







On the way home we went to Giant, then returned to starving cats (and starving selves) and had ravioli for dinner. Afterward we watched Alita: Battle Angel, which was fairly enjoyable though not terribly good -- reminded me visually of every dystopian future movie I've ever seen, particularly Rollerball, Equilibrium, Real Steel, Blade Runner, Terminator, and whatever the Jodie Foster movie where rich people live on a space station -- I know the manga is older than several of those, but the movie, while well-constructed, wasn't very original. But it passes the Bechdel test about five minutes in and the women are reasonably interesting, so there's that in its favor!