Date night last night saw
the wife and I at the movies (big surprise there) to see Ender’s Game. This was a long anticipated movie version of
a classic sci fi novel that I loved.
Since it was such a good book I was leery of expecting too much. The cinema doesn’t allow the depth a book can
explore and there were a lot of (to me) important details glossed over. That being said the movie is astounding in
the realistic sets and seamless CGI backgrounds. The viewer is truly transported into deep space
with Ender.
Hugo vets, Asa Butterfield
and Ben Kingsley, reunite with Butterfield dominating as Ender. A much more serious Han Solo plays a critical
role in molding Ender into the war winning strategist and they handle the big twist
at the end moderately well. They spend
so much time in the training leading up to the simulated battles that it seemed
kind of rushed near the end through what was really the meat of the message. Like I said, when you love a book it’s hard
to be fair when you see it on the big screen.
Another icon of my youth departed
the realm earlier this week with the death of Phyllis Diller. An incredibly funny lady before female
comediennes were the norm. She’s been
out of the public eye for a long time but when I saw her picture on the news I
couldn’t help but smile at the old memories evoked. Safe travels -wife of Fang.
In Miss Louise news of the
day, her children are reporting miraculous progress. They were told on Sunday that their mother
had suffered irreversible brain damage and would not survive the week. This of course launched the tidal wave of
prayers from everybody that ever knew this wonderful lady and many that didn’t. Given that we’re talking Miss Louise here, it
should not be a surprise these prayers may be answered.
Miss Louise astounded her doctor
first by waking up and yesterday engaging in completely lucid conversations
over an extended period of time, her memory apparently completely intact. In a
world where we’re constantly inundated with technology attempting to overwhelm
the power of faith, every now and then something pops up that can’t be
explained away. I know there are some
doctors down in Rhode Island
scratching their heads and trying to find a rational explanation on how they
could have been so wrong. She still
suffered a severe brain injury but there now seems a very real possibility of
recovery which was not the case on Sunday night. My brother in law said it best last night –
it’s a miracle.
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