Perhaps I should re-phrase: intended to be super aesthetically-pleasing, since they are marketed solely on their style, not their substance.
Perhaps I should re-phrase: intended to be super aesthetically-pleasing, since they are marketed solely on their style, not their substance.
Hell, you could do an entire series on the Vertu series, which were basically ultra-expensive, super aesthetically-pleasing Nokia dumbphones.
This is why I was okay with ditching the Thrawn trilogy.
Darth Big McLarge Huge! Brock Hardfist! Big Runsfast!
Councilman Jamm is a Badmiral. Eagleton is the Mirror Universe.
Andy is Worf as played by Burt Macklin. Donna is definitely Guinan. Ben is Data (after all, he's written more fanfiction about Data than anyone else). April is Q. Jerry is Definitely O'Brien. Chris is Counselor Troi.
I remember feeling that way when I was coming out of High School. The transformative experience was meeting someone who was popular for all the right reasons: because they genuinely cared about everyone else, even when it wasn't easy.
This is why you outfit your worldship with an espresso machine (plus hydroponically-grown coffee plants).
I disagree on the first one. You could probably teach Data to make a mean espresso without too much difficulty.
Let's call it what it is: It's hipsterism. In many cases, it's a hipsterism in reaction to the literary hipsterism many genre authors encounter at publishing houses and in criticism, but it is no better.
I want Borussia Dortmund to avoid relegation and win the Champion's League.
Will Smith better rock the Deadshot 'stache.
Yeah, hire this artist!
And two beautiful children named Nathaniel and Superfly.
An interesting facet of the Robin Hood legends as passed about by the Victorians is that they basically turned him into a pro-monarchy presence against the nobility. The thing many forget about Prince John today is that it was he who signed the Magna Carta, which was the first time an English monarch was made subject…
The reading I got from it was the Doctor telling Journey that if she were on the TARDIS, she wouldn't tell him "no" the way Clara does. Clara challenges him to be a better person.
The question that all of this begs is, what aspect of whale watching and boat traffic causes stress in the whales? This part is crucial, because with the amount of marine traffic through our waterways, knowing how to avoid further whale trauma will be important. If there is a way to keep the whale-watching industry…
Truth. I loved how everyone involved clearly realized just how much fun the whole thing was, and found something fun for it.
Oh, this is a fool's errand. You can't just pick out a favorite Guardian like that. They are all AMAZING.
I think this is the general convention-goer's experience, whether it's Bronycon or some other convention.