A Modern Moron Book Review

Army soldiers banging on our door, telling us to leave our home and take only what we can carry recalls George Takei in his latest book, "My Lost Freedom." 

President Franklin Delano Roosevelt ordered all Japanese Americans living on the west coast to be rounded up and arrested on February 19, 1942. Takei was living in Los Angeles with his baby sister, older brother and his parents during this time. "My Lost Freedom" is George Takei's documentation as a 5-year-old boy going to prison because of his ancestry, along with his parents and siblings.

Takei was 4-years-old when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, killing more than 345 U.S. soldiers.   

This book pulls no punches, it presents the facts, yet doesn't judge. "My Lost Freedom" is the second book I've read on this subject. Another recommend read, "When the Emperor was Divine," written by Julie Otsuka.

Takei's mother was born legally in Sacramento, and her husband was a Japanese immigrant from San Francisco.  

The unjust Japanese prison's were nothing like the German had for the Jewish, and I thank all powers for that.

 

The bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki instantly killed more than a 130,000 or 150,000 people. Imagine your blood boiling the instant before you die, that's what is like being in direct contact with the atom bomb.

"My Lost Freedom" has the death toll numbers from Hiroshima and Nagasaki but doesn't refer to the blood boiling from the A bomb. I read that elsewhere. 

Five stars for George Takei's "My Lost Freedom," and yes, he's the George Takei, aka Mr. Sulu or Hikaru Sulu, the original "Star Trek." 

Mark Izzy Schurr   

 

A Modern Moron Movie Review

"Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes" weaves the bizarre fabrics of fantasy and reality into an unknown attire that cloaks the audience. 

Screenwriter Josh Friedman puts us into a world where the unimaginable is tangible and apes rule the world. A virus infecting the minds of both humans and apes vastly benefits the apes. Nova, aka Mae, marvelously portrayed by Freya Allan is teamed with Raka, the orangutan and the chimpanzee Noa, because of war. Raka is sly witted, funny and heartful. 

Noa's the grandson of Ceasar, a renowned chimpanzee interictal in uniting different breeds of apes and coexisting with humans. His funeral Pyra at the beginning of the movie sets the tone for Noa to continue the family legacy of unity among all.   

Noa and Raka slowly learn their human counterpart Nova is equally as smart as they are, if not more intelligent. All three learn from each other. 

The special effects and make-up team did a fantastic job, and the story is a well-orchestrated planet amidst a universe of monkey madness.  

Anybody who liked 2001s "Planet of the Apes" starring Mark Wahlberg would probably dig this months "Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes," This movie series began in 1968 and the special effects have always been impressive, yet the dialogue stands out the most. The latest installment of "Planet of the Apes" doesn't disappoint, three stars easy for this flick. The second row, B7 at Airport Cinemas is my new favorite way to watch movies. 

Mark Izzy Schurr