So, it finally happened. The high-price-tag, cheap-content spectacle game of professional boxing cranked out its biggest dancing bear circus act to date. Mike Tyson lumbered out of retirement to patronize a rich boy bankrolling his own make-believe sports career. And why not? The same combat sports enthusiasts who used whine about Mayweather contemptuously putting upContinue reading “Tyson Vs. Paul Youtuber Is The Future Of Football”
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Please Watch Anything Other Than Megalopolis
You remember Branded? Probably not. It felt like more of a hallucination than a movie. It was a 2012 release featuring Max Von Sydow, and played like a Eurojank fusion of Paprika and They Live. Perfectly mental. It was a tentpole event for connoisseurs of misguided magical misfires, a raving screed of Russian eccentrism strewnContinue reading “Please Watch Anything Other Than Megalopolis”
Social Mythmaking Stops People From Understanding Art
Came across an interesting study here– not because it’s useful in any way, but due to its connection with some pretty common Western-world fallacies about ‘creative thinking’. https://psycnet.apa.org/record/2021-94704-001 In an oblique way, it brings to mind the groan-inducing “A.I.” fad of the last few years. While the rapid advancement of chatbot technology is intellectually exciting,Continue reading “Social Mythmaking Stops People From Understanding Art”
No, Prometheus isn’t ‘Crucial’.
https://www.slashfilm.com/1644193/prometheus-crucial-to-ridley-scott-alien-franchise Oh, they always come back. Another year, another would-be contrarian defending a dully normal movie like Prometheus, Transformers, or a Star Wars prequel or something. That’s understandable to a point. Those movies were expensive, fun, and stupid– you know, enjoyable. People enjoy talking about what they enjoy. This would be fine were it not.. Continue reading “No, Prometheus isn’t ‘Crucial’.”
The Great Terrifying Ogre Of The SFF Fandom
Remembered Fondly :RE-UPLOADED OLD CONTENT: I think most classically-minded writers agree that Beowulf ruled. One of the reasons such an overtly pagan saga was recorded conscientiously by an early Christian author was its eternal appeal as a real ripsnorter. The structure is strong and episodic, the narrative engages consistently, everything about it still works exceptContinue reading “The Great Terrifying Ogre Of The SFF Fandom”
Outer Freakwave 