Greeting Loyal Airmen, what with the summer season a month away, Memorial Day has come and gone and Hollywood has opened the flood-gates for their season blockbuster movies.  In the past two weeks Valerie and the Air Chief have caught several of these highly anticipated films.  AVENGERS – Age of Ultron was as much over-the-top fun as the first Avenger flick.  The following week we saw the new Mad Max actioner, FURY ROAD.  Now that is a wall to wall action movie and brilliantly staged.  The car stunts are out of this world.

Yesterday we went to see the new Disney flick, TOMORROWLAND written and directed by Brad Bird.  Now the Air Chief is a huge fan of this fellow, as he is the person responsible for JOHN CARTER, one of the best movies of the past ten years in our humble opinion.  He also designed the Iron Giant for that animated classic. So for the most part, Bird generally delivers the goods.  And at the start of this feature, we were swept away along with a young boy and his rocketpack as he gets to go to this amazing futuristic city in a parallel dimension.  Watching him swoop all over this shining metropolis, we were instantly reminded of THE ROCKETEER, another all time favorite.  There are a lot of fun things about TOMORROWLAND and the first half of the movie works beautifully.  But the ending was a major disappointment as it turns out to be a clunky sermon about saving the earth and the environment with no true message of hope for man’s future.  Now, in all fairness, Val liked the movie a great deal and says the Air Chief is way too picky.  Perhaps she’s right, but this is one we’d recommend you wait to see on TV.  That’s our two cents worth.

On the other hand what has proven to be a truly exceptional viewing experience is the History Channel’s new mini-series TEXAS RISING.  Starting from the massacre at the Alamo, this series tells the tale of the creation of Texas and the birth of the Texas Rangers.  It deals with the political and social issues of the times what with American and Mexican settlers trying to survive under the tyrannical yoke of a dictator in Santa Anna while at the same time battling Indian tribes such as the Cherokee, Apache and Comanche.  Powerful drama with an all star cast.  The Air Chief is really enjoying this one to the max.

And finally we end this week’s Flight Log on a truly happy note.  After an entire month of no releases from Airship 27 Productions, we are thrilled to announced our newest pulp book is now on sale at Amazon.  LADY ACTION- The Sands of Forever is our first ever paperback title and sells for only $8.  Based on the popular action figure line from Captain Action Enterprises, LLC, this is the first ever prose adventure of Nicola Sinclair, codename Lady Action.  That cover cover is by artist Ted Hammond and the good people at Captain Action Enterprises will be giving away free posters of it at this year’s San Diego Comic Con.  So if you are going, be sure to find their booth and get one for your wall. The Air Chief has a blast writing this and we hope you’ll enjoy it.  As ever, thanks for your continued support.

And that wraps us up for this week, Loyal Airmen. Thanks ever and have a great weekend.

Ron – Over & Out!