HobbyScope
Movies, Games, and Whatever Else Comes to Mind
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Saturday Morning Cinema: AFI Top 100 Edition – Toy Story
An all-time favorite with Toy Story comes in at number 99 on AFI’s All-Time Top 100 list. I love the movie because of the story, the voice actors (give me Tom Hanks all day every day), and the creativity infused throughout this animated masterpiece. It’s like an animated Honey, I Shrunk the Kids where the toys see…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: AFI Top 100 Edition – Ben-Hur
The base of the mountain, number 100 on AFI’s Top 100 list, is 1959’s Ben-Hur. Prior to this viewing experience, I was not aware it held the record for most Oscars until Titanic came along, nor was I aware it was a remake of a 1925 silent film, nor did I realize the movie is…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: AFI Top 100 Edition – Setting the Stage
If film’s Mount Rushmore had room for 100, it could consist of the AFI Top 100 Greatest American Films of All Time. At least, I assume it could, right? The American Film Institute is the expert, so I’m sure they would know. I haven’t seen all the movies on the list and can’t pass proper…
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The Snow Blower That Saved My Relationship
A plump frosting of glistening white snow covered the street. It covered the brown grass, the driveway, and the sidewalk. Monstrous drifts rose high off roofs and locked families in their homes. Flakes sped down from the sky to nestle with their brethren, absorbing the world’s sound and leaving a wake of silence. A hearty…
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Where Have All The Lego Gone?
Remember when Lego let you enter plausible worlds of imagination? You could venture into medieval kingdoms, take on pirates, or leap into the unknown of space. Each world, or time, had protagonists and antagonists with exquisite set pieces to create, well, worlds. It could be a completely immersive experience. There were no movie or TV…
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The Portal
Let me tell you about the portal. This particular portal is always the place we want to go but never where we want to stay. It is home to purple monsters and sometimes Thanos. The door in is always open but seldom allows inhabitants out unless they have the special crystal. It locks you in…
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A Reflection On Zero Super Bowls
I once had a dream of my super team making the super game that gives the winner super feelings. My team, however, is a perennial disappointment. Even when they’re good, they go to exquisite lengths to disappoint in the end. Instead, I have witnessed Super Bowls occupied by Aikman, Roethlisberger, Manning A and Manning B,…
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Saturday Morning Cinema: Baseball Movies #4 – Field of Dreams
I’ve got to do it. “If you build it, he will come.” The voice and line that transformed an Iowa farm and added another baseball-related movie to Kevin Costner’s filmography. Field of Dreams has never been high on my list of favorites due to a memory from some point in my life of it being a tad…
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Photo of the Day – 8/28/18
An office job can lead to office drab, so having a buddy to make meetings more interesting can save the day. Also, it’s a great conversation starter along with helping identify any Star Wars fans in the room.
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500 Words: The Man Makes a Stand
Shots rang out in their wake, and bullets whistled a sonic symphony as they zipped by, embedding themselves in whatever interrupted their path. The man pushed his quarry forward, but captivity had sapped the elder man’s strength and senses. “You have a gun too, don’t you,” the older man asked, his question soaked in rhetorical…
