John Kessel’s Creating The Innocent Killer: Ender’s Game, Intention and Morality
Posted by Simon in books on 13. May, 2010 | 0 Comments
The first time I read Orson Scott Card’s seminal sci-fi novel Ender’s Game, it was an assignment for my first year media studies course. At the time, I found it to be one of the most entertaining science fiction stories I’d ever read, fully buying into the Ender-as-sympathetic-protagonist paradigm that Card so carefully weaves. Still, [...]
The LOST Interrobang: BOOOOOYA! (S6E15)
Posted by theashcan in Television, The Lost Interrobang on 13. May, 2010 | 3 Comments
Knowing that the ingredients for a good LOST episode is a healthy mix of “!!” and “??” Jef and Anupa will be interrobanging the show’s final season every week. As LOST winds down to its conclusion, can its creators dish out all the needed explanations without resorting to exposition? Can they keep up the mystery [...]
The LOST Interrobang: DEZ vs. THE WORLDS! (S6E11)
Posted by theashcan in Television, The Lost Interrobang on 08. Apr, 2010 | 4 Comments
Knowing that the ingredients for a good LOST episode is a healthy mix of “!!” and “??” Jef and Anupa will be interrobanging the show’s final season every week. As LOST winds down to its conclusion, can its creators dish out all the needed explanations without resorting to exposition? Can they keep up the mystery [...]
There's something funny about "V"
Posted by Jef in Politics, Pop Culture, Television on 05. Nov, 2009 | 0 Comments
It may not be a comedy, but V certainly gots jokes. I’m not criticizing – I actually kinda dug the first episode of ABC’s reboot of the old 80s sci-fi series — but when you have evil, deceptive aliens who walk among us imperceptibly and offer ominous “universal health care”, well, I can’t tell if you’re being [...]
Reeling: District 9
Posted by Simon in Film, Reeling on 29. Aug, 2009 | 0 Comments
I tried my best to watch District 9 fairly. Having been on vacation when the majority of my friends saw it, I am considerably late to the alien apartheid. However, I didn’t read any reviews, avoided online articles, side-stepped conversations and generally went out of my way to ensure the most subjective viewing experience possible. [...]
