Disney’s Frozen Could Have Been So Much More

  By K. L. Zolnoski | December 9, 2013 - 2:44 am | Movie Reviews
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Disney's Frozen

*** Warning Mild Spoilers*** I saw Disney’s Frozen this weekend in the swanky and cushy Cinetopia in town and it was a good movie. I enjoyed it. I was very pleased that the prince wasn’t really as charming as the prince always seems to be in Disney movies. I am pleased with the trend of Disney princesses becoming more independent and self-sufficient, less helpless and less in need of rescue. I am exceedingly pleased with Princesses who rescue themselves, a trend we can thank Shrek for starting. These are very good things Disney is doing. Frozen is a beautiful story … Continue reading →

How Have Scientists Come Up With The Size of the Known Universe?

  By K. L. Zolnoski | December 6, 2013 - 11:33 pm | Science
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Sloan Digital Sky Survey

Well they did it with something called the Sloan Digital Sky Survey. It’s amazing. First they plotted the positions of over 900,000 galaxies in the night sky and then they measured the red-shift of each one of them to locate them in three dimensions. The way they did it is pretty ingenious and painstaking too. Even though the area mapped was a small percentage of the whole, it’s a fantastic start and very extrapolatable to the whole. The Universe has definite structure and they attribute the form of the structure to dark matter. Very fantastic matter that is no where … Continue reading →

ISON Survives After A fashoion

  By K. L. Zolnoski | November 30, 2013 - 9:00 pm | Science
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Image Credit: ESA/NASA/SOHO/Jhelioviewer

On Thanksgiving day comet ISON grazed the sun. News at first looked grim for the 3 mile wide bit of ice and dust from the outer reaches of our solar system. The first reports were that the comet had not survived. Two telescopes did not see it emerge on the other side of the sun and it was thought that the comet had either been torn apart by the immense gravity or been vaporized by the extreme temperatures. Then, the following day reports from other telescopes came in and it appears that the comet, or more accurately, a part of … Continue reading →

Weekend Blogging

  By K. L. Zolnoski | November 28, 2013 - 7:29 pm | Holiday
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As you know, gentle reader, I have recently gotten a new job and as a result I’ve been far too busy and exhausted to blog daily. For that I do apologize. I’ve been trying to figure out a way to keep this blog going with my schedule the way it is. At first I thought I could write up a bunch of posts on the weekends and pre-schedule them to post during the week. That hasn’t worked out all that well, as you can tell. It takes so much time to do the research and write a decent blog post … Continue reading →

ISON Slingshots Around The Sun On Thanksgiving

  By K. L. Zolnoski | November 24, 2013 - 4:32 pm | Science
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Comet ISON, NASA

Comet ISON is about to be out of view from Earth as it slingshots around the sun. The 3 mile wide chunk of primeval ice from the birth of our solar system will skim barely over the surface of the sun, just 1.1 million miles away, classifying it as a Sungrazing comet . In fact it is a large Sungrazing comet and as such is of particular interest. If the temperature doesn’t vaporize the rock and ice that make up the comet, the colossal gravity of our sun could well tear it apart. Already astronomers think some pieces of the … Continue reading →

Doctor Who: Day of the Doctor

  By K. L. Zolnoski | November 24, 2013 - 12:16 am | Doctor Who
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Day of The Doctor courtesy BBCAmerica

Well as I’m sure you know, since the interwebz is all agog about it and has been for at least 6 months, today is the 50th anniversary of Doctor Who. Very few television shows have moved me the way Doctor Who has. When I watched The Name of The Doctor, when it first aired some months ago, I turned off the television when it was over because I was done with the TV for the rest of the day. There was nothing that could compete with what I had just seen. That’s how much it impacted me, how much it … Continue reading →

2006 The Host Asks Us Just Who Is The Monster?

  By K. L. Zolnoski | October 7, 2013 - 12:00 pm | Movie Reviews
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Movie Poster for The Host IMDB

The Host (2006) Director: Joon-Ho Bong Writer: Joon-Ho Bong, Won-Jun Ha, and Chul-Hyun Baek Stars: Kang-Ho Song, Hie-Bong Byeon Major Spoiler Alert: Major Spoilers Ahead. The Host is a monster movie but the monster is not who you might want to think. It opens with a creature, a large, freakish, monstrous creature chowing down on people. One of the triumphs of this, and really most Asian monster movies, is that they capture the effects on a community along with the effects on the individuals. The community is terrorized and one family in particular is at the center of this horror. … Continue reading →

Live Action Spaceship Yamato US Release

  By K. L. Zolnoski | October 5, 2013 - 12:07 pm | Movie Reviews, Uncategorized
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Space Battleship Yamato

This is so totally awesome! IMDB has the listing for Space Battleship Yamato (2010). Check out this Teaser Trailer: Earth has been ravaged by alien attack, leaving the surface contaminated with deadly radiation. The remnants of humanity have fled deep underground. Then hope comes in the form of a capsule from a planet called Iskandar. A device exists that can decontaminate the Earth’s surface. The United Nations of Space Administration rebuilds the Battleship Yamato with a new wave motion engine to make the arduous journey. With Christmas fast upon us I can’t think of a better stocking stuffer for any … Continue reading →

Godzilla Trailer Leaked on Internet WB Scrubs It

  By K. L. Zolnoski | October 5, 2013 - 1:33 am | Movie Reviews
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Legendary Picture's Godzilla 2014

Yes, gentle reader, the San Deigo Comic con Godzilla trailer found its way way to the internet earlier today and Warner Brothers and their affiliates have spent the better part of the day chasing after it and scrubbing it off the internet. I actually did see it while it was up and let me say, it is spectacular. If you ask me they should have left it and run with it. I’ll keep you updated gentle reader.

Rose City Comic Con returns for 2014!

  By K. L. Zolnoski | September 26, 2013 - 12:10 pm | Comicons
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RCCC Logo

Portland’s home grown show announces dates for 3rd annual convention Portland, OR – Rose City Comic Con saw record attendance during their second annual convention held at the Oregon Convention Center the weekend of Sept 21st & 22nd, 2013. Over 17,000 people attended the event, which marks an over 400% increase in attendance from year one. Attendees turned out in all manner of costume to enjoy the over 2000 artists, panelist, vendors, writers, celebrities, droids, staff and volunteers who worked tirelessly all weekend to create an impressive fan experience. Heck, there were even 5 puppies and 3 kittens in attendance! … Continue reading →