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Samurai Jessie: Origins
A woman is walking down the street at night. She takes out her ear buds and puts one into her left ear. She starts listening to music and turns the corner. She wants to get home because it's late and she has to wake up to get to the airport in a few hours. There's no cars, no people, no lights coming from any windows on the street when two shadowy figures creep up a couple feet behind her. Two more shadowy figures appear from around the corner in front of her.
By Michael Onstott8 years ago in Geeks
How 'Wonder Woman' Gave Me Hope for Women In Film
Walking into the theater, preparing myself to see the film that women have found so powerful, I had some pretty high expectations. I also had heard that many women had gotten pretty emotional while watching this film so I was anticipating feeling some sort of emotional wave that would pass through me as I first watched the film. Not only did I cry multiple times throughout the film, I discovered a new type of feeling of empowerment, a feeling that I have never felt before while watching a film in theaters.
By Christina B8 years ago in Geeks
Mother! Review
Oh boy. If Mother! required a GIF to sum up the general reaction to it, the most obvious would be Ron Burgundy uttering the line, "boy, that escalated quickly." It’s a bold, wacky retelling of the biblical creation myth and the horrifying extremes of worship, love, desperation, and the damage that humans are capable of when left unchecked, amplified by ambivalence masked as compassion and acceptance by the one being worshipped.
By Nicholas Anthony8 years ago in Geeks
Movie Review: 'LBJ'
I don’t understand racism. It’s strange to write that down but it’s no less true, racism doesn’t make any sense. Why does skin color matter? What is it about skin color that bothers people? What could possibly cause a person to believe that their skin makes them superior? It baffles me. Life is hard enough, why carry such an unnecessary and bizarre hatred on top of that? I find that in my life I need as many friends as I can make. The world makes more sense when you connect with people. To rule out connecting with someone over something like the color of their skin is just not something I can make any sense of.
By Sean Patrick8 years ago in Geeks
The Vastness and Strangeness of Nature: Death, Loss, and Grief in Thoreau's 'Walden'
A primary resource for all things nature and experience, Thoreau’s 1854 narrative account of living two years alone on Walden Pond, Walden works to challenge the reader’s perspective on nature and to find one’s own narrative in it. Thoreau’s goals in the book seem to teeter on the edge of persuasion, though his eloquent accounts of his experiences leave the reader with no real advice—Thoreau has written a book defining the experience of living simply and naturally as truly his own, and through a particular passage in the book it is apparent that he has greater motives beyond retelling his reclusion into the Walden woods. This particular passage in the middle of the book ties in a possible underlying theme Thoreau was possibly unaware of: the effect of nature on the emotional and physical manifestations of grief. Through careful analysis of the text, it is likely that many of Thoreau’s experiences in the woods are unconscious reactions to the presence of loss, death, and inevitable change in his personal life. Along with the interdependence of nature and experience, another idea arises in Walden, wherein the integration of nature and environment in Thoreau’s writing complicates the underlying theme of his own grief, and grappling in particular with the death of his dear elder brother, John, and later, his father.
By Olivia Cyr8 years ago in Geeks
Who's Really to Blame for the Death of Romeo and Juliet?
The story of Romeo and Juliet is one with many flaws and actions that took place, that lead to many tragic deaths, including the lives of the two young protagonists of the story. Many blame Romeo for the suicides of both himself and Juliet, who couldn’t live without the other. They believe that if Romeo hadn’t reacted to Juliet’s “death” so dramatically, the two could have survived and been together. Although that is an educated belief. However I believe there's someone else who could be blamed for the fate of the young couple, which is Friar Lawrence. The man who seems as if he tried “his best” to make the two a happily wedded couple. He was the one who got the two married in secret, gave Juliet an incredibly powerful potion which allowed her to fake her own death, failed to deliver and important letter to Romeo, and abandoned Juliet when she needed him the most.
By [email protected]8 years ago in Geeks
'Stranger Things' Season 3 Predictions
Netflix debuted the long-awaited second season of Stranger Things on October 27. The series premiered to roughly 15 million views of the premier episode and an additional 4 million per episode. With rave reviews, staggering numbers, higher production value, character additions and much more, it is almost guaranteed that Stranger Things will in fact see a third season. With a couple characters that still need a bit more explanation and development and an ominous ending to season two, here are a few events that may take place in season three. Spoilers to follow for anyone yet to see season two.
By Melissa Thomas8 years ago in Geeks
Alex Kingston Wants To Return To 'Doctor Who' Just To Snog The New Doctor
As we all know, Alex Kingston is well-known to the Doctor Who community as the wicked Professor River Song, also the daughter of Amy and Rory. Kingston first appeared on the long-running show back in 2008 in the episode 'Silence In The Library.' Ever since then, River Song has been cropping up all over the place, but not in sync with the Doctor's timeline.
By Lewis Jefferies8 years ago in Geeks
