John Masters, Author at Deep Something

World War Z-A Movie Review

July 29, 2013August 3, 2013 B. John 291 Views 0 Comments Anthony Mackie, Brad Pitt, David Morse, Elyes Gabel, Horror, James Badge Dale, Julia Levy-Boeken, Marc Forster, Matthew Michael Carnahan, Max Brooks, Mireille Enos, Sci-Fi, Sterling Jerins

Life for former United Nations investigator Gerry Lane and his family seems content. Suddenly, the world is plagued by a mysterious infection turning whole human populations into rampaging mindless zombies. After barely escaping the chaos, Lane is persuaded to go on a mission to investigate this disease. What follows is a perilous trek around the world where Lane must brave horrific dangers and long odds to find answers before human civilization falls. This is likely the best movie of the summer.

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The Zimmerman Trial

July 15, 2013July 29, 2013 B. John 370 Views 0 Comments court, florida, George Zimmerman, justice, Murder, Racism, Sanford, Trayvon Martin

I couldn’t let the George Zimmerman case go by without commenting. I think the main issues in the case are being overrun by our desire to make the main issue one of race. The case certainly has two points of race running through it, but the primary issues here are Florida’s draconian self-defense laws, and our concealed-carry law. Let’s get the racial issues out of the way first. I certainly believe race played a role in this case. Zimmerman clearly, based on the 911 call, profiled Trayvon Martin because he was a young black man, but that’s not the primary cause of this situation. Florida’s insane Republican Legislators have blood on their hands as well.

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United Airlines Epic Fail

June 2, 2013September 29, 2018 B. John 836 Views 0 Comments Airport, Chicago, Customer Service, Fail, O"Hare, UAL, United Airlines

Last week I flew to Chicago to attend a professional conference. Due to delays caused by weather, it came out that, despite United being willing to give me $200 to take a flight the next morning if mine were overbooked, they wanted to charge me $75 to give up that same seat, but take an earlier flight that would have actually got me home on time.

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The Hangover Part III-A Movie Review

June 1, 2013September 29, 2018 B. John 316 Views 0 Comments Action, Bradley Cooper, Comedy, Ed Helms, Heather Graham, John Goodman, Justin Bartha, Ken Jeong, Mike Epps, Todd Phillips, Zach Galifianakis

In the aftermath of the death of Alan’s father, the wolfpack decide to take Alan to get treated for his mental issues. But things start to go wrong on the way to the hospital as the wolfpack is assaulted and Doug is kidnapped. Now they must find Mr. Chow again in order to surrender him to the gangster who kidnapped Doug in order to save him. A worthy sequel, with lots of good laughs.

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Fast and Furious 6 – A Movie Review

June 1, 2013May 31, 2013 B. John 271 Views 0 Comments Action, Cars, Chris Morgan, Dwayne Johnson, Justin Lin, Paul Walker, Vin Diesel

Since Dom (Diesel) and Brian’s (Walker) Rio heist toppled a kingpin’s empire and left their crew with $100 million, our heroes have scattered across the globe. But their inability to return home and living forever on the lam have left their lives incomplete. Meanwhile, Hobbs (Johnson) has been tracking an organization of lethally skilled mercenary drivers across 12 countries, whose mastermind (Evans) is aided by a ruthless second-in-command revealed to be the love Dom thought was dead, Letty (Rodriguez). The only way to stop the criminal outfit is to outmatch them at street level, so Hobbs asks Dom to assemble his elite team in London. Payment? Full pardons for all of them so they can return home and make their families whole again.

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The Last Great Day

May 31, 2013November 2, 2022 B. John 328 Views 0 Comments carpe diem, college, Friendship, Great Days, high school, memories, NPR, Remembering

A brief portion of an NPR interview a couple of weeks ago set me off on a week of reflection and memories. Greta Gerwig said, “You don’t know when the last time of something happening is. You don’t know what the last great day you’ll spend with your best friend is. You’ll just know when you’ve never had that day again.” What are some of your last great days with friends?

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Family Group Hates Anti-Bullying Campaigns

May 1, 2013September 29, 2018 B. John 274 Views 0 Comments Anti-Gay, Bully, Bullying, GLAADCAP, hate, IFI, Illinois Family Institute, Laurie Higgins

Bob Kellogg, a reported for the SPLC designated hate group, American Family Association, has published an article about Laurie Higgins campaign against GLSEN’s anti-bullying campaign. Every expert says that to have an impact, these initiatives have to name the kinds bullying one wants to stop, but God’s gentle person, Laurie, doesn’t want LGBT students mentioned as targets. I can only assume that means, since she has no training or expertise in the topic, that she wants to reserve the right to bully LGBT students.

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NOW Raising Money on Already Lost Marriage Causes

May 1, 2013September 29, 2018 B. John 307 Views 0 Comments Brian Bown, Fundraising, Gay Marriage, Nom

The National Organization for Marriage (NOM), and their President, Brian Brown, just have not had a good year. Back in November they lost most of their anti-equality marriage amendments. Recently, several States have adopted equal marriage laws, and there are two cases before the Supreme Court related to gay marriage. If you’re Brian Brown and NOM, you squeeze your supporters even more.

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Five Year Old Shoots and Kills Two Year Old Sister

May 1, 2013May 1, 2013 B. John 465 Views 0 Comments Crickett Firearms, Gun Manufacturers, Guns, NRA, Rifles, weapons

This story, just based on the headline is a sad enough story. According to a story on UPI from Cumberland County Kentucky (where else), “Caroline Starks, 2, was shot and killed by her 5-year-old brother while he was playing with a .22-caliber rifle he’d been given as a gift.” Young kids can get their hands on lots of things they shouldn’t have, but that’s not the case here. And it’s what makes this story all the more sad.

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President Comments on Jason Collins’ Coming Out

April 30, 2013September 29, 2018 B. John 255 Views 0 Comments Jason Collins, out, President Obama, professional athlete

President Obama says all the right things, if he’d just use the powers he does have to put some of his convictions into practice, I’d be happier. Today, at the end of a press conference, the President pivoted and returned to the podium to take one last question about Jason Collins coming out.

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The Power of Few-A Movie Review

April 30, 2013May 1, 2013 B. John 436 Views 2 Comments Anthony Anderson, Christian Slater, Christopher Walken, Devin Gearhart, Drama, Jesse Bradford, Juvenile, Leone Marucci, Moon Bloodgood, new orleans, Nicky Whelan, Q’orianka Kilcher, Tione Johnson

During one afternoon in New Orleans: A desperate teenager assaults a store clerk to get medicine for his ailing baby brother. Two undercover agents come into conflict with the rules of torture while taking down a terrorist ring. To feed himself, a delusional homeless man steals a gun from a cop and sells it to the wrong guy. And while delivering a package, a courier rescues a man on the run and becomes the target of a ruthless gang. All are unknowingly connected to a smuggling operation, and they are to cross paths on that day. And even with all that (or maybe because of it), I was disappointed.