainly needed it. The man is an incredible inspiration, not just in the fashion world, but as a mentor and in the gay community. He is someone I would love to meet. And honestly, I’ve never been a big fan of the whole fashion industry. I just adore him as a person. If it weren’t for him on the show, I likely would’ve stopped watching a few seasons back (and also must note that because he’s not on Project Runway: All Stars, I believe it’s a big reason why I can’t seem to get into that portion of the show most of the time).

So Mr. Tim Gunn finally got his own show and fans began to rejoice everywhere at this news! I was excited for sure, despite that it basically looked like another version of Project Runway in the previews I’d seen. I wasn’t going to jump to conclusions right away though. I waited until its premiere this past Thursday (1-16) and cast my judgment then, hoping to set aside my Tim Gunn bias at the same time.

The basic idea of this show is pretty simple. I’d easily describe it as The Voice for fashion design. You have a group of designers competing, along with three mentors. The mentors choose their groups, and as the show progresses and each designer gets sent home from whichever team it is, if a mentor loses everyone on their team, they are out as well. The designers compete in various challenges like Project Runway while being judged, etc. It’s all an interesting concept in some ways, but mostly I was disappointed by the whole approach. I think it’s because it’s something I’ve seen done too much through a variety of reality competition shows--and the three mentors have never really been favorites among mine (Nick, Mondo, and Anya).

The competing designers were also not impressive. Out of the premiere episode, not one stuck out particularly to me. Perhaps I’ll find one among the crowd if I continue watching over the next few weeks. I would like to think so anyway. Once again I find myself watching just because I want to support Tim Gunn and it is his show. But I can’t help but wonder why he was stiffed with such a repetitive, underwhelming, ho-hum debut when he obviously deserved so much more?

 

Let’s see how it’ll turn out by the end of the season. ;)


 

AiR Gets a Co-Blogger! Meet Red!

The new year had me making a lot of changes with my blogging, including picking up some co-bloggers for both of my blogs. Though Adventures in Remoteland in still in its new and growing stages, I knew I wanted to continue things here and would need the additional help. Naturally, I had to ask my long-time friend, Red, who was perfect for this job. ^-^

So without further ado, let me allow him to introduce himself. :D



Hello blogging world!

Allow myself to introduce... myself. Yes that was an Austin Powers reference.

                                                

            This is my first venture into the blogosphere, so I thought I should start with some basic information to get us better acquainted.

In... west Philadelphia born and raised... Ok technically I was born and raised in the Olney section of Philly. Which is somewhere between North & Northeast Philly. But that really doesn't have the same ring to it. Admit it though, you started singing the song.

                                            

Science!

I'm a guy with a lot of interests (most of them legal) a lot of talents (none of them profitable) and a lot of love (most of it consensual).

I'm married to a wonderful woman and she has given me two beautiful dogs. I'm pretty sure they're mine. One definitely has my ears, the other one...

I enjoy books, movies, video games, food, the results of a good workout, breathing, sleeping, getting paid and traveling.

I don’t write nearly as often as I’d like and I read even less. I’m extremely picky when it comes to reading and my wife is the exact opposite. She is a self confessed book junkie, Thank god for e-books. If we had the paperback equivalent, I’d have a castle made of words.

I left my ID in one of these...

I fit the Virgo mold a little too well, but part of me is trying to break it. INTJ personality type on top of that and you get someone that, in their head, is already ten minutes ahead of the conversation they're having with you and they’re already judging you for the things you haven’t said yet. Lol

                                                

I married my high school sweetheart (cliché, right?) and we’ve been together for almost fifteen years now. Ha! Take that statistics and logic!

But enough about that personal stuff, we’re here to talk about movies and TV and stuff! Since I’m knew to this whole thing I figured I would take a page out of Pixie’s book and tell you what I like and don’t like, just so you know what to expect from me.

I probably have the oddest taste in music of anyone you'll ever meet. It's rare that I actually like anything that actually plays on the radio. I jump from Miles Davis to Eminem and back to Michael Jackson. I like what I like and I don't care about genres. My taste in movies is very similar.

Crushes:  Do I really have to? Ok. Mila Kunis, Olivia Munn, Aubrey Plaza, Jensen Ackles… wait, how did that get there? I totally don’t have a crush on Jensen. I mean Dean is a great character and all, but I don’t…

                                               

Who put that there? Well, it’s already there now, might as well leave it…

Before I start please don't ask me to put them in order, it can't be done! Lol I think Story Notes (on AMC) are the cinema equivalent of bacon, they just make everything better.

