An unwondering Alice:

The latest version of Alice in Wonderland brings up some intriguing questions, like, why, exactly, is the remake of The Karate Kid based on kung-fu?? (I realize that this is but the start of the many, many questions raised by the trailer, including, but not limited to, why anyone thought that remaking The Karate Kid was a good idea, but, whatever.) Visually, it looks ok. Textually, it sounds less ok. And of course it raised some critical issues of snark.

(Disclaimer: I saw this in 2D, although parts were clearly intended to be seen in 3D. On the bright side it was a lot cheaper that way.)

( Ordinarily, I don't worry about spoiling the plots of books that appeared in the 19th century, but given that the film has pretty much completely abandoned the initial plot, I shall spoiler warning here. )

Paynes Prairie

So I finally managed to get a look at the pictures I took during last week's mini expedition to Paynes Prairie. In the process I found this:

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Other entertainment matters:

1. Over the weekend, I finally got to enjoy my Christmas present from anaisis (and thanks!): the chance to see The Complete Works of William Shakespeare (Abridged), something that I've been trying to get to for, oh, the last fifteen, twenty years ago, and which just happened to show up at the only theater in range of my trike. Excellent show. I'm assuming they tailor it for all local audiences, or perhaps this group just really liked improv, given the number of local jokes – and the small fact that they spoiled a small part of this season of Lost, something I think we can correctly assume was not in the original script. If you get a chance to see it, do, since everyone needs to have Hamlet completely ruined for them every once in awhile.

2. I may have more to say about this later, but for now, let me just say that I am increasingly convinced that everyone involved with Lost has very, very deep Bunny Issues. Forget the island and the crash survivors for a moment. WILL NO ONE THINK OF THE BUNNIES???? Also, please reassure me that the greater Los Angeles area has more than one hospital. This is becoming a true health concern.

3. I only catch Chuck on a decidedly irregular basis (I've missed most of this season) but the this week's episode touched my happy buttons, even if the main villains seemed oddly incompetent; it's up on Hulu.com if you missed it.