Monthly Archives: January 2010

‘Up in the Air’ Review

Increasingly of late, I find myself walking out of films with a single question, “Did I enjoy it?”, and as I exited ‘Up in the Air’ in the heat of Saturday afternoon, I found that this film, already holding rave … Continue reading

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Dollhouse – The Hollow Men

Largely unoriginal thoughts on the penultimate episode of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse.  Numbered, because that’s easier.  I promise a proper write up after Epitaph Two.  SPOILERS GALORE.

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The Problem of the Hero Protagonist

The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else. -Umberto Eco The trouble with being the kind of person who is attracted to Science Fiction and Fantasy as their genres … Continue reading

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Art thingy of the week…

Adelle: “Is such a thing possible?” Topher: “The mad scientist in me says yes.” Thus, I was inspired (or at least prompted) to create the 10 minute piece of creativity that you see to your left.  Doctor-Horrible-slash-Topher-Brink-art. The way I … Continue reading

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Hamlet for Early Readers

I’m putting together a unit on Shakespeare for my low lit English class (I will post the unit here for geeky and lazy teachers who google and come across it), and so far, the best thing I’ve found is this. … Continue reading

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More Magnetic Poetry

Inspired by this afternoon’s ‘Dollhouse’ viewing perhaps? It’s my favourite thing on the fridge at the moment, and that’s including my pikachu magnet. I’ve been catching up on various books and tv series’ in my last few weeks of holiday, … Continue reading

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Avatar

After a significant wait (partly to avoid the hype, partly because I just hadn’t gotten around to it yet) I finally made my way to the theatre to see Avatar, even if it did take a sweltering day and a … Continue reading

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Nick Hornby – Slam

I like Nick Hornby.  His writing is easy reading, and I wouldn’t strain myself if I called it airport fiction, but I don’t want that to be interpretted as ‘trashy’ because it’s better than that.  Reading a Nick Hornby book … Continue reading

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Why do we root for the underdog?

This is the first in a series of posts on heroism, brought about largely as a result of the pre-penultimate episode of Joss Whedon’s Dollhouse. I intend to discuss my disapproval of ‘heroes’ later (when it’s earlier in the day … Continue reading

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Magnetic Poetry

I’m sure there are people out there who are not aware of what magnetic poetry is, and rather than indicate that the idea is fairly self-explanatory, I will provide the following link to those who feel that this post does … Continue reading

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