by Erik Kain on January 29, 2012
Liel Leibovitz takes on the Force and the overly simplistic mythology of Star Wars: From faith stems nuance. From myth, generalities. And, sadly for us, the spirit of myth is winning: We revere Star Wars because to our minds—modern machines that equate religion with superstition and are willing to disregard imperfections in science but never in [...]
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by Erik Kain on January 4, 2012
Update: I wrote this whole post and then it turns out that I’m actually responding to a parody. So when I say “reads like a parody” that’s because it is, in fact, a parody. But yes, as Alex says in the comments, it’s tough for parody to keep up with reality these days. It was [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 11, 2011
Okay, I’m in full-fledged fantasy-dork mode now after watching the really excellent first trailer for the upcoming film Snow White & the Huntsman. The film has a bunch of big names including Kristen Stewart of Twilight fame as Snow White, Charlize Theron as the Queen, and Chris Hemsworth (Thor) as the Huntsman. Others in the [...]
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by Erik Kain on November 10, 2011
We’ve all seen the various alignment charts floating around the internet for everything from Muppets to Game of Thrones characters to various politicians, but alignment is only one character trait in Dungeons & Dragons – one of many traits to choose while filling out your character sheet. Fortunately, Funny or Die has gone to great [...]
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