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Top 5 cartoons introduced to me by "The U.S.A. Cartoon Express;" and 5 introduced to me by "Cartoon Network."
Hello, friends; me again. And hello to me from 1990 "me;" right around 5-6 years old and hanging out at my late grandmother's for the day with my G.I. Joe's somewhere nearby and a television set tuned to U.S.A. network in front of me. (my sister, ranging somewhere between 2 and 3 years was generally somewhere nearby too).
By Kent Brindley4 years ago in Geeks
A Star is Born, An Identity Dies
Considering Esther Blodgett’s journey through A Star is Born, one can assert that Los Angeles is a city that perpetuates a culture of identity destruction and reconstruction. In order to involve oneself fully in a city that perpetuates a misguided view of its own development, thrives off an industry of fictional storytelling, and lures lost souls from across the country with empty promises of new beginnings, one must learn how to mask their true selves in order to conform to the very nature of Los Angeles. Esther Blodgett is not ignorant of the lies she must create in order to achieve fame. Nor is she afraid of the drastic reformation she must undergo to become a Hollywood legend. Esther is young and naive however and does fully understand the consequences of her actions. Norman Maine, Esther’s icon and later husband, is a frightening look into the suffering caused by self-erasure. A Star is Born operates almost as a modern fable of Los Angeleno life that mirrors Esther Blodgett’s euphoric rise to fame at the cost of her identity with Norman Maine’s disappearance from the public eye after having been shunted away by the breakout new starlet.
By Tom Molz4 years ago in Geeks
The Yearning for Nostalgia
What is it about nostalgia that stirs such powerful emotions in us all? Why do we insist on revisiting, remaking, and reconstructing the past?
By Ben W4 years ago in Geeks
My Own Personal History Of Computer Gaming
I am going to start this with the reason why I could never learn to ride a motorcycle as a teenager. I learned to drive but when i got on a full blown motorcycle there were so many things to remember and control that I usually ended up just falling off. I could ride a moped because everything was on the handlebars , and a speedway bike was brilliant , just an accelerator and no brakes perfectly simple , but a full blown motorcycle, I just couldn’t cut it.
By Mike Singleton 💜 Mikeydred 4 years ago in Geeks
You're a Millennial If You Remember . . . . Top Story - January 2022.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times; it was the times that we will forever base 50% of our personality on because it was both thrilling and traumatizing.
By Mae McCreery4 years ago in Geeks
IN DEFENSE OF FILMATION’S GHOSTBUSTERS…
“Who are YOU going to call when there’s something strange in YOUR neighborhood?” …We’re thinking of two separate organizations.
By Kent Brindley4 years ago in Geeks
Ten Western films everyone should see
Some people love all things Western. Any time any Western movie or classic Western TV show comes on, they'll watch it, whether it's "The Lone Ranger," "Gunsmoke," or "The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly." Other people want noithing to do with them, thinking they're all the same - singing cowboys, or cowboys fighting Native Americans, or guys in white hats fighting guys with black hats over a blonde woman in petticoats. But that's not true. Here are 10 Westerns everyone should see, some that are like no others.
By Gene Lass4 years ago in Geeks
Fantasia
I know, I know... I like Harry Potter too. Lord of the rings is epic. I mean, I even have a soft spot for Valerian and the city of a thousand planets, John Carter... even Alice in Wonderland if you feel like getting a little old school.
By Matt Connor4 years ago in Geeks
Sidekicked
Ah, the memories of syndicated action animation! Cool heroes and evil villains! The good guys always winning (Though, every so often, involving cliff-hanging story arcs to see victory)!
By Kent Brindley5 years ago in Geeks
Sherlock Holmes: The Hound of the Baskervilles Review
Big Finish Productions' range of Sherlock Holmes plays started out as a mix of adaptations of plays featuring the detective, new material and original Conan Doyle stories. Over time, this approach changed, with the range committing to new, original-to-audio stories (mostly written by Jonathan Barnes). However, one of the most notable adaptations Big Finish worked on before this change was "The Hound of the Baskervilles". The most famous story to feature the great detective, "Hound of the Baskervilles" has gone on to have a huge legacy behind it, including a large number of high-profile film and TV adaptations all across the globe. With this version, however, Big Finish have taken a 'back-to-basics' approach, returning to the source material and sticking to it rigidly. As such, this is one of the purest versions of the story out there, and, dare I say it, one of the best.
By Joseph A. Morrison5 years ago in Geeks
Forgotten Films of the Eighties
FORGOTTEN FILMS of the Eighties Surf Nazis Must Die! I am going to tell you a little about this 1987 film, who created it and some of the people that appeared in it. Afterwhich I will give you my rating of this "Forgotten Film of the Eighties"
By Bruce Curle `5 years ago in Geeks
Ex Machina and Appropriating Shakespeare
The contemporary world has inadvertently collected political, religious, and social suggestions from William Shakespeare. Due to being regarded as one of the greatest dramatists who ever lived, coupled with effusive adoration for authoring myriads of socially relevant plays, William Shakespeare’s work has become stripped, reformed, and relentlessly but discreetly gyred into other mediums by many artists. According to the treatise on Shakespeare’s appropriated work, Shakespeare and the Ethics of Appropriation edited by Alexa Huang and Elizabeth Rivlin, William Shakespeare should not be subjected to victimization by the seemingly unethical appropriations, rather the work provides agency and ethical context to another society, allowing the appropriators to bear the fruit of Shakespeare’s labor.
By Bella Leon5 years ago in Geeks