Ethan Parke Author Blog

 I remember having a good time going to see the last Mario movie, and I had a good time see the Galaxy one this weekend. The best comedy was the interaction between Mario and the shrunken Bowser, and the way they met all the other Nintendo characters. I also liked the love letter to everything Nintendo, that we saw in the background and foreground. Critics may have disdained it, but everyone seeing it in the theater with me clearly enjoyed it. I know many people who would be glad Mario didn't have to rescue the princess like he usually did, same as in the last one. If anything, this time it was Princess Peach, who rescued Princess Rosalena, her sister, who do not remember from when I played Mario, though to be fair I had not played a Mario game since I had a Nintendo 64.  The aspect of princess rescuing made me think about how in high school when I told my friends my aspirations to be an author and my intent to model characters on people I knew, nearly all my friends that were...

  For a movie that was mostly Ryan Gosling talking to an insect like alien, Project: Hail Mary was a great flick. Telling the story of how the sun was losing its energy, Gosling was sent into space despite being a schoolteacher and not an astronaut, because he was the only one who knew how to obtain the resources to save Earth. On his mission, Gosling met the alien I mentioned earlier which also came from an endangered planet, and they worked together to acquire what they needed, and he became his first friend, teaching him English and what particular expressions meant, giving him the name Rocky because of how he looked. When Gosling discovered Rocky's ship would not make it back to his home planet, he turned back, sending the resources back to Earth and started teaching school on his planet, contemplating whether or not to return to Earth. I have similar ideas to that, but first I have to write them. When I mentioned the interaction between Gosling and Rocky, it is the same as it ...

 All I remember about the original Ready Or Not Movie was the bullet points, about a young woman marrying into a family that is a Satanic cult. I did not remember anything leading up to the cult having the power to control the world, or the protagonist having an estranged sister. Even so, the movie was entertaining enough, showing the two sisters reconcile as they fought to survive, similar to how in my latest book, Jack Stamper has to reconcile with his mother and contend with a younger brother he does not get along with who is under his command in The Fourth Covert Militia. I easily bought the rift between Sarah Michelle Geller, and her twin brother and Elijah Wood did a good performance as the lawyer who might be Satan, and I have to praise him after all, because he played the protagonist in my favorite movie of all time.  If you are interested in my books, which center on young adults in a secret militia waging guerilla warfare and espionage against an axis of evil across ...

 The movie Undertone had a creative enough premise but was overall boring until the last ten minutes. It told the story of how a podcaster, who talked about the dark origin behind children's songs and nursery rhymes, and a supernatural entity was in her house. Her mother was also dying and was somehow connected to it, but in the end nothing really happened. When I left the theater people were talking about how confusing it was.  There were some interesting things in it though, such as when they talked about the dark origin of kid's songs and nursery rhymes. I study literature and poetry to get ideas for books, and in those books The Covert Militia will face the same kind of evil. If you are interested in them, click on the link.  Smashwords.com

 As a monster movie fan, I had to see The Bride, and it had its moments. Anyone who likes bizarre and twisted horror films, will enjoy some of it, and I know my mother won't.  I personally found the premise creative enough, and if you are interested in the work of independent authors who are looking for readers, click on the link.  Smashwords.com  

How To Make A Killing was a good dark comedy thriller, telling the story of how Glen Powell was a man born to a wealthy family whose mother was exiled tries to prosper. The family that exiled him and his mother was not a loving family and were greedy, inhuman, jerks who saw destitute people as exposition. There was only one relative who was kind to him, and as the movie progressed it was clear revenge was leaving his mind, but things happened that amplified his desire for their inheritance.  One other thing I need to say is there was a scene when Powell's youngest cousin was singing karaoke to Papa Roach's "Last Resort" and whenever I hear that song I always feel like I'm going to see Lord of the Rings for the first time, because it came on my car radio each time I was on my way to the theater. I mention that because Tolkien's legendarium was my main inspiration, and if you are interested in my books and the work of many other independent authors, click on the...