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t the night sky i hope so worst case scenario this project might lead to professional pr and advertising people casting a beady eye at the sky and wondering how they can use the night sky to promote their own or their clients products i m sure the people behind it mean well but this humanity star launched and deployed in secret to my knowledge without consultation with any astronomical bodies or experts will set a precedent for others to follow i guess i see it this way the night sky is already full of wonderful sights glittering star clusters misty nebulae gracefully curled galaxies which can inspire people around the world if they are shown them i don t personally believe people will find a faint star blinking as it drifts across that sky anywhere near as inspiring as anything that s already up there but i ll be happy to be proved wrong and as for the light pollution issue we ve enough light pollution already there s absolutely no need for anyone to add to it whether it s by pointing another floodlight at a pub sign or flinging a flashing disco ball up into space any light pollution is wrong and this new star will add to light pollution but worst of all the humanity star is taking us a step closer to turning the night sky into something to be used and exploited by a few instead of a natural wonder to be enjoyed and treasured by all please please let s not turn the night sky into an advertising billboard filed under uncategorized 6 comments review star wars the last jedi posted on december 20 2017 by phoenixpics it s now a week since i watched the midnight screening of star wars the last jedi at the brewery arts centre here in kendal and i thought it was time i put down my thoughts about it well everyone else is so here s my review but a warning this is full to bursting with spoilers so it s a review for people who ve seen it and are interested for whatever reason in a fellow star wars fan s view if you haven t seen the film yet then for pity s sake don t read any further because it will ruin it for you any spoilers you read but didn t want to read after this point are totally your own fault ok so cards on the table i am a huge star wars fan have been since 1976 when the release of star wars was still a year away i remember reading about it in the papers seeing the pictures etc i even had a star wars scrap book full of cut out images of chewbacca stormtroopers and the rest of the cast i made model tie fighters out of straws and cotton reels and pretended the ring pull from coke cans was a teeny tiny millenium falcon i carried a piece of wood around in my pocket which in my head was a lightsabre yes i was that geeky star wars kid and as the years passed and as each new original trilogy film came along i went to see it and loved them then the godawful prequels came along and almost ruined the whole thing i came out of the cinema after watching the phantom menace literally wanting to punch a wall it was so crap thankfully the epic last half hour of the final prequel pulled things back from the brink and i still watch the birth of vader with a big grin on my face but the original classic trilogy they remain things of beauty and art and romance to this day and i know i will always love them then along came the force awakens i know it has its critics but i watched that film feeling like a kid back in 1977 again i bounced out of the brewery arts centre like a labrador puppy let loose on a beach i loved it there was a real joy about that film and j nailed the characters and gave us some truly memorable visuals too the falcon soaring up into the sky rey living in the remains of the at at the star destroyer wreckage lying in the desert and many more at the end i was grinning and so was everyone around me star wars was back and then came rogue one and it broke my heart like a dropped vase not because it was bad but because it was so so good i was hypnotised through the whole thing and at the end when jyn and cassian died yes i blubbed like a baby i left the brewery genuinely in a state of shock and when i got home and stumbled through the door lost for words stella actually asked me what was wrong what had happened on the way home i was just in bits the whole film had been magical from start to finish for me rogue one is the best film of the whole franchise yes even better than empire that might be heresy to some of you reading this but it s just a personal opinion chill out so of course i was looking forward to seeing the last jedi like a kid looking forward to christmas especially after reading all the glowing reviews one after another gushing about how dark and different and edgy it was and how it was the best film since empire i took my seat at the brewery at just before midnight on premiere night and when the film finally started at just before half past midnight i settled back and waited to be blown away so was i well at the time i thought i was as the closing credits rolled i told myself i was but even as i walked home trying not to slip on the frosty pavements at silly o clock in the morning in the back of my mind a disappointed voice was whispering hmmm it was okay but it wasn t that good really was it and a week later i have to agree yes i enjoyed it it s ok but it s not as good as empire and it s definitely not as good as rogue one in my opinion of course others love it to death and are besotted with it like i am with rogue but speaking personally i was left a little meh by the whole thing well not the whole thing parts of it parts of the story i mean yeah i should explain being positive first the film looks absolutely jaw droppingly gorgeous the effects are faultless the design is beautiful the whole thing looks like a beautiful painting from start to finish the action sequences are thrilling and exciting too with some of the best space battles seen in any star wars film and possibly the best lightsabre fight in the whole franchise when rey and kylo are fighting side by side and back to back just brilliant and there are many many scenes in the film which contain true star wars classic moments every bit as magical as those in other films in the series when yoda appears when luke sees artoo when luke returns to the falcon s bridge all touching and moving little snapshots of star wars greatness there are great performances in the film too adam driver steals the whole thing i think as kylo ren without that snoke quote ridiculous mask on he is free to actually act and he puts in a superb performance all the way through really grabbing the role by the throat now daisy ridley gives troubled lost rey new depths this time and of course carrie fisher lights up the screen every time she appears mark hamill brings luke skywalker back to life brilliantly and when he dies at the end i had a lump in my throat the size of a small moon and it s funny it s a very funny film sometimes it almost lapses into slapstick but that s ok the rest of the time it s very witty and self deprecating with some great quips and one liners here and there cute animals too hang on i can hear you thinking it sounds like you loved it what was wrong with it ok deep breath here goes bearing in mind always that this is just one frustrated fan s personal opinion huge chunks of the story are dumb i mean just double picard face palm dumb the whole premise of the remains of the rebel fleet being chased in a straight line by the first order starships like the colonial fleet being pursued