Posted on March 14, 2009 by Mark
“Daybreak Pt. 1″
I don’t really know how to sum up the beginning of the BSG finale than with a comment in the latest BSG thread over at the AV Club. To paraphrase: it’s an info-dump with explosions!
The explosions, mostly from blaster fire but some probably from STARTLING REVELATIONS, will come next week in the [...]
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Posted on January 17, 2009 by Mark
Why do fans of comics and animation feel a need to see live action versions of animated films, tv series and comic books?
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Posted on October 23, 2006 by Mark
Battlestar Galactica
Moore and company have fallen back on old Star Trek tricks. Having painted almost all the characters into corners that would have changed things to a great (and possibly more interesting) degree the writers pulled out the giant “reset” button. Starbuck is no longer a mom (the hints were there already that the child [...]
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Posted on September 14, 2006 by Mark
Back when I was participating regularly in a certain group for film freaks and critics, I was pretty hard on the film Lost in Translation, citing in part how the film, chosing Tokyo as a character essentially, cocked things up with a one-dimensional portrayal of the city. All other critiques I had were lost after [...]
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Posted on August 17, 2006 by Mark
Via Pith in the Wind’s Mr Pink (by way of Scren Grab) comes Mr Cozzalio’s big movie quiz thingy. Everyone must take this or you die within 24 hours.
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Posted on August 13, 2006 by Mark
First, you might want to check out this rage against the hegemony, or visit Hanzi Smatter.
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Posted on August 6, 2006 by Mark
Neither a borrower, nor a lender be . . .
There’s a discussion flying around the blogosphere that has probably sailed right over the heads of many of you, however it’s a topic that has interested/frustrated me for some time, “cultural appropriation.” I’d written something to post here on it however I looked up and had [...]
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Posted on May 7, 2006 by Mark
For many, Neon Genesis Evangelion (Shin Seiki Evangelion) is one of the favorite and most controversial series in Japanese animation. Back in 1995 when it debuted, it was groundbreaking in story, where character development got just as much play as robot battles. Its plotlines caused audiences to grasp for secrets the way fans of Lost [...]
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Posted on December 17, 2005 by Mark
Getting chills yet?
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Posted on December 11, 2005 by Mark
All American Otaku prolly bow down to this cat, or at least you should. I’m often interested in the view of Japan from a person of color (an American ethnic minority). Check him out.
http://www.patrickmacias.blogs.com/
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