Elephant in the room: a really horrible thing happened yesterday. A lot of innocent people got really badly hurt or killed for no reason, and that's really, really fucking awful, and whoever did it deserves every available variety of justice served up on a platter. On fire. No sympathy from me. But the thing that… Continue reading Little Mosque and Scapegoats
Category: Rant
The Purpose of Sex Scenes
It's time for an awkward conversation, guys, but I care about you and I want you to be educated on this important matter, so you're just going to have to suck it up. Let's talk about sex, baby. Let's talk about you and me. Let's talk about all the good things and the bad things...oops,… Continue reading The Purpose of Sex Scenes
Why Battle Royale and the Hunger Games are Not the Same
Let's get back to the literature, shall we? There are a couple books out that have very similar premises. You've already read the title of this post, so you already know what they are--Battle Royale, by Koushun Takami, and The Hunger Games, by Suzanne Collins. Both books (later adapted into movies, and in the case of Battle Royale even a… Continue reading Why Battle Royale and the Hunger Games are Not the Same
Why “You’re Beautiful” is a Terrible Pick-Up Line
This post is going to be slightly off-topic from the sort of thing I generally talk about, because this has nothing to do with books or stories or movies or anything like that at all (I suspect there are going to be more of these non-media-related posts in April because, oops, I can't actually read/watch… Continue reading Why “You’re Beautiful” is a Terrible Pick-Up Line
Why I Don’t Like Up
So here is something that might make you not like me: I think Disney Pixar's film Up is a terrible movie. No, really! It's a bad film. And not just because its absurdly short name makes it almost impossible to search for online/in a store directory/at movie rental shops (yes, those do still exist, surprisingly… Continue reading Why I Don’t Like Up
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