Favorite TV shows –

Game of Thrones, Castle, Sons of Anarchy, Almost Human, Defiance, House of Cards, Burn Notice, Battlestar Galactica, Family Guy, Once Upon a Time, Supernatural, Simpsons, Boardwalk Empire (I’m so behind!) and, I'm sure there are others I just can't think of right now.

There are a bunch of shows I fell in love with that are no longer with us - Shield, 24, oz, the Sopranos, Seinfeld, Breaking Bad, Avatar: the last airbender, Dexter, Mystery Science Theater 3000…

                                                         

Team Mike!

Movies -

Ghostbusters, 12 Angry Men, Avengers, Goodfellas, Back to the Future, the Princess Bride, Rocky, High Noon, Young Frankenstein, Shawshank Redemption, Godfather, Pulp Fiction, The Good, The Bad and the Ugly, The Usual Suspects, Indiana Jones (everything but that stupid Skull), Wall –E, The Incredibles (when are they making a part two? Seriously!) Reservoir Dogs, Die Hard, Lethal Weapon, Pan’s Labyrinth, Casino, Scrooged, Groundhog Day, National Lampoon (with Chevy Chase) and many more!

There are a lot of popular movies that I just don’t like, but I don’t want you to hate just yet so I’ll save those for another post.

                                               

Other little facts about me: I love MMA, and video games. Also like Pixie I love the 80's and 90's cartoons (they really were the best!), I love comics and graphic novels, basically anything with the Hulk... and I really want to go to Comic-Con, but not as Mystique. Lol

Is that too much information to throw out in one blog post? Maybe. Is there a lot I’m leaving out? Probably. Are these questions rhetorical? Yes, yes they are.

                                   

Until we meet again...

“Good night. Good work. Sleep well. I'll most likely kill you in the morning.”

 

Sunday-Sunday Recap: Walking Dead, Mob City, Sound of Music, Bonnie & Clyde

I won’t normally have a set-up like this since I do watch several shows and would rather make individual posts, but since it’d been a bit of a slacking week for me on getting around to posting individually, this is what you’ll have to deal with for now. Haha. There will probably be occasions where I will format in this manner, but most other times I’ll try to keep it to separate postings.

Warning-- Possible spoilers ahead so if you haven’t watched/interested in watching, be advised. You can’t say I didn’t warn you, or complain of spoilers in my post or in the comments, because you have been warned right here.

So, we’re starting with last Sunday first: the BIG Sunday if you’re a Walking Dead fan, and if you’ve been keeping up, you know it was a huge turning point for the characters in this mid-season finale. The prison is gone. They have been split up. And it ended off with viewers only having more questions. I don’t think February can come fast enough after that one, and it left me with my heart racing.

One of my favorite characters was killed, and while I expected character death(s), I did NOT expect it to be Herschel. Perhaps I’d grown to think he was safe after the whole leg incident last season, and so I was left in genuine shock at first on his death. How is it going to affect the group now? No idea. He was the wise man. The one with the most medical knowledge. I also felt he’d become the appointed father of them all. When/If the others meet back up eventually, his being gone could cause a rift between a few members or a horrible imbalance that leaves some unfocused and clumsy.

And though I’m glad Governor is dead, there was something interesting building about his character when the show came back to him in the last few episodes. He was a questionable man. And I think the writers wanted you to see that he wasn’t always bad, and at one point just wanted to move on and live his life without any more trouble. It made me wonder numerous times if he hadn’t felt trapped in the camp (with the mudhole zombies blocking his new family’s exit and later the crazy guy he goes with raiding another camp with, only to see him shoot-kill old man for fun), if he’d ever turned back to his ‘old’ ways and bothered with the prison and Rick again. He’d tried to leave and go with his family a few times. He acted different than he had in previous season, that much was noticeable. So these were definite questions that kept getting brought up after the show. Of course, now I can only wonder since our lovely Michonne finally put her sword through him. :P Sometimes I just over-analyze with characters because I get so invested with their story.

