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\nYeah, I should have started doing this at the beginning<\/em> of the summer, but things were a bit hectic around here, so I couldn’t really do this until now.<\/p>\n

Since we’re in REALITY TV land during the summer, it’s a good time to turn the dial around to other channels you don’t frequent, and to break out the DVDs you’ve been meaning to watch.<\/p>\n

We recently wanted The Island<\/a>\"\", starting Ewan McGregor and Scarlett Johansson. It’s a couple of years old, so if you missed it, it’s worth a look-see.<\/p>\n

I’ll give some thoughts about various things in the below, but be warned, there are some –<\/p>\n

SPOILERS AHEAD<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the first scene, when Lincoln woke up from that weird dream, the first words out of my mouth were “Anakin? I just had the weirdest dream!”<\/p>\n

Yeah, I kept thinking of Obi-wan Kenobi during the whole movie. I didn’t really help they had a scene on two floating craft that seemed a lot like those racers in the Luke\/Leia\/”little people in furry costumes” trilogy. It also didn’t help that at one point Lincoln goes off alone to shut down the generator for the complex – Oh, Obi-wan… Obi… Always shutting down those generators.<\/p>\n

Oh, and those costumes sure had a “Logan’s Run” vibe.<\/p>\n

END OF SPOILERS<\/strong><\/p>\n

I’m not going to say any more about the movie because, well, saying just about anything about the plot gives too much away.<\/p>\n

Anyway, overall the movie was a good summer view. Check it out.<\/p>\n

Did you see this movie? What did you think of it?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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