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Breaking All the Rules
Breaking All the Rules Genres can be viewed as two things, an indicator of what to expect from a film, or a metaphorical barrier that segregates a film into a category and being viewed only as that. A primary example of this is from the film Get Out by Jordan Peele, the movie has all the elements of a horror movie but has been labeled as a comedy for award season this year. One thing that makes a film brilliant is the genre category it has been placed into, a movie with a weak story is likely to do better in the genre of comedy than in the drama category. Most moviegoers are likely to choose a film that is distributed by a large production company, features well known actors, and does not require much thought (action movies). The best example is the production company A24, their movies are often thought-provoking, well written, and well received by critics, but most people ignore them in favor of films that lack any form of originality. However, there has been one film that has managed to break through the barriers of genre segregation, a French film called Amélie.
By Walter Duke8 years ago in Geeks
5 Reasons Why You Should Watch 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine'
Brooklyn Nine-Nine exhibits the daily life of the New York Police Department's 99th Precinct. The show follows the adventures of Detective Jake Peralta (Andy Samberg) and the squad as they must fight for justice and safety in their beloved city. The sitcom has seen immense success, clinching several award wins and being renewed for a sixth season on NBC. Despite being on for five years, it's not too late for you to catch up (just do a bit of binge-watching!). Here's five reason why you'd be missing out if you don't watch Brooklyn Nine-Nine!
By Syd Glisan8 years ago in Geeks
April Ludgate's Mysterious Late Appearance
Not surprisingly, April was the most difficult character for me to type. Is she a thinking type or feeling type? Do her more emotionally motivated actions result from Fi (Introverted Feeling) or an inferior and/or aspirational Fe (Extroverted Feeling)?
By PathlessJourney8 years ago in Geeks
In Defense Of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
It's Morphin Time! Those three awesome words never get old for Power Rangers fans everywhere. This year is the 25th anniversary of the premiere of arguably one of my favorite shows of the 90s: Mighty Morphin Power Rangers. I remembered being that five-year-old who would watch it every day after school. Every episode that I watch, I always pretended that I was a Power Ranger. I had some action figures, including a White Ranger watch. So you can tell that I was a die-hard fan and still am to this day. Even as an adult, I collected even more action figures and had lots of Power Rangers comic books. I've noticed that people are hating on this 90s television series and calling it, "lame," and, "cheesy." Luckily, this Power Rangers fan is coming to their defense by clapping back at the naysayers.
By Mark Wesley Pritchard 8 years ago in Geeks
Do You Ever Get So Angry You Just Launch Yourself Into Space?
With the launch of All-New, All Different Marvel, comic readers were getting newer characters take up the mantle of old classic comic book heroes. For example, we had Sam Wilson, Falcon, who became America. Laura Kinney, Wolverine's partial clone, took up the mantle of Wolverine. Even more recently that has made many people angry is the creation of Riri Williams to take up the role of Iron Man, dubbed Iron heart. Another huge example is Amadeus Cho becoming the Hulk, who is the subject of today's post.
By Just a guy8 years ago in Geeks
The Witching Hour
The Witching Hour: six hours of talent with six revolutionary performers. In the oubliette of The Harrison, an historic pub a short walk from King’s Cross, an eclectic audience were entertained by writers and musicians each demonstrating their own spirited adaptions from the realm of the witch as both a symbolic figure and one of iconic personal presence.
By Shelley Dootson-Greenland8 years ago in Geeks
In Defense of Libraries
Lately I have seen a lot of articles on the fall of libraries, how they are about to go extinct if we don’t save them. We see libraries getting closed down, art programs getting cut, essentially we are seeing the art of knowledge and self expression die off. In addition to personal reasons for needing libraries around, they are also a beautiful place for free knowledge, for those who cannot afford to buy books. For those who can not afford a computer for access to internet, it is a place for people who can not afford basic forms of knowledge to go and indulge in the information that libraries have to offer. Libraries are the backbone of our society; a place for knowledge and art, a place for people to retreat to when they need a safe haven for their ideas. I am one who has great belief that libraries are an essential part of our society as a whole. When the world gets to loud, and the thoughts inside my head get to busy, I can always take comfort in one single place. Thousands of single places, really. Any and all libraries. Nothing gives me the sense of serene comfort like being around hundreds and hundreds of books. Thousands of worlds and ideas surrounding me and all of a sudden I don't have to be in reality anymore. I can curl up with a classic or turn to something new I have yet to discover and find my heart in something new. The simple act of opening a book and losing yourself in its words seems like such a small action but it can open your mind and your heart and take you to new places. You can discover things you never knew before, about the world and about yourself. Another person's words can inspire you to create, speak out, and even live differently. Another person's ideas can ignite your own, causing a beautiful creative revolution. I know that no matter what life brings, I can always find a library with a big comfy chair, and curl up with a book; a book whose words dance through my mind with spectacular color and musical celebration. I can lose and find myself in the heart of a story either new to me, or completely comfortable and predictable. As a writer I can often see where a story is going to go within its first few pages, but that has never dulled the journey and authors words take me on. Many stories may take a similar path but an author's individual words, and the heart and perspective that they put into a plot line everyone has read before is what makes art unique. It is what makes our hearts and minds full, and it is what keeps us coming back to art. We don’t continue to read books to read the same story over and over again, we continue to read to discover something we didn’t notice before. We come back to books because of the way the stories are told. We keep being told that libraries are dying, being wiped out by digital books and the fall of literacy, but the truth is as long as people seek knowledge, truth, and creativity, there will be libraries. There will be places people can go to retreat into stories, a place where people can find their voice and themselves. Libraries will remain a place to find safety in knowledge, strength in truth, and relief in creativity. I will continue to find comfort among books and find myself in stories. So when the world gets to loud, and the thoughts in my head get too busy, I will always retreat into a story.
By Alexandrea Callaghan8 years ago in Geeks