So much more happened on the episode I could go on and on about, but then this post would be much larger than it’s already becoming. I’ll be looking forward to what February brings us for the rest of the season and where we’ve left off at with the group. I’m excited! Also, high five to fans for us getting season five! :D

On Wednesday, Mob City premiered on TNT to kickstart its three-week special run. It’s mob vs. cops in the 1940s noir drama set in Los Angeles. I’d been keeping up with the previews and marking the date/time on the calendar because I LOVE shows with this kind of premise for some reason. I think it’s more of a history thing for me, but either way I was excited. YAAAWWWNNN. I was into it for maybe forty-five minutes and nearly falling asleep because it was boring. Sorely disappointing. The only thing I’d note: It should’ve stayed in the time period it originally started out at--the 20s--and built around the action of the first ten minutes. That was the best part to me out of the entire two hours. I will not be wasting anymore of my time with the rest of it.

You’ve all probably heard the Sound of Music reviews/posts/tweets by now, but I’m likely in the minority since I keep hearing how bad it was to people. I actually enjoyed it for the most part. Underwood’s acting was not particularly professional, but she was cast for her singing voice I’m sure with the acting portion on the low priority side. From my viewing side, I thought she did well with the singing, meh with the acting, but the show was overall fairly nice. The kids and Stephen Moyer (btw, never thought he looked good on True Blood, but oddly thought he was hot as all get out the other night when watching the musical??! LOL) were probably the show’s best features, lovely in acting and singing. It made me think about how we should get more live action Broadway plays/musicals on television at least. I also want to sit and watch the Julie Andrews’ version now.

Finally, we come to the final recap of the week: Bonnie & Clyde that aired Sunday December 8th on A&E, History, and Lifetime with the first part of its two-part special.

This turned out to be even better than I expected. And I had been excited about it for weeks. I kept hoping and hoping it wouldn’t be a disappointment like Mob City had been, and thankfully it wasn’t. Then again, I’d always been fascinated by this unruly couple and the history surrounding them. I live a few hours from the site where they were gunned down. Clyde is my step-father’s great uncle. I’m not supposed to like the story of the outlaws because they weren’t the ‘good’ guys, but I just do. I always have. Bonnie & Clyde did a great job telling their story of their rise in crime, along with their love story. Add in a pretty cool looking cast to play their roles, nice camera work, and narration to include facts (not just create a movie with minimal details that might confuse you later)? You got yourself a winner right here. It’s also pretty hard for me to find any good television movie with a great song attached--but this one does. In fact, this has one of the best covers I’ve ever heard.

Haven’t seen Bonnie & Clyde yet? What are you waiting for--get on that!



Also: Other shows that would've normally been on this list--though aren't always recapped because I play catch-up with them on the DVR sometimes--are Supernatural (3 episodes behind right now from season 9--argghh, hate being behind!), The Sing Off (starting December 9th), The Voice, and The Big Bang Theory.


See ya soon.



　

Paul Walker

I'm sure by now you all have heard the news.

This past Saturday, November 30th, Paul Walker and his friend, died in a horrific car accident. After the news first broke, many fans were stunned, refusing to believe and hoping against hope that it was a hoax until reps and respected news sources confirmed. Since the confirmation, I've been in a state of shock myself. It wasn't until late Sunday night when I finally let it sink in and the heavy sadness came over me.

Sometimes it's hard for people to understand the emotion a fan feels when a beloved actor/musician/author passes. I get it. And it can be hard to explain. We do not personally know the person, but there are moments and glimpses into their lives through their work and articles where it feels like we come to know them. Then the sudden loss stings and thoughts of them never being in a future piece for us to enjoy makes things emotional. I really relate.

There have been several celebrity passings that have affected me emotionally throughout my life. I never met them. I didn't feel like I'd had to in order to have the sense of somewhat knowing them as a person.

I'd seen and come to know Paul Walker from various roles and through interviews since I was in high school. He'd been one of my celebrity crushes. Gorgeous. Seemingly down-to-earth, animal lover and humanitarian, car enthusiast, healthy, funny from some of his roles. I admired him anyway. I felt like he could have been one of those celebrities that if I'd ever had the opportunity of meeting, I would've been comfortable around, someone to make an easy friendship with maybe. That's the vibe he always gave in interviews and that's why I think his passing had such an emotional impact on so many people and fans.

I don't want to sound like a broken stereo with a repeat of the same thing so many others have said or go on and on about the accident like all the other articles. Instead, I just wanted to post a short snippet here for the blog in memory of him. I'm sure he will always be remembered and named among lists of favorites and too-soon sad losses.

I know he's done many other movies besides Fast & the Furious, but I still would have to say it's my favorite of his. What's yours? And I'm planning to do some movie marathon-ing this weekend.

So, I'm going to leave this off with some smiles.

 

 

 

"If one day the speed kills me, do not cry, because I was smiling." --Paul Walker
1973-2013