X-Men First Class: X-Men meets Bond

X-Men First Class

X-Men First Class is Matthew Vaughn’s (Stardust, Kick-Ass, Snatch) film that tackles the movie franchise that arguably, has fallen off of favor in the last few films. Fortunately for the fans, Vaughn does not push the film into a sensationalist drudge of action and flash, but rather carefully constructs an origin story (while wholly different from the comic series) that is accessible to both new and old fans and related to the previous film cannon. Continue reading

Final Space Shuttle Venues: Slap in the face

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NASA finally announced the final venues for their soon to be retired Space Shuttle Orbiters.

  • Atlantis stays at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
  • Endeavour goes to the California Science Center in Los Angeles
  • Discovery will go to the Smithsonian in Virginia
  • Enterprise will move from the Smithsonian to the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum in New York

Now there are a few issues with this list, but let’s just start from the beginning.

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