Meghan Markle and THAT interview

I am in the surprising position of siding more with Piers Morgan than with Meghan Markle over her interview.  Before I watched it, I was not, and was a lot more sympathetic to her.  Issues like the way her father has cashed in to berate her in public disgust me, not just the father for doing so, but the way some of what has been said has been manipulated to frame her in a worse light. But since watching it, I have changed.

There is a difference in how Harry came across in his interview on the bus about what happened.  He talked about the appalling way that elements of the media treated his wife, he talked about how this affected his mental health.  Of course, with Meghan being pregnant, she is not able to go on an assault course, or be taken to the house of the Prince of Bel Air.

There is always going to be an issue about who has said what and how it was said.  The issue of who made who cry is going to be a matter of perception.  There are ways to ask about the skin colour of a baby which are innocent, and there are ways to ask which are racist, and I can see how she will take offence when hearing about the comment.  But the facts are that Archie has not been discriminated against when it came to being called a prince based on his skin colour.  

I do not agree with everything that Piers Morgan has said, but I am not going to trust someone in an interview who has got an issue about royal titles wrong.  Saying that, while wrong, I understand that Meghan Markle will have issues about joining the Royal Family when so many elements of the press have been so cruel about her.

The sad thing is that now, people are focusing on her insinuation of racism from a member of the Royal Family rather than ignoring how she was so harshly judged on the same matters where her sister-in-law was praised.  

Coming 2 America

This was an enjoyable film.  Predictable in many areas, and also, like to original, cringeworthy at times.

I am not sure how enjoyable it will be for those who have not watched the original which found the right balance between tacky and genius.  In my view, this fell of the line into being too tacky at times, but this was not a film mainly aimed at me.  As you can see from the number of stars, current and past in it, this is a film with a particular audience in mind.

With a very predictable plot, I would imagine that this is not something that those who have not watched the original would love as much as someone like me will.  Overall, an enjoyable film, but I am not certain if that is because of the film, or because I wanted to see what happened to Prince Akeem, Queen Lisa and Semmi.  

My daughter tested positive today

We just had a scare today.  My wife and I were conducting our lateral flow tests and tested my daughter for her school.  She tested positive.

She was distraught, not knowing how this happened and terrified that she was going to give this to my wife and I.  However, it turned out to be a false alarm.  We had used a different testing kit for my daughter, my wife and I having the NHS employee testing carried out on ourselves twice a week.  The test that was used on my daughter, had a similar packet to that we use, and it was only after about 20 minutes of terror, that we realised that the kit that had been used was the positive control test.  The actual tests that we were meant to use, come in packets that look more like sweet wrappers.  

She tested negative and needless to say, we can be assured that the positive control test kit works.

Maze Runner: The Death Cure

The end of the trilogy was fun.  Bearing in mind, that this is a teenage film, I can ignore errors such as airborne helicopters not being able to see a lit settlement before the people in it were able to hear them (and switch off all the lights) or how a city outside a city was able to survive without anywhere to grow food.

Other than those two huge errors, it was an enjoyable film and conclusion to the trilogy.  My son joined my daughter and I as we watched it.  Overall, I would have to say that this was not as good as the Hunger Games Trilogy, but was better than Divergent (which started with an awesome film). 

I may be biased though, watching a film about a filler virus which ravages humanity while the world is affected by COVID may alter my perception of the film!

Maze Runner: The Scorch Trials

This day was spent recharging my batteries.  I had been for a walk with Leia earlier on, but when at home, once left to my own devices, I decided to watch the next instalment in The Maze Runner trilogy.

The film was criticised for issues with character development, but bearing in mind that this is a teenage film, not one for adults, it was a good film.  The plot was not as predictable as I feared it would be, and overall, I can see why my daughter likes the books.  The issues I had with the film were minor, and I think that it is a shame I did not taken the, into watch this when it had come out.

The Maze Runner

Today was an unproductive day. Well, not as productive as I would have liked it to be.  I did go into work, but did not work as efficiently as I would like.  When at home, while my wife was watching Criminal Minds with my daughter, and my son was on the Nintendo Switch, I watched The Maze Runner.  

I had tried to watch it before, but only got to watch the first few minutes.  I had heard a lot about it and I was glad to watch it.  I have to say, I really liked it, but was left wondering how the star and romantic lead were teenagers when the back story about the characters came to light.

But this is a film for teenagers, and I can see why my daughter liked the book.

13 Reasons Why; Tape 3, Side A

While I watched this on Wednesday, I felt that considering that all the other episodes have been discussed, this deserved it's own post as well.  Mainly because of my annoyance at the difference in how people are being made to face the consequences of their actions.  Being a nerd, the way one has been judged compared to the other is an issue which I find hard to move on from.

Overall, the episode was quite sweet, well the positive parts were.  Not counting the trauma of course.  Part of the reason that this may not grate with me is that the only identification I had with this was the inability to ask a pretty woman for a dance when I was younger.  Saying that, Clay is far cooler than I was when I was that age.