Making It Up As I Go
Sunday, February 16, 2014
'After the Dark' -- Somewhat Less Than Revelatory
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Overall: 3.3/4 Acting: 4/4 Cinematography: 4/4 Production Design: 4/4 Costume/Makeup: 4/4 ...
Thursday, January 9, 2014
'The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug' -- A Homecoming, Not Just for theDwarves
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Written last month, I apologize for the late posting. Spoilers beware! (Also, please be aware that gender and race will be discussed, ...
'Elysium' -- Elegantly Done Class Warfare, but Not Enough Risks Taken
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(This was also written in September, and also was never published. I'm not sure why, so here it is now) Spoilers Ahead! Warnings...
'The Grandmaster' -- A Meditation on Turning Back
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( This was written back in September, I apologize for having never posted it) So, I'm currently sitting in a mall food court, fresh ...
Wednesday, July 31, 2013
Welcome to Night Vale: Be Still My Beating Heart (and Don't Look at theDog Park)
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Okay, so this is a review that actually doesn't involve me getting upset at problematic things in media -- I know, right? It's a fu...
Thursday, June 13, 2013
The Horror of Self-Perpetuating Oppressive Systems
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a.k.a. "A Letter to the Good and Frustrated Enjonine Shippers" Dear Enjonine fandom: Look, I get that it sucks to have stuff you ...
Wednesday, May 8, 2013
American Gun, Bowling for Columbine, and a Reflection on the Complexity of Problems
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Warning: Discussion of gun control, war, and violence in this post. I went to a screening held by the Philosophy department of a movie ca...
Monday, May 6, 2013
Apocalypse Now: Colonel Kurtz, the Heart of Modernity, and What We MustLearn From It
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I had to write a paper on Modernity as it related to what we were covering in my Western Civ class, and so had the opportunity to watch Apoc...
Problematizing Supernatural: 8x21 "The Great Escapist" -- Metatron, Storytelling, Free Will, and Responsibility
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This was overall a very, very good episode. From the exceptionally clever social commentary of Castiel using fast-food corporate sameness t...
Problematizing Supernatural: Special Edition -- NJCon and Why Fandom and Jensen Need to Stop Doing the Thing.
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"Not being heard is no reason for silence." -- Victor Hugo So, today was the last day of NJCon, and it was the day that Jared ...
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Problematizing Supernatural: 8x20 "Pac-Man Fever" -- In Defense of Charlie Bradbury and the Mary Sue.
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You can be the King, but watch the Queen conquer. -- "Monster" by Kanye West I know, I usually don't open these reviews wit...
Problematizing Supernatural: Roundup Edition!
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8x13: "Everybody Hates Hitler" This is a rather frustrating episode for me, because on the one hand: Dean gets hit on by a guy! ...
Saturday, April 27, 2013
Sorry about the lengthy absence!
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Things got hectic again -- I totally got lost in terms of the Problematizing SPN project, and I've got a movie or two still to write abo...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013
Busy Day, Learning Experience -- Meeting Duchovny and Robinson
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Also known as "Holy Respectful Portrayal of Epilepsy, Batman!" About a week ago (sorry about the lag time, and the radio silenc...
Wednesday, February 27, 2013
Seth MacFarlane, Get Off My Ship.
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"The Oscars is basically the Kobayashi Maru test." Yesterday afternoon, Seth MacFarlane spat this sentence into the Twitterspher...
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