Luna Tail

Well, I went and saw Avatar today. My opinion… best movie ever made. Ever. All Time. And I don’t know if James Cameron will be able to outdo this one! Of course I love Sci Fi. I love a good story. And I also love good special effects.

The 3D technology is brand new, never been done before. And it will knock your socks off. It was absolutely amazing. The planet, Pandora, is beautiful. It glows with color. I wonder if they did any science on the planet… I’ll have to look it up. See if there is any research behind the colors, the phosphorescence, and the people and animals.

I titled this post as it is because, as you may know, one of the soldiers changes sides and leaves his human loyalties behind. Well, I just have to say that I have very little loyalty to the human race. To my good friends and family… sure. I have a lot of loyalty, love and devotion. But to humans in general… we are a warring, violent, horrible race and I really feel no pride about being a human.

I would rather be connected, spiritually and physically, to the earth. As they are on Avatar. I feel that I am.. or was, maybe in a prior life? I don’t really believe in prior lives. I believe they are possible, but I really don’t want to come back to this little planet if I do live again. I want to explore the universe either as a living biological being, or as some sort of energy that goes on after my physical body dies.

I should have been a Native American in a prior life if I lived one. I feel connected to the earth through my dogs in a way I never could with any other human.. sorry about that humanity, even those closest to me.

So if you see any movies this year, see Avatar. It is absolutely amazing. I will be going to see it again. And you MUST see it in 3D!

Oh and if I lived on Pandora, I wouldn’t need any mortgage term life insurance because they live in a community that supports life and each other and they don’t need dumb things like money!

Well I just got home from watching Star Trek. I have to admit, I was completely amazed. It’s non-stop action.. which kept me on the edge of my seat for most of the movie. I saw it at the local Imax which just enhanced the entire experience.

The casting was excellent, and I could picture James T. Kirk and Spock in the new actors.  I could also picture McCoy and Scotty, Chekov, Sulu and Ohura. They did a great job and they all felt right. It was like meeting them all over again for the first time.

The ships were are authentic to TOS, and the uniforms were, too. Even down to the sleeves with the rank ensignia stripes.  Of course they used a slightly different design and a little different material to fit the 21st century movie viewers tastes, but they pulled it off perfectly.

Slight Spoilers

They incorporated Captain Pike too, and at the end we see him in the chair that he lived in in the very early Original Star Trek days.  Though he was still functional.  They also had Kirk do his Star Fleet Academy test that he cheated on.  It was great seeing that all take place!

I wonder where the new Star Trek Universe will go to now… as, since this was a time travel episode, it ended with some pretty major changes. Maybe they need to rewrite all of the TV episodes and movies now, to line up with the new movie!

All in all I loved it. The special effects were amazing, and the story line was rich and kept my interest the entire movie. Wow. I will have to see it again. And I must admit, as much as I liked X-Men Origins: Wolverine, Star Trek had a better story line and richer characters. But not as much eye candy for women. Dang, you just can’t go wrong as Hugh Jackman playing Wolverine.

Now off to get some compact flash cards for my camera so I can take more dog pictures! I’d rather go back to the movies!

Well, I got The Pursuit of Happyness today from Netflix, stuck it in the DVD player this afternoon and watched it. I haven’t watched it until now because I figured it would be a tear jerker and I really, really hate to cry.

Well, it did make me cry, but not as much as I had thought. What an amazing movie. A heart wrenching tale for sure. Will Smith does an fantastic job. Not only is he an amazing action hero, it’s amazing at drama, too. A very talented man, Will Smith, and so hot, too! I loved him in Hancock as well. It got pretty bad reviews, but I enjoyed it a great deal!

It breaks my heart that so many people are homeless. No one should be homeless. It’s a tragedy in our society, in our country, in this day and age. It shouldn’t be… and yet it is. There are very serious things wrong with our country.

It makes me thankful and utterly grateful that my parents gave me the skills I need to support myself and my fur family. I can’t imagine how awful it would be to be homeless. To have no place to go, no friends to help me, no family to give me a hand. I’m so lucky I have a wonderful family and a great support network of friends who would not only take me in, but my husband and my dogs and cats as well, if needed.

Thank you friends and family. I love you all. And I wish with all my heart this country, this world, will change and people, someday, will never be homeless.

So no diet pills for me… just a happy healthy life. Though every day I worry that my life will crumble. I worry that I’ll lose my job and my house. That is why I want to retire from the State and have a pension. That would be security. That is what I dream and pray and hope for every day of my life.