Category: Books
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Kids Deserve the Very Best Entertainment
One argument that’s often used to defend a bad movie is that “it’s just for kids”. This usually means that it doesn’t matter about the quality of writing, or how it looks, or if it’s a dumb idea, because it’s not for adults so the standard shouldn’t be set so…
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Why Disney Should Have Adapted the ‘Heir to the Empire’ Trilogy
It’s been ten years since Disney made their first cinematic entry in the Star Wars galaxy with The Force Awakens. Whether or not you’re a fan of the movie,it’s certainly one that divides opinion, and there was certainly a better way to deal with the original golden trio of Han…
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‘Congo’ by Michael Crichton Book Review
After finishing The Lost World, I decided to check out more of Michael Crichton’s work, and settled on his 1980 adventure novel Congo. That might have been a mistake. Set in the 1979, the race is on to secure blue diamond deposits for use in computer chips. The Congo looks…
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Bad and Unfaithful Adaptations Do Matter
There’s an argument that goes around whenever there’s a bad adaptation, remake, or sequel to a beloved property, something like: “If you don’t like it, so what, the original is still there, go watch/read/play that instead.” That’s true, of course, the original is still there, but that doesn’t mean it’s…
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‘Star Wars: X-Wing: Wedge’s Gamble’ Book Review
Continuing my quest into the Star Wars Expanded Universe brings me to Wedge’s Gamble by Michael A. Stackpole, the second book in the X-Wing series. As the Rebellion prepare to make their assault on Coruscant, they send Rogue Squadron ahead to prepare the ground, and hopefully make the conquest of…
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‘The Lost World’ by Michael Crichton Book Review
With The Lost World, Crichton manages to create a book that’s more intense, exciting and satisfying than Jurassic Park
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What Makes a Good Adaptation?
For quite a long time, almost as long as cinema has existed, movie studios have turned to adaptions to bring them their next big blockbuster, taking stories from the page and putting them on the screen. But despite the practice they’ve had, Hollywood still doesn’t seem to have found a…
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‘Star Wars: X-Wing: Rogue Squadron’ Book Review
The next step of my journey into the old Star Wars Expanded Universe takes me to the popular X-Wing series, by Michael A Stackpole, which begins with Rogue Squadron. The story is set a couple of years after the Battle of Endor and destruction of the second Death Star. Rogue…
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‘Star Wars: The Last Command’ by Timothy Zahn Book Review
With The Last Command, Timothy Zahn brings his infamous trilogy of Star Wars novels to an end. Released in the early nineties, these books, known as the Heir to the Empire trilogy, went on to become some of the best loved examples of Star Wars literature. At the time, the…
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‘Dark Force Rising’ by Timothy Zahn book review
After reading Heir to the Empire a while ago, I was eager to continue with this trilogy, and so started on Timothy Zahn’s second installment Dark Force Rising, and can say that it lived up to my expectations. The story follows Han, Luke, Leia and the former Rebellion as they…
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