What Is Best In Life? To crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and to hear the lamentation of their women.
Aug 302011
Aug 262011
Conan says to himself: I don’t know about this guy. Something seems off. I’m not sure I should trust him. Nah, I’m just being a paranoid Cimmerian. He’s a priest. What could go wrong?
Aug 202011
No one is impressed by you. Especially Thulsa Doom. He’s evil; a sorcerer who can summon demons. His followers’ only purpose is to die in his service. Thousands of them.
The original Conan the Barbarian film was filled to the brim with nasty Hyborian Age naughtiness. The moody hero engaged in quiet a few conquests, and I’m not talking about Aquilonia.
Color tints and limited color palettes are used throughout The Fellowship of the Ring. Moria, for instance, is colored a grey-green, and the fellowship is tinted green during their time underground.
HBO’s TrueBlood makes fun of book clubs in a tiny dig at its audience.
I recently watched Surrogates, the 2009 science fiction film starring Bruce Willis. The plot is straightforward—the invention of surrogates, robotic bodies enabling individuals to experience sensation remotely, has radically changed society. Most people live sequestered in their homes, interacting with the world through their surrogate bodies, which are often constructed to resemble idealized versions of Read more…
The Walking Dead, the new zompocalypse television series based on the comic book series of the same name, premiered last night on AMC, and I’m not impressed so far. The first episode was slow, boring, badly acted, slow, strangely organized, and slow. The characters were frustratingly stupid most of the time. For a horror show, Read more…
As we are only hours from the season finale of TrueBlood, the Internet’s panties are frothing over in anticipation of tonight’s reveals. Has Eric outsmarted Russell? Can Sookie forgive Bill? Does Jason risk his police career prospects for a piece of werepanther ass?1 When will Sam stop acting like a dick? Why won’t Tara shut Read more…
