I’m saying Claire is the protagonist of the story and her character arch mirrors that of a thousands of protagonists that came before her. An arch that traditionally was given to men protagonists and now those storylines have women in those roles but are considered “sexist” and that’s ironic. Were they sexist before?…
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For years and years in movies, most of my moviegoing lifetime, it was the men who were career driven, heartless, obsessed and as protagonists of the story had a comeuppance that opened their heart and they then learned to care about someone/something other than themselves, usually women, children and animals. Now that…
The Watchmen should be on every reading list in every English Lit class from now till the apocy-clypse. And wow. I’m a professor and I can’t imagine having students choose the texts I use in class; it’s hard enough having the Chair of the department.
I hear you, but Keanu and Carrie had chemistry and that can’t be acted/faked. I couldn’t buy Monica and Keanu as a couple. Monica is too intelligent, too feminine and far above his pay grade.
I love Monica, but Carrie was perfect.
Shaming anybody around crying is what’s problematic. What is women cried when criticized? What if men did too? When I was a kid the cameras would eventually make their way into the loser’s locker room and you’d see professional athletes cry. Now they don’t go because nobody cares anymore and there’s no crying to…
Useful. Can there be an io9 treatment of all the major religions? Wiki not super helpful.
1. Untrammeled, her thoughts like fresh snow.
I’ve not read the books so I can’t speak to what GRRM’s goals are for the series in terms of themes, but to me the really fascinating thing about GOT on HBO is how faith and religion shape human decisions in unexpected ways. HBO had The Leftovers and True Detective Season One and I was hoping for a third exploration…
yes, rotting meat, there’s a tree here in Colorado that literally makes me gag every time I walk by it during mid summer.
That’s 27 films by my count by 2019. I love Star Wars and Star Trek most, but can’t imagine seeing 27 films of it over the next five years. Marvel is honestly starting to drop off my radar. Never saw Thor 2 or Iron Man 3 and still haven’t caught the latest Avengers. But I’m not complaining, my only wish would be to…
better than the trees that smell like rotting corpses
Having grown up in arcades as a mall rat I whole heartedly agree with this article. Mrs. Pac Man is still the best arcade game ever hands down. Followed by: 2. Joust 3. Tempest 4. DK Jr. 5. Missile Command
Genius level!
Seems like he’s pointing to concomitant things: 1. That Sci-Fi is really hard to get right and 2. That the Matrix did get it right. The Matrix, like Star Wars before it, could not have succeeded with just the special effects action, it had a philosophical underpinning, just as Star Wars had Joseph Campbell and Zen…
My favorite this year, that and Mad Max, what would be yours?
Very cool. Thank you.
I’ve been off Facebook for about a year now and don’t miss it. They have tons of personal data on my life, intimate details, conversations with loved ones, with frenemies, sexting, god knows what pictures and I was totally cool with all of that, it’s an awesome tool and I was conscious of the compromise, but I got to…