A Break from Data

Posted on May 25, 2012 by way0utwest
The Avengers

The Avengers is an excellent movie

This Friday is the start of the Memorial Day holiday in the US. Many companies allow employees time off, making this a long weekend to celebrate the start of summer. Cooking outside and camping have been ways in which my family has enjoyed the holiday in the past, though this year we are likely to spend most of the weekend tending to the plant life around the ranch. For me that means hours in the tractor seat as I try to get the grass under control.

One of the other traditions we have had is seeing a movie over the weekend. This is one of the times that potential blockbusters are usually released. The Avengers movie opened a few weeks ago, and my kids were excited to go see it. In fact, we saw it twice in two week and enjoyed it immensely. This weekend, I suspect that Men in Black 3 will receive a few votes from the kids for a family outing.

It’s Friday, and many of you will be looking forward to a break from work for a few days, and I wanted to ask what you might recommend to everyone else out there for a break.

Which science fiction films, either in theaters or at home, would you recommend from the past year?

I haven’t seen Battleship, but I did enjoy The Hunger Games earlier this year. I saw Lockout with my son, and while it wasn’t much of a movie, it was entertaining for us. Prometheus is on the horizon, and looks interesting. For now, I have to recommend The Avengers if you haven’t seen it, and perhaps the third Transformers movie, which I watched a few months ago.

Let us know what you like. I will also recommend the remake of Battlestar Gallactica, which I have been watching on Netflix over the last 6 months or so as a run sci fi series that entertains me.

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1 Response to A Break from Data

  1. Steve's avatar b5lurker says:
    May 25, 2012 at 9:53 am

    All very good movies listed to watch. Loved Avengers as well and saw it twice in the first week. Prometheus is very high on my list, since it is a prequel to Alien, probably the best Horror/Sci-Fi movie ever made.

    I would add the latest Underworld movie, Underworld: Awakening for those that are into Vampires and Werewolves. Very good “reboot” of the Underworld franchise.

    Another good one for those that are Zombie fans there is always the Resident Evil series with the 5th movie in the series (Resident Evil: Retribution) coming out before the end of year. Resident Evil: Afterlife was the one that came out end of 2010 and picked up right where Resident Evil: Extinction left off.

    I too would recommend the reboot of Battlestar Galactica as far as Sci-Fi TV, I was totally against this series being done, but sat down and watched and loved it just as much as I love the original. If you are willing to invest the time to start from the beginning and watch all of the episodes in order I would also recommend Babylon 5. Yes, the CGI effects are a bit dated since it was done on Amiga computers back in the mid-90’s, but you don’t watch it for that you watch it for the amazing story that was written from the very beginning as a 5 year story and it really does pay off if you make it through the entire series.

    Nice break from SQL, Steve! Happy Memorial Day!

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