by the cylons in galactica is ridiculous and lazy why didn t hux or ren just order a star destroyer to jump ahead of the rebel fleet and cut them off and all that stuff on the casino planet come on what a load of rubbish and what a total waste of time it was like a whole load of scenes deleted from phantom menace had been pasted into jedi i half expected to see jar jar binks flapping and jive talking his way across the screen mista poe sosa good to see you mesa playing cards over here with mista bond this part of the film also introduced us to one of the greatest wastes of space ever to appear in the whole franchise benicio del toro s character dj who was obviously supposed to be some kind of wide boy scoundrel in the han solo mode but just came across as a drunken bum del toro mumbled and grumbled and slurred his way through his scenes like he always does and i thought every moment he was on screen was a moment wasted to be honest i hope we don t see him again but i fear we will in fact the supporting characters were not treated well in the film at all i thought finn no journey or development at all this time just there to shout yeah and look sorrowful now and again funny entrance though phasma what a waste if she actually is dead one of the most intriguing characters seen in the franchise for years gone just like that i hope she cheats death and comes back in the next one because if she doesn t i ll be well hacked off i can tell you poe again wasted they stripped his cheeky charm away from him and just made him angry and frustrated i missed the wicked glint in the eye poe we all loved in force awakens leia started off well full of angst and disappointment and frustration and fear and of course carrie fisher brought the role to life again and at the end of the film she is still heroic still noble still the leader we would all follow into the fire but that part halfway through when after being blown out into the void she comes gliding in from space floating in through the side of the starship like bloody tinkerbell was so stupid i almost shouted oh come on at the screen i know star wars is a space fairy tale and it s wrong to take it too seriously but that was just stupid not moving at all it was clumsy and again lazy like that moment in one of the prequels when suddenly r2d2 remembered he could fly and took off into the air to jet around like mark whatney doing iron man in his punctured spacesuit at the end of the martian was that just me did everyone else get that leia scene maybe it was just me elsewhere the film is genuinely stunning the rey ren storyline is engrossing and intriguing and i honestly couldn t tear my eyes away from the screen when those two characters were on it the return of luke skywalker is every bit as epic as it deserved and needed to be the hardware is great to look at and the battles are impressive and as i said the film is absolutely beautiful to look at with many scenes that turn the screen into a canvas that is painted with so many lovely colours and scenes that it makes you want to watch it again just for those moments it was a great shame i thought that the crystal foxes weren t use more they are my favourite animals for a long time yes the porgs are cute of course great comedy creations but foxes made out of crystals that s genius right there and shows just how innovative and outside the box the star wars universe can be i get that the film is supposed to be darker more introspective and that it leaves the rebellion and the rebels in a really desperate situation which will take a lot of coming back from and on that level it succeeds what the hell are they going to do now you think as the film ends and it sets up the next one very effectively but big chunks of the story let it down they could easily have cut out the whole of the casino planet section oh look another bar full of bizarre aliens another alien musical group yawn and the film would not have suffered one bit not one bit from losing that half hour true it would have meant rewriting the whole code breaker subplot line but i d have been okay with that because it was stupid anyway and the del toro han solo wannabe character at its centre was a mumbling shuffling tramp i know the character was an attempt to blur the lines between the good guys and the bad guys by showing that both sides buy weapons and with a different actor in the role it might have worked better but for me it just didn t come off and was one of the film s most criminal wastes of time and effort will i go see it again yes of course i will and i ll buy the dvd ad no doubt i ll find more things in it that i like and if anyone reading this loved it i m honestly happy for you i wanted to love it myself i really did but in the end it disappointed me in quite a few ways but that s ok no star wars film is ever ever going to please all the fans star wars is different things to different people i just thought for all the good bits and there are lots of them it was a film of wasted potential and opportunities but it sets up the next one big time filed under uncategorized 2 comments christmas gift ideas posted on december 13 2017 by phoenixpics back in 2010 i wrote a post for this blog which was my most popular well most controversial ever called two things not to buy for christmas it explained to readers why i thought they shouldn t buy either a star or a telescope as a christmas gift for someone the advice about not buying a telescope led to many people posting comments telling me i was being too negative and that i was wrong to try and put people off astronomy i still don t agree i was doing that at all because back then there honestly just weren t many good absolute beginners telescopes available and i was trying to point out the perils of buying someone a telescope that would be too advanced or them however i thought it was time to update the post because things have changed no i haven t changed my mind about the whole star naming thing i still think that is a cruel rip off but my advice about not buying a telescope is now badly out of date because since i wrote that original post several respected and reliable telescope manufacturers have produced very good beginners telescopes suitable for adults or children wanting to get into stargazing i also thought it would be useful to actually suggest some ideas for smaller less expensive gifts too instead of just being all negative and grinchy so here we are then some personal thoughts on things you can and definitely should not buy as gifts this christmas for your friend or relative who is into this amazing spacey stuff i hope some of you find it useful so christmas day is now less that two weeks away so that means three things firstly you can t move in the shops without tripping over christmas displays and again well done that charity shop in morecambe which began selling christmas cards in july you nutters secondly it s now impossible to turn on the tv without seeing a christmassy ad for john lewis sainsburys or argos and lastly i m getting frantic emails and phone calls from people wanting last minute advice on spacey presents to buy their loved ones for christmas that often means telling them things they are not expecting or wanting to hear because if they buy them they re wasting their money for various reasons but there are other things they most definitely can buy so let s look at some gift ideas first of all do not do not do not buy your son 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