Wynonna Earp 3.12 “War Paint.”

Wynonna allies with the Revenants. Bulshar Clootie turns Peacemaker back into a sword.

Turns out Peacemaker is actually the flaming sword used to guard Eden.

Julian is dead, although he’s an angel, so one can’t be 100% sure that he’ll stay that way.

Clearly, they thought they were canceled, because they break the curse (sending all the Revenants to Hell).

Wynonna and Waverly go after Bulshar to keep him from entering Eden. Waverly gives Wynonna her powers and Peacemaker back. Waverly is kidnapped by the garden of Eden and Doc follows her.

Now everyone’s missing except Nedley and they have to go get Waverly and Doc out of the garden of Eden, which isn’t as nice as one thought.

(I am not surprised).

Pretty good cliffhanger, but also clearly added on when they got renewed. There’s one more season.

Wynonna Earp 4.1 “On the Road Again”

Here’s the thing, Waverly is the smart one. Without her, Wynonna can barely hero. In fact, she kind of gets Nicole…well…Wynonna is afraid she’s dead.

Actually, she’s Eden’d. Or is she?

Where Waverly is facing various tests. Also, that’s a very bleak Garden of Eden. Not at all what I would have envisioned.

And also, Wynonna, everyone saw the zombies coming except you. Which is what happens when she doesn’t have a Waverly to point these things out to her.

(How did we get to season four of a demon hunter show with no zombies? Just saying).

Movie Review: Project Hail Mary

I admit I have a somewhat mixed opinion of Weir in general. He writes a very good Problem Story, but he only has one protagonist…and that protagonist doesn’t get much of an arc. He gets away with it by replacing character with snark.

The movie is a pretty good adaptation of the book. One major difference is that Grace builds translation tech that gives Rocky a voice, which for the screen is much better.

Gosling does a pretty good job of being the Weir Protagonist, and of acting on his own or across from a puppet for much of the movie. The effects were good, although I was amused by the choice to have the credits roll over a series of public domain NASA images ;). Of course, that freed up money to spend on Rocky, who was a good match to my image from the book. The voice actor was having a lot of fun too.

Weir’s work generally films well, although I wouldn’t call this deep science fiction. You don’t, for example, want to think too hard about how the astrophages invaded other solar systems and there’s one point where they decide inertia is too much trouble (a common issue with harder SF on screen). It’s much more of a popcorn movie and, unfortunately, the movie doesn’t quite match the book for making Weir’s actual point…that the scientist and the engineer need each other to solve their problem, even if they aren’t of the same species.

It’s fun. Just not deep. (Also, Hail Mary, full of Grace, really, Andy Weir?)

Wizards of Waverly Place 2.6 "Saving Wiz-Tech Part 1"

Sigh. This is where Temu Draco Malfoy shows up and really...he's evil because his dad is? Really?

Temu Dumbledore is at least vaguely amusing as Wiz-Tech deals with the one thing magic can't fix, an infestation of plastic balls.

And Temu Draco Malfoy steals Alex from Dean. (Which is how we know he's evil). Not that Dean is a fantastic boyfriend, but he tries. He tries so hard. He doesn't deserve this.

(Justin has him pegged, but he's doing the 'evil because his dad is' and I hate that).

Wizards of Waverly Place 2.7 "Saving Wiz-Tech Part 2"

Why is there a Tower of Evil...never mind. Honestly, sometimes the parody here is spot on because it really does reflect how stupid a certain school is.

The power of true, or at least puppy, love. I mean, who stays with the person they dated when they were 14? Not many people.

But still, it's rather about picking the clumsy guy who means well over the suave one.

And I'm glad the evil dad trope was actually subverted, that part is nice work.

I'm over the beard jokes, though, not even funny once.