Go Red Wings!!

YEAH!! The Red Wings just won game 2 of the Stanley Cup finals. Usually,
I am not a big NHL fan, but I used to enjoy watching hockey in Germany.
When I came to the US I watched a couple of
game, but it often ends up looking more like
a wrestling match than anything else.
This year I started watching Detroit in the
play offs and I am impressed with the skills
all the teams demonstrate. Since penalties
are crucial in the playoffs, the fighting
is kept to a minimum. Detroit won today
against the Penguins, but they had some luck and it should be
an interesting series.

Movie Reviews:
Terminator Salvation: Another movie of the Terminator series. Lots of
action, lots of cool graphics, not much of a plot. 3 out of 5 stars.

Angles&Demons: Good story and descent acting. Luckily I didn't
remember the story from the book, so the plot twists came as a surprise
to me. Visual not as interesting as the Da Vinci Code, but still a descent
movie. 3 out of 5 stars.

Beam me up, Scotty

I wouldn't call myself a Trekkie, but I used to watch the
original Star Trek series when I was a kid and Captain Picard
and his crew later on. So, when I heard there was a new Star
Trek movie coming up, I was only mildy interested, because the
last couple of ones were merely episodes of the series, stretched
to fit into a ninety minute movie.
Nevertheless I went to see the latest movie
yesterday and I must admit it was a really
entertaining movie. Time wise the movie is
set before the series and shows how the
original crew, lead byCaptain Kirk, comes
together. I especially liked, how the movie
is not taken itself to seriously and how they
are poking a lot of fun at the original series.
I give the movie a 3.5 out of 5.





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As I mentioned before, I liked how the movie is poking fun at
the original series. Besides the classic cheesy lines and terrible
alien make-up (the green girl in the dorm), they also killed
the unknown crew member of the away team and, of course, in
every fight Kirk is loosing his phaser right away and resorts to
hand to hand combat. Classic. They even threw in some classic
lines. Scotty:"I'm giving her all she's got, Captain!"
Mmmm, maybe I am a Trekkie afterall.

Live long and prosper!