Author: Mark Alexander

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Quote of the Day

I firmly believe in small gestures: pay for their coffee, hold the door for strangers, over tip, smile or try to be kind even when you don’t feel like it, pay compliments, chase the kid’s runaway ball down the sidewalk and throw it back to him, try to be larger than you are— particularly when it’s difficult. People do notice, people appreciate. I appreciate it when it’s done for me. Small gestures can be an effort, or actually go against our grain (I’m not a big one for paying compliments…), but the irony is that almost every time you make them, you feel better about yourself. For a moment life suddenly feels lighter.” ~ Jonathan Carroll

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Late To The Party, As Usual

I finally saw Bohemian Rhapsody the other day. Yeah, I know. I know.

I will readily admit that after reading early reviews that claimed Mercury’s sex life had been horrifically whitewashed and the whole gay thing had been swept under the rug, I had been consciously boycotting the film.

But when I saw it pop up on HBO or Showtime or wherever it was, I said, “Fuck it” and set it to record.

I was pleasantly surprised. Whitewashed? I didn’t see it. Freddie’s sexuality was pretty clearcut (he followed a trucker into a t-room, for chrissake!) and presented in a non-judgmental fashion. Maybe he was a bigger freak in the sack than portrayed on screen, but in no way was I confused about where he wanted to bury his pole or felt that it had been glossed over.

More interesting for me was how the song the film is named after had such a horrific initial reception—something I don’t remember at all—rapidly turning into something that will far outlive any member of the group who spawned it. As I told Ben the other day, I fully expect Bohemian Rhapsody to be played as “classical” music in centuries to come.

My biggest complaint about the film was that I never saw Freddie. I only saw Rami Malek. The three other members of Queen, seemed spot on, but Freddie was just…missing.

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Gratuitous Shaun Sipos

One of the reasons you should be watching SyFy’s Krypton. (Another being a bearded Cameron Cuffe.)

Yes, I’m shallow.

Okay, Krypton isn’t horrible. I personally wouldn’t call it great TV either, but it’s entertaining. (Rotten Tomatoes, however, has a decidedly different take, recently opining, “Krypton has evolved past a Superman prequel series into one of the best science fiction shows on TV.”) Uh. Okay…

It’s got a good-looking cast, and it’s obvious SyFy spared no expense in set design, effects, or costuming. And it does provide backstory to the entire Superman mythos, well beyond what we got from any of the movies.

Season Two got off to a very slow start IMHO, and I all but gave up on it, letting the episodes pile up on the DVR. But one night I was bored and started watching again and I have to confess it’s gotten uniformly better. I still don’t agree with Rotten Tomatoes, but it’s worth a watch—if only for the pretty menz.

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