The Sane Lunatic

When the Justice League movie came out in 2017, more people were talking about Henry Cavill's photoshopped moustache than the movie itself. That's how soulless the film was, especially at a time when the Marvel Cinematic Universe was churning out one hit after another. I saw it in theatres with low expectations and came out entertained but not invested. At the time, I wasn't fully aware of the behind-the-scenes drama in the making of the film: Zack Snyder leaving mid-production due to a disagreement with the studio and the movie being hastily finished by another director. Turns out Mr Snyder had taken his version of the Justice League movie with him when he left the project and bits from it had surfaced online. These bits were like bait to hardcore DC fans who here convinced that Zack's original work was the film they wanted, not what was released in 2017. Well, the fans' campaigning paid off and the HBO Studios decided to release the #SnyderCut. This one is four ho...

Formula 1 is often known as the pinnacle of motorsport. It combines the cutting edge of propulsion systems, aerodynamics and driving ability. Many argue that it is more about the car than the man behind the wheel but that leaves out a lot of contexts. To most, it may seem dull to watch 20 cars do 50-60 laps over 2 hours on a Sunday afternoon but as an F1 fan it's the best way to spend weekend afternoons. It's hard to explain that passion to those who know little about it. That's where Netflix's documentary series, 'Formula 1: Drive To Survive', comes in and they just dropped Season 3. I've watched previous seasons but this is the first time I'm doing a review for it. Each season of the show does a dramatic recount of what happened in the F1 season the year before. What makes the show - also called DTS - entertaining to F1 viewers who already know exactly what happened at the races is the behind the scenes stuff we don't normally get to see but Netfli...

I was supposed to do some rants and reviews in January and the first post for 2021 is coming in the second half of March. Sorry about that. It's a mix of being busy and being lazy. I haven't watched many/any movies in 2021 so far and I've got plenty to rant about. But most rants are about my issues with the regime and this one is particularly vindictive. You never know what might earn you a spot on a watchlist. Still, I thought I'd do a quick rewind of how 2021 has been so far. While I avoid going through most day-to-day media reports, these headline events did happen to catch my attention: U.S. Capitol Riots:- Trump lost his 2020 re-election but in typical orange dickhead fashion, he refuted the results and claimed that it was "stolen" from him. In a brilliant move, he did the ultimate notice-period-screwjob in the first week of January. He held a rally in Washington D.C. and incited his hardcore supporters to storm the U.S. Capitol - the meeting place of th...

2020 has been a shit year for more reasons than I'd care to list. There'll be a rant and some reviews from the Sane Loon in January but as a final post of this year I just wanted to say this: Fuck 2020.  Hope everyone has stayed safe, kept good health and let's hope that 2021 proves to be less shite for most of you. Thanks for the support as always!

My first phone was a Nokia 1100. Everyone at home had Nokia phones. As time went on and smartphones became the new normal for everyone who could afford one, I stuck with the Nokia brand. Around the same time, people I knew had or were getting Samsung smartphones. One specific range comes to mind as the one with a slide-out QWERTY keyboard - the Corby. As cool as I thought the phones were, I just hated the comical font all Samsung phones had. Then I noticed that most guys who had Samsung phones were a certain TYPE. I prided myself on sticking with other brands like Sony, Blackberry and in 2019 I upgraded to a OnePlus device. FYI, I rarely buy expensive smartphones, just mid-range ones and that segment has gotten stupidly crowded in the last few years with the influx of  brands like Mi, Huawei, Poco and so on. I don't like any of them or their products or most people who buy those products. Its not a rational dislike but it is a strong one. My boycott of Samsung phones continued as w...

Any high-budget video production around the character of Sherlock Holmes seems to be a surefire success these days. We saw it with the 2010 British TV show adaptation  Sherlock  featuring Benedict Cumberbatch and Martin Freeman and with the American film series that had Robert Downey Jr. and Jude Law. This time we have a Netflix original that focuses on the less famous Holmes character — the sister, Enola.   Unlike the one showcased in the Cumberbatch TV series, this is a more friendly Enola played by Stranger Things star, Millie Bobby Brown. It's her movie and it constantly breaks the fourth wall with Enola also doubling up as the narrator. Her famous brother Sherlock the detective (played by Henry Cavill) and ambitious bureaucrat Mycroft (played by Sam Claflin) left home early while Enola is raised by their widowed mother Eudoria (played by Helena Bonham Carter). Enola is homeschooled in various fields like math, science, sociology, literature, coded messages and hortic...

 Hello folks! It's been a while. Over three months to be precise. But it's been far longer since I last posted a rant on the blog that was originally called 'Rants of a Sane Lunatic'. The short answer which is also the title of this post is simple: I couldn't be bothered to.  Don't get me wrong, I still rant a lot but mostly to close friends or internally.But it just became exhausting to put it out on the internet. Over the last few years, outrage and abuse have become the staple for most online content across platforms. While I agree or disagree with some people's anger, I don't care for most of them. Not because I find their cause unworthy but simply that I just didn't give a shit.  The passing of time allowed me to earn some more XP and possibly some wisdom too. In a space and cultural era where exclamations like "HOW COULD YOU?!" and "HOW DARE YOU?!" or "I'M OFFENDED"...it just became uninteresting to vent some o...