Ardent Eccentric: Pope Pop Culture
I had this feeling recently that pop culture was starting to invade all aspects of my life. I was TV obsessed, I wrote articles for Doc Palindrome, I obsessively scoured Reddit for spoilers and fan…
Spindrift: Star Wars and Bridge of Spies
Steven Spielberg proves us time and time again that he can make great movies, and Bridge of Spies is no exception. Tom Hanks also does a great job at his acting on par to his…
The Ardent Eccentric: Otakon – Day 2
OK, admittedly this is a little after the fact, but cons are cons, and never really go out of style for rehashing. So Day 2 of Otakon was as fun and exhausting as Day 1. …
Spindrift: 99 Homes and The Hobbit
I saw two movies this week; 99 Homes and The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies extended edition. 99 Homes exceeded expectations and seeing Spider-Man work with General Zod to kick people out of…
The Ardent Eccentric: A Love Letter to Fear the Walking Dead
Sunday night was the premiere of Fear the Walking Dead. Fear the Walking Dead, in case you have been living under a rock for 4 months, or are just not that into zombies, is the…
Spindrift: The Martian VS. Interstellar
So I saw The Martian opening night last week, and although Matt Damon wears an orange space suit in both the Martian and Interstellar they are in no way related and, honestly, quite different. I…
A Limited and Brief History of My Gaming Experiences (and Opinions of Influential Games)
Resnik here! I have been playing a lot of older video games lately. Some I love. Some, I was curious. Others, I’m obsessed with. Some I regret. This is an opinion piece about what I…
The Ardent Eccentric: GISHWHES (or Geeks Interested in Supernatural Happily Work at Helping, Enjoyment & Silliness)
NOTE: Totally my bad. Alize had this written weeks ago and ready to be published but I had neglected to notice this. You may have noticed that I have been publishing articles, once more. Life…
Spindrift: What I Think “Teen Novels” are Doing Wrong
“Teen” or “Young Adult” novels have recently been being adapted into movies left and right. Their quality ranges anywhere from terrible to great like all genres of movies. After watching and analyzing a few of…
Tripping the Light Voyage, Part 2: How to get the Fantastic Four Right
In part one, we talked about he elements that need to be present in a Fantastic Four film (and have yet to be so). Here, we’ll discuss specific ways this can be done and then…