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Tag Archives: #film
Fine
In 1992, my late grandmother made a last minute decision to treat the Young family to a Mediterranean cruise. I was a senior in high school and the dates of the trip overlapped with my Advanced Placement tests. At 17 … Continue reading
Loyalties
It is part of the Rebel alliance and a cookie! Take it away!
Throw
I used to do this all the time. Like most weekends. But think this might have been the first time I’ve done it here in China: I watched back-to-back movies. After watched The Great Wall (in IMAX 3D), I immediately watched Sully … Continue reading
Achievement II
I’ve unlocked another achievement. While in China, I saw The Great Wall. No, not that one. The movie. It’s about Jason Bourne (doing a sketchy Irish accent) and Oberyn Martell in China defending the Great Wall like it’s Helm’s Deep. … Continue reading
Art II
There is a complex of art galleries called M50 just north of where my apartment is in Jing’an. I’d never heard of it. The reclaimed industrial space alternated between official galleries and graffiti art. This collection reminded me of … Continue reading
Snowpiercer
It seemed like a sound plan. A forty hour train ride from Chengdu to Lhasa so that our lungs to acclimate slowly. Turned out to be an ordeal. After Debbie went up and down the train from our soft sleeper … Continue reading
Cloud
At the Gardens by the Bay, I lingered for a long, long time in the domed Cloud Forest which contains the world’s tallest indoor waterfall. The interior environment mimics the moist, cool climate of the mountains between 3300′ and 9800′. … Continue reading
Safari
One of the highlights of Singapore for me was the Night Safari at the Singapore Zoo. There is both a tram ride and several winding walking paths to explore. Be forewarned: what follows is some of the worst wildlife photography … Continue reading
Cleopatra
Visited the excellent National Museum of Singapore. Like so much of the British influence in this part of the world, it bears the mark of Queen Victoria. Rotunda? More like So-so-tunda. Okay, not my best. Let me workshop that one. … Continue reading
Palace
The Embassy is the Wellington movie palace where all of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit films premiered. I loved the decor, especially the hallway leading down to the bar area. The seats & service were much like an … Continue reading
Ugly
Peter Jackson named his FX company after a truly hideous indigenous New Zealand insect called a “weta” (which a Maori word meaning “ugly”.) Had a chance to go to the Weta Cave and a tour of their shop. Photos weren’t … Continue reading
Shire II
Nerded out and took a tour of Wellington film location for The Fellowship of the Rings. Here on Mt. Victoria is the road where the four hobbits come tumbling down the slope out of Farm Maggot’s crop. And the spot where (under … Continue reading
Indy
My New Zealand Air flight from Christchurch back to Wellington was in a prop plane! I felt like Indiana Jones! The crew, however, did not appreciate it when I yelled “Nice try, Lao Che!” out at the tarmac and slammed … Continue reading
Simulacrum
Back in Christchurch, I was in a bad way. It had been nearly two whole weeks since I had had any Mexican food and I was jonesing hard. I found a place with the promising name of “Mexicano’s”. Yeah, um, … Continue reading
Glacial
Didn’t have time to get very close to Fox Glacier. Took this shot looking through the valley with the glacier in the distance. I was able to get much closer to the Franz Josef Glacier, but it started raining and … Continue reading