Van's Inner Universe

Living For The Future

November 2013

  • Things continue to get more complicated for Nikita as Amanda continues to pull the strings, but Nikita has reunited with Michael, Ryan, and Birkhoff and it’s a reunion she didn’t want because of her reasons for leaving them in the first place. However, Michael continues to fight for the group and Amanda. However, he is… Read more

  • The final season of Nikita has arrived. When we last saw Nikita, she was on the run from her teammates as she was thought to have assassinated a US President. As a result, Nikita is wanted by the government and we start off with her trying to clear her name and get the truth out.… Read more

  • After last week’s focus on Diggle and Isabel Rochev, we have the latest episode that focuses on the trial of Moira Queen since the start of the season. Dinah Laurel Lance returns after being absent in last week’s episode and she plays a big role, along with Moira, who reveals plenty of secrets including her… Read more

  • Syd Field, who is hailed as the Guru of Screenwriting and author of the Screenwriting book The Foundations of Screenwriting, has passed away at the age of 77 due to anemia. He introduced the 3-act structure in screenplay and was script consultant to many of the movie studios including Fox and Disney among others. His… Read more

  • I wanted to watch the new Superman movie, Man of Steel, back in June but I couldn’t due to financial circumstances beyond my control. Fortunately, I was able to get the DVD on the day of its release. Upon viewing it, it was fast-paced and right to the point. The latest Superman portrays him in… Read more

  • This episode had a tough position to follow last week’s awesome League of Assassins and the spotlight is on Diggle. He gets kidnapped by an organization called ARGUS and it’s led by the debuting Amanda Waller, who is closer to the New 52 version than the chubbier version. Waller served her purpose in setting up… Read more

  • When the 2nd season started, we saw Black Canary arriving in Starling City to take out some bad guys and later on we find out it’s Sarah Lance whom Oliver and the Lance family thought was dead. It turned out that she was alive and we had no idea how she survived, but this episode… Read more

  • This past week, I bought the Transformers Prime movie finale called Predacons Rising on DVD as it comes out to different outlets with different features. If you got it from Wal-Mart, you’d get the 3 trading cards. I had this one from Target as it comes with 3 animated shorts. The  movie itself serves as… Read more

  • Crucible picks up on the storyline on the Black Canary set by last week’s Broken Dolls. Here we find out that the Black Canary is none other than Dinah Laurel’s sister, Sarah, who was thought dead when she was also in the boat with Oliver. The reunion between her and Oliver is very emotional. Oliver’s… Read more