The View From The Mountain

Halloween is coming. We’re still in the throes of summer right now, but not for long. It’s already getting cooler, and I’m seeing some slight color in the trees. I thought I’d give an early welcome to my favorite holiday by watching three new horror films that were released this year. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire -- I really enjoyed Ghostbusters: Afterlife for two reasons: the introduction of a new, younger cast to the franchise, and the fact that it takes place in the completely different setting of Oklahoma. Frozen Empire takes place back in New York City, eliminating the freshness of having the story be in a new place, and the new cast is basically reduced to being guest stars. There are just too many people, here. The old Ghostbusters are shoehorned into the story, along with new characters who have been introduced in Frozen Empire. This doesn’t give the new cast much room to shine. And the nostalgia factor is getting very annoying; we have to see Slim...

I've been building models since I was very young, and when I was a kid, I would think about building a space station for my Star Trek model ships, using the Styrofoam packing pieces that came with various items. I tried building a space dock for one of my ships by gluing several Styrofoam pieces together, but I was stymied when the model glue literally started eating the Styrofoam. p> Recently, I wound up with some Styrofoam pieces after buying a new printer. I used them as a temporary space dock around one of my Star Trek ship models. Not bad. I had a good idea as a kid. I just need to work on the execution without the Styrofoam.