Guard that galaxy!

Yesterday we went out to see Guardians of the Galaxy, an amusing spoof but not as fun as its predecessor – not as random and gonzo.  The psychotic raccoon was worth the price of admission to me, though.  Needed more sexy bits, I say as an objective observer.  Didn't see enough of Zoe Saldana, the female lead.

It seemed to me that the story got lost soon after the midpoint, and then became strongly plotted again at the end.  There was a dead period where the people and aliens sort of ran around crashing into each other and the scenery.  If it had been deliberately slapstick, it would have worked better.  But it really looked like someone had stuck a few pages from a different script in there by accident.  Or design:  "Nobody'll notice; it isn't supposed to make sense."

Yesterday's pretty model, Lily, looked familiar, in a rather spectacular way.  No wonder; we did her twin sister Emily last year.  Same flaming red hair and generous-but-trim figure.  Her first time; she modeled well in the perhaps unchallenging poses we set for her.  She was surprised that it made her sweat so much; the studio was pretty cool.  Hard work.



Joe